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The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easy draught of the Christian…The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easie draught of the Christian…
The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easy draught of the Christian catechism in LII lectures on chosen texts of Scripture, for each Lords-day of the year, learnedly and perspicuously illustrated with doctrines, reasons, and uses / by that reverend and worthy labourer in the Lord's vineyard, William Ames ...The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easie draught of the Christian catechisme in LII lectures on chosen texts of Scripture, for each Lords-day of the year, learnedly and perspicuously illustrated with doctrines, reasons, and uses / by that reverend and worthy laborer in the Lord's vineyard, William Ames ...
London: printed by T. Mabb for Thomas Davies, 1659
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The second Lords day
Rom. 7. vers. 7. What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? God forbid. Yea, I had not known sin but by the Law. For I had not, […] that concupiscence or lust was a sin, unless the Law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
Rom. 7. vers. 7. What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? God forbid. Yea, I had not known sin but by the Law. For I had not, 〈…〉 that concupiscence or lust was a sin, unless the Law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
The Apostle, that he might stir up the faithful to a new obedience, had proposed to them the difference of their condition that are under the Law, and of them that are under Grace; to wit, that such as are under the law of the flesh and sin, bring forth fruits unto death; but such as are under the grace of the Spirit, bring forth fruits in a new obedience unto life eternal. But because of this opposition between the Law and Grace, some might gather, that there was then a very great agreement between the Law and sin; therefore in this seventh verse, this objection is preoccupated by the Apostle. 1. Then the Objection is proposed; What shall we say? Is the Law sin? 2. It is rejected with a certain kind of detestation; God forbid. 3. The case is plainly set down and resolved in these words; I had not known sin, &c. Where the singular effect and use of the Law is declared; to wit, that by forbidding and reproving, is begotten in man a sense and acknowledgement of sin, as of that which is contrary to its self; and therefore it cannot be the cause of sin.
THe Apostle, that he might stir up the faithfull to a new obedience, had proposed to them the difference of their condition that are under the Law, and of them that are under Grace; to wit, that such as are under the law of the flesh and sin, bring forth fruits unto death; but such as are under the grace of the Spirit, bring forth fruits in a new obedience unto life eternall. But because of this opposition between the Law and Grace, some might gather, that there was then a very great agreement between the Law and sin; therefore in this seventh verse, this objection is preoccupated by the Apostle. 1. Then the Objection is proposed; What shall we say? Is the Law sin? 2. It is rejected with a certain kinde of detestation; God forbid. 3. The case is plainly set down and resolved in these words; I had not known sin, &c. Where the singular effect and use of the Law is declared; to wit, that by forbidding and reproving, is begotten in man a sense and acknowledgement of sin, as of that which is contrary to its self; and therefore it cannot be the cause of sin.