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1693·The Common Faith
Question 37 of 61
A Catechism for Babes, or, Little Ones

Wherefore did God give the Law?

Answer

The Law, entred that sin might abound; that his Grace, to such undone sinners, by giving Christ to die for their sins, might the more abound ().

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Romans 5:20
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: