C***r 发帖数: 759 | 1 CHAP. 5.--AS THE WICKED MAKE AN ILL USE OF THE LAW, WHICH IS
GOOD, SO THE GOOD MAKE A GOOD USE OF DEATH,
WHICH IS AN ILL.
The apostle, wishing to show how hurtful a thing sin is,
when grace does not aid us, has not hesitated to say that
the strength of sin is that very law by which sin is
prohibited. "The sting of death is sin, and the strength of
sin is the law."(1) Most certainly true; for prohibition
increases the desire of illicit action, if righteousness is
not so loved that the desire of s |
|