1689 19.1
1689 London Baptist Confession
19.1. Of the Law of God
God gave to Adam a Law of universal obedience, written in his Heart, and a particular precept of not eating the Fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil; by which he bound him, and all his posterity to personal entire exact and perpetual obedience; promised life upon the fulfilling, and threatned death upon the breach of it; and indued him with power and ability to keep it.
Proof texts
- Genesis 1:27 — [27] So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
- Ecclesiastes 7:29 — [29] See, this alone I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes.
- Romans 10:5 — [5] For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them.
- Galatians 3:10, 12 — [10] For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.” [12] But the law is not of faith, rather “The one who does them shall live by them.”
For discussion
- The Assembly cited Genesis 1:27 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
- 4 passages are cited here. Which does the most work, and is anything claimed that the proofs do not obviously carry?
- WSC Q39 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
- WLC Q91 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?