17. What is the substance of the law?
Love to God, ourselves, and our neighbor. Matt. 22:37–40.
Rom. 13:10. [R. V.] Love is the fulfilment of the law.
1 Tim. 1:5. [R. V.] But the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned.
THE FIRST TABLE OF THE LAW.
18. What is the substance of the first table?
Love of God.
Luk 10:27. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind.