...sin but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shall not covet. 9 For I was alive without the law, once: but when the commandment came., sin revived, and I died. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence....

...is stopped, though his heart rebels. Paul owns that he was subject to euch genuine convictions.. "1 was alive without the law once; but when the commandment came, sin revived, and 1 died." And the publican had no excuse to make, when he cried, "God be merciful to me a sinner."...

...the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. For 1 was alive without the law once : but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. 1 John 3. 4....

...by the sinner. This fact is thus forcibly described by St. Paul: For 1 mas alive without the lii.iv. once : but, when, the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. He mas alive, that is, in his own feelings, while he was without the law ; or while the law was no more...

...is stopped, though his heart rebels. Paul owns that he was subject to such genuine convictions. " 1 was alive without the law once ; but when the commandment came, sin I'cvivcd, and I died." And the publican had no excuse to make, when he cried, " God be merciful to...

...is regeneration to a real belief of the vmcorrupted gospel of Christ. " I was," says the apostle, " alive without the " law once : but, when the commandment came, " sin revived and I died." " I through the law am " dead to the law, that I might live unto God ! " " For by the...

...heart, and strongly realized by the sinner. This fact is thus forcibly described by St. Paul : ' For I was alive without the law once ; but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.' He was ' alive,' that is, in his own feelings, while he was ' without the law ;' or while the law was...

...his * Job xiii. 26. 454 Heavy laden Sinners described. Ser. 9. own case before conversion; " I was without the law once ; but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died *." He never was strictly without the law ; for he expected salvation by obeying it ; but he was without the...

...three thousand on the day of Penticost lost their hopes. And thus Paul tells us he lost his hopes. " I was alive without the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died." All secure sinners are liable to lose their hopes in this way ; and they must lose their...

...20. " through the law, am dead to the law :" which accords to his language elsewhere, when he says, " I was alive without the law once, but when the " commandment came, sin revived and I died ; " 1 where the moral law exclusively is meant, beyond all doubt : and he adds, " If righteousness...