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A wonderful quotation from Luther's late commentary on Genesis. He notes that law exists already in Eden, but he also makes it clear that this does not make the Edenic situation a "covenant of works": "And so when Adam had been created in such a way that he was, so to speak, drunk with joy towards God, and rejoiced also in all other creatures, then a new tree was created for the distinction of good and evil, so that Adam might have a definite sign of worship and reverence towards God." Three things: First, that "drunk with joy towards God" is unsurpassable. Second, that law here functions to order Adam's life of joy in God, not as a means for attaining that life of joy. Third, that the goal and purpose of the law is worship towards God.
posted by Peter J. Leithart on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 at 09:18 PM
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