The Third and Fourth Points of Doctrine-----Article 5- The Inadequacy of the Law----In this respect, what is true of the light of nature is true also of the Ten Commandments given by God through Moses specifically to the Jews. For man cannot obtain saving grace through the Decalogue, because, although it does expose the magnitude of his sin and increasingly convict him of his guilt, yet it does not offer a remedy or enable him to escape from his misery, and, indeed, weakened as it is by the flesh, leaves the offender under the curse.----Article 6- The Saving Power of the Gospel----What, therefore, neither the light of nature nor the law can do, God accomplishes by the power of the Holy Spirit, through the Word or the ministry of reconciliation. This is the gospel about the Messiah, through which it has pleased God to save believers, in both the Old and the New Testament.----Article 7- God-s Freedom in Revealing the Gospel----In the Old Testament, God revealed this secret of his will to a small number- in the New Testament -now without any distinction between peoples- he discloses it to a large number. The reason for this difference must not be ascribed to the greater worth of one nation over another, or to a better use of the light of nature, but to the free good pleasure and undeserved love of God. Therefore, those who receive so much grace, beyond and in spite of all they deserve, ought to acknowl- edge it with humble and thankful hearts- on the other hand, with the apostle they ought to adore -but certainly not inquisitively search into- the severity and justice of God-s judgments on the others, who do not receive this grace.