...recesses, as easily to elude the view of man. And it is not without cause that the Apostle says, " I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet:" (£• ) because unless it be stripped of its disguises and brought to light by the law, it destroys...

...illustrates this sentiment, as well as establishes its truth, by reference to his own experience : " I had not known sin, but by the law ; for I had not...lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet." Contrasting the purity and spirituality of the Divine law, with the corruptions which he found in himself,...

...what law is " the knowledge of sin?" By the moral, or by the ritual law? — " I had not known sjn, but by the " law; for I had not known lust, except the law had • " said, Thou shalt not covet."f Indeed all the apostle's preceding discourse had been concerning the violations of the moral...

...by the law we have the knowledge of sin, and tbat it is by Hie 1aw's forbidding sin, chap. vii. 7. " I had not known sin, but by the law; for I had not known lust, except the law hail said, thou shalt not covet." There the apostle determines two things ; first, That the way in...

...Mosaic precepts. We see that the law referred to the gospel, and can only be fulfilled by the gospel. 7 What shall we say then ? Is the \ * law sin ? God forbid. Nay, e I had c¿fe. not known sin, but by the law : for, Auccir.8ii. I had not known dlust, except the law...

...serve in newness of spirit, and not in thé olduess of thé letter. 7 What shall we say then .' It thé law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by thé law: for I had not known lust, except thé law had said, Thou shalt not covet. • 8 But sin,...

...ITSELF THE NATURE OF SIN. The passage here alluded to is generally understood to be the following : " What shall we say then ? is the law sin ? God forbid....lust except the law had said, thou shalt not covet (q)-"-~-tc It is observable here." says Dr. Nicholls, " that the compilers of our Articles do not say,...

...him of sin, and thereby shewing him his need of a Redeemer ; thus exemplifying theory by practice. / 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...

...latter, and consequently enjoining the former. " By the " law," says St. Paul, " is the knowledge of sin. I " had not known lust except the law had said, Thou " shalt not covet'." It is the law, in every case respectively,, which gives the knowledge of good and evil. Obedience to...

...says, " Know ye not, brethren, how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth ? I bad not known sin but by the law ; for I had not known lust, if the law had not said, thou shalt not covet; but sin taking occasion, by the commandment, wrought...