(Which he had promised afore by his Prophets in the holy Scriptures)

[a]Concerning his [b]Son Jesus Christ our Lord (which was [c]made of the seed of David [d]according to the flesh,

And [e]declared [f]mightily to be the Son of God, touching the Spirit of sanctification by the resurrection from the dead)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 1:3 By declaring the sum of the doctrine of the Gospel, he stirreth up the Romans to good consideration of the matter whereof he entreateth: So then he showeth that Christ (who is the very substance and sum of the Gospel) is the only son of God the Father, who as touching his humanity, is made of the seed of David, but touching his divine and spiritual nature, whereby he sanctified himself, is begotten of the Father from everlasting, as by his mighty resurrection manifestly appeareth.
  2. Romans 1:3 This is a plain testimony of the person of Christ, that he is but one, and of his two natures, and their properties.
  3. Romans 1:3 Which took flesh of the virgin, David’s daughter.
  4. Romans 1:3 As he is man: for this word Flesh, by the figure Synecdoche, is taken for man.
  5. Romans 1:4 Showed and made manifest.
  6. Romans 1:4 The divine and mighty power is set against the weakness of the flesh, for that overcame death.

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