...obedience is an attainment to which the most eminent saint while on this earth can lay no claim: for there is not a just " man upon earth, that doeth good and " sinneth not." .Should any, then, be so far puffed up with pride, so self righteous, as to arrogate to himself perfection...

...infirmity of human nature, even in the best. " For there is no man that sinneth not," 1 Kings, viii. 46 ; " not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not," Eccles. vii. 20; "for in many things we all slip," James iii. 2 ; either by " sins, by negligences,...

...go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. (58 P. 3.) 5. Is there any one that sinneth not? There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not. (7 EC. 20.) There is none righteous, no not one. (3 Ro. 10.) 6. Is every individual in all the world...

...20. Although there is not, &c.] — This may be connected with the following verse, viz. " Because there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not, therefore it is also the part of wisdom to take no heed unto all words," &c. But as the word " also,"...

...in Christ as to sin not, seem to me to have no bearing that way. Take, for example, the passage, " There is not a just man upon earth that doeth good, and sinneth not." There is a large class of Scripture texts which are designed to set forth the truth, that by nature...

...that there is no man who does not fall short of that obedience to God, which the moral law requires. There is not a just man upon earth that doeth good, and sinneth not." Ecclesiastes vii. 20. " There is no man that sinneth not." 1 Kings viii. 46. " Who can say, I have...

...believer; " If we say we have no sin,. we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us, "1 John i. 18. " There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not," Eccl. vii. 20. " In many things we offend all," James iii. 2. The scriptures plainly affirm it, and...

...sinned ? Yes. (See also p. 3.) There is no man that siuneth not. 1 Kings viii, 46; 2 Chron. vi, 36. There is not a Just man upon earth, that doeth good and siuneth not. Eccles. vii, 20. All have siuned and come short of the glory of God. Rom. iii, 23. For...

...of God's grace, it is scriptural : Old and New Testament agree thus to represent the matter ; for " there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not," saith Solomon. " In many things we offend all," saith St. James. To be " led by the Spirit" on the...

...shall condemn me ; if I say I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse." Solomon asserts, "that there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not." It is very evident, that the apostle in the text is speaking of himself as in a state of grace, and...