Notes: Sect. 12. — That distinction a mean between Legalism and Antinomianism.
Notes: Sect. 12. — That distinction a mean between Legalism and Antinomianism.
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This Scripture phrase is aptly used here to intimate how men deceive themselves, thinking they are far from seeking to be justified by the works of the law, because they are convinced they cannot do good works in the perfection which the law requires. Meanwhile, since God is merciful, and Christ has died, they look for the pardon of their sins, and acceptance with God, on the account of their own works, though attended with some imperfections: that is, “as it were, by the works of the law,” Rom. 9.32.