Covenant Theology
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Following the Reformed Theology ofย the 1647 Westminster Confession, there is no real debate on how โcovenantsโ work. Reformers, Puritans, and those that came after them, in the spirit of the Reformation, agreed on the basics; even among the early church fathers such as Irenaeus and Augustine. The Westminster Standards were drawn up after the birth of formal Reformed Theology during the Magisterial Reformation to set down in print those basic ideas (keep in mind that Augustinian theology was very much Reformed without using that term) for the future of the Churchโs witness to the world. Though many people would read through the Westminster Standards and say that it is much more than โbasicโ โ (anything but basic!) โ they cannot deny the adherence of such a sublime unity in the manner that the Westminster Divines adhered to covenant theology.ย
Witsiusโ Economy of the Covenants Online
Herman Witsius (1636-1708) was Professor of Divinity in the Universities of Franeker, Utrecht, and Leyden. A brilliant and devout student, he was fluent in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew by the age of fifteen, when he entered the University of Utrecht. He was ordained at twenty-one and served in several pastorates, filling both the pulpit and the academic chair over the course of his life.
This, hisย magnum opus, is a reflection of some of the most fruitful and mature thinking on federal theology during the seventeenth century, and still holds a preeminent place in our own day. If you are interested in Covenant Theology (which you should be if you love Godโs word) then take some time to peruse this excellent work: The Economy of the Covenants Between God and Man.
Francis Robertโs The Mystery and Marrow of the Bible
Robertโs work, โThe Mystery and Marrow of the Bibleโ is one of the best works on Covenant Theology in the history of the Christian Church. It remains unpublished, but available here in old English in its entirety. The work is enormous, and covers all the administrations of the covenant as God unfolded the history of redemption. His thesis is: That, The Mysterie and chief Matter of all the Covenants of Faith, whether Covenants of Promise or New Covenant, though for Accidents and Circumstances it be very variously repreยญsented, yet for essence and Substance it is only one and the same, viz. The Recovery of lapsed Sinners from Sin and Death, to Righยญteousness and life by JESUS CHRIST alone through Faith.
Covenant by Dr. Zacharias Ursinus
A Baptist Proves that Baptism is not by Immersion by Unknown
Propitiation by Fred. T. Di Lella
A Practical Discourse concerning Vows: with a Special Reference to Baptism and the Lordโs Supper by Edmund Calamy
Atonement and the Covenant of Grace by Hugh Martin
Baby Belief Before Baptism by F. Nigel Lee
Baptism by Charles Hodge
Baptism by Ulrich Zwingli
Baptism and Infant Baptism by A. A. Hodge
Children and Church Membership by Thomas Shepard
Children in the Covenant of Grace by Thomas Shepard
Covenantal Ideas by Herman Witsius
Did All Mankind Fall in Adamโs First Sin? by Edward Fisher
Difficulties About Baptism by Douglas Bannerman
Infant Baptism by John Calvin
Dr. Jonathan Edwardโs Miscellanies on โCovenantโ
Dr. Jonathan Edwards On Infant Baptism โ Part 1
Dr. Jonathan Edwards On Baptism โ Part 2
Godโs Covenant with Men by A.A. Hodge
Godโs Covenants with Man, the Church by AA Hodge
Infant Baptism by Martin Luther
Infant Baptism: Scriptural and Reasonable Part 1 by Rev. Samuel Miller
Infant Baptism Scriptural and Reasonable Part 2 by Rev. Samuel Miller
Infant Baptism Scriptural and Reasonable Parts 3-4 by Rev. Samuel Miller
Introduction to Covenant Theology by J.I. Packer
Is the Mosaic Covenant the covenant of Grace? by Wilhelmus aโBrakel
Jonathan Edwards On โCovenantโ by John Gerstner
Man in the Covenant of Works by Louis Berkhof
Oath and Ordeal Part 1 by Dr. Meredith G. Kline
Oath And Ordeal Part 2 by Dr. Meredith G. Kline
Of Infant Baptism and Dipping by Dr. John Owen
Paedocommunion and Covenant Theology Edited by C. Matthew McMahon
Reformed Interpretation of the Mosaic Covenant by Mark W. Karlberg
Retracting Credobaptism by Fowler White
Smith on Covenant Theology by Morton Smith
The 5th Commandment and Infant Baptism by Ezekiel Hopkins
The Ark of the Covenant Opened by Patrick Gillespie
The Covenant of Grace by A.A. Hodge
The Covenant of Grace by Herman Bavinck
The Covenant of Works by Thomas Watson
The Covenant Seed by Thomas Goodwin
The Doctrine Surrounding Infant Baptism by Ezekiel Hopkins
The Economy of the Covenants Between God and Man by Herman Witsius
The Mystery and Marrow of the Bible by Francis Roberts
The Polemics of Infant Baptism by Benjamin B. Warfield
The Remedy Provided for by Jesus Christ in the Covenant of Grace by David Dickson
The Sacramental Principle by William Cunningham
The Scriptural Foundation of the Covenant of Works by Louis Berkhof
The Subjects of Baptism by Dr. Wilhelmus aโBrakel
Three Characteristics of the Covenant of Grace by Herman Bavinck
Vindiciรฆ Legis et Fลderis by John Flavel
Violating the Covenant of Works by Herman Witsius
What is a Covenant? by Dr. Charles Hodge
Why We Baptize Infants by John Murray
What Mean Ye? by Rev. Richard bacon (A good article against Paedo-communion, but helping to understand the Passover in light of the Lordโs Supper.)
