...conduct and adopt the language of Saint Paul. " Though I might also have con" fidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh " that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, " I more : concerning zeal, persecuting the church ; " touching the righteousness which is in the law, " blameless....

...Jesus. and have no eonfidenee in the flesh : -* Though I might also hare eonfidenee in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more: 3 Cireumeised the eighth day of the stoek of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews;...

...the law with authority, he had attended to its observances with notorious ardour and fidelity, "as concerning zeal, persecuting the Church, touching...righteousness which is in the law, blameless ; " but when the scales had fallen from off his eyes, and he saw the worthlessness and impotency of that mere...

...particular passage of Saint Paul's writings ; namely, in the third chapter to the Philippians. " If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might...the righteousness which is in the law, blameless." These were points which, at that time of day, were thought to be grounds of confidence and exultation....

...exactly agrees with another description, which he gives of himself, while in the state of nature. "If any man thinketh, that he hath whereof he might trust...the righteousness which is in the law, blameless." Such was his character and his opinion of himself, before he knew the grace of God in truth. But after...

...they Israelites ? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham ? So am I." The third is Philip, iii. 5. " all to hearken to her, and pursue the rules she lays...down, she says in the words of the text : " I love He was circumcised the eighth day ; which is a proof, he was born of parents, who were themselves Jews,...

...other thinketh he hath whereof to trust in it, I have more; 5. Circumcised the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews, (by both father and mother); according to the law, a Pharisee; 6. Concerning zeal, persecuting the...

...manner, the description which St. Paul gives of himself in his epistle to the Philippians (iii. 5.) — " Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel,...the righteousness which is in the law, blameless" — is made up of particulars so plainly delivered concerning him, in the Acts of the Apostles, the...

...the moral and ceremonial law of Moses. Of this the apostle gives us a particular account, ver. 5, 6. Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew ef the Hebrews; as touching the law, a pharisee ; concerning Keal, persecuting the church ; touching...

...it, as he said, " though I also might have confidence in the flesh.* If any other man, saith he, " thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more," Phil. iii. 3, 4. and then he repeats a two-fold privilege that he had by the flesh. 1. That he was...