...presentation and emphasis of truths which lie at the foundation of the Christian faith. Paul found a law in his members warring against the law of his mind ; he was like an eagle seeking to rise into the clear splendour of the upper air, while his animal...

...vices, lest preaching to others, he himself should be found reprobate ; if he, nevertheless, saw another law in his members warring against the law of his mind, and himself a captive to the law of sin, if he, after nakedness, fastings, hunger, prison, scourgings,...

...subject as delighting in the law of God after the inward man, but f1nding in his " members " another law warring against the law of his mind and bringing him...captivity to the law of sin which is in his members. The conclusion of this much misunderstood passage is : " So then with the mind (vow) I myself serve...

...corrupt and tainted nature. Paul had been in the third heaven ; but when he came back he still found a law in his members warring against the law of his mind, which much distressed him by its power. What, then, is the Rest which Our Saviour offers to the weary...

...glorified in them, and cheerfully endured them for Christ and the Church's sake. But when it came to the law in his members warring against the law of his mind, and the inward corruption he was bound to drag along with him, even in his holiest moments, his distress...

...that there are two natures in every developed man — a higher and a lower. Does not Paul speak of a law in his members warring against the law of his mind and bringing the latter into captivity ? What is that but a philosophic statement of the same experience which we...

...spiritual nature, hence he delighted in the law of God after the inward man ; but he found another law in his members warring against the law of his...and bringing him into captivity to the law of sin which ruled in the flesh. In this respect the Apostle was not singular. Most men have felt themselves...

...attained, and is not already perfect." " When he would do good, evil is often present with him." There Is a law in his members warring against the law of his mind. There are within him principles and propensities which operate as obstacles to his spiritual progress,...

...conversation in the world, and to the walking in all the commands and ordinances blameless. Th? apostle saw a law in his members, warring against the law of his mind, bringing him into captivity to (he law of sin, so that he could not do the things that be would, and...

...not at times hearken to its voice. This struggle is de- ' scribed by Paul when he exclaims, that he finds a "law in his members warring against the law of his mind," and that when he "would do good, evil is present with him." He who acts on the principle of Conscience...