...epistle to the Romans, declares that he should not have known sin, but by the law. I had not, says he, known lust, except the law had said, Thou shall not...commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. The law, when first revealed to the apostle in its full extent, did not render him any worse than he...

...I had not known sin but by the law ; fur I had not known lust, except the law had said, thou shalt not covet. But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence" — all manner of concupiscence was shown by the law to be sin. " For •without the law, sin was dead....

...of spirit, and not in the oldneas of the letter. : if the law did not say : Thou shalt not covet. 8 But sin taking occasion by the commandment wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sill was dead. 8 And I lived some time without the law. But when the commandment...

...I had not known sin, but by the law ; for I had not known 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 the law, sin was dead. For I was alive without the law once; but when the i James i. 25....

...have known sin, but by the law. I had not, says he, known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. But sin taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. The law, when first revealed tothe apostle in its full extent, did not render him any worse than he...

...had not known sin, but by the law ; for I had not known 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 the law, sin was dead." In these and other similar passages, St. Paul is generally understood...

...had not known sin, but by the Law: for I had not known lust, ex• cept the Law had said, TJwu shalt not covet. But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the Law sin was dead. For I was alive without the Law once: but, when the commandment came,...

...and conscience. He thereЪге chose one that referred particularly to the desires of the heart. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without thelaw, sin was dead. 8. But sin. To illustrate the effect of the law on the mind, the...

...known sin but by the law : for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. Wliat shall we say then ? — Because it was said that we ought to...

...which is mentioned by the Apostle as one of the characteristic tendencies of human depravity,— " Sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence ?" —But, as I have said, the mere exhibition of law is not the object of divine revelation. Law,...