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Discussion of George Gillespie's Wholesome Severity Reconciled with Christian Liberty
a quote by Michael Eaton from his book No Condemnation 
Subject: a quote by Michael Eaton from his book No Condemnation
From: Jonny Keen 
Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 22:17:16 -0400

"The doctrine concerning 'the law'has been a major ingredient in the
legalism and introspection of much Christian tradition. The term itself is used in a 
quite confusing manner. In evangelical theology,'the law'
does not refer, as it ought, to the totality of the Mosaic legislation
given by God through Moses to Israel, It refers instead to a code of
morality and spirituality heavily influenced by the teaching of Thomas
Aquinas in the 13th century AD and further developed by the Reformers
of the 16th century and the Puritans of the 17th It is quite amusing
to read in an evangelical writer that one might keep the fourth comm-
andment by gathering round a cosy fire on the Sabbath (i.e.Sunday) to
read John Bunyan-when one knows that what the fourth commandment really
stipulated for gathering around a fire on the Sabbath (i.e. Saturday)
was the death penalty (Ex.31:15; 35:2f.)!.  . ." pg.9