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The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 4:1-25

Romans 4:1-25What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? Lessons from the case of AbrahamI. However much the most perfect of the species may have to glory of in the eye of his fellows, he has nothing to glory of before God. The apostle affirms this of Abraham, whose virtues had canonised him in the hearts of all his descendants, and who still stands forth as the embodiment of all the virtues of the older dispensation. But of his piety we have no... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 4:5

Romans 4:5But to him that worketh not, but believeth on Him that Justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.Justification of the ungodlyThe first sound of these words is startling. What! is it, then, the idle or the vicious person, he that does nothing or nothing that is good, and merely has faith or belief, who is to be treated as righteous? And is God the justifier, not of the godly, but of the ungodly? A moment’s examination of the words will show that the apostle never... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 4:6-8

Romans 4:6-8Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works.Imputed righteousness defended against its caricaturesIt has been represented as--I. A legal fiction. We protest against this if the expression be meant anything unreal or untrue.1. We make this statement with a limitation because there are some “legal fictions” which are very far from being unreal. It is “a legal fiction” to say that “the king can do no wrong”; for... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 4:9-12

Romans 4:9-12Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only?…Abraham received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised. Circumcision--sacramental efficacy and infant baptismRightly have all Protestant churches maintained, as against Romanist, that there are only two sacraments, “symbolic acts, instituted by Christ Himself, and enjoined upon all His followers to the end of time.” Baptism takes the place of circumcision as... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 4:13-15

Romans 4:13-15For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not … through the law. The promise made to AbrahamI. The promise, “that he should be heir of the world,” was made not entirely to Abraham, but to his seed also (Romans 4:16). This promise included--1. Both the earthly and the heavenly Canaan, for--(1) Abraham and the other believing patriarchs so understood it (Hebrews 11:8-10; Hebrews 11:13-16). But no promise of it is to be found unless it was couched under that of... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 4:1

1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? Ver. 1. As pertaining to the flesh ] That is, As touching his works, Romans 4:2 , called also the letter, Romans 2:27 , and the law a carnal commandment,Hebrews 7:16; Hebrews 7:16 . read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 4:2

2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. Ver. 2. But not before God ] Who when he begins to search our sacks, as the steward did Benjamin’s, can find out those our thieveries that we thought not of; bring to mind and light those sins that we had forgotten, or not observed. When he comes to turn the bottom of the bag upwards it will be bitter with us. Abimelech’s excuse was accepted, and yet his sin was chastised, Genesis 20:6 . Vae hominum... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 4:3

3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Ver. 3. Abraham believed God ] Latomus of Louvain was not ashamed to write that there was no other faith in Abraham than what was in Cicero. And yet our Saviour saith, Abraham saw my day and rejoiced; so did Cicero never. Another wrote an apology for Cicero, and would needs prove him to have been a pious and penitent person, because in one place he hath these words, Reprehendo peccata mea,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 4:4

4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. Ver. 4. Now to him that worketh ] Yet it is an act of mercy in God to render to a man according to his works, Psalms 62:12 ; Exodus 20:6 . God’s kingdom is not partum, but paratum, Matthew 25:34 , not acquired, but prepared. But of debt ] Not so indeed, Romans 11:31 , but according to the opinion of the merit monger, who saith as Vega, Caelum gratis non accipiam. I may not receive heaven by grace. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 4:5

5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Ver. 5. His faith ] Yet not as a work, not in a proper sense, as Arminius and Bertius held, but as an act of receiving Christ. That justifieth the ungodly ] i.e. Him that was ungodly; but being justified is made godly also; or the ungodly, that is, him that is not perfectly godly; for Abraham is here made the ungodly person. read more

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 4:1-25

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 4:5

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 4:6-8

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 4:9-12

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 4:13-15

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 4:1

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 4:2

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 4:3

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 4:4

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 4:5

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