...Rom. ii. 14. when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law. vi. 16. know ye not that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey ; whetlier of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? vii. 18. to will is present...

...serve, honour, and obey him ? A. Assuredly we are, by every tie of gratitude ; by every claim of duty. " Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey °." We must therefore cast down " imaginations and every high thing that exalteth itself against...

...themselves with the persuasion that they are the children of God, whilst in works they deny him. " His servants ye are to whom ye obey, whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness." If God has chosen to himself a peculiar people, it is that they should be " zealous of good works."...

...with true grace, which may befall those who have been professors. So the apostle doth plainly declare, Rom. vi. 16. ' Know ye not, that to whom ye yield...sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness T There is such a serving of sin, as puts a man into a contrary state. Sixthly, I shall add but one...

...with vain words, for because of such things the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants...sin unto death or of obedience unto righteousness? True, the passion or the practice which you indulge may be dear to you as a right hand or a right eye...

...for deliverance ; ver. 24. Another degree of the prevalence of sin is expressed, Rom. vi. 16. 19. ' Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants...sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness ?' There is a state and prevalence of sin, wherein men being wholly under its dominion, do give up...

...government, as one who is in league with the devil, and as the slave of the most wicked passions. " Know ye not. that to whom ye yield yourselves servants...sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness p ?" 4. The necessity of surrendering our hearts to God is obvious. The argument by which St. Paul...

...be delivered? " Even the gospel does not set aside the lawful claims of sin over its confederates. " Know ye not that to whom ye yield yourselves servants...sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness ? " Sin, so far as it regards mankind, is called "the sin of the. world," because the pleasures of...

...and for no wages but the wages of sin, which is death, " He that doeth sin is the servant of sin." " Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants...sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness." Obedience unto righteousness, however, no man hath rendered : all were the servants of sin ; and nothing...

...be obedience without murmuring, a conformity of our affections and actions unto the will of God. " Know ye not that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey ?" We may take this in the general sense, of servants of God obedient unto righteousness, or servants...