XXXVIII–XXXIX. How far the moral law is abrogated for believers
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XXXVIII.How far the abrogation of the moral law extends, and how far it obtains among the faithful constituted under the grace of Christ, is easily gathered from the uses already set out.For 1. it is abrogated as to the first use of justifying; 2. as to curse and condemnation; 3. as to increasing sin into all desiress to the rigor and mode of leading a human into obedience.
XXXIX.But the substance of the obedience that the law demands remains, even if the mode and rigor of legal justification has ceased under the Gospel.
Latin
XXXVIII. Abrogatio legis moralis quousque pertineat, & quousque obtineat inter fideles sub gratia Christi constitutos, ex usibus iam propositis facile colligitur. Nam 1. abrogata est quantum ad primum usum iustificandi; 2. quantum ad maledictionem & condemnationem; 3. quantum ad acuendum peccatum in omnem concupiscentiam; 4. quantum ad rigorem & modum ducendi hominem in obsequium. XXXIX. Obedientiae vero quam lex exigit substantia manet, etsi modus & rigor iustificationis legalis cessavit sub Evangelio.