ANSW. The moral law is of use to all men, to inform them of the holy
nature and will of God, and of their duty, binding them to walk
accordingly; to convince them of their disability to keep it, and of
the sinful pollution of their nature, hearts, and lives; to humble
them in a sense of their sin and misery, and thereby help them to a
clearer sight of the need they have of Christ, and of the perfection
of his obedience.
QUEST. XCVI. _What particular use is there of the moral law to
unregenerate men?_
ANSW. The moral law is of use to unregenerate men, to awaken their
consciences to fly from wrath to come, and to drive them to Christ;
or, upon their continuance in the estate and way of sin, to leave
them inexcusable, and under the curse thereof.
QUEST. XCVII. _What special use is there of the moral law to the
regenerate?_
ANSW. Although they that are regenerate, and believe in Christ, be
delivered from the moral law as a covenant of works, so as thereby
they are neither justified, nor condemned; yet beside the general
uses thereof common to them with all men, it is of special use to
shew them how much they are bound to Christ for his fulfilling it,
and enduring the curse thereof in their stead, and for their good;
and thereby to provoke them to more thankfulness, and to express the
same in their greater care, to conform themselves thereunto, as the
rule of their obedience.
In these answers we have,