 | Church of Scotland - 1810 - 636 pages
...21, 22, 23. Ssf in the BMc. n 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...lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. Rom. iii. 20. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight ; for... | |
 | Thomas Gisborne - 1810 - 446 pages
...here descriptive of the Ceremonial or of the Moral Law ? The Apostle will answer these inquiries : 7 had not known sin but by the law : for I had not known...lust, except the law had said, 'Thou shalt not covet (a]. Of what law is the commandment, Thou shalt not covet, a precept ? The Apostle, by producing a... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1811 - 476 pages
...bent nor 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,...lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet." An inclination to evil is really a fountain of sin, and therefore inconsistent with that i ectitude... | |
 | Samuel Hopkins - 1811 - 506 pages
...the knowledge of it, he comprehends it all in selfishness, or coveting, which is the same. He says, " I had not known sin, but by the law : For I had not...lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not COVET." He refers to the tenth command in the decalogue, " Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, &c.... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 462 pages
...might become exceeding sinful ; for we know, that where there js no law there is no transgression ; fl I had not known sin but by the law, for I had not...lust except the law had said thou shalt not covet." It is the ministration of death and condemnation tp sinners. They that trust in Moses are accursed... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 626 pages
...came sin revived, and all manner of concupiscence appeared. " By the law is the knowledge of sin." " For I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet." The goodness of the law, its immutability, eternity, and unlimited demands, ought to be insisted on,... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 520 pages
...sproutings of 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...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,... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 512 pages
...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 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... | |
 | 1813 - 580 pages
...7. What shall we say then > Is the law sin ? O"d forbid. Nay, 1 had not known sin, but by the law j for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. Ver. 8. But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For... | |
 | 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... | |
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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. 
