1689 Confession, "Law of God, para. 2

1689 CONFESSION, CH. 19, "THE LAW OF GOD": 
Paragraph 2: The Repetition of the Moral Law

SUMMARY: The universal law, written on Adam's heart, never expired as a requirement of mankind before God. This same law, now largely neglected by man, is republished in stone on Mount Sinai, alongside the Mosaic Covenant, placing Israel under the law, and under a covenant of works requiring perfect and perpetual obedience for life in Canaan. The Moral, Judicial, and Ceremonial Laws will illustrate for Israel their slavery to sin, their inability to stand before God in their works, while at the same time pointing them to God Himself as their savior in the many ceremonial types and shadows of one who would be mediator between them and their God.

I. THE SAME LAW.
A. The "original dispensation of the law" is also the Moral Law, or the Ten Commandments, REPUBLISHED at mount Sinai. This is the universal law.
B. The Conscience and the Law Written on the Human Heart.
C. The Law Continues to be a Perfect Rule of Righteousness.

II. THE SAME LAW DELIVERED BY GOD UPON MOUNT SINAI.
A. The Law Republished.
B. The Covenant of Works Republished.
C. The Born Again Believer is Renewed in a New Relationship to the Law.