Reformed Covenanter
Cancelled Commissioner
I hope that you will excuse me for citing all these Lutherans. When you think of Lutherans, Scots do not automatically spring to mind, yet Patrick Hamilton was one such person. Here are his views on the law-gospel distinction, though he says nothing with which later Reformed theologians would disagree:
... The nature of the law and the gospel.
For more, see Patrick Hamilton on the law-gospel distinction.
... The nature of the law and the gospel.
- The law sheweth us our sin.
- The gospel showeth us remedy for it.
- The law sheweth us our condemnation.
- The gospel sheweth us our redemption.
- The law is the word of Ire.
- The gospel is the word of grace.
- The law is the word of despair.
- The gospel is the word of comfort.
- The law is the word of unrest.
- The gospel is the word of peace. ...
For more, see Patrick Hamilton on the law-gospel distinction.