...quicken us together with him, that we may bring forth fruit no more unto death but unto God, and serve him in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. Rom. 7- Could these things come to pass without our knowledge? Ah no ! for we are compared to a woman...

...man. " We are delivered from the law, being dead to that wherein we were held, that we should serve in newness of spirit and not in the oldness of the letter." It is the law of Spiritual wisdom, no longer pealing trumpet-tongued amidst the terrors of Sinai, but...

...But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held ; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. 7 What shall we say then 1 Is the law sin1? God forbid. Nay, [ had not known sin, but by the law :...

...6 But now we ar delivered from the law, that being dead wherein w were held ; that we should serve in newness of spirit and not in the oldness of the letter. For when we were in the flesh— Paul points out, in ; still more clear manner by the contrast, how...

...is the worst law. of slavery, but that we may fulfil the royal law of liberty, and that we may serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter, Rom. vii. 6. Yea, holiness in this life is such a part of our salvation as is a necessary means to...

...death. 6 But now we are loosed from the law of death, wherein we were detained : so that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. 7 What shall we say then ? if the law sin ? God forbid. But 1 did not know sin, but by the law ; for...

...from the bondage of the Mosaic] law, That being dead wherein we were held ; that we should serve God in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter," Rom. vii. 4, 5, 6. Immediately after this glorious profession of liberty, the apostle in his own person,...

...a life of sincere and spiritual obedience ; or, as the apostle expresses it, ver. 6, to serve God " in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter." And now I am further to observe to you, that there is another glorious privilege of believers, distinctly...

...have just cited, this sense is very evident, that now being dead to the law, ' we should serve God in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter ;'* not from the hurries and vexation of conscience, that come upon it from the commanding and threatening...

...blood, and having a sense of reconciliation with God, and of the enjoyment of his favour, we Serve him in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter — not from servile fear, but with gratitude and filial affection. Thus having boldness to enter into...