...This was the experience of Paul, under the convictions of conscience, according to his own account. "I had not known sin but by the law; for I had not...sin was dead. For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin i,evived, and I died." While Paul was under the strivings of the...

...members. Thus sin groweth bold, and kicketh at the law, becoming exceeding sinful, Romans vii. 8, :&. "But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought...concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. For I was ujivc without the law once ; but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. Ver. 13. Was then...

...are many crimes which men would not have known to be sins, " I " had not known sin," says St. Paul, " but by the " law : for I had not known lust, except the law " had said, Thou shalt not covet." It is the law, then which by awakening and enlightening our conscience, teaches us that sin deserves...

...illustrates this sentiment, as well as establishes its truth, by reference to his own experience : " I had not known sin, but by the law ; for I had not...lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet." Contrasting the purity and spirituality of the Divine law, with the corruptions which he found in himself,...

...him of sin, and thereby shewing him his need of a Redeemer ; thus exemplifying theory by practice. / had not known sin, but by the Law : for I had not...all manner of concupiscence. For without the Law sin teas dead. For I was alive without the Law once (as long as I felt not the power of the Law, I perceived...

...long as he liveth ? I bad not known sin but by the law ; for I had not known lust, if the law had not said, thou shalt not covet; but sin taking occasion,...concupiscence; for, without the law, sin was dead. I was alive without the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and 1 died. And the commandment...

...generally understood to be the following : " 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 (q)-"-~-tc It is observable here." says Dr. Nicholls, " that the compilers of our Articles do not say,...

...the seed should corne, to whom the promise was made,'' llora. v. 20, 21. Gal. iii. 19. Si. Paul says; "Sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought...concupiscence ; for, without the law sin was dead. Was, then that which was good, made death unto me ? God forhid : But sin, that it might appearsin,...

...viii. 1. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curae for us. Gal. iii. 21. 5 I had not known sin but by the law : for I had not...lust except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. Rom. vii. 7. Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already...

...the heart, and which, by restraining them, makes them appear more sinful, and grow more outrageous. " But sin taking " occasion by the commandment, wrought...concupiscence : for without the law sin " was dead," although it be in us, yet it is not perceived, until it be held before the holy spiritual law of God,...