Excerpt from The Epistle to the Romans, in Greek and English: With an Analysis and Exegetical Commentary Tnus far the Apostle has conducted his argument with a view to the unde niable fact that both Gentiles and Jews have flagrantly broken God's moral law, and consequently that justification on the ground of obedience thereto is precluded. And it is the moral law to which generally in the argumentative part of the Epistle he refers. But this is not invariably the case. The Jews attached an undue estimate to their ceremonial and ritual law, and. Especially to the initiatory rite of circumcision. And as this institution originated in the person of Abraham, their great ancestor, and fi'om him had been perpetuated in his descendants through Isaac and Jacob to their own times, their connection by this covenant rite with the distinguished patriarch had become the occasion of extraordinary self confidence. This ecclesiastical and national pride had been rebuked by John the Baptist but weakness and vanity often inseparable associates. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.