...16—22; Prov. xxiv. 3, 4, 5; Zech. ii. 5; Ps. xxiv. 7 ; Prov. iii. 21—26. and iv. 12, 13, 20. For there is not a just man upon earth that doeth good and sinneth not. Though some conceive these words to have no relation to the preceding or following verses, yet they...

...sinned, and " come short of the glory of God :" ' Ecclesiastes also, confirm' ing this sentence, says, " There is not a just man upon earth, " that doeth good and sinneth not." " Lastly, whnt tbe apostle 1 afterwards says, clearly shews, that neither Moses, nor any ' other illustrious...

...understand the word to express their new nature and union to Christ, and not a sinless state ; " For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not."* Because christians are called good, righteous and holy, we are not to obtain an idea, that they are...

...comparatively small, forfeits our justification, where in this world shall we find a justified person? For " there is not a just man upon earth that doeth good and sinneth not." "If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, «jnd the truth is not in us." A sinful thought is...

...own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin condemned sin in the flesh. i Eccl. vii 20. For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. 1 John i. 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive . ourselves, and the truth is not in us. .s Ver....

...cither passages of scripture might be adduced for the confirmation of this doctrine. One asserts, " There is not a just man upon earth that doeth good and sinneth not : Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright, but they have sought «ut many inventions...

...was he perfectly righteous? was he a sinless character? It is granted that he was a just man. But, '-There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not." Abel had been a sinner as well as Cain, but he was converted. For, as by the disobedience of his father...

...agitated with a consciousness of guilt, or alarmed with indications of their Father's displeasure. " There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not." The believer, most mortified to the world, and most advanced in the spiritual life, is chargeable with...

...therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. There is no man that sinneth not. There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from sin ? What is man that he should be clean,...

...earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." We read, "There is not a just man upon earth that doeth good and sinneth not." Job demands, "What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should...