| Samuel Stillman - 1808 - 428 sivua
...adultery with her already in his heart." A lustful look, observe, is heart adultery. Hence said Paul, " I had not known lust, except the law had said, thou shalt not covet." If we admit the truth of revelation, we shall find no method of evading this plain but awful conclusion,... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1809 - 578 sivua
...by the law we have the knowledge of sin, and that it is by the law's forbidding sin, chap. 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." There the apostle determines two things ; first, That the way in which " by the law is the knowledge... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1809 - 520 sivua
...by the law we have the knowledge of sin, and that it is by the law's forbidding sin, chap. 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." There the apostle determines two things ; first, That the way in which " by the law is the knowledge... | |
| 1809 - 658 sivua
...and not in the oldness of the letter. 7 What shall we say then ? /« the law sin ? By no means : nay, I had not known sin, but by the law : for I had not known the guilt of desire, unless the law had S said, " Thou shalt not desire." But sin took occasion by... | |
| Thomas Gisborne - 1810 - 446 sivua
...here descriptive of the Ceremonial or of the Moral Law ? The Apostle will answer these inquiries : 7 had not known sin but by the law : for I had not known...lust, except the law had said, 'Thou shalt not covet (a]. Of what law is the commandment, Thou shalt not covet, a precept ? The Apostle, by producing a... | |
| Church of Scotland - 1810 - 636 sivua
...the knowledge of sin. Rom. vii. ^• What shall we say then ? Is tl* law sin ? God forbid. Nay, I tad not known sin but by the law : for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shall not COVft. ' Rom. iii. 9. What then ? are Ke better than they ? No, in no wise : for we have... | |
| Charles Simeon - 1810 - 544 sivua
...in his own sight, and acknowledged the justice of his condemnation: thus he says of himself; " 1 bad 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 shalt not covet: for I was alive without... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 462 sivua
...might become exceeding sinful ; for we know, that where there js no law there is no transgression ; fl I had not known sin but by the law, for I had not...lust except the law had said thou shalt not covet." It is the ministration of death and condemnation tp sinners. They that trust in Moses are accursed... | |
| Thomas Boston - 1811 - 476 sivua
...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 sivua
...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.... | |
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