,this e,book was produced by ,david ,widger from etext #aeha prepared by ,dennis ,mc,carthy1 ,atlanta1 ,georgia and ,tad ,book1 student1 ,pontifical ,north ,american ,college1 ,rome4 ,,the ,,holy ,,bible ,translated from the ,latin ,vulgate ,diligently ,compared with the ,hebrew1 ,greek1 and ,other ,editions in ,divers ,languages ,,the ,,old ,,testament ,first ,published by the ,english ,college at ,douay ,a4,d4 #afji #afaj and ,,the ,,new ,,testament ,first ,published by the ,english ,college at ,rheims ,a4,d4 #aehb ,with ,annotations ,the ,whole ,revised and ,diligently ,compared with the ,latin ,vulgate by ,bishop ,richard ,challoner ,a4,d4 #agdi-ageb ,,the ,,epistle ,,of ,,st4 ,,paul ,,the ,,apostle ,,to ,,the ,,romans ,st4 ,paul wrote this epistle at ,corinth1 when he was preparing to go to ,jerusalem with the charitable contributions collected in ,achaia and ,macedonia for the relief of the ,christians in ,judea2 which was about twenty-four years after ,our ,lord's ,ascension4 ,it was written in ,greek2 but at the same time translated into ,latin1 for the benefit of those who did not understand that language4 ,and though it is not the first of his ,epistles in the order of time1 yet it is first placed on account of sublimity of the matter contained in it1 of the preeminence of the place to which it was sent1 and in veneration of the ,church4 ,romans ,chapter #a ,he commends the faith of the ,romans1 whom he longs to see4 ,the philosophy of the heathens1 being void of faith and humility1 betrayed them into shameful sins4 #a3a4 ,paul1 a servant of ,jesus ,christ1 called to be an apostle1 separated unto the gospel of ,god4 #a3b4 ,which he had promised before1 by his prophets1 in the holy scriptures1 #a3c4 ,concerning his ,son1 who was made to him of the seed of ,david1 according to the flesh1 #a3d4 ,who was predestinated the ,son of ,god in power1 according to the spirit of sanctification1 by the resurrection of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ from the dead3 ,predestinated1 etc444 ,christ as man1 was predestinated to be the ,son of ,god3 and declared to be so 7as the apostle here signifies7 first1 by power1 that is1 by his working stupendous miracles2 secondly1 by the spirit of sanctification1 that is1 by his infinite sanctity2 thirdly1 by his ressurection1 or raising himself from the dead4 #a3e4 ,by whom we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith1 in all nations1 for his name3 #a3f4 ,among whom are you also the called of ,jesus ,christ3 #a3g4 ,to all that are at ,rome1 the beloved of ,god1 called to be saints4 ,grace to you and peace1 from ,god our ,father and from the ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 #a3h4 ,first1 ,i give thanks to my ,god1 through ,jesus ,christ1 for you all3 because your faith is spoken of in the whole world4 #a3i4 ,for ,god is my witness1 whom ,i serve in my spirit in the gospel of his ,son1 that without ceasing ,i make a commemoration of you3 #a3aj4 ,always in my prayers making request1 if by any means now at length ,i may have a prosperous journey1 by the will of ,god1 to come unto you4 #a3aa4 ,for ,i long to see you that ,i may impart unto you some spiritual grace1 to strengthen you3 #a3ab4 ,that is to say1 that ,i may be comforted together in you by that which is common to us both1 your faith and mine4 #a3ac4 ,and ,i would not have you ignorant1 brethren1 that ,i have often purposed to come unto you 7and have been hindered hitherto7 that ,i might have some fruit among you also1 even as among other ,gentiles4 #a3ad4 ,to the ,greeks and to the barbarians1 to the wise and to the unwise1 ,i am a debtor4 #a3ae4 ,so 7as much as is in me7 ,i am ready to preach the gospel to you also that are at ,rome4 #a3af4 ,for ,i am not ashamed of the gospel4 ,for it is the power of ,god unto salvation to every one that believeth3 to the ,jew first and to the ,greek4 #a3ag4 ,for the justice of ,god is revealed therein1 from faith unto faith1 as it is written3 ,the just man liveth by faith4 #a3ah4 ,for the wrath of ,god is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and injustice of those men that detain the truth of ,god in injustice3 #a3ai4 ,because that which is known of ,god is manifest in them4 ,for ,god hath manifested it unto them4 #a3bj4 ,for the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen1 being understood by the things that are made4 ,his eternal power also and divinity3 so that they are inexcusable4 #a3ba4 ,because that1 when they knew ,god1 they have not glorified him as ,god or given thanks3 but became vain in their thoughts4 ,and their foolish heart was darkened4 #a3bb4 ,for1 professing themselves to be wise1 they became fools4 #a3bc4 ,and they changed the glory of the incorruptible ,god into the likeness of the image of a corruptible man and of birds1 and of fourfooted beasts and of creeping things4 #a3bd4 ,wherefore1 ,god gave them up to the desires of their heart1 unto uncleanness3 to dishonour their own bodies among themselves4 #a3be4 ,who changed the truth of ,god into a lie and worshipped and served the creature rather than the ,creator1 who is blessed for ever4 ,amen4 #a3bf4 ,for this cause1 ,god delivered them up to shameful affections4 ,for their women have changed the natural use into that use which is against nature4 ,god delivered them up444 ,not by being author of their sins1 but by withdrawing his grace1 and so permitting them1 in punishment of their pride1 to fall into those shameful sins4 #a3bg4 ,and1 in like manner1 the men also1 leaving the natural use of the women1 have burned in their lusts1 one towards another3 men with men1 working that which is filthy and receiving in themselves the recompense which was due to their error4 #a3bh4 ,and as they liked not to have ,god in their knowledge1 ,god delivered them up to a reprobate sense1 to do those things which are not convenient4 #a3bi4 ,being filled with all iniquity1 malice1 fornication1 avarice1 wickedness3 full of envy1 murder1 contention1 deceit1 malignity3 whisperers1 #a3cj4 ,detractors1 hateful to ,god1 contumelious1 proud1 haughty1 inventors of evil things1 disobedient to parents1 #a3ca4 ,foolish1 dissolute3 without affection1 without fidelity1 without mercy4 #a3cb4 ,who1 having known the justice of ,god1 did not understand that they who do such things1 are worthy of death3 and not only they that do them1 but they also that consent to them that do them4 ,romans ,chapter #b ,the ,jews are censured1 who make their boast of the law and keep it not4 ,he declares who are the true ,jews4 #b3a4 ,wherefore thou art inexcusable1 ,o man1 whosoever thou art that judgest4 ,for wherein thou judgest another1 thou condemnest thyself4 ,for thou dost the same things which thou judgest4 #b3b4 ,for we know that the judgment of ,god is1 according to truth1 against them that do such things4 #b3c4 ,and thinkest thou this1 ,o man1 that judgest them who do such things and dost the same1 that thou shalt escape the judgment of ,god8 #b3d4 ,or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and patience and longsuffering8 ,knowest thou not that the benignity of ,god leadeth thee to penance8 #b3e4 ,but according to thy hardness and impenitent heart1 thou treasurest up to thyself wrath1 against the day of wrath and revelation of the just judgment of ,god3 #b3f4 ,who will render to every man according to his works4 #b3g4 ,to them indeed who1 according to patience in good work1 seek glory and honour and incorruption1 eternal life3 #b3h4 ,but to them that are contentious and who obey not the truth but give credit to iniquity1 wrath and indignation4 #b3i4 ,tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that worketh evil3 of the ,jew first1 and also of the ,greek4 #b3aj4 ,but glory and honour and peace to every one that worketh good3 to the ,jew first1 and also to the ,greek4 #b3aa4 ,for there is no respect of persons with ,god4 #b3ab4 ,for whosoever have sinned without the law shall perish without the law3 and whosoever have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law4 #b3ac4 ,for not the hearers of the law are just before ,god3 but the doers of the law shall be justified4 #b3ad4 ,for when the ,gentiles1 who have not the law1 do by nature those things that are of the law2 these1 having not the law1 are a law to themselves4 #b3ae4 ,who shew the work of the law written in their hearts1 their conscience bearing witness to them3 and their thoughts between themselves accusing or also defending one another1 #b3af4 ,in the day when ,god shall judge the secrets of men by ,jesus ,christ1 according to my gospel4 #b3ag4 ,but if thou art called a ,jew and restest in the law and makest thy boast of ,god1 #b3ah4 ,and knowest his will and approvest the more profitable things1 being instructed by the law3 #b3ai4 ,art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind1 a light of them that are in darkness1 #b3bj4 ,an instructor of the foolish1 a teacher of infants1 having the form of knowledge and of truth in