Matthew Poole and continuators on Romans 8:31

31. What shall we then say to these things ? If God be for us , who can be against us ?

Some refer this Question to what is said in the Verses immediately preceding; Others, to what he had said, v. 28. and Others go higher, and refer it to all that he said before. Some by these things understand Afflictions and Sufferings; more especially, What shall we say to these? or what need we be disheartned by these? For if God, &c.

i. e. Seeing God is for us, 'tis a note of Certainty, not of Ambiguity, vid. v. 9. He takes it for granted, as that which cannot be denied, vid. Psal. 46.7, 11. and 118.6, 7.

i. e. None can; none can be against us successfully; none can be against us safely: Such will harm themselves more than us, vid. Psal. 56.4. Maximilian the Emperour, so admired this Sentence, that he caused it to be Written over the Table where he used to Dine and Sup; that having it often in his Eye, he might have it also in his Mind.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 word] 14.9.