 | Robert Trail - 1810 - 530 páginas
...the law comes to be considered, who is innocent ? 1 had not known lust, saith. the' apostle, unless the law had said, Thou shalt not covet, Rom. vii. 7. " The com" mandment came to me in another sense, with that bright" ness that soon convinced me of sin." This... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 462 páginas
...might become exceeding sinful ; for we know, that where there js no law there is no transgression ; fl I had not known sin but by the law, for I had not...lust except the law had said thou shalt not covet." It is the ministration of death and condemnation tp sinners. They that trust in Moses are accursed... | |
 | Samuel Hopkins - 1811 - 506 páginas
...the knowledge of it, he comprehends it all in selfishness, or coveting, which is the same. He says, " I had not known sin, but by the law : For I had not...lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not COVET." He refers to the tenth command in the decalogue, " Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, &c.... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1811 - 476 páginas
...inclination to evil ; for that is sin properly and truly so called ; hence the apostle says, 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." An inclination to evil is really a fountain of sin, and therefore inconsistent with that i ectitude... | |
 | Ezra Stiles Ely - 1811 - 302 páginas
...so convinced as to become " poor in spirit.'' f By the law is the knowledge of sin." Rom. iii. 20. " I had not known sin but by the law : for I had not known lust, except the had said, thou shall not covet." " I was alive without the law once ; but when the commandment came,... | |
 | John Wesley - 1811 - 450 páginas
...should say so. Nay, the law is an irreconcileable enemy to sin ; searching it out wherever it is. " I had not known sin, but by the law : for I had not known lust," evil desire to be sin, " except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet," ver. 7. After opening this... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1810 - 528 páginas
...your souls unto life eternal — ] i Wisd. v. 4. CCCLXXI. THE SPIRITUALITY OF THE LAW. Rom. vii. 7. What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not knorvn sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had sdid, Thou shall not covet.... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 626 páginas
...came sin revived, and all manner of concupiscence appeared. " By the law is the knowledge of sin." " For I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet." The goodness of the law, its immutability, eternity, and unlimited demands, ought to be insisted on,... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 512 páginas
...the motions of sins which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid;...lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. But sin taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without... | |
 | Edward Williams - 1812 - 582 páginas
...St. Paul himself says, " The law worketh wrath : for where no law is, there is no transgression."* " What shall we say then, Is the law sin? God forbid....known sin, but by the law : for I had not known lust (or concupiscence) except the law had said, Thou shall not covet.''f From these passages, among many... | |
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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 lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. 
