...of God's grace, it is scriptural : Old and New Testament agree thus to represent the matter ; for " there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not," saith Solomon. " In many things we offend all," saith St. James. To be " led by the Spirit" on the...

...— Prov. xx. 9. A just man falleth seven times a day, and riseth up again. — Prov. xxiv. 16. For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. — Eccles. vii. 20. The flesh lusteth against the Spirit, &c. so that ye cannot do the things that...

...all my writings, as well as of all my other labours. Yet, while 1 warn you against sin, knowing that there is not a just man upon earth that doeth good, and sinneth not, let me remind you, that we have an advocate -siith the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. Such is...

...part, the word of God witnesses, that there is not a just man on earth, that liveth and sinneth not. There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not, Eccles. vii. 20. We have the man after God's own heart confessing this humbling truth, Psal. cxliii....

...of God." (iii. 9. v. 18.) This however is not to be understood in the most extensive sense ; for " there is not a just man upon earth that doeth good, and sinneth not ;" and " if we say that we have no sin, we deceive o'urselves, and the truth is not in us." (Eccles.....

...unregenerate, it must lie in this, that saints have some holiness of heart, whereas sinners have none. For, 'there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not.' Every saint has sinful affections and esercises, more or less, intermixed with his holy ones. But,...

...— Prov. xx. 9. A just man falleth seven times a day, and riseth up again. — Prov. xxiv. 16. For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and siuneth not. — Eccles. vii. 20. The flesh lusteth against the Spirit, &c. so that ye cannot do the...

...all my writings, as well as of all my other labours. Yet, while I warn you against sin, knowing that there is not a just man upon earth that doeth good, and ainncth not, let me remind you, that toe have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous....

...God by sin, and must approach him only as worthy of eternal wrath. The wise man teaches us, that " there is not a just man upon earth that doeth good and sinneth not." St. Paul, in the three first chapters of his epistle to the Romans, argues most fully that the whole...

...impossible and impracticable in the present life : " There is no man that sinneth not," 1 Kings viii. 4G. " There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not," Eccl. vii. 20. " How should a man be just with God? If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him...