No man who sins not

10. But however in other places, continue the objectors, Solomon does assert plainly, There is no man that sinneth not (1 Kings viii. 46. 2 Chron. vi. 36.) yea, there is not a just man upon earth that doth good, and sinneth not (Eccles. vii. 20.) I answer, without doubt, thus it was, in the days of Solomon. Yea, thus it was, from Adam to Moses, from Moses to Solomon, and from Solomon to Christ. There was then no man that sinned not. Even from the day that sin entered into the world, there was not a just man upon earth that did good, and sinned not, until the Son of God was manifested to take away our sins. It is unquestionably true, that the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant. And that even so they (all the holy men of old, who were under the Jewish dispensation) were during that infant-state of the church, in bondage under the elements of the world. But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that they might receive the adoption of sons; that they might receive that grace which is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour, Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light thro’ the gospel, (2 Tim. i. 10.) Now therefore they are no more servants, but sons. So that whatsoever was the case of those under the law, we may safely affirm with St. John, that since the gospel was given, He that is born of God, sinneth not.