the law4 #b3ba4 ,thou therefore1 that teachest another1 teachest not thyself3 thou1 that preachest that men should not steal1 stealest4 #b3bb4 ,thou1 that sayest men should not commit adultery1 committest adultery3 thou1 that abhorrest idols1 committest sacrilege3 #b3bc4 ,thou1 that makest thy boast of the law1 by transgression of the law dishonourest ,god4 #b3bd4 7,for the name of ,god through you is blasphemed among the ,gentiles1 as it is written47 #b3be4 ,circumcision profiteth indeed1 if thou keep the law3 but if thou be a transgressor of the law1 thy circumcision is made uncircumcision4 #b3bf4 ,if then1 the uncircumcised keep the justices of the law1 shall not this uncircumcision be counted for circumcision8 #b3bg4 ,and shall not that which by nature is uncircumcision1 if it fulfil the law1 judge thee1 who by the letter and circumcision art a transgressor of the law8 #b3bh4 ,for it is not he is a ,jew1 who is so outwardly3 nor is that circumcision which is outwardly in the flesh4 #b3bi4 ,but he is a ,jew that is one inwardly and the circumcision is that of the heart1 in the spirit not in the letter3 whose praise is not of men1 but of ,god4 ,romans ,chapter #c ,the advantages of the ,jews4 ,all men are sinners and none can be justified by the works of the law1 but only by the grace of ,christ4 #c3a4 ,what advantage then hath the ,jew3 or what is the profit of circumcision8 #c3b4 ,much every way4 ,first indeed1 because the words of ,god were committed to them4 #c3c4 ,for what if some of them have not believed8 ,shall their unbelief make the faith of ,god without effect8 ,god forbid6 #c3d4 ,but ,god is true and every man a liar1 as it is written3 ,that thou mayest be justified in thy words and mayest overcome when thou art judged4 ,god only is essentially true4 ,all men in their own capacity are liable to lies and errors3 nevertheless ,god1 who is the truth1 will make good his promise of keeping his church in all truth4 ,see ,st4 ,john #af4ac4 #c3e4 ,but if our injustice commend the justice of ,god1 what shall we say8 ,is ,god unjust1 who executeth wrath8 #c3f4 7,i speak according to man47 ,god forbid6 ,otherwise how shall ,god judge this world8 #c3g4 ,for if the truth of ,god hath more abounded through my lie1 unto his glory1 why am ,i also yet judged as a sinner8 #c3h4 ,and not rather 7as we are slandered and as some affirm that we say7 let us do evil that there may come good8 ,whose damnation is just4 #c3i4 ,what then8 ,do we excel them8 ,no1 not so4 ,for we have charged both ,jews and ,greeks1 that they are all under sin4 #c3aj4 ,as it is written3 ,there is not any man just4 ,there is not any man just1 viz444 by virtue either of the law of nature1 or of the law of ,moses2 but only by faith and grace4 #c3aa4 ,there is none that understandeth3 there is none that seeketh after ,god4 #c3ab4 ,all have turned out of the way3 they are become unprofitable together3 there is none that doth good1 there is not so much as one4 #c3ac4 ,their throat is an open sepulchre3 with their tongues they have dealt deceitfully4 ,the venom of asps is under their lips4 #c3ad4 ,whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness3 #c3ae4 ,their feet swift to shed blood3 #c3af4 ,destruction and misery in their ways3 #c3ag4 ,and the way of peace they have not known4 #c3ah4 ,there is no fear of ,god before their eyes4 #c3ai4 ,now we know that what things soever the law speaketh1 it speaketh to them that are in the law3 that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may be made subject to ,god4 #c3bj4 ,because by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified before him4 ,for by the law is the knowledge of sin4 #c3ba4 ,but now1 without the law1 the justice of ,god is made manifest1 being witnessed by the law and the prophets4 #c3bb4 ,even the justice of ,god1 by faith of ,jesus ,christ1 unto all1 and upon all them that believe in him3 for there is no distinction4 #c3bc4 ,for all have sinned and do need the glory of ,god4 #c3bd4 ,being justified freely by his grace1 through the redemption that is in ,christ ,jesus1 #c3be4 ,whom ,god hath proposed to be a propitiation1 through faith in his blood1 to the shewing of his justice1 for the remission of former sins1 #c3bf4 ,through the forbearance of ,god1 for the shewing of his justice in this time3 that he himself may be just and the justifier of him who is of the faith of ,jesus ,christ4 #c3bg4 ,where is then thy boasting8 ,it is excluded4 ,by what law8 ,of works8 ,no1 but by the law of faith4 #c3bh4 ,for we account a man to be justified by faith1 without the works of the law4 ,by faith1 etc444 ,the faith1 to which the apostle here attributes man's justification1 is not a presumptuous assurance of our being justified2 but a firm and lively belief of all that ,god has revealed or promised4 ,heb4 #aa4 ,a faith working through charity in ,jesus ,christ4 ,gal4 #e4f4 ,in short1 a faith which takes in hope1 love1 repentance1 and the use of the sacraments4 ,and the works which he here excludes1 are only the works of the law3 that is1 such as are done by the law of nature1 or that of ,moses1 antecedent to the faith of ,christ3 but by no means1 such as follow faith1 and proceed from it4 #c3bi4 ,is he the ,god of the ,jews only8 ,is he not also of the ,gentiles8 yes1 of the ,gentiles also4 #c3cj4 ,for it is one ,god that justifieth circumcision by faith and uncircumcision through faith4 #c3ca4 ,do we then1 destroy the law through faith8 ,god forbid6 ,but we establish the law4 ,romans ,chapter #d ,abraham was not justified by works done1 as of himself1 but by grace and by faith4 ,and that before he was circumcised4 ,gentiles1 by faith1 are his children4 #d3a4 ,what shall we say then that ,abraham hath found1 who is our father according to the flesh8 #d3b4 ,for if ,abraham were justified by works1 he hath whereof to glory1 but not before ,god4 ,by works444 ,done by his own strength1 without the grace of ,god1 and faith in him4 ,not before ,god444 ,whatever glory or applause such works might procure from men1 they would be of no value in the sight of ,god4 #d3c4 ,for what saith the scripture8 ,abraham believed ,god3 and it was reputed to him unto justice4 ,reputed1 etc444 ,by ,god1 who reputeth nothing otherwise than it is4 ,however1 we may gather from this word1 that when we are justified1 our justification proceedeth from ,god's free grace and bounty2 and not from any efficacy which any act of ours could have of its own nature1 abstracting from ,god's grace4 #d3d4 ,now to him that worketh1 the reward is not reckoned according to grace but according to debt4 ,to him that worketh444 ,vis41 as of his own fund1 or by his own strength4 ,such a man1 says the apostle1 challenges his reward as a debt due to his own performances2 whereas he who worketh not1 that is1 who presumeth not upon any works done by his own strength1 but seeketh justice through faith and grace1 is freely justified by ,god's grace4 #d3e4 ,but to him that worketh not1 yet believeth in him that justifieth the ungodly1 his faith is reputed to justice1 according to the purpose of the grace of ,god4 #d3f4 ,as ,david also termeth the blessedness of a man to whom ,god reputeth justice without works3 #d3g4 ,blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven3 and whose sins are covered4 ,blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven1 and whose sins are covered444 ,that is1 blessed are those who1 by doing penance1 have obtained pardon and remission of their sins1 and also are covered2 that is1 newly clothed with the habit of grace1 and vested with the stole of charity4 #d3h4 ,blessed is the man to whom the ,lord hath not imputed sin4 ,blessed is the man to whom the ,lord hath not imputed sin444 ,that is1 blessed is the man who hath retained his baptismal innocence1 that no grievous sin can be imputed to him4 ,and1 likewise1 blessed is the man1 who after fall into sin1 hath done penance and leads a virtuous life1 by frequenting the sacraments necessary for obtaining the grace to prevent a relapse1 that sin is no more imputed to him4 #d3i4 ,this blessedness then1 doth it remain in the circumcision only or in the uncircumcision also8 ,for we say that unto ,abraham faith was reputed to justice4 ,in the circumcision1 etc444 ,that is1 is it only for the ,jews that are circumcised8 ,no1 says the apostle1 but also for the uncircumcised ,gentiles3 who1 by faith and grace1 may come to justice2 as ,abraham did before he was circumcised4 #d3aj4 ,how then was it reputed8 ,when he was in circumcision or in uncircumcision8 ,not in circumcision1 but in uncircumcision4 #d3aa4 ,and he received the sign of circumcision1 a seal of the justice of the faith which he had1 being uncircumcised3 that he might be the father of all them that believe1 being uncircumcised3 that unto them also it may be reputed to justice3 #d3ab4 ,and he might be the father of circumcision2 not to them only that are of the circumcision1 but to them also that follow the steps of the faith that