Matthew Poole and continuators on Romans 7:5

5. For when we were in the flesh , the motions of sins which were by the law , did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death .

q. d. For bringing forth of which Fruit unto God, we have now better helps than formerly we had; or we are in much better Circumstances than formerly we were: And so he proceeds to shew how our present State doth differ from the former.

i. e. In our Carnal Fleshly State, before we were Regenerated, or under the Carnal Paedagogy of the Law; for in the next Verse he speaks of our being now delivered from the Law.

i. e. The corrupt Inclinations to Sin, which are drawn forth by the Law, as ill Vapours are raised out of a Dunghil by the Sun, or which are irritated by the Law; of which by and by.

vid. c. 6. 13.16.

i. e. Such ill Fruit as ends in Death, c. 6.21.

Marginal references: Gr. [illegible: 1 word]