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therefore the inheritance is of faith, that it might be meerly of favour, to the end the promise might be assured to all his posterity, not to that part only who have the law, but to that also who have the faith of Abraham, the father of us all, as it is written,

he was not incredulously diffident of the divine promise; but was strong in faith, and did honour to God,

but for us also, to whom it shall be accounted, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead,

and not only so, but we triumph in tribulation also, knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, probation;

now for a wicked man no one would willingly die; but for a benefactor some have readily offer'd to die.

but herein hath God displayed his love towards us, in that Christ died for us, even while we were yet sinners.

and not only so, but we have present joy in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now obtained the reconciliation.

sin indeed was in the world all the time before the law: but then sin is not punished when there is no law.

the type of him that was to come: but yet the damage of the fall does not exactly correspond to the advantages of the divine favour: for tho' through the fall of one, mankind became mortal, yet this is greatly over-ballanced by the favour and bounty of God, in the benevolence of one man, Jesus Christ, to all mankind.

neither is the gift, as was the fall by one sin: for the sentence of condemnation, was for one offence; but the divine favour extends to justification from a multitude of sins.

the law was introduc'd, that the greatness of the fall might fully appear; but the more sin display'd its enormity, the divine favour was so much the more transcendent.

for as to his death, he died upon the account of sin once for all; but as to his being alive, he lives to the glory of God for ever.

in like manner consider your selves as dead to sin; but alive to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

neither yield your members as instruments to iniquity: but yield yourselves unto God, as being alive after having been dead; and your members as instruments of righteousness.

for then sin shall have no dominion over you: because you are not under the legal, but under the gospel dispensation.

What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under the gospel?

but God be thanked, that you, who were the vassals of sin, have sincerely obeyed in the manner the gospel prescribed.

but now being set free from sin, and actually in the service of God, the present advantage you reap is holiness, and the future everlasting life.

for the wages of sin is death: but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

now a married woman is bound by the law to her living husband: but if her husband dieth, she is released from the marriage-contract.