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are not sufficient for these things; yea, that

‘with man this is impossible;’ but we see a

promise of God to give us that love, and to

make us humble, meek, and holy: we lay hold

of this gospel, of these glad tidings; it is done

unto us according to our faith; and ‘the

righteousness of the law is fulfilled in us,’

through faith which is in Christ Jesus....

“In the highest rank of the enemies of the

gospel of Christ,” said Wesley, “are they who

openly and explicitly ‘judge the law’ itself,

and ‘speak evil of the law;’ who teach men to

break (to dissolve, to loose, to untie the

obligation of) not one only, whether of the

least or of the greatest, but all the

commandments at a stroke.... The most

surprising of all the circumstances that

attend this strong delusion, is that they who

are given up to it, really believe that they