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The law and the prophets are meaningless without the atonement, and the atonement is stripped of its meaning when separated from the law and the prophets. For the sovereign Creator of all things to enter into a covenant with man is an act of pure and total grace. At the same time, a covenant is a treaty of law whereby God declares that the way of peace with him is to talk in terms of his law, the...

Word, or any part of it,” and also failing to acknowledge “God’s decrees and providences.” This commandment is inseparably linked to oaths. Calvin said of oaths, “It consists in calling upon God to witness, to confirm the truth of any declaration that we make.” “Execrations” are falsely called oaths, he added, and “are not worthy to be mentioned among oaths.”2 The common use of oaths is on taking office, and before giving testimony in a court of law. In the Name of God as the absolute Truth (John
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