A65285:1865
A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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2. The Moral Law requires Obedience, but gives no strength (as Pharaoh required Brick but gave no Straw) but the Gospel gives strength: The Gospel bestows Faith upon the Elect: The Gospel sweetens the Law; it makes us serve God with delight.
Quest. 2. What use is there of the Moral Law to us?
Resp. The Law is a Glass to show us our Sins, that so seeing our Pollution and Misery, we may be forced to fly to Christ to satisfy for former guilt, and save from future Wrath, Gal. 3.24. The Law was our School-master to bring us to Christ.
Resp. The Law is a Glass to shew us our Sins, that so seeing our Pollution and Misery, we may be forced to fly to Christ to satisfie for former guilt, and save from future Wrath, Gal. 3.24. The Law was our School-master to bring us to Christ.
Quest. 3. But is the Moral Law still in force to Believers, is it not abolished to them?