“Wherefore then serveth the law?” Galatians 3:19 God promised Israel that if they would give due attention to His law He would bring the nation back from the abyss of moral and spiritual declension (Deuteronomy 30:1ff). He fulfilled His promise repeatedly to them and has continued to fulfil it for His church, “the Israel of God.” The Puritan revival in England and America provides an outstanding example. In times of deep spiritual darkness and moral laxity the Puritans,