...imagery ? for they say, The Lord seeth us not, The Lord hath forsaken the earth. u Rom. ii. 17. Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, Ver. 18. And knowest his will, — Ver. 19. And art confident that thou thyself •art a guide of the...

...man. Thus sailh the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel. (~ej Rom. 2. 17. 24. Bchold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy hoast of God. Thou that makest thy hoast of the lavr, through hreaking the law (h'shonourest thou God...

...Thou art inexcusable, 0 -nan, that judgest, and yet dost the same thing's ; and, in ver. 1 7. Behold, thou art called a Jew, and- restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God; therefore, if the apostle is speaking to them, when he says, The goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance,...

...thy boast of" the favour of " God ; and knowest his will," by the revelation he hath made to thee ; " and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law" in what is right and good : " And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light...

...whom St. Paul thus speaks, Rom. ii. 17". " Behold thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, ar.d makest thy boast of God, and knowest his will, and...that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes ; which has the form...

...their dogmas, without any regard to their lives. Therefore St. Paul accuses them, saying, ' Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, and knowest his will (h) ;' but there shall be no advantage to you from thence, unless there be a correspondence in your...

...dogmas, without any regard to their lives. Therefore St. Paul accuses them, saying, ' Behold, thon art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, and knowest his will (h) ;' but there shall be no advantage to you from thence, unless there be a correspondence in your...

...hearts of those who are destitute of divine revelation. And so in. the 18th verse, " Thou approves! the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law." It is the moral law that shews us the nature of things, and teaches us what is excellent ; 20th verse,...

...and "approves!* the things that are more excellent, being1 instructed nut of the law ; 19 And sart confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which arc in darkness. 20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, h which hast the...

...exact a parallel to this before us, that one will be the best comment upon the other — " Behold, thou art called a Jew, " and restest in the law, and...makest thy boast of " God, and knowest his will, and approvestthe things " that are more excellent, being instructed out of the " law ; and art confident...