3. Consider these Phrases, Of the Law, Without the Law, 1Under the Law, and In the Law. Without the Law is two ways: First, he is without the Law, that is, without the knowledge and understanding of it. Thus the Gentiles are without the Law: And secondly, Without the Law, that is, without the sense and experience of the accusing and terrifying power of the Law; and thus Paul, Rom. 7. said, when the Law came, he died. Now the godly, though they are denied to be under the Law, yet they are not said to be without the Law; for if the Moral Law were no more obliging believers now, then it was Heathens or Gentiles before they ever heard of it, both in respect of knowledge and observation of it, then might believers be said to be without the Law: and to this without the Law, is opposed, In the Law, Rom. 2. 12. [Greek or Hebrew], the vulgar In legem: Beza cum lege; It signifieth those that do enjoy the Law, and yet sin against it. And much to this purpose is that Phrase Of the Law, Rom. 4. 14. which sometimes is as much as, Of the Circumcision, to wit, those that are initiated into the Ministry of Moses: but in other places it signifieth as much as [Greek or Hebrew], and the opposite to it is, [Greek or Hebrew], as in this 4. of the Rom. and ver. 14 where the Apostle declaring that the promise made to Abraham was not of the Law, he cannot mean the Law of Moses, for all know, that was long after; but he means what's done in obedience to the Moral Law so far as it was then revealed. The Apostle useth also another phrase, [Greek or Hebrew], By the Law; which is to be understood in this sense, by works done in conformity to the Law: and in this sense the Apostle urgeth, that righteousness, or the promise, are not by the Law: But all the difficulty in this controversy is about the phrase, Under the Law: Therefore take notice,
3. Consider these Phrases, Of the Law, Without the Law, 1Under the Law, and In the Law. Without the Law is two wayes: First, he is without the Law, that is, without the knowledge and understanding of it. Thus the Gentiles are without the Law: And secondly, Without the Law, that is, without the sense and experience of the accusing and terrifying power of the Law; and thus Paul, Rom. 7. said, when the Law came, he died. Now the godly, though they are denied to be under the Law, yet they are not said to be without the Law; for if the Morall Law were no more obliging beleevers now, then it was Heathens or Gentiles before they ever heard of it, both in respect of knowledge and observation of it, then might beleevers be said to be without the Law: and to this without the Law, is opposed, In the Law, Rom. 2. 12. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, the vulgar In legem: Beza cum lege; It signifieth those that do enjoy the Law, and yet sinne against it. And much to this purpose is that Phrase Of the Law, Rom. 4. 14. which sometimes is as much as, Of the Circumcision, to wit, those that are initiated into the Ministery of Moses: but in other places it signifieth as much as 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, and the opposite to it is, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, as in this 4. of the Rom. and ver. 14 where the Apostle declaring that the promise made to Abraham was not of the Law, he cannot meane the Law of Moses, for all know, that was long after; but he meanes what's done in obedience to the Morall Law so farre as it was then revealed. The Apostle useth also another phrase, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, By the Law; which is to be understood in this sense, by works done in conformity to the Law: and in this sense the Apostle urgeth, that righteousnesse, or the promise, are not by the Law: But all the difficulty in this controversie is about the phrase, Under the Law: Therefore take notice,
- 1These Phrases of the Law, Without the Law, under the Law, and In the Law, explained.
