Matthew Poole and continuators on Romans 7:9

9. For I was alive without the law once ; but when the commandment came , sin reviv'd , and I di[illegible: 2 letters] .

q. d. Take me if you please for an Instance. Before I knew the Law aright, and understood the divine and spiritual Meaning of it; or whilst the Law stood afar off, and was not brought home to my Conscience. I was alive, that is▪ in my own Conceit. I thought my self in as good condition as any Man living. My Conscience never gave me any Trouble. So it was with me once, or heretofore, when I was a Pharisee, or in an unregenerate State.

i. e. When it came nearer to my Conscience; when I came to know and understand the Spiritual meaning and extent of it, that it condemned sinful Lusts, Affections, and Inclinations.

i. e. Its Sinfulness & Guilt appear'd; & I had a lively Sense thereof imprinted upon my Soul: Or my Corruptions began to gather▪ Head, and seem'd, as it were, to receive new Vigor and Life.

i. e. In my own Opinion and Feeling. I felt my Conscience deadly wounded. I was convinced I was in a State of Death and Damnation. I lost the Confidence I formerly had of my Good Estate.