A53686:915
The Doctrine of Justification by Faith
The doctrine of justification by faith through the imputation of the righteousness of Christ, explained, confirmed, & vindicated by John Owen ...
London: printed for R. Boulter, 1677
Chapter 18 › Chap. 5. Vers. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
This is the [Greek or Hebrew] of the intended collation, which I have insisted the longer on, because the Apostle lays in it the foundation of all that he afterwards infers, and asserts in in the whole comparison. And here some say there is an [Greek or Hebrew] in his discourse, that is, he layeth down the Proposition on the part of Adam, but doth not show what answereth to it on the contrary in Christ. And Origen gives the ⟨p. 471⟩reason of the silence of the Apostle herein, namely, Lest what is to be said therein, should be abused by any unto sloth and negligence. For whereas he says [Greek or Hebrew], (as, which is a note of similitude) By one Man sin entered into the World, and Death by sin; so the [Greek or Hebrew] or reddition should be, So by one, Righteousness entered into the World, and Life by Righteousness.
This is the 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 of the intended collation, which I have insisted the longer on, because the Apostle lays in it the foundation of all that he afterwards infers, and asserts in in the whole comparison. And here some say there is an 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 in his discourse, that is, he layeth down the Proposition on the part of Adam, but doth not shew what answereth to it on the contrary in Christ. And Origen gives the ⟨p. 471⟩reason of the silence of the Apostle herein, namely, Lest what is to be said therein, should be abused by any unto sloth and negligence. For whereas he says 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, (as, which is a note of similitude) By one Man sin entred into the World, and Death by sin; so the 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 or reddition should be, So by one, Righteousness entred into the World, and Life by Righteousness.