...of the rule, so by the law, says the Apostle, is the knowledge of sin. I had not known sin, says he, but by the law : for I had not known lust except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. Secondly, when it urges us to the Saviour. Indeed nothing else can kill the self-righteous confidence...

...What shall we say then ? I* the law sin? God forbid. Nav, I bad not known sin, but by the law : tor I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. Observe here, 1. The objection (which the apostle answers) that some were ready to make against the...

...not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them." And again, Paul says, (Romans vii. 7.) " I had not known sin but by the law : for...lust except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. (Verse 9.) But when the commandmetit came, sin revived, and I died." If Paul speak* thug of himself,...

...What shall we say then ? Is the law sin ? God forbid. Nay I had not known sin but by the law ; fur I had not known lust, except the law had said, thou shalt not covet. But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence" — all manner...

...Yes: for the inward part is very wickedness, Ps. v. 9. Does the light of nature discover this? No: ] bUc {u # Q ԝ S h ? E ? ~ ? < ԧ = 9 6 Rom. vii. 7. •2. Are we forhidden to covet another man's house ? Yes : As they that covet houses...

...commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not bear false witness. Honor thy father and thy mother." Rom. vii. 7., " I had not known sin, but by the law...lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet." Rom. xiii. 9., " For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal,...

...perishes by the regeneration of the Spirit. 7 What shall we say then 1 Is the law sin ? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin but by the law : for I had not...lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without...

...seventh chapter of his epistle to the Romans. In the 7th and 8th verses of this chapter 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. But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all • manner of concupiscence. For without...

...the following remarks to the Romans : ' 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...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...

...emphasis on the word " covet," in the tenth commandment, which is so evidently the governing word. " I had not known lust, except the law had said, thou shalt not coVet." Another fault worth noticing, on account of its commonness, is the placing of the emphasis on " neighbour"...