...so do. Ver. 6. From which (faithj some having swerved, have turned aside unto vain jangling ; Ver. 7. Desiring to be teachers of the law ; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm. 1 Tin?, vi. 4. He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof...

...profuse with the works of the law, that grace is almost hid; such are " turned aside unto vain jangling, desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor whereof they affirm." Such preaching furnishes reformed Pharisees and hardened hypocrites with weapons against the children...

...it is immediately added — From which some, having swerved, have turned aside into vain jangling, desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither, what they say, nor whereof they affirm. That charity,, rthen, which is the end of the commandment, is not blind to the vain con. ' '• ......

...doctrines as are apparent to every one's view. To him may be fitly applied that of Paul : They desire to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm*." " Human reason, though never so much refined, and adorned with all the improvements art and study can...

...they who swerve, or aim not at this, are those that turn aside to vain jangling; novices, who desire to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor whereof they affirm. " The Law is good if a man use it lawfully." Let us see the lawful use that you have made of it. '...

....fenced •with terrors and severities ; to which we may apply what the apostle says, 1 Tim. i. 9. " That the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless mid disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners," &c. Man was made for society ; and God himself said...

...much easier than to attempt the ministry of the spirit. These, says the Apostle, are desirous of being teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm. These lay by the truths of the gospel, the promises, and the blessings of it, and fly to the precepts,...

...torment, "where the worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched." The apostle goes on : " Knowing that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the disobedient,"" &c. The phrase, a righteous man, means, in its strictly evangelical sense, one that...

...23. As the Apostle more largely declares, in those memorable words of his first epistle to Timothy. " We know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully ; knowing this," (if while be uses the law of God, in order either to convince or direct, he knows...

...so do. Ver. 6. From which (faith") some having swerved, have turned aside unto vain jangling ; Ver. 7 Desiring to be teachers of the law ; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm 1 Tim. vi. 4. He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof...