For those interested, there is an interesting essay at Zao Thanatoo.
The author speaks to the inferential manner in which Covenant Theology seeks to anchor itself in Scripture.
A key comment has to be:
Most of the literature which I’ve seen presupposes the doctrines as part of Covenant Theology’s confessional framework and interprets Scripture in such a way [...]
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I have started reading the writings and sermons of Edmund Calamy. The other day I came across these opening remarks from Calamy on the diversity of opinion regarding the number of covenants (both of works and grace) held by various Puritans in his day:
Calamy:
There are several opinions about the Covenant of Works, and the Covenant [...]
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I was reading and searching through Heinrich Heppe’s Reformed Dogmatics today, and I came across something very very interesting. It looks I have found another source or precedent to the idea of a hypothetical and universal covenant of Grace.
I will post some of the context here. I am know Cocceius is not an advocate of [...]
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City of God, Book 16 Chapter 27
”When it is said, “The male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people, because he has broken my covenant,” Genesis 17:14 some may be troubled how that ought to be understood, since it can be no fault [...]
Just an interesting tidbit
Wilhelmus á Brakel, a 17th century Dutch reformed theologian,writes concerning the covenant of works:
Acquaintance with this covenant is of the greatest importance, for whoever errs here or denies the existence of the covenant of works, will not understand the covenant of grace, and will readily err concerning the mediatorship of the Lord [...]
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