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Lange, J. P.

 
9781331361879: The Epistle of Paul to the Romans (Classic Reprint)

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Thb Epistle to the Romans is theE pistle of theE pistles, as the Gospel of John is the Gospel of the Gospels. It is the heart of the doctrinal portion of theN ew Testament. It presents in systematic order the fundamental truths of Christianity in their primitive purity, inexhaustible depth, all-conquering force, and never-failing comfort. It is the bulwark of the evangelical doctrines of sin and grace against the obscuration of the gospel, whether by judaizing bigotry or paganizing licentiousness. Addressed to the Christians at Rome, and imfolding to them the gospel as a spiritual power ofO od unto salvation far exceeding in effect, and outlasting in time, the temporal power of the Imperial City, it prophetically anticipates and positively overthrows every essential error of Romanism, and is to this day the best antidote against popery. No wonder that it was so highly prized by the Reformers. Luther, whom Coleridge regarded the only fit commentator on Paul, called the Romans the chief part of theN ew Testament, and the purest gospel, well worthy to be committed to memory word for word by every Christian man, and to be pondered daily and enjoyed as the daily bread of the soul. It can never be too often nor too well read and considered, and the more it is understood, the better it tastes. Those who have studied it most carefully, are most likely to fall in with the judgment of Coleridge, that it is the most profound work in existence. But it is certainly also the most difficult book of theN ew Testament, unless we except the Gospel of John and the Revelation. Meyer, the ablest philological exegete of the age, humbly confesses, in the preface to the fourth edition of his commentary, to a growing sense of our inability to dp justice to the grandest, the boldest, and, in all its depths and heights, the most complete composition of the greatest apostle. If St. Pet
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