How The Law Is Written In The Hearts Of All Men And convinces Them Each Day That They Have No Excuse Before Him
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"When the Gentiles do what the law requires, they show that the law is written on their hearts" (Rom. 2:14–15).
When God, the Lord, created man according to his image in perfect righteousness and holiness and adorned and beautified him with great divine virtues and gifts, brought him forth as a perfect, beautiful masterpiece, as a high, noble work and piece of art, he planted three chief properties in the human conscience so deeply that they were never able to be rooted out, indeed, not even in eternity. First, he gave a natural testimony that there is a God, second, that there is a final judgment (Rom. 2:15), and third, the law of nature or natural righteousness by which honor and shame might be distinguished and joy and sorrow might be discovered.
Johann Arndt
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