The moral law doth for ever bind all, as well justified persons as others, to the obedience thereof; and that not only in regard of the matter contained in it, but also in respect of the authority of God the creator who gave it. Neither doth Christ in the gospel any way dissolve, but much strengthen, this obligation.
Changes from Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 19.5
The moral law doth for ever bind all, as well justified persons as others, to the obedience thereof; and that not only in regard of the matter contained in it, but also in respect of the authority of God the creator who gave it. Neither doth Christ in the gospel any way dissolve, but much strengthen, this obligation.
The Moral Law doth for ever binde all, as well justified persons as others, to the obedience thereof; and that, not only in regard of the matter contained in it, but also in respect of the authority of God the Creatour, who gave it Neither doth Christ, in the Gospel, any way dissolve, but much strengthen this obligation.
Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Paragraph 19.5
The moral law doth for ever bind all, as well justified persons as others, to the obedience thereof; and that not only in regard of the matter contained in it, but also in respect of the authority of God the creator who gave it. Neither doth Christ in the gospel any way dissolve, but much strengthen, this obligation.
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