...Gospel, for the attaining of evangelical righteonsness. TEXT. 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 not known lnst, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment,...

...iii. 20. And hy what law is the- knowledge of sin, he expressly declares, where he affirms, " that he had not known lust, except the law had said, thou shalt not covet," chap, vii. 7. which is thp moral law alone. That law he designs, " which stops the mouth of all sinners,...

...divine law, he cordially approved of it as a rule of life. " What shall we say then ? Is the law sin ? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law. And the commandment which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. For sin, taking occasion...

...very next verse he comes in with this healing question, " What shall we say then ? la the law sin ? God forbid ! Nay, I had not known sin but by the law." Having in the following words insinuated, or rather more than insinuated, the inefficacy of the Jewish...

...newness of 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...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...

...holy law of 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...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....

...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...

...with a new spirit, and not in the old letter. 7 What shall we say then ? Is the law sin ? By no means. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law : for I had not known the the law an a covenant, by the sacrifice of Christ, on whom they have believed for life aud s&lvation,...

...within and defile the man. And the apostle saith, that he had not known sin, but by the law: for he had not known lust, except the law had said, thou shalt not covet This evidently shows that the intentions of the heart are evil; that to them alone blame is imputable,...