...a good citizen : its use is, at the best, rather negative. As St. Pau] says of the Mosaic law, it ' is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners.' 2 Accordingly, all duties performed merely after the...

...Oaths were not purpos'd more than late; To keep the good and just in awe,'] "• Knowing this, that the law " is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobe" dient." 1 Timothy, i. 9. Then why should we ourselves abridge, And curtail our own privilege...

...drive at* 4 Oatks were not piirpos'd more than To keep the good and just in awe,] " Knowing this, thftt the law " is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobe" dient." 1 Timothy, i. 9. • They're but commissions of course,] A satire on the liberty the'...

...England, which are constantly stretched fortli to protect him. It is sufficient then to remark, that " the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient ;" that is, only such are amenable to its tribunals, and liable to its penalties. " I'...

...are so positive. We know, indeed, that the law is good, if one use it lawfully; knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disorderly, the ungodly and sinners, the unholy and profane; murderers of fathers, and murderers of...

...see in what follows ; namely, that it is the same thing with the law. " The law," savs the apostle, " is not made for a righteous man ; but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane," &c. (ver. 9.) which supposes...

...point at. 1 Tim. 8, 9: " We know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and...

...interpretation.] Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiee. Pars Prima Secundte. Questio XCVI. Articulus 5. " The law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient." 1 Timothy, i. 9. Not that he is free from the restraints of the law, but that they are...

...avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. 1 Thess. iv, 3. 19. Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for — the lawless, — for menstealers. I Tim. i, 19. 20. Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters...

...obedience, and to be brought by it to Christ, which is the end of the law ; I. 9. Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, $c. Knowing this, that the Law is not made for the coercion,...