...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, sin revived, and I died. And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. 1 John 3.4....

...is regeneration to a real belief of the vmcorrupted gospel of Christ. " I was," says the apostle, " alive without the " law once : but, when the commandment came, " sin revived and I died." " I through the law am " dead to the law, that I might live unto God ! " " For by the...

...is stopped, though his heart rebels. Paul owns that he was subject to such genuine convictions. " 1 was alive without the law once ; but when the commandment came, sin I'cvivcd, and I died." And the publican had no excuse to make, when he cried, " God be merciful to...

...illustration of the apostle's words, — / was olive, without the law once; hut. when the cvmmandmentcame, sin revived, and I died: — " Yesterday morning, when you preach, you shew we that the law tie our schoolmuster to bring us to Christ. You talk about the ten commandments. You begin at the first,...

...heart, and strongly realized by the sinner. This fact is thus forcibly described by St. Paul : ' For I was alive without the law once ; but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.' He was ' alive,' that is, in his own feelings, while he was ' without the law ;' or while...

...Rom. v. 13. 20. Gal. iii. 19. I had not known sin but by the law, &c. without the law, sin was dead. I was alive without the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died, &c. That sin might appear sin, &c. and by the commandment might become exceeding sinful....

...the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. 9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, 21 I and I died. 10 And the commandment which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. 11 For...

...eye to the law and its deeds ? By the law he has the knowledge of his sin,* guilt, and inability. He was alive without the law once ; but when the commandment came, sin revived and he died.f In our Lord's obedience to the death of the cross, he sees the law of God, though broken...

...three thousand on the day of Penticost lost their hopes. And thus Paul tells us he lost his hopes. " I was alive without the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died." All secure sinners are liable to lose their hopes in this way ; and they must lose their...

..." through the law, am dead to the law :" which accords to his language elsewhere, when he says, " I was alive without the law once, but when the " commandment came, sin revived and I died ; " 1 where the moral law exclusively is meant, beyond all doubt : and he adds, " If righteousness...