...desert of that eterual death which the holy law of God threatened to every transgressor of it. " What shall we say then ? Is the law sin ? God forbid. Nay,...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....

...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...

...counterevidence, proving St. Paul's deference to the Mosaic law. Rom. vii. 7. 12, 14, 16". 7. "What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin but by the law. 12. The law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. 14. For we know that the law is...

...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...

...epistles of this Apostle to which the same reasoning applies. Writing to the Romans he says, " What shall we say then ? Is the law sin ? God forbid. Nay,...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...

...epistles of this Apostle to which the same reasoning applies. Writing to the Romans he says, " What shall we say then ? Is the law sin ? God forbid. Nay,...known lust except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet3." The citation is from the tenth commandment, and the unreserved manner in which he alleges...

...tfirit—iein a new and spiritual manner. Cox. ROMANS. [the flesh and jptril, 7 What shall we say then ? 7s eat thing if we shall reap your carnal things ? 12...this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless nut covet. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence....

...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...

...thou art become a transgressor of the law." — James ii. 8 — 11. "Is the law sin? God forbid. Yea I had not known sin, but by the law ; for I had not...lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. The law is holy, the commandment is holy, and just, and good." — Rom. vii. 7, 12. Christianity then...