...it must lie in this, that saints have some holiness of heart, whereas sinners have none. For, 'there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not.' Every saint has sinful affections and esercises, more or less, intermixed with his holy ones. But,...

...God." (iii. 9. v. 18.) This however is not to be understood in the most extensive sense ; for " there is not a just man upon earth that doeth good, and sinneth not ;" and " if we say that we have no sin, we deceive o'urselves, and the truth is not in us." (Eccles.....

...writings, as well as of all my other labours. Yet, while 1 warn you against sin, knowing that there is not a just man upon earth that doeth good, and sinneth not, let me remind you, that we have an advocate -siith the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. Such is...

...estranged from the womb : they go astray as soon as they be bom, speaking lies, Iviii. 3. For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not, Eccles. vii. 20. The heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while tbey live, and after...

...assert plainly, " There is no man that sinneth not; " (1 Kings viii. 46; 2 Chron. vi 36;) yea, " there is not a just man upon earth that doeth good, and sinneth not." ' (Eccles. vii. 20.) I answer, Without doubt, thus it was in the days of Solomon. Yea, thus it was from Adam to Moses, from...

...evidence, supported by this authority, I might have ventured farther than a bare suspicion. For " there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not," says the Spirit of inspiration by Solomon, Eccles. vii. 20. Nay, such is the purity, and so extensive...

...into a license to sin. But before these examples are adduced, it will be proper to remark that " there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not;" Eccl. vii. 20. The Scripture saints were, with all their excellencies, but imperfect men. And their...

...Kings viii. 46. Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin ' Prov. xx. 9. For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not, Eccl. vii. 20. As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one, Rom. iii. 10. Therefore by the...

...impracticable in the present life : " There is no man that sinneth not," 1 Kings viii. 4G. " There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not," Eccl. vii. 20. " How should a man be just with God? If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him...

...by the sacrifice of himself. Jam. iii. 2.— In many things we offend all. — Eccl. vii. 20. There is not a just man upon earth that doeth good and sinneth not. 1 John, i. 8. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. — Ver....