The Second London Baptist Confession of Faith Paragraph 19.6

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Although true believers are not under the law as a covenant of works, to be thereby justified or condemned,⁠¹⁠ yet it is of great use to them as well as to others, in that as a rule of life, informing them of the will of God and their duty, it directs and binds them to walk accordingly; discovering also the sinful pollutions of their natures, hearts, and lives, so as examining themselves thereby, they may come to further conviction of, humiliation for, and hatred against, sin;⁠²⁠ together with a clearer sight of the need they have of Christ and the perfection of his obedience; it is likewise of use to the regenerate to restrain their corruptions, in that it forbids sin; and the threatenings of it serve to show what even their sins deserve, and what afflictions in this life they may expect for them, although freed from the curse and unallayed rigour thereof.; The promises of it likewise show them God's approbation of obedience, and what blessings they may expect upon the performance thereof, though not as due to them by the law as a covenant of works; so as man's doing good and refraining from evil, because the law encourages to the one and deters from the other, is no evidence of his being under the law and not under grace.⁠³⁠

expand_more [1] Romans 6:14; Galatians 2:16; Romans 8:1; 10:4

expand_more [2] Romans 3:20; 7:7

expand_more [3] Romans 6:12–14; 1 Peter 3:8–13

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Of what use is the moral law to the regenerate?

It guarantees them reward as a covenant of works

Among other benefits, it restrains their corruptions

It is useless, having expired

It evidences that they are under the law and not under grace

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