_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 7:1.—The law is lord over the man. There is nothing shocking in the assertion that we are no longer under the law. You all know that the power of the law over a man ceases at death; and we are dead. Romans 7:2.—The soul first married to sin, then to Christ. Romans 7:3.—Adu... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 7:7.—I had not known the specific character and peculiar nature of lust. The law of God proclaims to man _non concupisces_, and thus he learns that concupiscence is sin. The meaning must be that he would not have known sin in any such manner and measure as he then actually d... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 7:14.—Rabbins: “The law, because of its spirituality, will dwell only in the soul that is free from dross.” Romans 7:15.—I am blinded, I am hurried along and tripped up, I know not how. The “I” here not the complex responsible self by whom the deed is done and the guilt inc... [ Continue Reading ]