is in the uncircumcision of our father ,abraham4 #d3ac4 ,for not through the law was the promise to ,abraham or to his seed1 that he should be heir of the world3 but through the justice of faith4 #d3ad4 ,for if they who are of the law be heirs1 faith is made void3 the promise is made of no effect4 ,be heirs444 ,that is1 if they alone1 who follow the ceremonies of thelaw1 be heirs of the blessings promised to ,abraham2 then that faith which was so much praised in him1 will be found to be of little value4 ,and the very promise will be made void1 by which he was promised to be the father1 not of the ,jews only1 but of all nations of believers4 #d3ae4 ,for the law worketh wrath4 ,for where there is no law1 neither is there transgression4 ,the law worketh wrath444 ,the law1 abstracting from faith and grace1 worketh wrath occasionally1 by being an occasion of many transgressions1 which provoke ,god's wrath4 #d3af4 ,therefore is it of faith1 that according to grace the promise might be firm to all the seed3 not to that only which is of the law1 but to that also which is of the faith of ,abraham1 who is the father of us all1 #d3ag4 7,as it is written3 ,i have made thee a father of many nations71 before ,god1 whom he believed3 who quickeneth the dead and calleth those things that are not1 as those that are4 #d3ah4 ,who against hope believed in hope2 that he might be made the father of many nations1 according to that which was said to him3 ,so shall thy seed be4 #d3ai4 ,and he was not weak in faith4 ,neither did he consider his own body1 now dead 7whereas he was almost an hundred years old71 nor the dead womb of ,sara4 #d3bj4 ,in the promise also of ,god he staggered not by distrust3 but was strengthened in faith1 giving glory to ,god3 #d3ba4 ,most fully knowing that whatsoever he has promised1 he is able also to perform4 #d3bb4 ,and therefore it was reputed to him unto justice4 #d3bc4 ,now it is not written only for him that it was reputed to him unto justice1 #d3bd4 ,but also for us1 to whom it shall be reputed1 if we believe in him that raised up ,jesus ,christ1 our ,lord1 from the dead1 #d3be4 ,who was delivered up for our sins and rose again for our justification4 ,romans ,chapter #e ,the grounds we have for hope in ,christ4 ,sin and death came by ,adam1 grace and life by ,christ4 #e3a4 ,being justified therefore by faith1 let us have peace with ,god1 through our ,lord ,jesus ,christ3 #e3b4 ,by whom also we have access through faith into this grace wherein we stand3 and glory in the hope of the glory of the sons of ,god4 #e3c4 ,and not only so3 but we glory also in tribulation1 knowing that tribulation worketh patience2 #e3d4 ,and patience trial2 and trial hope2 #e3e4 ,and hope confoundeth not3 because the charity of ,god is poured forth in our hearts1 by the ,holy ,ghost who is given to us4 #e3f4 ,for why did ,christ1 when as yet we were weak1 according to the time1 die for the ungodly8 #e3g4 ,for scarce for a just man will one die3 yet perhaps for a good man some one would dare to die4 #e3h4 ,but ,god commendeth his charity towards us3 because when as yet we were sinners according to the time4 #e3i4 ,christ died for us4 ,much more therefore1 being now justified by his blood1 shall we be saved from wrath through him4 #e3aj4 ,for if1 when we were enemies1 we were reconciled to ,god by the death of his ,son3 much more1 being reconciled1 shall we be saved by his life4 #e3aa4 ,and not only so3 but also we glory in ,god1 through our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 by whom we have now received reconciliation4 #e3ab4 ,wherefore as by one man sin entered into this world and by sin death3 and so death passed upon all men1 in whom all have sinned4 ,by one man444 ,adam1 from whom we all contracted original sin4 #e3ac4 ,for until the law sin was in the world3 but sin was not imputed1 when the law was not4 ,not imputed444 ,that is1 men knew not1 or made no account of sin1 neither was it imputed to them1 in the manner it was afterwards1 when they transgressed the known written law of ,god4 #e3ad4 ,but death reigned from ,adam unto ,moses1 even over them also who have not sinned1 after the similitude of the transgression of ,adam1 who is a figure of him who was to come4 #e3ae4 ,but not as the offence1 so also the gift4 ,for if by the offence of one1 many died3 much more the grace of ,god and the gift1 by the grace of one man1 ,jesus ,christ1 hath abounded unto many4 #e3af4 ,and not as it was by one sin1 so also is the gift4 ,for judgment indeed was by one unto condemnation3 but grace is of many offences unto justification4 #e3ag4 ,for if by one man's offence death reigned through one2 much more they who receive abundance of grace and of the gift and of justice shall reign in life through one1 ,jesus ,christ4 #e3ah4 ,therefore1 as by the offence of one1 unto all men to condemnation3 so also by the justice of one1 unto all men to justification of life4 #e3ai4 ,for as by the disobedience of one man1 many were made sinners3 so also by the obedience of one1 many shall be made just4 #e3bj4 ,now the law entered in that sin might abound4 ,and where sin abounded1 grace did more abound4 ,that sin might abound444 ,not as if the law were given on purpose for sin to abound3 but that it so happened through man's perversity1 taking occasion of sinning more1 from the prohibition of sin4 #e3ba4 ,that as sin hath reigned to death3 so also grace might reign by justice unto life everlasting1 through ,jesus ,christ our ,lord4 ,romans ,chapter #f ,the ,christian must die to sin and live to ,god4 #f3a4 ,what shall we say1 then8 ,shall we continue in sin1 that grace may abound8 #f3b4 ,god forbid6 ,for we that are dead to sin1 how shall we live any longer therein8 #f3c4 ,know you not that all we who are baptized in ,christ ,jesus are baptized in his death8 #f3d4 ,for we are buried together with him by baptism into death3 that1 as ,christ is risen from the dead by the glory of the ,father1 so we also may walk in newness of life4 #f3e4 ,for if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death1 we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection4 #f3f4 ,knowing this1 that our old man is crucified with him1 that the body of sin may be destroyed1 to the end that we may serve sin no longer4 ,old man--body of sin444 ,our corrupt state1 subject to sin and concupiscence1 coming to us from ,adam1 is called our old man1 as our state1 reformed in and by ,christ1 is called the new man4 ,and the vices and sins1 which then ruled in us are named the body of sin4 #f3g4 ,for he that is dead is justified from sin4 #f3h4 ,now1 if we be dead with ,christ1 we believe that we shall live also together with ,christ4 #f3i4 ,knowing that ,christ1 rising again from the dead1 dieth now no more4 ,death shall no more have dominion over him4 #f3aj4 ,for in that he died to sin1 he died once3 but in that he liveth1 he liveth unto ,god4 #f3aa4 ,so do you also reckon that you are dead to sin1 but alive unto ,god1 in ,christ ,jesus our ,lord4 #f3ab4 ,let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body1 so as to obey the lusts thereof4 #f3ac4 ,neither yield ye your members as instruments of iniquity unto sin3 but present yourselves to ,god1 as those that are alive from the dead2 and your members as instruments of justice unto ,god4 #f3ad4 ,for sin shall not have dominion over you3 for you are not under the law1 but under grace4 #f3ae4 ,what then8 ,shall we sin1 because we are not under the law1 but under grace8 ,god forbid6 #f3af4 ,know you not that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey1 his servants you are whom you obey1 whether it be of sin unto death or of obedience unto justice4 #f3ag4 ,but thanks be to ,god1 that you were the servants of sin but have obeyed from the heart unto that form of doctrine into which you have been delivered4 #f3ah4 ,being then freed from sin1 we have been made servants of justice4 #f3ai4 ,i speak an human thing1 because of the infirmity of your flesh4 ,for as you have yielded your members to serve uncleanness and iniquity1 unto iniquity3 so now yield your members to serve justice1 unto sanctification4 #f3bj4 ,for when you were the servants of sin1 you were free men to justice4 #f3ba4 ,what fruit therefore had you then in those things of which you are now ashamed8 ,for the end of them is death4 #f3bb4 ,but now being made free from sin and become servants to ,god1 you have your fruit unto sanctification1 and the end life everlasting4 #f3bc4 ,for the wages of sin is death4 ,but the grace of ,god1 life everlasting in ,christ ,jesus our ,lord4 ,romans ,chapter #g ,we are released by ,christ from the law and from the guilt of sin1 though the inclination to it still tempts us4 #g3a4 ,know you not1 brethren 7for ,i speak to them that know the law7 that the law hath dominion over a man as long as it liveth8 ,as long as it liveth444 or1 as long as he liveth4 #g3b4 ,for the woman that hath an husband1 whilst her husband liveth is bound to the law4 ,but