 | Thomas Boston - 1811 - 476 halaman
...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...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 halaman
...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.... | |
 | Ezra Stiles Ely - 1811 - 302 halaman
...so convinced as to become " poor in spirit.'' f By the law is the knowledge of sin." Rom. iii. 20. " I had not known sin but by the law : for I had not known lust, except the had said, thou shall not covet." " I was alive without the law once ; but when the commandment came,... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 626 halaman
...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,... | |
 | John Wesley - 1811 - 450 halaman
...should say so. Nay, the law is an irreconcileable enemy to sin ; searching it out wherever it is. " I had not known sin, but by the law : for I had not known lust," evil desire to be sin, " except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet," ver. 7. After opening this... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1810 - 528 halaman
...guilty in his own sight, and acknoivledged the justice of his condemnation: thus he says of himself; " 1 had not known sin but by the law; for I had not known lust (ie the evil and danger of it) unless the law had said, thou shall not -covet: for I was alive without... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 512 halaman
...law, did work in 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...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... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 520 halaman
...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 : for I had not...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,... | |
 | John Locke - 1812 - 516 halaman
...evangelical rigiitcousneis. . TEXT. 7 What shall we say then ? is the law sin? God forhid. Nary, Iliad not known sin, but by the law : for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shall nut covet. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all mariner of concupiscence.... | |
 | T. T., Christian parent - 1812 - 248 halaman
...Commandments brought to his mind this strong sense of sin ? A. — The tenth Commandment. For he «ays, " I had not known sin but by the law : for I had not known lust, except the law had caid, " Thou shalt not covet." Rom. /. 7. Q. 5. — Does this Commandment tend to convince us of sin,... | |
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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. 
