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The strange imagination of some, that St. Paul, when he says, A man is justified without the works of the law, means only the ceremonial law, is abundantly confuted by these very words.For did St. Paul establish the ceremonial law?It is evident, he did not.He did make void that law through faith, and openly avowed his doing so.It was the moral law only of which he might truly say, We do not make void but establish this through faith.
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3. The strange imagination of some, that St. Paul, when he says, A man is justified without the works of the law, means only the ceremonial law, is abundantly confuted by these very words. For did St. Paul establish the ceremonial law? It is evident, he did not. He did make void that law through faith, and openly avowed his doing so. It was the moral law only of which he might truly say, We do not make void but establish this through faith.