“By lowering the law you weaken its power in the hands of God as a convincer of sin. It is the looking glass, which shows us our spots, and that is the most powerful thing, though nothing, but the gospel can wash them away. Lower the law and you dim the light by which man perceives his guilt. This is a very serious loss to the sinner rather than a gain. [A sinner] will never receive grace until he first trembles before a just and holy law."
– Charles H. Spurgeon (Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Volume 28 pp.284,285)