if her husband be dead1 she is loosed from the law of her husband4 #g3c4 ,therefore1 whilst her husband liveth1 she shall be called an adulteress1 if she be with another man3 but if her husband be dead1 she is delivered from the law of her husband3 so that she is not an adulteress1 if she be with another man4 #g3d4 ,therefore1 my brethren1 you also are become dead to the law1 by the body of ,christ3 that you may belong to another1 who is risen again from the dead that we may bring forth fruit to ,god4 #g3e4 ,for when we were in the flesh1 the passions of sins1 which were by the law1 did work in our members1 to bring forth fruit unto death4 #g3f4 ,but now we are loosed from the law of death wherein we were detained2 so that we should serve in newness of spirit1 and not in the oldness of the letter4 #g3g4 ,what shall we say1 then8 ,is the law sin8 ,god forbid6 ,but ,i do not know sin1 but by the law4 ,for ,i had not known concupiscence1 if the law did not say3 ,thou shalt not covet4 #g3h4 ,but sin1 taking occasion by the commandment1 wrought in me all manner of concupiscence4 ,for without the law sin was dead4 ,sin taking occasion444 ,sin1 or concupiscence1 which is called sin1 because it is from sin1 and leads to sin1 which was asleep before1 was weakened by the prohibition3 the law not being the cause thereof1 nor properly giving occasion to it3 but occasion being taken by our corrupt nature to resist the commandment laid upon us4 #g3i4 ,and ,i lived some time without the law4 ,but when the commandment came1 sin revived1 #g3aj4 ,and ,i died4 ,and the commandment that was ordained to life1 the same was found to be unto death to me4 #g3aa4 ,for sin1 taking occasion by the commandment1 seduced me3 and by it killed me4 #g3ab4 ,wherefore the law indeed is holy3 and the commandment holy and just and good4 #g3ac4 ,was that then which is good made death unto me8 ,god forbid6 ,but sin1 that it may appear sin1 by that which is good1 wrought death in me3 that sin1 by the commandment1 might become sinful above measure4 ,that it may appear sin1 or that sin may appear1 viz444 ,to be the monster it is1 which is even capable to take occasion from that which is good1 to work death4 #g3ad4 ,for we know that the law is spiritual4 ,but ,i am carnal1 sold under sin4 #g3ae4 ,for that which ,i work1 ,i understand not4 ,for ,i do not that good which ,i will3 but the evil which ,i hate1 that ,i do4 ,i do not that good which ,i will1 etc444 ,the apostle here describes the disorderly motions of passion and concupiscence2 which oftentimes in us get the start of reason3 and by means of which even good men suffer in the inferior appetite what their will abhors3 and are much hindered in the accomplishment of the desires of their spirit and mind4 ,but these evil motions1 7though they are called the law of sin1 because they come from original sin1 and violently tempt and incline to sin17 as long as the will does not consent to them1 are not sins1 because they are not voluntary4 #g3af4 ,if then ,i do that which ,i will not1 ,i consent to the law1 that it is good4 #g3ag4 ,now then it is no more ,i that do it3 but sin that dwelleth in me4 #g3ah4 ,for ,i know that there dwelleth not in me1 that is to say1 in my flesh1 that which is good4 ,for to will is present with me3 but to accomplish that which is good1 ,i find not4 #g3ai4 ,for the good which ,i will1 ,i do not3 but the evil which ,i will not1 that ,i do4 #g3bj4 ,now if ,i do that which ,i will not1 it is no more ,i that do it3 but sin that dwelleth in me4 #g3ba4 ,i find then a law1 that when ,i have a will to do good1 evil is present with me4 #g3bb4 ,for ,i am delighted with the law of ,god1 according to the inward man3 #g3bc4 ,but ,i see another law in my members1 fighting against the law of my mind and captivating me in the law of sin that is in my members4 #g3bd4 ,unhappy man that ,i am1 who shall deliver me from the body of this death8 #g3be4 ,the grace of ,god1 by ,jesus ,christ our ,lord4 ,therefore1 ,i myself1 with the mind serve the law of ,god3 but with the flesh1 the law of sin4 ,romans ,chapter #h ,there is no condemnation to them that1 being justified by ,christ1 walk not according to the flesh1 but according to the spirit4 ,their strong hope and love of ,god4 #h3a4 ,there is now therefore no condemnation to them that are in ,christ ,jesus1 who walk not according to the flesh4 #h3b4 ,for the law of the spirit of life1 in ,christ ,jesus1 hath delivered me from the law of sin and of death4 #h3c4 ,for what the law could not do1 in that it was weak through the flesh1 ,god1 sending his own ,son in the likeness of sinful flesh and of sin1 hath condemned sin in the flesh4 #h3d4 ,that the justification of the law might be fulfilled in us who walk not according to the flesh1 but according to the spirit4 #h3e4 ,for they that are according to the flesh mind the things that are of the flesh3 but they that are according to the spirit mind the things that are of the spirit4 #h3f4 ,for the wisdom of the flesh is death3 but the wisdom of the spirit is life and peace4 #h3g4 ,because the wisdom of the flesh is an enemy to ,god4 ,for it is not subject to the law of ,god3 neither can it be4 #h3h4 ,and they who are in the flesh cannot please ,god4 #h3i4 ,but you are not in the flesh1 but the spirit1 if so be that the ,spirit of ,god dwell in you4 ,now if any man have not the ,spirit of ,christ1 he is none of his4 #h3aj4 ,and if ,christ be in you1 the body indeed is dead1 because of sin3 but the spirit liveth1 because of justification4 #h3aa4 ,and if the ,spirit of him that raised up ,jesus from the dead dwell in you2 he that raised up ,jesus ,christ1 from the dead shall quicken also your mortal bodies1 because of his ,spirit that dwelleth in you4 #h3ab4 ,therefore1 brethren1 we are debtors1 not to the flesh to live according to the flesh4 #h3ac4 ,for if you live according to the flesh1 you shall die3 but if by the ,spirit you mortify the deeds of the flesh1 you shall live4 #h3ad4 ,for whosoever are led by the ,spirit of ,god1 they are the sons of ,god4 #h3ae4 ,for you have not received the spirit of bondage again in fear3 but you have received the spirit of adoption of sons1 whereby we cry3 ,abba 7,father74 #h3af4 ,for the ,spirit himself giveth testimony to our spirit that we are the sons of ,god4 ,the ,spirit himself1 etc444 ,by the inward motions of divine love1 and the peace of conscience1 which the children of ,god experience1 they have a kind of testimony of ,god's favour2 by which they are much strengthened in their hope of their justification and salvation2 but yet not so as to pretend to an absolute assurance3 which is not usually granted in this mortal life3 during which we are taught to work out our salvation with fear and trembling4 ,phil4 #b4ab4 ,and that he that thinketh himself to stand1 must take heed lest he fall4 #a ,cor4 #aj4ab4 ,see also1 ,rom4 #aa4bj1 #ba1 #bb4 #h3ag4 ,and if sons1 heirs also2 heirs indeed of ,god and joint heirs with ,christ3 yet so1 if we suffer with him1 that we may be also glorified with him4 #h3ah4 ,for ,i reckon that the sufferings of this time are not worthy to be compared with the glory to come that shall be revealed in us4 #h3ai4 ,for the expectation of the creature waiteth for the revelation of the sons of ,god4 ,the expectation of the creature1 etc444 ,he speaks of the corporeal creation1 made for the use and service of man2 and1 by occasion of his sin1 made subject to vanity1 that is1 to a perpetual instability1 tending to corruption and other defects2 so that by a figure of speech it is here said to groan and be in labour1 and to long for its deliverance1 which is then to come1 when sin shall reign no more2 and ,god shall raise the bodies and unite them to their souls never more to separate1 and to be in everlasting happiness in heaven4 #h3bj4 ,for the creature was made subject to vanity3 not willingly1 but by reason of him that made it subject1 in hope4 #h3ba4 ,because the creature also itself shall be delivered from the servitude of corruption1 into the liberty of the glory of the children of ,god4 #h3bb4 ,for we know that every creature groaneth and travaileth in pain1 even till now4 #h3bc4 ,and not only it1 but ourselves also1 who have the firstfruits of the ,spirit3 even we ourselves groan within ourselves1 waiting for the adoption of the sons of ,god1 the redemption of our body4 #h3bd4 ,for we are saved by hope4 ,but hope that is seen is not hope4 ,for what a man seeth1 why doth he hope for8 #h3be4 ,but if we hope for that which we see not1 we wait for it with patience4 #h3bf4 ,likewise1 the ,spirit also helpeth our infirmity4 ,for1 we know not what we should pray for as we ought3 but the ,spirit himself asketh for us with unspeakable groanings1 ,asketh for us444 ,the ,spirit is said to ask1 and desire for the saints1 and to pray in us2 inasmuch as he inspireth prayer1 and teacheth us to pray4 #h3bg4 ,and he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what the ,spirit desireth3 because