H Dorrington <hjdinfl@...> wrote:He wanted to enforce God's OT Law with in his >community, an application that had already expired. True, but you have to remember that the overwhelming and historic context for our discussion has not been the covenant of works (I find this entire thread novel), but capital punishment. Calvin was protecting capital punishment, not the non-compliance of Christ. Chad Richard Bresson Xenia, OH http://breusswane.blogspot.com/ -- Read the Sound of Grace pages at http://www.soundofgrace.com To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: soundofgrace-unsubscribe@... To view our online archive go to our web page at http://www.associate.com/groups/soundofgrace