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.

THE FIRST COMMANDMENT.