 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 698 pages
...living be justified, cxliii. 2. ' What shall we say then Î It the law sin 1 God forbid. Nay, 1 hod not known sin, but by the law : for I had not known liut, except the law had said, Thou ehalt not covet. But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought... | |
 | John Milton - Theology, Doctrinal - 1825 - 472 pages
...7. ' I had not known sin but by the law' (that is, the whole law, for the expression is unlimited) ' for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shall not covet.' It is in the decalogue that the injunction here specified is contained ; we are therefore... | |
 | John Owen - Puritans - 1826 - 518 pages
...enemy ; it convinceth the soul that there is such a traitor harbouring in his bosom, 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.' I had not known it, that is, fully, clearly, distinctly. Conscience will somewhat tumultuate about... | |
 | Walter Balfour - Devil - 1826 - 380 pages
...way she was deceived and eventually sinned. — What Paul says, Rom. vii. 7. Eve might have said — "I had not known sin but by the law: for I had not known lust except the law had said thou shalt not eat. But sin taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - Domestic relations - 1826 - 582 pages
...particular ? " I had not known sin," said one of the most interesting men who ever professed Christianity, " I had not known sin, but by the law : for I had not known lust" or evil desire to be sin, " except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet." Thus the apostle found... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - Domestic relations - 1826 - 484 pages
...particular? " I had not known sin," said one of the most interesting men who ever professed Christianity, " I had not known sin, but by the law : for I had not known lust" or evil desire to be sin, " except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet." Thus the apostle found... | |
 | Walter Balfour - Devil - 1826 - 372 pages
...way she was deceived and eventually sinned.— What Paul says, Rom. vii. 7. Eve might have said — " I had not known sin but by the law : for I had not fcnown lust except the law had said thou shalt not eat. But sin taking occasion by the commandment,... | |
 | Abraham Booth - Grace (Theology) - 1827 - 380 pages
...of sin comes by that law, which forbids all irregular desires, and every unsanctified affection. " I had not known sin but by the law ; for I had not...lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet." Hence it is plain, to a demonstration, that all the deeds and duties of that law by which is the knowledge... | |
 | William Huntington - 1827 - 268 pages
...obedience to the law, so covetousness includes all disobedience: " Thou shalt not covet," Exod. xx. 17. " I had not known sin but by the law; for I had not...lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet," Rom. vii. 7. ,», Ahimaaz. By the apostle's calling the love of money a root, it must take a deep hold... | |
 | Walter Balfour - Devil - 1827 - 374 pages
...way she was deceived and eventually sinned. — What Paul says, Rom. 7 : 7-11. Eve might have said: " I had not known sin but by the law : for I had not known lust except the law had said thou shalt not eat. But sin taking occasion by the commandment, wrougfit in me all manner of concupiscence. For without... | |
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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. 