he asketh for the saints according to ,god4 #h3bh4 ,and we know that to them that love ,god all things work together unto good3 to such as1 according to his purpose1 are called to be saints4 #h3bi4 ,for whom he foreknew1 he also predestinated to be made conformable to the image of his ,son3 that he might be the ,firstborn amongst many brethren4 ,he also predestinated1 etc444 ,that is1 ,god hath preordained that all his elect should be conformable to the image of his ,son4 ,we must not here offer to pry into the secrets of ,god's eternal election2 only firmly believe that all our good1 in time and eternity1 flows originally from ,god's free goodness2 and all our evil from man's free will4 #h3cj4 ,and whom he predestinated1 them he also called4 ,and whom he called1 them he also justified4 ,and whom he justified1 them he also glorified4 #h3ca4 ,what shall we then say to these things8 ,if ,god be for us1 who is against us8 #h3cb4 ,he that spared not even his own ,son1 but delivered him up for us all1 how hath he not also1 with him1 given us all things8 #h3cc4 ,who shall accuse against the elect of ,god8 ,god is he that justifieth3 #h3cd4 ,who is he that shall condemn8 ,christ ,jesus that died3 yea that is risen also again1 who is at the right hand of ,god1 who also maketh intercession for us4 #h3ce4 ,who then shall separate us from the love of ,christ8 ,shall tribulation8 ,or distress8 ,or famine8 ,or nakedness8 ,or danger8 ,or persecution8 ,or the sword8 #h3cf4 7,as it is written3 ,for thy sake1 we are put to death all the day long4 ,we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter47 #h3cg4 ,but in all these things we overcome1 because of him that hath loved us4 #h3ch4 ,for ,i am sure that neither death1 nor life1 nor angels1 nor principalities1 nor powers1 nor things present1 nor things to come1 nor might1 ,i am sure444 ,that is1 ,i am persuaded2 as it is in the ,greek1 pepeismai4 #h3ci4 ,nor height1 nor depth1 nor any other creature1 shall be able to separate us from the love of ,god which is in ,christ ,jesus our ,lord4 ,romans ,chapter #i ,the apostle's concern for the ,jews4 ,god's election is free and not confined to their nation4 #i3a4 ,i speak the truth in ,christ3 ,i lie not1 my conscience bearing me witness in the ,holy ,ghost3 #i3b4 ,that ,i have great sadness and continual sorrow in my heart4 #i3c4 ,for ,i wished myself to be an anathema from ,christ1 for my brethren3 who are my kinsmen according to the flesh3 ,anathema444 ,a curse4 ,the apostle's concern and love for his countrymen the ,jews was so great1 that he was willing to suffer even an anathema1 or curse1 for their sake2 or any evil that could come upon him1 without his offending ,god4 #i3d4 ,who are ,israelites3 to whom belongeth the adoption as of children and the glory and the testament and the giving of the law and the service of ,god and the promises3 #i3e4 ,whose are the fathers and of whom is ,christ1 according to the flesh1 who is over all things1 ,god blessed for ever4 ,amen4 #i3f4 ,not as though the word of ,god hath miscarried4 ,for all are not ,israelites that are of ,israel4 ,all are not ,israelites1 etc444 ,not all1 who are the carnal seed of ,israel1 are true ,israelites in ,god's account3 who1 as by his free grace1 he heretofore preferred ,isaac before ,ismael1 and ,jacob before ,esau1 so he could1 and did by the like free grace1 election and mercy1 raise up spiritual children by faith to ,abraham and ,israel1 from among the ,gentiles1 and prefer them before the carnal ,jews4 #i3g4 ,neither are all they that are the seed of ,abraham1 children3 but in ,isaac shall thy seed be called4 #i3h4 ,that is to say1 not they that are the children of the flesh are the children of ,god3 but they that are the children of the promise are accounted for the seed4 #i3i4 ,for this is the word of promise3 ,according to this time will ,i come4 ,and ,sara shall have a son4 #i3aj4 ,and not only she4 ,but when ,rebecca also had conceived at once of ,isaac our father4 #i3aa4 ,for when the children were not yet born1 nor had done any good or evil 7that the purpose of ,god according to election might stand73 ,not yet born1 etc444 ,by this example of these twins1 and the preference of the younger to the elder1 the drift of the apostle is1 to shew that ,god1 in his election1 mercy and grace1 is not tied to any particular nation1 as the ,jews imagined2 nor to any prerogative of birth1 or any forgoing merits4 ,for as1 antecedently to his grace1 he sees no merits in any1 but finds all involved in sin1 in the common mass of condemnation2 and all children of wrath3 there is no one whom he might not justly leave in that mass2 so that whomsoever he delivers from it1 he delivers in his mercy3 and whomsoever he leaves in it1 he leaves in his justice4 ,as when1 of two equally criminal1 the king is pleased out of pure mercy to pardon one1 whilst he suffers justice to take place in the execution of the other4 #i3ab4 ,not of works1 but of him that calleth1 it was said to her3 ,the elder shall serve the younger4 #i3ac4 ,as it is written3 ,jacob ,i have loved3 but ,esau ,i have hated4 #i3ad4 ,what shall we say then8 ,is there injustice with ,god8 ,god forbid6 #i3ae4 ,for he saith to ,moses3 ,i will have mercy on whom ,i will have mercy4 ,and ,i will shew mercy to whom ,i will shew mercy4 #i3af4 ,so then it is not of him that willeth1 nor of him that runneth1 but of ,god that sheweth mercy4 ,not of him that willeth1 etc444 ,that is1 by any power or strength of his own1 abstracting from the grace of ,god4 #i3ag4 ,for the scripture saith to ,pharao3 ,to this purpose have ,i raised thee1 that ,i may shew my power in thee and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth4 ,to this purpose1 etc444 ,not that ,god made him on purpose that he should sin1 and so be damned2 but foreseeing his obstinacy in sin1 and the abuse of his own free will1 he raised him up to be a mighty king1 to make a more remarkable example of him3 and that his power might be better known1 and his justice in punishing him1 published throughout the earth4 #i3ah4 ,therefore he hath mercy on whom he will4 ,and whom he will1 he hardeneth4 ,he hardeneth444 ,not by being the cause or author of his sin1 but by withholding his grace1 and so leaving him in his sin1 in punishment of his past demerits4 #i3ai4 ,thou wilt say therefore to me3 ,why doth he then find fault8 ,for who resisteth his will8 #i3bj4 ,o man1 who art thou that repliest against ,god8 ,shall the thing formed say to him that formed it3 ,why hast thou made me thus8 #i3ba4 ,or hath not the potter power over the clay1 of the same lump1 to make one vessel unto honour and another unto dishonour8 ,the potter444 ,this similitude is used only to shew that we are not to dispute with our ,maker1 nor to reason with him why he does not give as uch grace to one as to another2 for since the whole lump of our clay is vitiated by sin1 it is owing to his goodness and mercy1 that he makes out of it so many vessels of honor2 and it is no more than just1 that others1 in punishment of their unrepented sins1 should be given up to be vessels of dishonor4 #i3bb4 ,what if ,god1 willing to shew his wrath and to make his power known1 endured with much patience vessels of wrath1 fitted for destruction1 #i3bc4 ,that he might shew the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy which he hath prepared unto glory8 #i3bd4 ,even us1 whom also he hath called1 not only of the ,jews but also of the ,gentiles4 #i3be4 ,as in ,osee he saith3 ,i will call that which was not my people1 my people2 and her that was not beloved1 beloved2 and her that had not obtained mercy2 one that hath obtained mercy4 #i3bf4 ,and it shalt be in the place where it was said unto them3 you are not my people2 there they shall be called the sons of the living ,god4 #i3bg4 ,and ,isaias cried out concerning ,israel3 ,if the number of the children of ,israel be as the sand of the sea1 a remnant shall be saved4 ,a remnant444 ,that is1 a small number only of the children of ,israel shall be converted and saved4 ,how perversely is this text quoted for the salvation of men of all religions1 when it speaks only of the converts of the children of ,israel6 #i3bh4 ,for he shall finish his word and cut it short in justice3 because a short word shall the ,lord make upon the earth4 #i3bi4 ,and ,isaias foretold3 ,unless the ,lord of ,sabbath had left us a seed1 we had been made as ,sodom and we had been like unto ,gomorrha4 #i3cj4 ,what then shall we say8 ,that the ,gentiles who followed not after justice have attained to justice1 even the justice that is of faith4 #i3ca4 ,but ,israel1 by following after the law of justice1 is not come unto the law of justice4 #i3cb4 ,why so8 ,because they sought it not by faith1 but as it were of works4 ,for they stumbled at the stumblingstone4 #i3cc4 ,as it is written3 ,behold ,i lay in ,sion a stumbling-stone and a rock of scandal4 ,and whosoever believeth in him shall not be confounded4 ,romans ,chapter #aj ,the end of the law is faith in ,christ4 which the ,jews refusing to submit to1 cannot be justified4 #aj3a4 ,brethren1 the will of my heart1 indeed and my prayer to ,god is for them unto salvation4 #aj3b4 ,for ,i bear them witness that they have a zeal of ,god1 but not according to knowledge4 #aj3c4 ,for they1 not knowing the justice of ,god and seeking to establish their own1 have not submitted themselves to the justice of ,god4 ,the justice of ,god444 ,that is1 the justice which ,god giveth us through ,christ2 as on the other hand1 the ,jews' own justice is1 that which they pretended to by their own strength1 or by the observance of the law1 without faith in ,christ4 #aj3d4 ,for the end of the law is ,christ3 unto justice to everyone that believeth4 #aj3e4 ,for ,moses wrote that the justice which is of the law3 ,the man that shall do it shall live by it4 #aj3f4 ,but the justice which is of faith1 speaketh thus3 ,say not in thy heart3 ,who shall ascend into heaven8 ,that is to bring ,christ down2 #aj3g4 ,or who shall descend into the deep8 ,that is1 to bring up ,christ again from the dead4 #aj3h4 ,but what saith the scripture8 ,the word is nigh thee2 even in thy mouth and in thy heart4 ,this is the word of faith1 which we preach4 #aj3i4 ,for if thou confess with thy mouth the ,lord ,jesus and believe in thy heart that ,god hath raised him up from the dead1 thou shalt be saved4 ,thou shalt be saved444 ,to confess the ,lord ,jesus1 and to call upon the name of the ,lord 7ver4 #ac7 is not barely the professing a belief in the person of ,christ2 but moreover1 implies a belief of his whole doctrine1 and an obedience to his law2 without which1 the calling him ,lord will save no man4 ,st4 ,matt4 #g4ba4 #aj3aj4 ,for1 with the heart1 we believe unto justice3 but1 with the mouth1 confession is made unto salvation4 #aj3aa4 ,for the scripture saith3 ,whosoever believeth in him shall not be confounded4 #aj3ab4 ,for there is no distinction of the ,jew and the ,greek3 for the same is ,lord over all1 rich unto all that call upon him4 #aj3ac4 ,for whosoever shall call upon the name of the ,lord shall be saved4 #aj3ad4 ,how then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed8 ,or how shall they believe him of whom they have not heard8 ,and how shall they hear without a preacher8 #aj3ae4 ,and how shall they preach unless they be sent1 as it is written3 ,how beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace1 of them that bring glad tidings of good things8 ,unless they be sent444 ,here is an evident proof against all new teachers1 who have all usurped to themselves the ministry without any lawful mission1 derived by succession from the apostles1 to whom ,christ said1 ,john #bj4ba1 ,as my ,father hath sent me1 ,i also send you4 #aj3af4 ,but all do not obey the gospel4 ,for ,isaias saith3 ,lord1 who hath believed our report8 #aj3ag4 ,faith then cometh by hearing2 and hearing by the word of ,christ4 #aj3ah4 ,but ,i say3 ,have they not heard8 ,yes1 verily3 ,their sound hath gone forth into all the earth3 and their words unto the ends of the whole world4 #aj3ai4 ,but ,i say3 ,hath not ,israel known8 ,first1 ,moses saith3 ,i will provoke you to jealousy by that which is not a nation3 by a foolish nation ,i will anger you4 #aj3bj4 ,but ,isaias is bold1 and saith3 ,i was found by them that did not seek me4 ,i appeared openly to them that asked not after me4 #aj3ba4 ,but to ,israel he saith3 ,all the day long have ,i spread my hands to a people that believeth not and contradicteth me4 ,romans ,chapter #aa ,god hath not cast off all ,israel4 ,the ,gentiles must not be proud but stand in faith and fear4 #aa3a4 ,i say then3 ,hath ,god cast away his people8 ,god forbid6 ,for ,i also am an ,israelite of the seed of ,abraham1 of the tribe of ,benjamin4 #aa3b4 ,god hath not cast away his people which he foreknew4 ,know you not what the scripture saith of ,elias1 how he calleth on ,god against ,israel8 #aa3c4 ,lord1 they have slain thy prophets1 they have dug down thy altars4 ,and ,i am left alone3 and they seek my life4 #aa3d4 ,but what saith the divine answer to him8 ,i have left me seven thousand men that have not bowed their knees to ,baal4 ,seven thousand1 etc444 ,this is very ill alleged by some1 against the perpetual visibility of the church of ,christ2 the more1 because however the number of the faithful might be abridged by the persecution of ,jezabel in the kingdom of the ten tribes1 the church was at the same time in a most flourishing condition 7under ,asa and ,josaphat7 in the kingdom of ,judah4 #aa3e4 ,even so then1 at this present time also1 there is a remnant saved according to the election of grace4 #aa3f4 ,and if by grace1 it is not now by works3 otherwise grace is no more grace4 ,it is not now by works1 etc444 ,if salvation were to come by works1 done by nature1 without faith and grace1 salvation would not be a grace or favour1 but a debt2 but such dead works are indeed of no value in the sight of ,god towards salvation4 ,it is not the same with regard to works done with1 and by1 ,god's grace2 for to such works as these1 he has promised eternal salvation4 #aa3g4 ,what then8 ,that which ,israel sought1 he hath not obtained3 but the election hath obtained it4 ,and the rest have been blinded4 #aa3h4 ,as it is written3 ,god hath given them the spirit of insensibility2 eyes that they should not see and ears that they should not hear1 until this present day4 ,god hath given them1 etc444 ,not by his working or acting in them2 but by his permission1 and by withdrawing his grace in punishment of their obstinacy4 #aa3i4 ,and ,david saith3 ,let their table be made a snare and a trap and a stumbling block and a recompense unto them4 #aa3aj4 ,let their eyes be darkened1 that they may not see3 and bow down their back always4 #aa3aa4 ,i say then3 ,have they so stumbled1 that they should fall8 ,god forbid6 ,but by their offence salvation is come to the ,gentiles1 that they may be emulous of them4 ,that they should fall444 ,the nation of the ,jews is not absolutely and without remedy cast off for ever2 but in part only1 7many thousands of them having been at first converted17 and for a time2 which fall of theirs1 ,god has been pleased to turn to the good of the ,gentiles4 #aa3ab4 ,now if the offence of them be the riches of the world and the diminution of them the riches of the ,gentiles3 how much more the fulness of them8 #aa3ac4 ,for ,i say to you1 ,gentiles3 ,as long indeed as ,i am the apostle of the ,gentiles1 ,i will honour my ministry1 #aa3ad4 ,if1 by any means1 ,i may provoke to emulation them who are my flesh and may save some of them4 #aa3ae4 ,for if the loss of them be the reconciliation of the world1 what shall the receiving of them be1 but life from the dead8 #aa3af4 ,for if the firstfruit be holy1 so is the lump also3 and if the root be holy1 so are the branches4 #aa3ag4 ,and if some of the branches be broken and thou1 being a wild olive1 art ingrafted in them and art made partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree3 #aa3ah4 ,boast not against the branches4 ,but if thou boast1 thou bearest not the root3 but the root thee4 #aa3ai4 ,thou wilt say then3 ,the branches were broken off that ,i might be grafted in4 #aa3bj4 ,well3 because of unbelief they were broken off4 ,but thou standest by faith4 ,be not highminded1 but fear4 ,thou standest by faith3 be not highminded1 but fear444 ,we see here that he who standeth by faith may fall from it2 and therefore must live in fear1 and not in the vain presumption and security of modern sectaries4 #aa3ba4 ,for if ,god hath not spared the natural branches1 fear lest perhaps also he spare not thee4 #aa3bb4 ,see then the goodness and the severity of ,god3 towards them indeed that are fallen1 the severity2 but towards thee1 the goodness of ,god1 if thou abide in goodness4 ,otherwise thou also shalt be cut off4 ,otherwise thou also shalt be cut off444 ,the ,gentiles are here admonished not to be proud1 nor to glory against the ,jews3 but to take occasion rather from their fall to fear and to be humble1 lest they be cast off4 ,not that the whole church of ,christ can ever fall from him2 having been secured by so many divine promises in holy writ2 but that each one in particular may fall2 and therefore all in general are to be admonished to beware of that1 which may happen to any one in particular4 #aa3bc4 ,and they also1 if they abide not still in unbelief1 shall be grafted in3 for ,god is able to graft them in again4 #aa3bd4 ,for if thou were cut out of the wild olive tree1 which is natural to thee2 and1 contrary to nature1 wert grafted into the good olive tree3 how much more shall they that are the natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree8 #aa3be4 ,for ,i would not have you ignorant1 brethren1 of this mystery 7lest you should be wise in your own conceits7 that blindness in part has happened in ,israel1 until the fulness of the ,gentiles should come in4 #aa3bf4 ,and so all ,israel should be saved1 