The Excellency of the Law of the Ten Commandments

In delineating upon the law, I took pains to distin­guish between the Mosaic precepts and appointed ob­servances in general (the ceremonial law) and the law of the ten commandments. From the former the church was delivered absolutely as the prophesy inherent in it was fulfilled by Christ. But as to the latter -- the decalogue, -- what we must be careful to distinguish between is 011 the one hand this law as it stands in juxtaposition with Christ and on the other hand as it stands as the church...