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[…] Apostle, in all the preceding part of this Epistle, wherever he has the Phrase, the Law, evidently intends the moral Law principally: As in the 12th ver. of the foregoing Chap. For as many as have ⟨p. 35⟩sinned without Law, shall also perish without Law. 'Tis evidently the written moral Law, the Apostle means, by the next ver. but one. For when the Gentiles, which have not the Law, do by Nature the Things contained in the Law,—That is, the moral Law that the Gentiles have by Nature: And so the next ver. Which show the Work of the Law written in their Hearts. 'Tis the moral Law, and not the Ceremonial that is written in the Hearts of those that are destitute of Divine Revelation. And so in the 18th ver. Thou approvest the Things that are more Excellent, being instructed out of the Law. 'Tis the Moral Law, that shows us the Nature of Things, and teaches us what is Excellent. 20th, ver. Thou hast a form of Knowledge, and truth in the Law. 'Tis the Moral Law, as is evident by what follows, ver. 22. 23. Thou that sayeth a Man should not commit Adultery, dost thou commit Adultery? Thou that abhorrest Idols, dost thou commit Sacrilege? Thou that makest thy boast of the Law, through breaking the Law dishonourest thou God. Adultery, Idolatry and Sacrilege, surely are the breaking of the moral, and not the ceremonial Law. So in the 27th ver. And shall not uncircumcision which is by Nature, if it fulfil the Law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the Law. i e. The Gentiles, that you despise because uncircumcised, if they live moral and holy Lives, in Obedience to the Moral Law, shall condemn you tho' circumcised. And so there is not one Place in all the preceding part of the Epistle, where the Apostle speaks of the Law, but that he most apparently intends principally the moral Law: And ye• when the Apostle, in continuance of the same Discourse, comes to tell us that we can't be justified by the Works of the Law, then they will needs have it, that he means only the ceremonial Law; yea tho' all this Discourse about the moral Law, showing how the Jews […] well as Gentiles have violated it, is evidently […], and introductory to that Doctrine, Chap 3 20. That no Flesh, that is none of Mankind, neither Jews nor Gentiles, can be justified by the Works of the Law.

〈…〉 Apostle, in all the preceeding part of this Epistle, wherever he has the Phrase, the Law, evidently intends the moral Law principally: As in the 12th ver. of the foregoing Chap. For as many as have