...strongly and justly reasons, it renders our corrupt affections more inflamed and violent by restraint;* " Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shall not covet," &c. But let us now complete this argument, by showing that a believer in Christ is...

...known sin but by the law : for I had not known lnst, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought...of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. 9 For I was alive without the law, once : but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. PARAPH...

...spirit, and not in the oldness 01 the letter. 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin ? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law : for I had...lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without...

...knowledge of sin." — By what law is " the know" ledge of sin ? " By the moral, or by the ritual law ? " I had not known sin but by the law ; for " I had not...except the law had said. " Thou shalt not covet." 2 Now what law said, " Thou shalt not covet : " The ceremonial, or the moral? Indeed all the apostle's...

...St. Paul himself acknowledged that this commandment brought him in guilty before God. Rom. vii. 7. / had not known sin, but by the law; for I had not known...lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. Now inquire, Can you lay your hand on your heart and say, I am not guilty ? Consider this perfect standard...

...God threatened to every transgressor of it. " What shall we say then ? Is the law sin ? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law : for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shall not covet. But sin taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence....

...disobedience. Thus, the Apostle Paul, in the seventh chapter of his Epistle to the Romans, says, " Sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in...concupiscence ; for without the law, " sin was dead." Thus does the law of God, which is, in itself, holy and good, acting upon a depraved heart, inflame...

...sin, Rom. iii. 20. What shall we say thenl Is the law sin ? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, hut by the law : for I had not known lust, except the...sin was dead. For I was alive without the law once : but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. And the commandment, which iras ordained...

...reasoning applies. Writing to the Romans he says, " What shall we say then ? Is the law sin ? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law : for I had...lust except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet V The citation is from the tenth commandment, and the unreserved manner in which he alleges it, proves...

...discovers this enemy; it convinceth the soul that there is such a traitor harbouring in his bosom : " I had not known sin but by the law; for I had not...lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet ;" I had not known it; that is, fully, clearly, distinctly. Conscience will somewhat tumultuate about...