obligation of the law as a rule of life, that it superadds more weighty
7. That there is a wide difference between the law as a rule of life, and as a covenant of works—that believers are not under the law as a covenant of works, but are under it, as it is the law of Christ, or a rule in the hand of a Mediator; that therefore a believer cannot sin against the law as a covenant of works, but only against it as a rule of life—that God cannot see sin in a believer, as committed against the law as a covenant, but only as committed against the law as a rule of life; that therefore God can have no vindictive or legal anger at them for their sins, but only a fatherly anger and displeasure; that therefore, believers ought not to mourn over, or confess their iniquities, in a legal manner, viewing them as committed by persons under the covenant of works; but ought to confess and mourn over them, as sins done against a reconciled father, and breaches of his law as a rule of life.
8. That the grace of the gospel is so far from loosing men from the obligation of the law as a rule of life, that it superadds more weighty and powerful incitements to obedience, than any thing which the law itself can afford.
APPENDIX
No. I
THE situation of the people of Etterick at this time, with regard to their entertainment of the gospel, their divisive temper, and the