...and fames of sin, which Paul says he had not been acquainted withal, but by the law; Rom. vii. 7. ' Nay, I had not known sin but by the law : for I had...lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.' That which in the entrance he -calls sin indefinitely, in the close he particularly terms lust; as...

...enemy ; it convinceth the soul that there is such a traitor harbouring in his bosom, Rom. vii. 7. ' 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...

...lust after any object, never could bring forth sin, unless that object was prohibited. Paul says — " 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. It is the doctrine of Scripture, and of common sense, that where there is no law, there...

...way she was deceived and eventually sinned. — What Paul says, Rom. vii. 7. Eve might have said — "I had not known sin but by the law: for I had not known lust except the law had said thou shalt not eat. But sin taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without...

...may cause, or, at least, be the means of, a man to covet. Must it therefore not be made known? or, what shall we say then, "is the law sin?" God forbid ! Nay, I had not known this, except the law had said, "Thou shall not covet." I might go on so, and even say, that the preaching...

...particular? " I had not known sin," said one of the most interesting men who ever professed Christianity, " I had not known sin, but by the law : for I had not known lust" or evil desire to be sin, " except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet." Thus the apostle found...

...covet [thou shalt have no evil desire].'" At the end of his evaluation he has to make a sad confession: "I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not...commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence [lust] . For without the law sin was dead. For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment...

...exposed the hidden nature of sin and did so in two ways. First of all, it revealed his sinful nature. "What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God •forbid....lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet" (v. 7). The great function of the Mosaic law is to expose sin. Men try to cover sin, excuse it, and...

...wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law..." (Romans 7:6-7). Should I give out of guilt or impulse? Never! Shame -based giving can not only destroy...

...TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW." 1 John 3:4. And what law is it, the transgression of which is sin?—"I had not known sin, but by the law; for I had not known lust except the law had said, Thou shah not covet." Rom. 7:7. That word then—"Thou shall not covet"—belongs in a law; it is a part...