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Are Christians under law? Under grace? Are Christians still under a moral law? Witsius addresses these doctrinal concerns that were raging all over Europe at this time about the nature of law, grace, and the role of the believer. He takes a close look at sin, how Christ justifies the believer, redemption, and the covenant of grace. Witsius discusses, in-depth, the nature of holiness, which, he...

a right to eternal life by his works of righteousness. II. Repealed by Moses The same doctrine Moses repeated in his ministry. For he also inculcated the same precepts upon which the covenant of works had been built: he both repeated the same solemn saying, He who doeth these things shall live in them, Lev. 18:5 and also added another, Cursed be he who shall not perform the words of this law in doing them, Deut. 27:26. That this is the curse of the law, as it stands opposed to the covenant of grace,
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