 | Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (1802-1822) - 1827 - 522 pages
...to 23. See in the Bible. я Rom. vii. 7. What shall we say then ? Is the law sin ? Ged forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law : for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shall not covet. Rom. iii. 20. Therefore, by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified... | |
 | 1828 - 396 pages
...Foi what purpose was the law intended ? A. By the law is the knowledge of sin ; Rom. iii. 20. Nay, 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. Q. But did not God intend to prevent sin by ibis law ? ;* A. No: For by the deeds of... | |
 | Jacobus Arminius - 1828 - 778 pages
...first is proper, because it produces the knowledge of sin : On this subject the apostle speaks thus : " 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.) He also says, " By the law is the knowledge of sin." (iii, 20.) — Ibid. He afterwards... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1828 - 476 pages
...all mankind, to the end of time: " What shall we say " then ? Is the law sin ? God forbid ! Nay, " I had not known sin, but by the law : for " I had...lust, except the law had " said, Thou shalt not covet. But sin " taking occasion by the commandment, " wrought in me all manner of concupis" cence. For without... | |
 | 1828 - 160 pages
...earth, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Col. iii. 5. I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. Rom. vii. 7, 8. Neither shalt thou desire thy neighwith those things that befall me, whatever they... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1828 - 508 pages
...apostle declares, in the seventh chapter of the same epistle: / had not known sin but by the law: for 1 had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. Moreover the whole tenor of the apostle's reasoning, throughout the beginning of this epistle, undeniably... | |
 | 1830 - 438 pages
...great may be his inclination, he cannot obtain a knowledge of the law ; and the apostle Paul says, • I had not known sin, but by the law ; for I had not...except the law had said, " Thou shalt not covet." ' Filleron has indeed seen punishments, executions, and gens-d'armes ; but gens-d'armes are not the... | |
 | Alonzo T. Jones - 2002 - 220 pages
...TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW." 1 John 3:4. And what law is it, the transgression of which is sin?—"I had not known sin, but by the law; for I had not known lust except the law had said, Thou shah not covet." Rom. 7:7. That word then—"Thou shall not covet"—belongs in a law; it is a part... | |
 | John Phillips - 2003 - 250 pages
...Later on, as the great apostle, he gives us his autobiographical description of what happened: "Nay, I had not known sin but by the law: for I had not...lust except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet." Then "sin revived," he said, "and I died" (Rom. 7:7, 9). He was too honest to go on saying he had no... | |
 | Colin D. Standish, Russell R. Standish - 2003 - 422 pages
...there were no law, there would be no sin. 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...lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. Romans 7:7 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by... | |
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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. 
