 | Ralph Erskine - Religious poetry - 1793 - 384 pages
...g Rom. vii. 14. — 20. For we know that the law is fpi. ritual ; but I am carnal, fold under fin. For that which I do, I allow not : for what I would, that do I not ; but whit I hate that da I. If then I do that which I .would not, I con. fent unto the law that it is.good.... | |
 | Augustus Toplady - Theology - 1794 - 502 pages
...Ads xiii. 48. I am carnal, fold under fin. For that which I do, « yuKsru, I am far from approving : for what I would, that do I not ; but what I hate, that do I. To will is prelent with me : but how to perform that which is good, I find not. For the good that I... | |
 | John Wesley - Biography - 1780 - 760 pages
...underftanding of the words of St. Paul, in the feventh Chapter of his Epiftle to the Romans. For thus faith he, That which I do, I allow not. For what I would ', that do I not ; but what I hate, that I do. The good that I would, I do not. For although to will is prefent with me, how to perform that... | |
 | John Wesley - Biography - 1790 - 736 pages
...continued employment of a very different nature. Therefore he fays, " What I do, I allow not." Ver. 15.- For what I would, that do I not; but what I hate , that do I. Ver. 19. For the good that I would, 1 do not; but the evil which I would not, that I do. Ver. 21. Ijind... | |
 | Missions - 1801 - 530 pages
...engaged alf "the days of the years of his 'pilgrimage." It is in Rom. vii. 1 4 — 25. For ice knots that the law is spiritual ; but I am carnal, sold...would, •that do I not ; but what I hate, that do I. Jf then I •tio that li'ldch I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. Now then, it is... | |
 | 1800 - 498 pages
...Apoftle's difcourfe. He fays, " For what I do, I lllow not," that is, at the infant \ do evil, I allow it not, " for what I would, that do I not ; but what I hate that do I." That is, ojpofite propenlities, at the lani? moment, exert themfelyes in oppofite directions. " For... | |
 | Elizabeth Hamilton - Education - 1801 - 452 pages
...after full-conviftion have caufe, on the firft aflault of paffion, to exclaim with the Apoftle, " That I do, I allow not; for what " I would, that do I not; but what I bate; " that do If—for to will is prefent with me, " but how to perform that which is good I '•'•find... | |
 | Elizabeth Hamilton - Education - 1801 - 430 pages
...after full conviftion have caufe, on the firft aflault of p&ffion, to exclaim with the Apoftle, " That I do, I allow not; for what " I would, that do I not; but what Ihatey " that do 7^-i-for to w/7/isprefentwithme, " but how to perform that which is good I "find not?*... | |
 | 1828
...The apostle Paul explains this feeling, against which even he himself had to strive, when he says, " The law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under...would that do I not ; but what I hate that do I." Satan also, that malicious and subtle spirit, whose aim has been to pervert mankind from their right... | |
 | John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - Presbyterian Church - 1802 - 606 pages
...particularly verfes 14, 24. " For we know " that the law is fpiritual ; but I am carnal, fold under " fin. For that which I do, I allow not: for what I would, " that do I not ; but what I hate, that do I. If then I do "• that which I would not, I confent unto the law, that it " is good. Now, then, it... | |
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For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. 