as it is written3 ,there shall come out of ,sion1 he that shall deliver and shall turn away ungodliness from ,jacob4 #aa3bg4 ,and this is to them my covenant3 when ,i shall take away their sins4 #aa3bh4 ,as concerning the gospel1 indeed1 they are enemies for your sake3 but as touching the election1 they are most dear for the sake of the fathers4 #aa3bi4 ,for the gifts and the calling of ,god are without repentance4 ,for the gifts and the calling of ,god are without444 his repenting himself of them2 for the promises of ,god are unchangeable1 nor can he repent of conferring his gifts4 #aa3cj4 ,for as you also in times past did not believe ,god1 but now have obtained mercy1 through their unbelief3 #aa3ca4 ,so these also now have not believed1 for your mercy1 that they also may obtain mercy4 #aa3cb4 ,for ,god hath concluded all in unbelief1 that he may have mercy on all4 ,concluded all in unbelief444 ,he hath found all nations1 both ,jews and ,gentiles1 in unbelief and sin2 not by his causing1 but by the abuse of their own free will2 so that their calling and election is purely owing to his mercy4 #aa3cc4 ,o the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of ,god6 ,how incomprehensible are his judgments1 and how unsearchable his ways6 #aa3cd4 ,for who hath known the mind of the ,lord8 ,or who hath been his counsellor8 #aa3ce4 ,or who hath first given to him1 and recompense shall be made him8 #aa3cf4 ,for of him1 and by him1 and in him1 are all things3 to him be glory for ever4 ,amen4 ,romans ,chapter #ab ,lessons of ,christian virtues4 #ab3a4 ,i beseech you therefore1 brethren1 by the mercy of ,god1 that you present your bodies a living sacrifice1 holy1 pleasing unto ,god1 your reasonable service4 #ab3b4 ,and be not conformed to this world3 but be reformed in the newness of your mind1 that you may prove what is the good and the acceptable and the perfect will of ,god4 #ab3c4 ,for ,i say1 by the grace that is given me1 to all that are among you1 not to be more wise than it behoveth to be wise1 but to be wise unto sobriety and according as ,god hath divided to every one the measure of faith4 #ab3d4 ,for as in one body we have many members1 but all the members have not the same office3 #ab3e4 ,so we1 being many1 are one body in ,christ2 and every one members one of another3 #ab3f4 ,and having different gifts1 according to the grace that is given us1 either prophecy1 to be used according to the rule of faith2 #ab3g4 ,or ministry1 in ministering2 or he that teacheth1 in doctrine2 #ab3h4 ,he that exhorteth1 in exhorting2 he that giveth1 with simplicity2 he that ruleth1 with carefulness2 he that sheweth mercy1 with cheerfulness4 #ab3i4 ,let love be without dissimulation4 ,hating that which is evil1 cleaving to that which is good1 #ab3aj4 ,loving one another with the charity of brotherhood3 with honour preventing one another4 #ab3aa4 ,in carefulness not slothful4 ,in spirit fervent4 ,serving the ,lord4 #ab3ab4 ,rejoicing in hope4 ,patient in tribulation4 ,instant in prayer4 #ab3ac4 ,communicating to the necessities of the saints4 ,pursuing hospitality4 #ab3ad4 ,bless them that persecute you3 bless1 and curse not4 #ab3ae4 ,rejoice with them that rejoice3 weep with them that weep4 #ab3af4 ,being of one mind one towards another4 ,not minding high things1 but consenting to the humble4 ,be not wise in your own conceits4 #ab3ag4 ,to no man rendering evil for evil4 ,providing good things1 not only in the sight of ,god but also in the sight of all men4 #ab3ah4 ,if it be possible1 as much as is in you1 have peace with all men4 #ab3ai4 ,revenge not yourselves1 my dearly beloved2 but give place unto wrath1 for it is written3 ,revenge is mine1 ,i will repay1 saith the ,lord4 #ab3bj4 ,but if the enemy be hungry1 give him to eat2 if he thirst1 give him to drink4 ,for1 doing this1 thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head4 #ab3ba4 ,be not overcome by evil3 but overcome evil by good4 ,romans ,chapter #ac ,lessons of obedience to superiors and mutual charity4 #ac3a4 ,let every soul be subject to higher powers4 ,for there is no power but from ,god3 and those that are ordained of ,god4 #ac3b4 ,therefore1 he that resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of ,god4 ,and they that resist purchase to themselves damnation4 #ac3c4 ,for princes are not a terror to the good work1 but to the evil4 ,wilt thou then not be afraid of the power8 ,do that which is good3 and thou shalt have praise from the same4 #ac3d4 ,for he is ,god's minister to thee1 for good4 ,but if thou do that which is evil1 fear3 for he beareth not the sword in vain4 ,for he is ,god's minister3 an avenger to execute wrath upon him that doth evil4 #ac3e4 ,wherefore be subject of necessity3 not only for wrath1 but also for conscience' sake4 #ac3f4 ,for therefore also you pay tribute4 ,for they are the ministers of ,god1 serving unto this purpose4 #ac3g4 ,render therefore to all men their dues4 ,tribute1 to whom tribute is due3 custom1 to whom custom3 fear1 to whom fear3 honour1 to whom honour4 #ac3h4 ,owe no man any thing1 but to love one another4 ,for he that loveth his neighbour hath fulfilled the law4 #ac3i4 ,for3 ,thou shalt not commit adultery3 ,thou shalt not kill3 ,thou shalt not steal3 ,thou shalt not bear false witness3 ,thou shalt not covet4 ,and if there be any other commandment1 it is comprised in this word3 ,thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself4 #ac3aj4 ,the love of our neighbour worketh no evil4 ,love therefore is the fulfilling of the law4 #ac3aa4 ,and that1 knowing the season1 that it is now the hour for us to rise from sleep4 ,for now our salvation is nearer than when we believed4 #ac3ab4 ,the night is passed ,and the day is at hand4 ,let us1 therefore cast off the works of darkness and put on the armour of light4 #ac3ac4 ,let us walk honestly1 as in the day3 not in rioting and drunkenness1 not in chambering and impurities1 not in contention and envy4 #ac3ad4 ,but put ye on the ,lord ,jesus ,christ3 and make not provision for the flesh in its concupiscences4 ,romans ,chapter #ad ,the strong must bear with the weak4 ,cautions against judging and giving scandal4 #ad3a4 ,now him that is weak in faith1 take unto you3 not in disputes about thoughts4 #ad3b4 ,for one believeth that he may eat all things3 but he that is weak1 let him eat herbs4 ,eat all things4 ,viz41 without observing the distinction of clean and unclean meats1 prescribed by the law of ,moses3 which was now no longer obligatory4 ,some weak ,christians1 converted from among the ,jews1 as we here gather from the apostle1 made a scruple of eating such meats as were deemed unclean by the law2 such as swine's flesh1 etc41 which the stronger sort of ,christians did eat without scruple4 ,now the apostle1 to reconcile them together1 exhorts the former not to judge or condemn the latter1 using their ,christian liberty2 and the latter1 to take care not to despise or scandalize their weaker brethren1 either by bringing them to eat what in their conscience they think they should not1 or by giving them such offence1 as to endanger the driving them thereby from the ,christian religion4 #ad3c4 ,let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not3 and he that eateth not1 let him not judge him that eateth4 ,for ,god hath taken him to him4 #ad3d4 ,who art thou that judgest another man's servant8 ,to his own lord he standeth or falleth4 ,and he shall stand3 for ,god is able to make him stand4 #ad3e4 ,for one judgeth between day and day3 and another judgeth every day4 ,let every man abound in his own sense4 ,between day1 etc444 ,still observing the sabbaths and festivals of the law4 #ad3f4 ,he that regardeth the day regardeth it unto the ,lord4 ,and he that eateth eateth to the ,lord3 for he giveth thanks to ,god4 ,and he that eateth not1 to the ,lord he eateth not and giveth thanks to ,god4 #ad3g4 ,for none of us liveth to himself3 and no man dieth to himself4 #ad3h4 ,for whether we live1 we live unto the ,lord3 or whether we die1 we die unto the ,lord4 ,therefore1 whether we live or whether we die1 we are the ,lord's4 #ad3i4 ,for to this end ,christ died and rose again3 that he might be ,lord both of the dead and of the living4 #ad3aj4 ,but thou1 why judgest thou thy brother8 ,or thou1 why dost thou despise thy brother8 ,for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of ,christ4 #ad3aa4 ,for it is written3 ,as ,i live1 saith the ,lord1 every knee shall bow to me and every tongue shall confess to ,god4 #ad3ab4 ,therefore every one of us shall render account to ,god for himself4 #ad3ac4 ,let us not therefore judge one another any more4 ,but judge this rather1 that you put not a stumblingblock or a scandal in your brother's way4 #ad3ad4 ,i know1 and am confident in the ,lord ,jesus1 that nothing is unclean of itself3 but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean1 to him it is unclean4 #ad3ae4 ,for if1 because of thy meat1 thy brother be grieved1 thou walkest not now according to