A Treatise on the Law and Gospel
A Treatise on the Law and Gospel
Does upholding the law compromise the freeness and fullness of the gospel?
In this classic work, John Colquhoun helps us to understand the importance of knowing the relationship between law and gospel. In one of the most outstanding Reformed studies on the topic, Colquhoun encourages believers to combat both legalism and antinomianism by joyfully embracing a correct view of the law centered on the Person of Christ.
Endorsements
“John Colquhoun is little known in our own day, but this Scottish Presbyterian pastor has left a testimony to the life-giving gospel in this book that will echo for ages to come. Colquhoun expertly explains the moral law in its various administrations so that sinners know its demands, can flee to the gospel for life, and be informed how they can walk in a manner that draws on and reflects their union with Christ. Colquhoun’s work is a wonderful tonic for the soul, as he so clearly presents the demands of the law and the promises of the gospel, that anyone who reads this book is bound to walk away with a greater appreciation for the gospel of Christ.”
—J. V. Fesko, Harriet Barbour Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson, Mississippi
“Colquhoun’s book helps us understand the precise relationship between law and gospel. He excels in showing how important the law is as a believer’s rule of life without doing injury to the freeness and fullness of the gospel.”
—Joel R. Beeke
Contents
Publisher’s Introduction
Author’s Introduction
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Chapter 1. The Law of God or the Moral Law in Genera
Chapter 2. The Law of God as Promulgated to the Israelites from Mount Sinai
Chapter 3. The Properties of the Moral Law
Chapter 4. The Rules for Understanding Aright the Ten Commandments
Chapter 5. The Gospel of Christ
Chapter 6. The Uses of the Gospel, and of the Law in Subservience to It
Chapter 7. The Difference Between the Law and the Gospel
Chapter 8. The Agreement Between the Law and the Gospel
Chapter 9. The Establishment of the Law by the Gospel
Chapter 10. The Believer’s Privilege of Being Dead to the Law as a Covenant of Works, with a Highly Important Consequence
Chapter 11. The High Obligations Under Which Believers Lie, to Yield Even Perfect Obedience to the Law as a Rule of Life
Chapter 12. The Nature, Necessity, and Desert of Good Works