...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,...

...he determines that it is the moral law by which we come to the knowledge of sin ; " for," says he, " I had not known lust, except the law had said, thou shalt not covet." Now it is the moral, and not the ceremonial law, that says, thou shalt not covet : Therefore, when...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...nor 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...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...

...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...

...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....

...so convinced as to become " poor in spirit.'' f By the law is the knowledge of sin." Rom. iii. 20. " I had not known sin but by the law : for I had not known lust, except the had said, thou shall not covet." " I was alive without the law once ; but when the commandment came,...