Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Timothy 1:9

9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man , but for the lawless and disobedient , for the ungodly , and for sinners , for unholy and profane , for murderers of fathers, and murderers of mothers , for manslayers .

By the Law is to be understood the Moral Law, (though possibly not excluding the Law of Moses, consisting in many Ordinances) as 'tis armed with stings and terrours, to restrain rebellious sinners; by the righteous man, one in whom a principle of Divine Grace is planted, and from the knowledge and love of God, chooses the things that are pleasing to him, and is ardent and active to do his will. Now 'tis true, the holiness commanded in the Law, that consists in the love of God, and our Neighbour, obliges every reasonable creature indispensably and eternally, but as the Law was delivered in so terrible a manner, as it has annext so many severe threatnings to the Transgressours of it, 'tis evident, that 'tis directed to the wicked, who will only be compelled by fear from an outragious breaking of it. And this may be emphatically signified in the word here used [non-Latin text not transcribed], for it signifies to be laid, as well as to be made. The Law non objicitur is not laid against a righteous man. Thus we translate it, Mat. 3.10. The Axe is laid to the root of the tree, there is some difference in the construction, here it is immediately joyn'd with the Dative case, there with an Accusative case, with the Preposition [non-Latin text not transcribed] betwixt the Verb and the Case, but that must be the sence. It is very probable, that these false Teachers had been terrifying the Christians with the Law, in opposition to whom the Apostle saith, the Law was not made for a righteous man, as to its condemning office, it was never intended against a righteous man, but against men that committed and lived in gross sin and wickedness. These sinners are first mentioned in general terms, then the Apostle proceedeth to a more particular enumeration of them, whether in them (as some think) the Apostle hath respect to the several precepts of the Decalogue, I cannot determine.

By the Lawless he meaneth persons living without any respect to the Lawes of God or Men.

By the disobedient he meaneth such as will live in subjection to no Government.

The word by us Translated ungodly, signifieth, such as live without any Religion, having no regard to the Worship of God, [non-Latin text not transcribed].

The word Translated sinners signifies infamous, scandalous sinners·

Unholy and profane are also general terms, signifying persons that have no p[illegible: 1 letter]ety, but lewdly talk of things sacred, and live as lewdly.

The words signifie such as strike or beat their Parents, though they do not give them mortal wounds, and well expresseth violators of the fifth Commandment.

[non-Latin text not transcribed] signifies such as kill men, whether malitiously, or passionately violaters of the sixth Commandement.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 word] 3.19. and 5.23.