...the third, and in the following chapters of that epistle. This cannot be by the deeds of the law. " Therefore, by the deeds of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight." But it must be " by the righteousness of God without the law, by the righteousness of God by...

...promise is any where added to the works of the law. The Apostle expressly declares the contrary : " By the deeds of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight:" and again ; " A man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law." Rom. iii. 20. 28....

...express testimony of God, that among all Adam's race 'there is none righteous, no not one ;' and that ' by the deeds of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight.' It follows, upon this want of original righteousness, that all mankind are, as it were, naked...

...except by grace in Jesus Christ ; and, therefore, there is no man who does not deserve to be damned. By the deeds of the law shall no flesh be justified in the sight of God. Neither is God too merciful to damn men who deserve to be damned ; for while he saves...

...law, by his giving this reason for it, that " by the law is the knowledge of sin," as Rom. iii. 20. " By the deeds of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for by the law is the knowledge of sin." Now that law by which we come to the knowledge of sin,...

...justification ; because this, would found their justification upon works, contrary to Rom. iii. 20. " By the deeds of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight."* Q. 56. Is it necessary as the ground of our title to heaven ? A. It is necessary to clear...

...revealed from heaven against all "ungodliness and unrighteousness of men:" and that consequently, " by the deeds of the " law, shall no flesh be justified" in the sight of God; because not a single individual can be found, who has not failed in his obedience...

...largely is explained in the Homily of Justification. See the Homily on the Salvation of Man. SCRIPTURE. " Therefore by the deeds of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight ; for by the law is the knowledge of sin." — " But now the righteousness of God without the...

...guilty of all.' No subsequent obedience can alter, or do away the sentence already incurred : ' for by the deeds of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight ; for by the law is the knowledge of sin.' The more a man becomes acquainted with the law of...

...purer eyes than to behold evil, and cannot look on iniquity. And therefore, the Apostle argues, that by the deeds of the law shall no flesh be justified in the sight of God, for by the law is the knowledge of sin;1* by it we are convicted of being transgressors,...