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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. "
The Christian guardian (and Church of England magazine). - Page 195
1845
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Institutes of the Christian Religion, Volume 1

Jean Calvin - Reformed Church - 1816 - 606 pages
...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...
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Sermons. Designed chiefly for the use of villages and families

Thornhill Kidd - 1817 - 804 pages
...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,...
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Remarks on The Refutation of Calvinism, by George Tomline, D. D ..., Volume 1

Thomas Scott - Calvinism - 1817 - 530 pages
...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...
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The Works of President Edwards, Volume 6

Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1817 - 568 pages
...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...
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Elements of Christian Theology: Containing Proofs of the ..., Volume 2

George Tomline - Bible - 1818 - 608 pages
...generally understood to be the following : " 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 (q)-"-~-tc It is observable here." says Dr. Nicholls, " that the compilers of our Articles do not say,...
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Horę Mosaicę: Or, A Dissertation on the Credibility and Theology of the ...

George Stanley Faber - Bible - 1818 - 490 pages
...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...
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The Works of the Right Reverend George Horne ...: To which are ..., Volume 2

George Horne, William Jones - Theology - 1818 - 606 pages
...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...
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The Analysis of Human Nature: Or, An Investigation of the Means to ..., Volume 2

Samuel Phelps - Great Britain - 1818 - 634 pages
...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...
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Fifty-two lectures on the Catechism of the Church of England. To ..., Volume 2

sir Adam Gordon (bart.) - 1819 - 440 pages
...nor his maid, nor his or, " nor his ass, nor any thing that is his." ROMANS, vII. PART OF vERSE 7. / had not known sin, but by the law ; for I had not known lust (or unlawful desires of any kind), except the law had said, THOU SHALT NOT COvET. THERE is a difference...
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The Thirty-nine articles of the Church of England illustrated by ...

Church of England articles - 1821 - 234 pages
...viii. 1. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curae for us. Gal. iii. 21. 5 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. Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already...
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