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19.1

Of the Law of God

God gave to Adam a law, as a covenant of works, by which He bound …

19.3

Of the Law of God

Beside this law, commonly called moral, God was pleased to give to the people of Israel, as …

19.7

Of the Law of God

Neither are the forementioned uses of the law contrary to the grace of the Gospel, but do sweetly comply with it; the …

19.2

Of the Law of God

This law, after his fall, continued to be a perfect rule of righteousness, and, as such, …

19.5

Of the Law of God

The moral law doth for ever bind all, as well justified persons as others, to the obedience …

19.6

Of the Law of God

Although true believers be not under the law, as a covenant of works, to be thereby justified, or condemned; yet is it …

19.4

Of the Law of God

To them also, as a body politic, He gave sundry judicial laws, which expired together with the State of that people; not obliging any other now, …

6.6

Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment thereof

Every sin, both original and actual, being a transgression of the righteous law of God, and contrary thereunto, doth, in its own nature, bring guilt upon the …

20.1

Of Christian Liberty, and Liberty of Conscience

… Gospel consists in their freedom from the guilt of sin, and condemning wrath of God, the curse of the moral law; and, in their being delivered from this present …

22.2

Of Lawful Oaths and Vows

The name of God only is that by which men ought to swear; and therein it is to …

4.2

Of Creation

After God had made all other creatures, He created man, male and female, with reasonable and …

15.2

Of Repentance unto Life

… filthiness and odiousness of his sins, as contrary to the holy nature and righteous law of God; and upon the apprehension of his mercy in Christ to such as …

20.4

Of Christian Liberty, and Liberty of Conscience

And because the powers which God hath ordained, and the liberty which Christ hath purchased, are not intended by God …

7.5

Of God’s Covenant with Man

This covenant was differently administered in the time of the law, and in the time of the gospel: under the law, it was administered by …

22.6

Of Lawful Oaths and Vows

It is not to be made to any creature, but to God alone: and that it may be accepted, it is to be made voluntarily, out …

22.7

Of Lawful Oaths and Vows

No man may vow to do anything forbidden in the Word of God, or what would hinder any duty therein commanded, or which is not in his …

22.1

Of Lawful Oaths and Vows

A lawful oath is a part of religious worship, wherein, upon just occasion, the person swearing …

21.7

Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day

As it is the law of nature, that, in general, a due proportion of time be set apart for …

25.2

Of the Church

… or universal under the Gospel (not confined to one nation as before under the law), consists of all those throughout the world that profess the true religion; and of …

24.3

Of Marriage and Divorce

It is lawful for all sorts of people to marry, who are able with judgment to give …