 | 1812 - 582 pages
...the law, he was ignorant of inward sin, or sinful affections. Hence, he says. "/ had not known tin but by the LAW; for I had not known lust, except the law had laid, Thou shall nut COVET." By these declarations of Paul, therefore, "/ teas alive without the law... | |
 | Edward Dorr Griffin - 1813 - 416 pages
...you f Come they not hence. even of your lusts ? [selfish covetings, according to that explanation, " I had not known lust except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet."'] — Ye lust and have not ; ye kill. you. And unto him that ..in it ct.li thee on the cheek, offer also... | |
 | 1813 - 580 pages
...23. See in the Bible. n Rom. vii. 7. What shall we say then ? Is the law sin > God forbid. Nay, I hid not known sin but by the law : for I had not known lust, extept the law had said, Thou shah not •covet. Rom. iii. 20. Therefore by the deeds of the law there... | |
 | Edward Dorr Griffin - 1813 - 340 pages
...you ? Come they not hence, even of your lusts ? [selfish covetings, according to that explanation, " I had not known lust except the law had said, Thou shalt not cotie*."] — Ye lust and have not; ye kill, you. And unto him that smiteth thee on the cheek, offer... | |
 | William Clayton - 1814 - 420 pages
...occasions to arise. " What shall " we say then ? Is the law sin ? God forbid, * Matthew, xxi. 43. N " 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 man" ner of concupiscence. For without... | |
 | 1814 - 570 pages
...and not in the olcinrss of the letter. 7 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, exeept the law had said, Thou shalt not eovet. 8 But sin, taking oeeasion by the eommandment, wrought... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1814 - 282 pages
...eompelled to plead guilty. He will now thoroughly eomprehend the meaning of St. Paul's eonfession : I had not known sin, but by the Law : for I had not known lust, exeept the Law had said, Thou shalt not eavet. But sin, taking oeeasion by the eommandment, wrought... | |
 | Thomas Ridgley - 1814 - 558 pages
...sin ; that is, I had not so fully understood the abominable nature thereof as I do, but by the lanv: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, thou shalt not covet; and hereupon he concludes, that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. (2.)... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1815 - 422 pages
...This was the experience of Paul, under the convictions of conscience, according to his own account. "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... | |
 | Daniel de Superville - 1816 - 436 pages
...are many crimes which men would not have known to be sins, " I " had not known sin," says St. Paul, " but by the " law : for I had not known lust, except the law " had said, Thou shalt not covet." It is the law, then which by awakening and enlightening our conscience, teaches us that sin deserves... | |
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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. 
