...confidences and legal hopes, give up the ghost, and perish for ever. " By the law is the knowledge of sin. But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought...concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead." " For my comeliness was turned in me into corruption," says Daniel, " and 1 retained no strength." " I abhor...

...is the knowledge of sin;" this discovered to me my corruption and the concupiscence of my heart. " But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought...concupiscence; for, without the law sin was dead," Rom. vii. 8. And I believe all that the law can do is to discover sin, and condemn the sinner; as the...

...in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid; Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law : for I had...concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.' Gal. v. 17- * For the flesh lusteth against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh: and these...

...sin in his nature. The apostle tells us, that this cannot be learned without the la*, Rom. vii. 7. ' I had not known sin but by the law : for I had not...lust, except the law had said, thou shalt not covet.' (2.) The law of nature is defective, because natural Judgement is thoroughly distorted and infatuated,...

...-unto death ; as it is written, Rom. vii. 8, 9. Sin taking occasion by the commandment raged the more, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without...sin was dead. For I was alive without the law once, and had a good opinion of myself: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. For it is...

...evangelical rigiitcousneis. . TEXT. 7 What shall we say then ? is the law sin? God forhid. Nary, Iliad not known sin, but by the law : for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shall nut covet. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all mariner of concupiscence....

...Commandments brought to his mind this strong sense of sin ? A. — The tenth Commandment. For he «ays, " I had not known sin but by the law : for I had not known lust, except the law had caid, " Thou shalt not covet." Rom. /. 7. Q. 5. — Does this Commandment tend to convince us of sin,...

...confusion, and every evil work. x Rom. vii. 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, except the law had said, Thou shall not covet. Ver. 8. But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in rae all manner of...

...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...taking occasion " by the commandment, wrought in me all man" ner of concupiscence. For without the law sin " was dead."* All your carnal hopes and criminal...

...commit it. When we were in the flesh, says the apostle, the motions of sin were by the law, Rom. vii. 5. Sin taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in...of concupiscence: for without the law sin was dead: but when the commandment came, sin revived, verse 8, 9. The law is the strength of sin, 1 Cor. xv....