...Neither if he were enabled to keep the whole law, would he expect to be justified thereby. For he knows that by the deeds of the law no flesh living can be justified.' But the reason why he strives to keep the law, is because he knows it to be his duty. And he knows...

...is in the arms of the wicked one, , — that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, and that by the deeds of the law no flesh living can be justified. Which truths enter into his very soul, form a true part of his experience, and lead him .to admire...

...construe many texts of the scripture, which seem, in a measure to clash. For instance ; when it is said, " By the deeds of the law no flesh living can be justified ;" and many others of like import ; we are to understand these as speaking of the Law of Works. For...

...the pardon of sin and acceptance with God, while he has made a diametrically opposite declaration, that " by the deeds of the law no flesh living can be justified," though we should maintain our own opinion, ever so firmly or sificerely, we must be regarded as reñí,...

...upon their supposed attainments. — Yet after much discourse, one appeared in a measure convinced, that "by the deeds of the law no flesh living can be justified," and wept bitterly, inquiring, what he must do to be saved!" This was very comfortable to others, whq...

...uses for which good works are to be performed. i. Not to procure salvation, in whole or in part ; for by the deeds of the law, no flesh living can be justified, Rom. iii. 20. 28. Yet, u. There are uses for which they are necessary, As, 1. With respect to God,...

...denounces. As thy law demands perfect obedience, and we are all transgressors of it, we are convinced that by the deeds of the law no flesh living can be...Christ are proclaimed. O God, teach us to form right views of the religion of the gospel, and give us to experience the life and power of it in our souls....

...in reading the scriptures, frequently on her knees. Divine light increasing, she began to discover, that ' by the deeds of the law, no flesh living can be justified ;' that it could only be attained by faith in the Lord Jesus. One Saturday night, while on her knees,...

...thereunto perfect." It is upon this insufficiency of the law, that the Apostle bases his assertion, that by the deeds of the law no flesh living can be justified. Our LORD commencing his humiliation saith, " Sacrifices and offering thou wouldest not, but a body...

...person. He had indeed the Scripture as the man of his council ; and in that sacred book he was informed, that " by the deeds of the law, no flesh living can be justified before God ; but that by grace we are saved thro' faith," which faith is " the gift of God." Yet, in...