...desire ; for without the law, sin was dead. 9 And I was once alive without the law ; but when the 10 commandment came, sin revived, and I died. And the commandment, which was intended for life, this I found 1 1 unto death. For sin, taking occasion by the commandis ment, deceived...

...Resistance to evil is the conflict of temptation. The apostle expresses the same idea in regard to the law. " I was alive without the law once : but...the commandment came, sin revived, and I died." And then he demands, " Is the law sin ? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law. . . . Wherefore...

...self-deception, and false-confidence, who can experimentally say, with that eminent servant of Christ, " I was alive without the law once ; but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died " But the experience of Christ's ministers does not end here. The Spirit of God has taken...

...without the Law onee: but, when the eommandment eame, sin retived, and I died. AnA the eommandment, whieh was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. For sin, taking oeeasion by the eommandment, deeeived me; and by it slew me. Wherefore the Law iff holy ; and the eommandment...

...situations of the Jews under the law, and shewing the superiority of the gospel, (Rom. ix.) says, " I was alive without the law once, but when the commandment came, *in revived, and I died :" ie felt myself subject to death, because I disobeyed the command. "Was then...

...by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin i,evived, and I died." While Paul was under the strivings of the Spirit, he not only saw his past sinfulness;...

...wounded spirit who can bear ?" (Prov. xviii.' 14.) The Apostle compares it to the pangs of death : " For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin re* vived, and I died." (Rom. vii. 9.) — At first, perhaps, it is only some one particular sin, that...

...under genuine convictions; our author himself being judge. For having quoted the words of Paul, " / was alive without the law once, but when the commandment came, sin re vived, and I died ;" he says, " All awakened and convinced sinners have the same view of themselves....

...This was once the case with the Apostle, which he confesses in language not to be misapprehended. " I was alive without the law once ; but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died." And in our unconverted state, it may be said of us all, "Ye have no life in you." We may be alive in the...

...For I was alive without the law once : but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. 10. And the commandment which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. 11. For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. 12. Wherefore the...