 | Samuel Thomas Bloomfield - Bible - 1828 - 764 pages
...described as the servant of sin, and the latter as the servant of righteousness. 16. fv 8e — KaXo'p, " if, then, I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law, that it is good." This, the Apostle argues, is a tacit confession of the excellence of the law : and Rosen in. truly... | |
 | Joseph John Gurney - Apologetics - 1829 - 412 pages
...the power of the enemy. Such a warfare is described, in affecting term*, by the apostle Paul : — " We know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal,...would, that do I not ; but what I hate, that do I 1 delight in the law of God after the inward man. But I see another law in my members warring against... | |
 | Ralph Cudworth, Thomas Birch - Theology - 1829 - 566 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... | |
 | Martin Luther - Sermons - 1829 - 418 pages
...contrary the one to the other ; so that ye cannot do the things that ye would." And also Romans vii. " I am carnal, sold under sin. For that which I do I...would, that do I not ; but what I hate, that do I." The spirit would indeed live perfectly and purely, according to the word of God, but the rebellious... | |
 | Hervey Wilbur - 1829 - 444 pages
...For that which I do, I allow not : for what I would, that do I not ; hut what I hate, that do I. 16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. e 17 Now then it is no more I that do it, hut sin that dwelleth in me. t 18 For 1 know that in me (that... | |
 | Martin Luther - Lutheran Church - 1830 - 216 pages
...contrary the one to the other ; so that ye cannot do the things that ye would." And also Romans vii. " I am carnal, sold under sin. For that which I do I...would, that do I not ; but what I hate, that do I." The spirit would indeed live perfectly and purely,, according to the word of God, but the rebellious... | |
 | Thomas Sherlock, Thomas Smart Hughes - Theology - 1830 - 500 pages
...the most wretched slavery, obeying sin with the greatest reluctance to his own mind and reason : ' that which I do, I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I :' ver. 15. His mind he allows to be uncorrupted, and to stand firm to the law of God, approving the... | |
 | Thomas Sherlock - 1830 - 500 pages
...wretched slavery, obeying sin with the greatest reluctance to his own mind and reason : ' that which 1 do, I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I:' ver. 15. His mind he allows to be uncorrupted, and to stand firm to the law of God, approving the things... | |
 | John Stark Ravenscroft (bp. of North Carolina.) - 1830 - 642 pages
...experience tells us, that the good that I would I do not, but the evil which I would not that I do. If, then, I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity... | |
 | Rev. John BARR (of Glasgow.) - Christian life - 1831 - 348 pages
...God in his heart, he says, " The law of God is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. For we know that the law is spiritual ; but I am carnal,...under sin. For that which I do I allow not : for what 1 would, that do I not ; but what I hate, that do I. If, then, I do that which I * Rom. viii. 7. would... | |
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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. 
