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" But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. "Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. "
The Restoration of the Jews to Their Own Land: In Connection with Their ... - Page 35
by Edward Bickersteth - 1841 - 332 pages
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Sermons, Volume 2

Isaac Milner - Sermons, English - 1820 - 462 pages
...regard to justification by faith, St. Paul observes, the Jews " attained not the law of righteousness, because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the Law:" " they stumbled at that stumbling-stone and rock of offence," which lay in Sion ; they went about "...
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Sermons, Volume 2

Isaac Milner - Sermons, English - 1820 - 466 pages
...regard to justification by faith, St. Paul observes, the Jews " attained not the law of righteousness, because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the Law:" " they stumbled at that stumbling-stone and rock of offence," which lay in Sion; they went about "...
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The Thirty-nine articles of the Church of England illustrated by ...

Church of England articles - 1821 - 234 pages
...thou that thou didst not receive? 1 Cor. iv. 7. If by grace then it is no more of works, Rom. xi. 6. Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness,...by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. Rom. ix. 31, 32. d A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. John iii. 27. How...
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The Thirty-nine articles of the Church of England illustrated by ...

Church of England articles - 1821 - 234 pages
...Rom. iii. 9, 23. If righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. Gal. ii. 21 . Israel hath not attained to the law of righteousness. Wherefore?...by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. Rom. ix. 31, 32. By the works of the law shall no. flesh be justified. Gal. ii. 16. If by grace, then...
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Sermons on Important Subjects

Willis Harris - Methodist Church - 1821 - 344 pages
...have not attained to the law of righteousness;" have not found out God's way of saving sinners. And " wherefore ? Because they sought it not by faith, but, as it were, by the works of the law:"—they did not perceive that its works, or prescribed religious observances, were intended to...
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The Glad Tidings

Ellet Joseph Waggoner, E. J. Waggoner - Religion - 2011 - 164 pages
...after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith. But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. Wherefore?—Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they...
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Pilgrim Souls: A Collection of Spiritual Autobiography

Amy Mandelker, Elizabeth Powers - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 552 pages
...freed from, sin. Neither had I the witness of the Spirit with my spirit, and indeed could not; for I "sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law." 11. In my return to England, January 1738, being in imminent danger of death, and very uneasy on that...
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The Genesis of Methodism

Frederick A. Dreyer - Religion - 1999 - 156 pages
...with, not freed from sin." He lacked the witness of the Spirit and knew not how to obtain it. "For I 'sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law.'"51 Belief was something Bohler urged on Wesley as an alternative to the BuSkampf. In Wesley's...
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Communion with God

John Owen - Religion - 2001 - 372 pages
...standing before him. That they have this issue, the apostle witnesseth, 1Rom. ix. 31, 32, " Israel, who followed after the law of righteousness, hath not...by faith, but as it were by the works of the law." It was not solely for want of endeavour in themselves that they were disappointed, for they earnestly...
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Israel in the Plan of God

David Baron - Religion - 2000 - 324 pages
...righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith. But Israel which followed after righteousness have not attained to the law of righteousness. Wherefore,...faith, but, as it were, by the works of the law." 1 How very sad and pathetic ! The people whose chief aim has been the attainment of righteousness with...
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