...great may be. his inclination, he cannot obtain a knowledge of the law ; and the apostle Paul says, 'I had not known .sin, but by the law ; for I had not known lust except the law had said, " Thou shall not covet.'" Filleron has indeed seen punishments, executions, and gens-d'armes ; but gens-d'armes...

...inclination to evil; for that is sin properly and truly so called: hence the apostle says, Rom. vii. 7. ' I had not known sin, but by the law; for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shaltnot covet,' An inclination to evil is really a fountain of sin, and therefore inconsistent with...

...person through the remainder of the chapter. " What shall we say then ? Is the law sin ? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law : for I had...lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet." That the reasoning throughout this refnarkable passage is of a curious and subtle quality, and very...

...of the remarkable passage of scripture which closes this chapter of his epistle. " Nay," says he, " I had not known sin but by the law; for I had not known lust, except the law had said, thou shall not covet. But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence.''...

...described as 'concupiscence'. We find this word in Romans 7 and it is something that we must always preach. 'But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought...of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead' (v.8). This is the biblical way of describing desire - evil desire. The trouble is not simply that...

...out in all the outward members. Thus sin grows bold, and spurns the law, becoming exceedingly sinful. "But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought...sin was dead. For I was alive without the law once; but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. Was then that which is good made death to me?...

...in the likeness of his resurrection:] Romans 7:7 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. FN: The law is only the means of disclosing, not of producing it. Romans 7:8 But sin,...

...covet [thou shalt have no evil desire].'" At the end of his evaluation he has to make a sad confession: "I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not...commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence [lust] . For without the law sin was dead. For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment...

...First of all, it revealed his sinful nature. "What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God •forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had...lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet" (v. 7). The great function of the Mosaic law is to expose sin. Men try to cover sin, excuse it, and...

...TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW." 1 John 3:4. And what law is it, the transgression of which is sin?—"I had not known sin, but by the law; for I had not known lust except the law had said, Thou shah not covet." Rom. 7:7. That word then—"Thou shall not covet"—belongs in a law; it is a part...