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THE II. CHAPTER.
Verse 1. Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoeuer thou art that condemnest: for in that that thou condemnest another, thou condemnest thy selfe: for thou that condemnest, doest the same things.
TO make way to the opening of this chapter, it shall not be amisse briefely to repeate the Apostles whole pro∣iect. That which hee driues at is this, that all both Iewes and Gentiles are transgressours of the law; and there∣fore cannot be iustified by the workes of the law. And as touching the Gentiles transgression, hee first proues it, ranging them into these two ranckes.
First, of those that were openly and outragiouslie breakers of the law of Nature; secondly, of such as par∣tooke not with them in these open enormious sinnes; but rather condemned them, though themselues in the meane time liued in the secret practise of them, at least had the seedes of them all vnmortified in them; against the first sort hee hath dealt in the first chapter, and here begins to conuince those hypocriticall cen∣surers of these sinnes in others.
The passage to these hypocrites is by an inference out of a generall laid downe, verse 31. cap. 1. on this manner: seeing all those that know the law of GOD, and commit things worthy of death, are subiect to condemnation; therfore thou also that iudgest others art inexcusable: neither hast any thing which thou