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The Law is for the proud and the Gospel for the brokenhearted
- Martin Luther

"For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them." Romans 10:5

For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them." Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for "The righteous shall live by faith." But the law is not of faith, rather "The one who does them shall live by them." - Galatians 3:10-12 (quoting Deut 21:23, Deut 27:26, Hab 2:4, and Lev 18:5)

The Law and the Gospel by John Colquhoun (1748-1827) - The Law of God, or the Moral Law in General

The Uses of the Gospel and the Law by John Colquhoun

How Christians Should
Regard Moses
by Martin Luther (1525)

We All Stand Condemned
by the Law
by John Calvin

The Many Functions of
God's Timeless Law
by John Calvin

Freedom from the
Bondage of the Law
by John Calvin

The Two Parts of the Word of God: Law & Gospel
by Theodore Beza (1519-1605)

The Marrow of Modern Divinity
by Edward Fisher

God Makes Men Sensible of their Misery before He reveals His Mercy
by Jonathan Edwards

How Does a Christian Relate
to the Law of Moses
by Robert Lotzer

The Law of Christ as the Fulfillment of the Law of Moses: A Modified Lutheran View
by Douglas J. Moo (pdf) - from The Law, the Gospel and the Modern Christian: Five Views

Law and Gospel
by Ernest Reisinger

Law and Gospel, an Important Distinction in Evangelism by Massimo Lorenzini

Hell's Best Kept Secret
by Ray Comfort

Law and Gospel
by John M. Frame

The Place of the Third Use of the Law in Reformed Theology (.pdf)
by Joel R. Beeke

Countering 10 Arguments Against the Law-Gospel Paradigm
by Lee Irons

Law and Gospel
by C.F.W. Walther (1884)

The Law and the Gospel
by Louis Berkhof

What's Really at Stake
by Michael Horton - Law, Gospel and Covenants

The Two Covenants, Grace and Works, delivered on Mount Sinai by Thomas Boston

The Decalogue: Covenant of Works or Covenant of Grace by Herman Witsius

Re-Publication of the Covenant of Works by R. Scott Clark

The Mosaic Covenant: Works or Grace?
by Nathan Pitchford

The Covenant of Works
by Wayne Grudem

Two Adams, Two Covenants of Works
by Meredith G. Kline

Calvin and Witsius on the Mosaic Covenant (.pdf)
by J. V. Fesko

Man's Inability to Keep the Moral Law
by Thomas Boston

Do This and Live
by John Hendryx

The Federal Vision and the Covenant of Works (.pdf)
by Dr. J. V. Fesko

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