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Secondly, 'Tis manifest that Moses when he describes the Righteousness which is of the Law, or the Way of Justification by the Law▪ in the Words here cited, He that doth those Things shall live in them, don't speak only, nor chiefly, of the Works of the ceremonial Law; For none will pretend that God ever made such a Covenant with Man, that he that kept the ceremonial Law should live in it, or that there ever was a Time that it was chiefly by the Works of the ceremonial Law, that Men lived and were justified. Yea, 'tis manifest by the forementioned Instance of David, mentioned in the 4th of Romans that there never was a Time wherein Men were justified in any Measure, by the Works of the ceremonial Law, […] has been just now shown. Moses therefore in those Words, which the Apostle says, are a Description of the Righteousness which is of the Law, can't mean only the ceremonial Law. And therefore it follows that when the Apostle speaks of Justification by the Works of the Law, as opposite to Justification by Faith, he don't mean only the ceremonial Law, but also the Works of the moral Law, which are the Things spoken of by Moses, when he says he that doth th•se Things shall live in them; and which are the Things […] the Apostle in this very Place is arguing that we can't be justified by; as is evident by the Context, the last Verses of the preceding Chapter, But Israel which followed after the Law of Righteousness, hath not attained to the Law of Righteousness: Wherefore? Because they sought it not by Faith, but as it were by the Works of the Law, &c. And in the 3d v, of this Chap For they being ignorant of God's ⟨p. 49⟩Righteousness, and going about to establish their own Righteousness, have not submitted themselves to the Righteousness of God.

Secondly, 'Tis manifest that Moses when he describes the Righteousness which is of the Law, or the Way of Justification by the Law▪ in the Words here cited, He that doth those Things shall live in them, don't speak only, nor chiefly, of the Works of the ceremonial Law; For none will pretend that God ever made such a Covenant with Man, that he that kept the ceremonial Law should live in it, or that there ever was a Time that it was chiefly by the Works of the ceremonial Law, that Men lived and were justified. Yea, 'tis manifest by the forementioned Instance of David, mentioned in the 4th of Romans that there never was a Time wherein Men were justified in any Measure, by the Works of the ceremonial Law, has been just now shewn. Moses therefore in those Words, which the Apostle says, are a Description of the Righteousness which is of the Law, can't mean only the ceremonial Law. And therefore it follows that when the Apostle speaks of Justification by the Works of the Law, as opposite to Justification by Faith, he don't mean only the ceremonial Law, but also the Works of the moral Law, which are the Things spoken of by Moses, when he says he that doth thse Things shall live in them; and which are the Things the Apostle in this very Place is arguing that we can't be justified by; as is evident by the Context, the last Verses of the preceeding Chapter, But Israel which followed after the Law of Righteousness, hath not attained to the Law of Righteousness: Wherefore? Because they sought it not by Faith, but as it were by the Works of the Law, &c. And in the 3d v, of this Chap For they being ignorant of God's