An Exposition of the Old and New Testament, Vol. 9 of 9

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Excerpt from An Exposition of the Old and New Testament, Vol. 9 of 9: Wherein Each Chapter Is Summed Up in Its Contents, the Sacred Text Inserted at Large in Distinct Paragraphs, Each Paragraph Reduced to Its Proper Heads, the Sense Given, and Largely Illustrated, Romans to RevelationPaul here enters upon a large discourse of justification, in the latter part of this chapter laying down his thesis, and, in order to the proof of it, describing the de lorable con dition of the Gentile world. Is transition is very handsome, and like an orator: bewas ready to preach the gospel at Rome, though a place where the gospel was run down by those that called themselves the wits for, saith he, I am not ashamed of it, v. 16. There is a great deal in the gospel which such a man as Paul might be tempted to be as amed of, especially that he whose ospel it is was a man hanged upon a tree, t at the doctrine of it was lain, had little in it to set it o¿ among scholars, the professors of it were mean and despised, and every where Spoken against, yet Paul was not ashamed to own it. I reckon him a Christian indeed that is neither ashamed of the gospel nor a shame to it. The reason of this bold profession taken from the nature and excellency of the gospel. Introduces his dissertation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.