 | Elizabeth Hamilton - Education - 1818 - 396 pages
...after full conviction have cause, on the first assault of passion, to exclaim with the Apostle, " That I do, I allow not; for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do II—for to will is present with me, but how to perform that which is goodljind not" For such as thus... | |
 | Ralph Cudworth - Atheism - 1820 - 578 pages
...commission of it. It is that state (as I conceive) which St. Paul describes, (Rom. vii.)after this manner: "The law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under...would that do I not, but what I hate, that do I." And again, " I see another law in my members warring against my mind, and bringing me into captivity... | |
 | 1820 - 592 pages
...that I feel in my heart something of the warfare which the apostle describes in the 7th of Romans. "For what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. If then I do that which I would not, J consent unto the law, that it is good. For the good tliat I would I do not; but the evil which I... | |
 | Edward Berens - Faith - 1822 - 226 pages
...Romans, speaking in the person of a man still under the influence of his native corruption, he says, " I am carnal, sold under sin; for that " which I do,...would, that do I not; but what I hate, " that do I." And again, "for I know " that in me, that is in my flesh, dwelleth " no good thing : for to will is... | |
 | Thomas Young - Bible - 1822 - 348 pages
...opposition to the plainest convictions of his reason and conscience : vii. 14, 15. otSa/iev yap on, &C, " For we know that the Law is spiritual : but I am carnal,...that which I do, I allow not ; for what I would, that I do not ; but what I'hate, that do I." vii. 18, 19. oiSa yap on SK oucei iv ffioi, &C. " For I know... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1823 - 508 pages
...working death in me by that which is good : that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. For we know that the law is spiritual : but I am carnal,...not ; for what I would, that do I not, but what I hale, that I do. O wretched man that I am ! who shall deliver me from the body of this death ?" The... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - Congregational churches - 1823 - 494 pages
...sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. For we know that the law is spiritual : but 1 am carnal, sold under sin. For that which I do, I...allow not; for what I would, that do I not, but what I iiatc, that I do. O wretched man that I am ! who shall deliver me from the body of this death ?" The... | |
 | John Locke - 1823 - 476 pages
...become exceeding sinful. 14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. 15 For that which I do, I allow not : for what I would, that do I not ; but what I hate, that do I. 1 C If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law, that it is good. PARAPHRASE. end that... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - Children - 1823 - 258 pages
...cannot turn into the right way when we please, but must wait fur the leadings of the Spirit of God: For that which I do, I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. (Rom. vii. 15.) Therefore I dare not come in, lest hereafter, like Esau, I should seek repentance with... | |
 | 1832 - 488 pages
...spiritual life. But hear the apostle Paul, whose explanation of this paradox needs no comment: — ''For that which I do, I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. ]f then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. Now then it is no more... | |
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For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing : for to will is present with me ; but how to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would I do not : but the evil which I would not, that I do. 
