" The Puritans, then, were not afraid to use the law of God as an instrument of evangelism. When God is about to play the chord of grace in the soul, they taught, he usually starts with the bass note of the law. In order for man to come to Christ, he must first come to an end of his own righteousness.[4] “They held [that] the index of the soundness of a man’s faith in Christ is the genuineness of the self-despair from which it springs,” says Packer. "
― Joel R. Beeke , Puritan Evangelism: A Biblical Approach
![Joel R. Beeke quote : The Puritans, then, were not afraid to use the law of God as an instrument of evangelism. When God is about to play the chord of grace in the soul, they taught, he usually starts with the bass note of the law. In order for man to come to Christ, he must first come to an end of his own righteousness.[4] “They held [that] the index of the soundness of a man’s faith in Christ is the genuineness of the self-despair from which it springs,” says Packer.](/image/2901585.jpg)