...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,...

...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...

...before, to keep a conscience void of offence, if you are at any time betrayed into sin ; and " there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not." But if you have at any time contracted guilt, do not be easy under it : fly immediately to " the blood...

...all. 19 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city. 20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. 21 Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken ; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee : 22 For...

...; and appears continually in the confessions, and records of the experience of the saints. " There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not. In many things, we all offend." And the most devout and affectionate of the whole college of the disciples...

...the burden of the body. This is established by clear testimonies of Scripture: Solomon says, " There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not." (y) David; " In thy sight shall no man living be justified." (z) Job in many passages affirms the same...

...and come short of the glory of God (z) :' Ecclesiastes also, confirming this sentence, says, ' There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not (a).' Lastly, what the Apostle afterwards says, clearly shews, that neither Moses, nor any other illustrious...

...chargeable as transgressors of the law of God. What is your judgment of such passages as these ? " There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not." " They are all gone out of the way ; they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth...

...exceedingly mad against it. Sinning, in the text, is evidently contrasted with doing good. " There is not a just man upon earth that doeth good, and sinneth not." If doing good is descriptive of the holiness of this character, then his sinning, must mean something...

...of his new birth. By " committing sin," we are to understand living habitually in sin ; for " there is not a just man upon earth that doeth good and sinneth not:" but believers do not make, as it were, a trade of sin ; or live in the wilful habitual practice of...