...heart, and that we shall speak with new tongues, and walk in a new and living way, so as to serve him in newness of spirit and not in the oldness of the letter; and that at the end of this service we shall inhabit a new heaven and a new earth, in which we shall...

...polity of the law, for we have received the very grace itself of the Spirit, as what follows proves, that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. He here puts the spirit in opposition to letter, and the new against the old, that by the word letter...

...passage in Rom. vii. 6. " But now we are»delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held ; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter." (p. 73.) But his sense of the passage, if it prove any thing for him, will prove too much. He maintains...

...passage in Rom. vii. 6. «' But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held ; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter." (p. 73.) But his sense of the passage, if it prove any thing for him, will prove too much. He maintains...

...licence to sin, that the same St. Paul describes it as now the very way, the only way, to serve God "in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter" — that is, not as slaves, in fear and bondage, but as sons, with love and delight. 5. Once more :...

...forth in these which follow: "Now "we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein were held, that we should serve in newness of spirit, "and not in the oklncss of the letter. Foe in that Christ "died, lie died unto sin once; but in that he liveth, he...

...licence to sin, that the same St. Paul describes it as now the very way, the only way, to serve God "in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter" — that is, not as slaves, in fear and bondage, but as sons, with love and delight. 5. Once more :...

...from inevitable and necessary condemnation ; he does not mean that we should cease to serve God, but " that " we should serve in newness of spirit, and " not in the oldness of the letter*1;" " in " newness of spirit," that is, with renovated minds, with sanctified hearts, and a...

...to the law by the body of Christ, who has espoused and betrothed thee to himself, that serving him in newness of spirit and not in the oldness of the letter, thou mayest bring forth fruit unto God. This is thy high privilege. Thy first husband is dead: happy...

...forth fruit unto death. But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. Wherefore, ye also, my brethren are become dead to the law by the body of Christ, that ye should be...