...came to himfelf, Luke, xv. 1 7. — Their finfulnefs alfo ; of this they are ignorant : Rom. vii. 9. " For I was alive without the law once ; but when the commandment came, fin revived, and I died." As in a houfe, the motes flying thick there are not perceived till the fun-beams...

...i3. i4. If any appearance of del.. emnct, the labour is made the harder. Says Paul, Rom. vii. 9. " I was alive without the law once ; but when the commandment came, fin revived, and I died." — It is hard labour, (3.) If ye confider the effeiSts this labour hath,...

...exceeding broad." Prov. vi. 23, " The commandment is a lamp, and the law is light." Rom. vii. 9, " I was alive without the law once ; but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died." And that this is meant by the commandment in our text, seems probable by what follows in the next verses...

...them say with David, " I have seen an end of all perfection. "....Psalm cxix. 96. And with Paul, " I was alive without the law once, but when the commandment came sin revived, (it seems sin was fallen into a dead swoon, but the law revived it) and I died. "....Horn. vii. 9....

...of his conversion, are, in a sort, removed. Rom. vii. 8, 9... .For without the law, sin wets dead : For I was alive -without the law once ; but when the commandment came, sin revived, card I died : And then God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, shines in the heart,...

...by 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, and I died. 10 And the commandment which ivas ordained to life, I found to be unto death. 11 For sin,...

...themselves, though before they trusted that they were righteous and despised others. Thus St. Paul " was alive without the law " once ; but when the commandment came, sin " revived, and he died." He had entertained very favourable thoughts of his own moral and religious character;...

...declares, " / reas alive without the lara " once, but when the commandment came, sin re" vived, and I died. For sin taking occasion by " the commandment, deceived me; and by it slew " me. Therefore the law is holy, and the com" " mandment holy, and just, and good" Rom. vii. 7, 9 and 10....

...fulfil, q Yet makes them wholly void and null, r of fpirit, and not in the oldnefs of the letter. -a. 9, For I was alive without the law once ; but when the commandment came, fin revived, and I died. t Rom. vii. 4, Wherefore, my brethren, ye alfo are become dead to the law...

...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, sin revived, and I died." From the united testimony of these inspired men, David and Paul, we learn that all, who...