Covenant Sign and Seal: The Symbolic Significance of Circumcision, and Its Application to the New Testament Believer, Part 1 by Michael Glodo
Covenant Sign and Seal: The Symbolic Significance of Circumcision,and Its Application to the New Testament Believer, Part 2 by Michael Glodo
Covenant Theology Under Attack by Meredith Kline
Comments on A. A. Hodgeโs One-Covenant Construction of the Redemptive Order by Meredith G. Kline
The Marrow of Modern Divinity by Edward Fisher
The Covenant of Grace by A.A. Hodge
Ark of the Covenant Opened: Chapter 3 by Patrick Gillespie
The Covenant of Redemption by Alexander Peden
Baptism: Its Meaning and Purpose by Greg L. Bahnsen
Cross-Examination: Infant Baptism by Greg Bahnsen
Baptism by Francis A. Schaeffer
The Covenant of Redemption Between the Father and the Redeemer by John Flavel
Jonathan Edwards on the Covenant of Grace by Carl W. Bogue
The Covenant of Grace by Robert Riccaltoun (1691-1769)
A Brief and Untechnical Statement of the Reformed Faith by B.B. Warfield
Outline of the Covenant of Grace by James Henley Thornwell
A Treatise of the Covenant of Grace by John Ball (Partial modernized text) Full Old Enlgish text here.
The Doctrine of the Covenant in Reformed Theology by Geerhardus Vos
Grace & Salvationย โ How Christ is rightly and properly said to have merited grace and salvation for us by John Calvin
Manโs Estate of Holiness and the Covenant of Worksย by R.L. Dabney
The Covenant of Grace by John Murray PDF ePub Mobi
The Covenant of Grace by Charles Hodge PDF ePub Mobi
A Treatise of the Covenant of Grace by John Cotton PDF
The Faithful Minister Of The New Covenant by Horatius Bonar PDF
The Gospel is Conditional by Samuel Rutherford PDF
The Covenant of Godโs Free Grace by John Cotton PDF
What Does it Mean to be Reformed โ Really? by C. Matthew McMahon
My Retraction: A 15-year Baptist turns Paedobaptist and Becomes Reformed by C. Matthew McMahon
A Catechism on Infant Inclusion in the Covenant of Grace by C. Matthew McMahon
A Concern About Infant Inclusion in the Covenant of Grace by C. Matthew McMahon
A Simple Overview of Covenant Theology by C. Matthew McMahon
A Summary of Herman Witsiusโ โThe Economy of the Covenants Between God and Manโ by C. Matthew McMahon
An Overview of O. Palmer Robertsonโs Book โThe Christ of the Covenantsโ by C. Matthew McMahon
Covenant Concepts in Dr. Francis Turretinโs Institutes of Elenctic Theology by C. Matthew McMahon
I will be a God to You and to Your Children After You by C. Matthew McMahon
John Murrayโs Reformulation of the Covenant of Grace by C. Matthew McMahon
John Owen and the Covenant of Redemption by C. Matthew McMahon
An Allegory Intended to Illustrate Covenant Theology by Robin Griffin
Historic Reformed Quotes on the Visible Church being Outwardly in the Covenant of Grace by Travis Fentiman
What is the Covenant of Redemption by Travis Fentiman
Divine Covenants, Absolute and Conditional: ย John Cameron and the Early Orthodox Development of Reformed Covenant Theology by Richard Muller
The Covenant of Redemption: a Covenant Distinct from the Covenant of Grace by Travis Fentiman
The Covenant of Redemption Opened by Thomas Jacombe
The Covenants of Redemption and Grace Displayed by James Hog
What is the Covenant of Redemption? by RC Sproul
Toward the Pactum Salutis [Pact of Salvation]: Locating the Origins of a Concept by Richard Muller
Musing on Baptistic Theology After Retracting
Prefatory Notes On Infant Baptism by C. Matthew McMahon
A Proper Balance Needful by C. Matthew McMahon
I Should Have Listened to My Own Advice on Hermenuetics by C. Matthew McMahon
Lots of Fog by C. Matthew McMahon
Positively Nonsense by C. Matthew McMahon
The Importance of Baptism a Necessary Study, and Some Preliminary Considerations by C. Matthew McMahon
The Internalization of the Law is Not New to the NT by C. Matthew McMahon
Books on Covenant Theology
Presumptive Regeneration, or, the Baptismal Regeneration of Elect Infantsย by Cornelius Burges (1589-1665)
A Discourse on Covenant Theology and Infant Baptismย by Cuthbert Sydenham (1622-1654)
Infant Baptism of Christโs Appointmentย by Samuel Petto (1624-1711)
Covenant Holiness and Infant Baptismย by Thomas Blake (1597-1657)
The Manifold Wisdom of God Seen in Covenant Theologyย by George Walker (1581-1651)
The Covenant of Godย by Thomas Blake (1597-1657)
A Chain of Theological Principlesย by John Arrowsmith (1602-1659)
The Covenant of Life Openedย by Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661)
The Covenant of Grace Openedย by Thomas Hooker (1586-1647)
The Covenant of Redemptionย by Samuel Willard (1640-1707)
The Covenant of Works and the Covenant of Graceย by Edmund Calamy (1600-1666)
The Doctrine and Practice of Infant Baptismย by John Brinsley (1600-1665)
Godโs Covenant and Our Dutyย By Samuel Willard (1640-1707)
Godโs Glory in Manโs Happinessย by Francis Taylor (1589-1656)
Infant Baptism Godโs Ordinanceย by Michael Harrison (1640-1729)
Jesus Christ Godโs Shepherdย by William Strong (d. 1654)
