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16 results for “The Moral Law”, plus 9 in the Atlas
WCF
Westminster Confession of Faith
4
Of the Law of God
Beside this law, commonly called moral, God was pleased to give to the people of Israel, as …
Of the Law of God
The moral law doth for ever bind all, as well justified persons as others, to the …
Of Christian Liberty, and Liberty of Conscience
… from the guilt of sin, and condemning wrath of God, the curse of the moral law; and, in their being delivered from this present evil world, bondage to Satan, …
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 …
WLC
Westminster Larger Catechism
8
What is the moral law?
The moral law is the declaration of the will of God to mankind, directing and binding …
Where is the moral law summarily comprehended?
The moral law is summarily comprehended in the ten commandments, which were delivered by the voice …
Of what use is the moral law to all men?
The moral law is of use to all men, to inform them of the holy nature …
What particular use is there of the moral law to unregenerate men?
The moral law is of use to unregenerate men, to awaken their consciences to flee from …
What special use is there of the moral law to the regenerate?
Although they that are regenerate, and believe in Christ, be delivered from the moral law as a covenant of works, so as thereby they are neither justified nor …
Is there any use of the moral law to man since the fall?
Although no man, since the fall, can attain to righteousness and life by the moral law; yet there is great use thereof, as well common to all men, as …
What did God at first reveal unto man as the rule of his obedience?
… the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, was the moral law.
What is the duty which God requireth of man?
The duty which God requireth of man, is obedience to his revealed will.
WSC
Westminster Shorter Catechism
2
Wherein is the moral law summarily comprehended?
The moral law is summarily comprehended in the ten commandments.
What did God at first reveal to man for the rule of his obedience?
The rule which God at first revealed to man for his obedience, was the moral law.
BCO
Book of Church Order (PCA)
2
Preliminary Principles
… Scriptures are the only rule of faith and practice. No church judicatory may make laws to bind the conscience. All church courts may err through human frailty, yet it …
8-3
… over the flock committed to his charge, that no corruption of doctrine or of morals enter therein. They must exercise government and discipline, and take oversight not only of …
Also in the Atlas
Divines, cruxes, schools, and heads of doctrine
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Heads of doctrine
The Covenant of Works
… establishes the covenant of works as the framework for understanding the fall and the moral law's perpetual obligation on all persons.
The Moral Law and the Decalogue
God gave to Adam a law as a covenant of works, and afterward delivered the same upon Mount Sinai in …
Christian Liberty and Liberty of Conscience
… from the guilt of sin, the condemning wrath of God, the curse of the moral law, the dominion of sin, and freedom to approach God with boldness (WCF XX). …
Cruxes
The Mosaic Covenant
Sinai: republication of the covenant of works, or administration of the covenant of grace?
Justification and the Antinomian Crisis
How do you secure sola fide without letting the law fall away?
The Third Use of the Moral Law
Does the moral law remain the rule of life for the regenerate?
The Tripartite Division of the Law
Moral, judicial, ceremonial — and what binds after Christ?