The principles of Christian Religion necessary to be known of all the faithfulThe principles of Christian Religion necessary to be knowen of all the faythful

By the law cometh the knowledge of sin.¹

By the lawe cōmeth the knowledge of sinne.¹

1. 1Rom. iij.

The law entered in,¹ that sin should increase.

The lawe entred in,¹ that sinne should increase.

1. 1Rom. v.

What shall we say?¹ is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I knew not what sin meant, but by the law: for I had not known what lust had meant, except the law had said: Thou shalt not lust. But sin took an occasion by the means of the commandment, & wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. I once lived without the law: but when the commandment came, sin […], & I was dead. And the very same commandment, which was ordained unto life, was found to be unto me an occasion of death. For sin took occasion by y• means of the commandment, & so deceived me, & by the same commandment sue me.