VI.  Although  true  believers  be  not  under  the  law  as  a  covenant
of  works,  to  be  thereby  justified  or  condemned;*  yet  is  it  of  great
use  to  them,  as  well  as  to  others ;  in  that,  as  a  rule  of  life,  inform-
ing them  of  the  will  of  God  and  their  duty,  it  directs  and  binds  them
to  walk  accordingly  ;^  discovering  also  the  sinful  pollutions  of  their
nature,  hearts  and  lives;'  so  as,  examining  themselves  thereby,
they  may  come  to  further  conviction  of,  humiliation  for,  and  hatred
against  sin  ;*  together  with  a  clearer  sight  of  the  need  they  have  of
Christ  and  the  perfection  of  his  obedience.^  It  is  likewise  of  use  to
the  regenerate,  to  restrain  their  corruptions,  in  that  it  forbids  sin  ;^
and  the  threatenings  of  it  serve  to  show  what  even  their  sina  de-
serve, and  what  afflictions  in  this  lif^  they  may  expect  for  them,
although  freed  from  the  curse  theieof  threatened  in  the  law.'  The
promises  of  it,  in  like  manner,  show  them  God's  approbation  of
obedience,  and  what  blessings  they  may  expect  upon  the  perform-
ance thereof;*  although  not  as  due  to  them  by  the  law  as  a  cove-
nant of  works  ;®  so  as  a  man's  doing  good,  and  refraining  from  evil,
because  the  law  encourageth  to  the  one  and  deterreth  from  the
other,  is  no  evidence  of  his  being  under  the  law,  and  not  under
grace.'"

iRom.  vi,14.  =  Rom.  vii,  12.  '  Rom.  vii,  7.  *  Rum.  vii.  9. 14.  24.
»Gal.  iii,  24.  «  Jam.  ii,  11.  '  Ezra  ix,  13,14.  «  Psa.  xxxvii,  U.
9  Gal.  ii,  IG.     »o  Rom.  vi,  12, 14.
