and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus, Rom. iii. 24-26. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin, 1 John i. 7.

b For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life, ver. 10. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness, i. 18. There is, therefore, now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit, viii. 1. Moreover, whom he did predestinate, them he also called; and whom he called, them he also justified and whom he justified, them he also glorified, 30. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation: but is passed from death unto life, John v. 24. And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come, 1 Thess. i. 10.

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For if, a when we were enemies, were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, & much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

a Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be, Rom. viii. 7. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; To wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ; as though God did beseech you by us, we pray you in Christ's stead, Be ye reconciled

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to God. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him, 2 Cor. v. 18-21. And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. And you, that were sometime alienated, and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled, Col. i. 20, 21.

b And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement, ver. 11. He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall be not with him also freely give us all things, viii. 32. And no sin-offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation, to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten; it shall be burnt in the fire, Lev. vi. 30. And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burntoffering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel, 2 Chron. xxix. 24. And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the house, Ez. xlv. 20. Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to and to seal up the vision and probring in everlasting righteousness, phecy, and to anoint the most Holy, Dan. ix. 24. And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby, Eph. ii. 16. And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. And you, that were sometime alienated, and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled. In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy, and unblameable, and unre proveable in his sight, Col. i. 20-19. Wherefore in all things it behoved

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ROM. V. 12, 13.

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.

a For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous, ver. 19. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat, Gen. iii. 6.

b For the wages of sin is death: but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord, Rom. vi. 23. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die, Gen. ii. 17. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return unto the ground, for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou urt, and unto dust thou shalt return, iii. 19. And the LORD God said, Behold the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now lest he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat and live for ever. Therefore, the LORD God sent him forth forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden cherubims and a flaming sword, which turned every way to keep the way of the tree of life, 22-24. Behold all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine the soul that sinneth it shall

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die, Ez. xviii. 4. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead, 1 Cor. xv. 21. Then when lust hath conceived it bringing forth sin: and sin when it is finished bringeth forth death, James

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VER. 13.

"Axe yàp vóμov àμaptia viv xóou ἁμαρτία δὲ οὐκ ἐλλογεῖται μὴ ὄντος νόμου. (For until the law, sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed where there is no law.

If thou do well shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well,

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sin lieth at the door: and unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. And Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. And now art thon cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand, Gen. iv. 7-11. And GoD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart, vi. 5, 6. The earth also was corrupt before God; and the earth was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and behold it was corrupt: for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth, 11, 12. And the LORD smelled a sweet savour: and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake: for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living as I have done, viii. 21. But the men of Sodom were wicked, and sinners before the LORD exceedingly, xiii. 13. And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not I will know, xviii. 20, 21. And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him, xxxviii. 7. And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also, 10.

for where no law is, there is no transgression, Rom. iv. 15. The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law, 1 Cor. xv. 56. Whosoever committeth sin, transgresseth also the law; for sin is the transgression of the law, 1 John iii. 4.

b Because the law worketh wrath;

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last Adam was made a quickening spirit, 1 Cor. xv. 21, 22. 45.

VER. 15.

Αλλ ̓ οὐχ ὡς τὸ παράπτωμα, οὕτω καὶ

σαντας ἐπὶ τῷ ὁμοιώματι τῆς παραβά- τὸ χάρισμα· εἰ γὰρ τῷ τοῦ ἑνὸς παραπτώ

σεως ̓Αδάμ· ὅς ἐστι τύπος τοῦ μέλλοντος.

Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, beven over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.

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a For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace, and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ, ver. 17. That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness, unto eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord, 21. And Cain talked with Abel his brother and it come to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him, Gen. iv. 8.

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b For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Rom. viii. 20. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now, 22. And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive, Exod. i. 22. And it came to pass, that, at midnight, the LORD smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh, that sat on his throne, unto the first-born of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the first-born of cattle. And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead, xii. 29, 30. And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six-score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left: and also much cattle? Jonah iv.11.

c For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the

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οἱ πολλοὶ ἀπέθανον, πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἡ χάρις τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ ἡ δωρεὰ ἐν χάριτι τῇ τοῦ ἑνὸς ἀνθρώπου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς τοὺς πολλοὺς ἐπερίσσευσε.

But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. b For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God and the gift by grace, which is by one man Jesus Christ, fhath abounded unto many.

a And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace, and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ, ver. 16, 17. Moreover, the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound, 20. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts, Isa. lv. 8, 9. Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water, John iv. 10.

b Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned, ver. 12. Therefore, as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life, 18.

c See on John v. ver. 25.
d See on Acts xv. ver. 11.

e For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Rom. vi. 23. Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift, 2 Cor. ix. 15. But we see Jesus, who was made a little