For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
Ver. 10. Are under the curse] Aut faciendum, aut patiendum, Either to obey or to be punished. He that will not have the direction of the law must have the correction.
That continueth not in all] Deuteronomy 27:26. Heb. Shall stand firm, as a square stone, יקים, τετραγωνος .
In the book of the law to do them] Done they must be exactly, upon pain of God's curse. For a groat too short in payment of some dues required, our William the Conqueror forced the monks of Ely to lay down a thousand marks, saith the chronicler. The law is no less strict with those that are not freed by Christ.