Westminster Confession of Faith (modernized) · Chapter 19

Of the Law of God

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1. God gave to Adam a Law, as a Covenant of Works, by which he bound him, and all his posterity to personal, entire, exact, and perpetual obedience; promised life upon the fulfilling, and threatened death upon the breach of it: and endowed him with power and ability to keep it.^a

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

aGenesis 1:26–27; Genesis 2:17; Romans 2:14–15; Romans 10:5; Romans 5:12; Romans 5:19; Galatians 3:10; Galatians 3:12; Ecclesiastes 7:29; Job 28:28

Commentary

David Dickson, Truths Victory over Error (1684), on 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4, 19.5, 19.6, 19.7

Related texts

Side by side, with what differs marked: Westminster, Savoy and the 1689, in modern spelling

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