a Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

a What shall we say then that Abraham, our father as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. For what saith the Scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness, Rom. iv. 1-3. And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD, Ezek. xvi. 62, 63. I will also save you from all your uncleannesses; and I will call for the corn, and will increase

it, and lay no famine upon you. And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen. Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall loathe yourselves in your own sight, for your iniquities, and for your abominations. Not for your sakes do

this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel, xxxvi. 29-32. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: That according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord, 1 Cor. i. 30, 31. For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? Now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it ? iv. 7. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus; That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace, in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. For by grace are ye saved through faith;

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and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God. Not of works, lest any man should boast.. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them, Eph. ii. 4-10. For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; Tit. iii. 3-6.

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VER. 2.

ROM. IV. 2-5.

Εἰ γὰρ ̓Αβραὰμ ἐξ ἔργων ἐδικαιώθη, ἔχει καύχημα, ἀλλ ̓ οὐ πρὸς τὸν Θεόν. For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.

VER. S.

Τί γὰρ ἡ γραφὴ λέγει ; Ἐπίστευσε δὲ ̓Αβραὰμ τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην.

For what saith the Scripture? a Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

* And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness, Gen. xv. 5, 6.

VER. 4.

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looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord Gon, and thou becamest mine. Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil. I clothed thee also with broidered work, and

shod thee with badger's skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk. I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thine hands, and a chain on thy neck. And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and ear-rings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head, Ezek. xvi. 4—12. And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins: Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now workre-eth in the children of disobedience : Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts οἱ our flesh, fulflling the desires of the fesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others, Eph. ii. 1—3.

Τῷ δὲ ἐργαζομένῳ ὁ μισθὸς οὐ λογίζεται κατὰ χάριν, ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὸ ὀφείλημα·

Now to him that worketh is the ward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.

VER. 5.

Τῷ δὲ μὴ ἐργαζομένῳ, πιστεύοντι δὲ ἐπὶ τὸν δικαιοῦντα τὸν ἀσεβῆ, λογίζεται ἡ

πίστις αὐτοῦ εἰς δικαιοσύνην.

a But to him that worketh not, b but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righ

teousness.

a And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born, thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water, to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the loathing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. And when I passed by thee, and saw thee, polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee, when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee, when thou wast in thy blood, Live. I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare. Now when I passed by thee, and

b Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life, John v. 24.

For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love towards us, in that, while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life, Rom. v. 6-10. Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel. And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy

ROM. IV. 11-17.

(Καθὼς γέγραπται· Ὅτι πατέρα πολλῶν ἐθνῶν τέθεικά σε) κατέναντι οὗ ἐπίση καὶ καλοῦντος τὰ μὴ ὄντα ὡς ὄντα. τευσε Θεοῦ, τοῦ ζωοποιοῦντος τοὺς νεκροὺς,

(As it is written, a I have made thee a father of many nations,) * before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not, as though they

were.

*Or, like unto him.

a Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram; but thy name shall be Abraham: for a father of many nations have I made thee, Gen. xvii. 5. b See on John v. ver. 21. clause 1. c But beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with

Καὶ πληροφορηθεὶς ὅτι ὁ ἐπήγγελται, peace, Rom. viii. 6. And how shall δυνατός ἐστι καὶ ποιῆσαι.