...dwelleth in us,' saith St. Paul. By it we obtain God's Spirit : ' Did ye,' saith St. Paul, ' receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?' By it we are justified, or acquitted from guilt, and condemnation for sin : for, ' Being justified...

...dwelleth in us,' saith St. Paul. By it we obtain God's Spirit : ' Did ye,' saith St. Paul, ' receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?' By it we are justified, or acquitted from guilt, and condemnation for sin : for, ' Being justified...

...church, or to become christians, if a man become so indeed, is at the same time to receive the Spirit. Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith ? are ye so foolish, having begun in the Spirit ? Gal. 3. 2, 8. They were supposed to have received...

...cast mists before the eyes of the people, to dazzle and delude them. 2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Our apostle having prepared the Galatians' attention, by a very smart and sharp reprehension in the...

...eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently sel forth crucified among you ? This only would I learn of you. hine Are ye so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh f Go. iii. 1, 2,...

...Galatians, and therefore inquires not whetlwr they had received the Spirit, but how they had received it : " Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith ?" But how is it to be ascertained whether we are made partakers of the Holy Ghost ? Observe the reasoning...

...means of its production and nutrition in the grace of the Spirit. " This only would I learn of you, received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith 1" Gal. 3 : 2. Faith generally means — confidence in testimony. Evangelically it means this and more...

...word of his grace. And therefore the Apostle asks the Galatians: " This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith ?" So we may ask any believer who is a new creature in Christ ; What is it that proved the power of...

...not obey the truth, before whose eyes CHRIST has been evidently set forth, crucified among you,&c? Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith ? Gal. iii, 1, 2. Stand fast in the liberty wherewith CHKIST hatli made us free, and be not entangled...

...themselves had good experience, and which they could not deny. V Ease 2. Tbis only would I learn of you : Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith preached ? He speaketh these words with a certain indignation and contempt of the false apostles. If...