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The Confession of Faith, and the Larger and Shorter Catechism
The confession of faith ; and, The larger and shorter catechism first agreed upon by the Westminster Assembly of Divines at Westminster, and now approved by the General Assembly of the kirk of Scotland to be a part of uniformity in religion between the kirks of Christ in the three kingdoms.
Edinbourg: printed by George Swinton and Thomas Brown, 1671
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Q. 97. What special use is there of the Moral Law to the regenerate?
A. Although they that are regenerate, & believe in Christ, be delivered from the moral law as a Covenant of worksf, so as thereby they are neither justifiedg, nor condemnedh, yet, beside the general uses thereof common to them with all men, it is of special use, to show them how much they are bound to Christ for his fulfilling it, and enduring the curse thereof in their stead, and for their goodi, & thereby to provoke ⟨p. 113⟩them to more thankfulnessk, and to express the same in their greater care to conform themselves thereunto as the rule of their obediencel.
A. Although they that are regenerate, & believe in Christ, be delivered from the moral law as a Covenant of worksf, so as thereby they are neither justifiedg, nor condemnedh, yet, beside the general uses thereof common to them with all men, it is of special use, to shew them how much they are bound to Christ for his fulfilling it, and enduring the curse thereof in their stead, and for their good