...Pharisee, and while in an unconverted state, he was without the moral law. And he mentions this twice. " For without the law sin was dead; for I was alive without the law." And the Spirit confirms this still further, by asserting not only twice that he was without it, but...

...do. This is dying to the law; and a long lingering VOL. I. L death I had of it; as it is written, " For I was alive without the law once; but when the commandment came (that is, with its convincing power, and in its spiritual meaning), sin revived, and I died," Rom....

...that he is dead in sin, is ignorance of the true nature of the law. Without the law, sin was dead. J was alive without the law once : but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died What greater change therefore, can happen, than to be brought acquainted with the divine...

...-unto death ; as it is written, Rom. vii. 8, 9. Sin taking occasion by the commandment raged the more, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without...sin was dead. For I was alive without the law once, and had a good opinion of myself: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. For it is...

...awake against the man who is God's fellow ! Paul saith in his epistle to the Romans vii. 9, 10, 11. "For I was alive without the law once : but when the commandment came, sin revived and / died." And the commandment " which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. For sin taking...

...and that, upon our natural ground, we are irrecoverably lost. Hence, says the apostle, Rom. vii, " I was alive without the law once; but, " when the commandment came, sin revived, and " I died. And the commandment, which was " ordained to life, I found to be unto death. For " sin,...

...of his Epistle to the Romans, discoursing on the nature of the Divine law, he frankly confesses, "/ was alive without the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died." If he were a pious man previous to his conversion, what did he mean by these declarations?...

...not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. Rom. vii. 9. For I was alive without the law once ; but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. Ver. 14. For we know that the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, sold under sin. Ver. 24....

...the Divine, displeasure, and am justly liable to the divine punishment. In this sense I may say, " I was alive without the law once, " but when the commandment came, " sin revived and I died," Injustice then, in strict impartial justice, I must confess, though my confession cost...

...not eavet. But sin, taking oeeasion by the eommandment, wrought in me all manner of eoneupiseenee. For without the Law sin was dead. For I was alive without the Law onee: but, when the eommandment eame, sin retived, and I died. AnA the eommandment, whieh was ordained...