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John Trapp on Romans 7:23

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Romans7:23

Verſe 23. A law in my members] Called the deeds of the body, Rom. 8.13. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Pla[illegible: 1 letter]o [non-Latin text not transcribed] appellat. Phoedro. becauſe corruption acteth and uttereth it ſelf by the m[illegible: 1 letter]mbers of the body. The [non-Latin text not transcribed] (vox Empedoclea) is within, but eaſily and often budgeth and breaketh out.

Warring againſt the law] The regenerate part. Plato in Cratylo pulchre ait: Ʋt mentem appellamus [non-Latin text not transcribed], ita legem dicimus [non-Latin text not transcribed], quaſi [non-Latin text not transcribed], alioqui mens hominum vagatur.

And bringing me into captivity] The ſins of the Saints (thoſe of daily incurſion) are either of precipitancy, D. Preſton. as Gal. 6.1. or of infirmity, when a man wreſtles, and hath ſome time to fight it out, but for want of breath and ſtrength, fals, and is in ſome captivity to the law of ſin. This is the worſe.

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