charity4 ,destroy not him with thy meat1 for whom ,christ died4 #ad3af4 ,let not then our good be evil spoken of4 #ad3ag4 ,for the kingdom of ,god is not meat and drink3 but justice and peace and joy in the ,holy ,ghost4 #ad3ah4 ,for he that in this serveth ,christ pleaseth ,god and is approved of men4 #ad3ai4 ,therefore1 let us follow after the things that are of peace and keep the things that are of edification1 one towards another4 #ad3bj4 ,destroy not the work of ,god for meat4 ,all things indeed are clean3 but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence4 #ad3ba4 ,it is good not to eat flesh and not to drink wine3 nor any thing whereby thy brother is offended or scandalized or made weak4 #ad3bb4 ,hast thou faith8 ,have it to thyself before ,god4 ,blessed is he that condemneth not himself in that which he alloweth4 #ad3bc4 ,but he that discerneth1 if he eat1 is condemned2 because not of faith4 ,for all that is not of faith is sin4 ,discerneth444 ,that is1 distinguisheth between meats1 and eateth against his conscience1 what he deems unclean4 ,of faith444 ,by faith is here understood judgment and conscience3 to act against which is always a sin4 ,romans ,chapter #ae ,he exhorts them to be all of one mind and promises to come and see them4 #ae3a4 ,now1 we that are stronger ought to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please ourselves4 #ae3b4 ,let every one of you ,please his neighbour unto good1 to edification4 #ae3c4 ,for ,christ did not please himself3 but1 as it is written3 ,the reproaches of them that reproached thee fell upon me4 #ae3d4 ,for what things soever were written were written for our learning3 that1 through patience and the comfort of the scriptures1 we might have hope4 #ae3e4 ,now the ,god of patience and of comfort grant you to be of one mind1 one towards another1 according to ,jesus ,christ3 #ae3f4 ,that with one mind and with one mouth you may glorify ,god and the ,father of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 #ae3g4 ,wherefore1 receive one another1 as ,christ also hath received you1 unto the honour of ,god4 #ae3h4 ,for ,i say that ,christ ,jesus was minister of the circumcision for the truth of ,god1 to confirm the promises made unto the fathers3 ,minister of the circumcision444 ,that is1 executed his office and ministry towards the ,jews1 the people of the circumcision4 #ae3i4 ,but that the ,gentiles are to glorify ,god for his mercy1 as it is written3 ,therefore will ,i confess to thee1 ,o ,lord1 among the ,gentiles and will sing to thy name4 #ae3aj4 ,and again he saith3 rejoice ye ,gentiles1 with his people4 #ae3aa4 ,and again3 praise the ,lord1 all ye ,gentiles3 and magnify him1 all ye people4 #ae3ab4 ,and again1 ,isaias saith3 ,there shall be a root of ,jesse2 and he that shall rise up to rule the ,gentiles1 in him the ,gentiles shall hope4 #ae3ac4 ,now the ,god of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing3 that you may abound in hope and in the power of the ,holy ,ghost4 #ae3ad4 ,and ,i myself also1 my brethren1 am assured of you that you also are full of love1 replenished with all knowledge1 so that you are able to admonish one another4 #ae3ae4 ,but ,i have written to you1 brethren1 more boldly in some sort1 as it were putting you in mind1 because of the grace which is given me from ,god1 #ae3af4 ,that ,i should be the minister of ,christ ,jesus among the ,gentiles3 sanctifying the gospel of ,god1 that the oblation of the ,gentiles may be made acceptable and sanctified in the ,holy ,ghost4 #ae3ag4 ,i have therefore glory in ,christ ,jesus towards ,god4 #ae3ah4 ,for ,i dare not to speak of any of those things which ,christ worketh not by me1 for the obedience of the ,gentiles1 by word and deed1 #ae3ai4 ,by the virtue of signs and wonders1 in the power of the ,holy ,ghost1 so that from ,jerusalem round about1 as far as unto ,illyricum1 ,i have replenished the gospel of ,christ4 #ae3bj4 ,and ,i have so preached this gospel1 not where ,christ was named1 lest ,i should build upon another man a foundation4 #ae3ba4 ,but as it is written3 ,they to whom he was not spoken of shall see3 and they that have not heard shall understand4 #ae3bb4 ,for which cause also1 ,i was hindered very much from coming to you and have been kept away till now4 #ae3bc4 ,but now1 having no more place in these countries and having a great desire these many years past to come unto you1 #ae3bd4 ,when ,i shall begin to take my journey into ,spain1 ,i hope that1 as ,i pass1 ,i shall see you and be brought on my way thither by you3 if first1 in part1 ,i shall have enjoyed you4 #ae3be4 ,but now ,i shall go to ,jerusalem1 to minister unto the saints4 #ae3bf4 ,for it hath pleased them of ,macedonia and ,achaia to make a contribution for the poor of the saints that are in ,jerusalem4 #ae3bg4 ,for it hath pleased them3 and they are their debtors4 ,for1 if the ,gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things1 they ought also in carnal things to minister to them4 #ae3bh4 ,when therefore ,i shall have accomplished this and consigned to them this fruit1 ,i will come by you into ,spain4 #ae3bi4 ,and ,i know that when ,i come to you ,i shall come in the abundance of the blessing of the gospel of ,christ4 #ae3cj4 ,i beseech you therefore1 brethren1 through our ,lord ,jesus ,christ and by the charity of the ,holy ,ghost1 that you help me in your prayers for me to ,god1 #ae3ca4 ,that ,i may be delivered from the unbelievers that are in ,judea and that the oblation of my service may be acceptable in ,jerusalem to the saints4 #ae3cb4 ,that ,i may come to you with joy1 by the will of ,god1 and may be refreshed with you4 #ae3cc4 ,now the ,god of peace be with1 you all4 ,amen4 ,romans ,chapter #af ,he concludes with salutations1 bidding them beware of all that should oppose the doctrine they had learned4 #af3a4 ,and ,i commend to you ,phebe1 our sister1 who is in the ministry of the church1 that is in ,cenchrae3 #af3b4 ,that you receive her in the ,lord as becometh saints and that you assist her in whatsoever business she shall have need of you4 ,for she also hath assisted many1 and myself also4 #af3c4 ,salute ,prisca and ,aquila1 my helpers1 in ,christ ,jesus #af3d4 7,who have for my life laid down their own necks3 to whom not ,i only give thanks1 but also all the churches of the ,gentiles71 #af3e4 ,and the church which is in their house4 ,salute ,epenetus1 my beloved3 who is the firstfruits of ,asia in ,christ4 #af3f4 ,salute ,mary1 who hath laboured much among you4 #af3g4 ,salute ,andronicus and ,junias1 my kinsmen and fellow prisoners3 who are of note among the apostles1 who also were in ,christ before me4 #af3h4 ,salute ,ampliatus1 most beloved to me in the ,lord4 #af3i4 ,salute ,urbanus1 our helper in ,christ ,jesus and ,stachys1 my beloved4 #af3aj4 ,salute ,apellas1 approved in ,christ4 #af3aa4 ,salute them that are of ,aristobulus' household4 ,salute ,herodian1 my kinsman4 ,salute them that are of ,narcissus' household1 who are in the ,lord4 #af3ab4 ,salute ,tryphaena and ,tryphosa1 who labour in the ,lord4 ,salute ,persis1 the dearly beloved1 who hath much laboured in the ,lord4 #af3ac4 ,salute ,rufus1 elect in the ,lord1 and his mother and mine4 #af3ad4 ,salute ,asyncritus1 ,phlegon1 ,hermas1 ,patrobas1 ,hermes3 and the brethren that are with them4 #af3ae4 ,salute ,philologus and ,julia1 ,nereus and his sister1 and ,olympias3 and all the saints that are with them4 #af3af4 ,salute one another with an holy kiss4 ,all the churches of ,christ salute you4 #af3ag4 ,now ,i beseech you1 brethren1 to mark them who make dissensions and offences contrary to the doctrine which you have learned and avoid them4 #af3ah4 ,for they that are such serve not ,christ our ,lord but their own belly3 and by pleasing speeches and good words seduce the hearts of the innocent4 #af3ai4 ,for your obedience is published in every place4 ,i rejoice therefore in you4 ,but ,i would have you to be wise in good and simple in evil4 #af3bj4 ,and the ,god of peace crush ,satan under your feet speedily4 ,the grace of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ be with you4 #af3ba4 ,timothy1 my fellow labourer1 saluteth you3 and ,lucius and ,jason and ,sosipater1 my kinsmen4 #af3bb4 ,i1 ,tertius1 who wrote this epistle1 salute you in the ,lord4 #af3bc4 ,caius1 my host1 and the whole church saluteth you4 ,erastus1 the treasurer of the city1 saluteth you3 and ,quartus1 a brother4 #af3bd4 ,the grace of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ be with you all4 ,amen4 #af3be4 ,now to him that is able to establish you1 according to my gospel and the preaching of ,jesus ,christ1 according to the revelation of the mystery which was kept secret from eternity2 #af3bf4 7,which now is made manifest by the scriptures of the prophets1 according to the precept of the eternal ,god1 for the obedience of faith7 known among all nations3 #af3bg4 ,to ,god1 the only wise1 through ,jesus ,christ1 to whom be honour and glory for ever and ever4 ,amen4