Chapter VI: Section II

Covenanting, under every
dispensation, provided for, 218
Exhibitions of Christ the chief
blessings of the Covenant, common
to all of them, 219
The erection and continuance of
the Church in the world flows
from that, 220
True religion represented as a
covenant with God, 221
Revelation of the will of God
termed a covenant, 223
In the Everlasting Covenant,
provision made for Covenanting
under the patriarchal and levitical
dispensations, 224
The acknowledgments and conduct
of believers in those times
illustrate this, 224
Provision made through promises, 226
Provision made through types, 226
--typical persons, 227
--places, 227
--things, 228
--seasons, 228
--acts, 229
--miracles, 230
--teaching of prophets, 232
--whole of Old Testament, 232
Designations, 232
Terms, 233
Reconciliation and atonement, 233
Provision made for Covenanting
under last dispensation, 236
This acknowledged by believers
in the apostolic age, 236
Provision made through injunctions
of last inspired writers, 237
--whole of New Testament, 238
New Testament contains same
kind of expressions as the Old
in reference to Covenant, 238
Covenant of God a testament, 241
Covenanting not a mere Jewish
thing, 244

CHAPTER VII. COVENANTING ADAPTED TO THE MORAL CONSTITUTION OF MAN.

Adapted to that, when in innocence, 246
according to scripture account
of that constitution, 246
Because the law of God to
him in innocence, of a covenant
form, 248
To Adam, as an individual, 248
--as representative of his
posterity, 250
Adapted to that, when in a state
of grace, 251
Inasmuch as gracious capacities
lead to acquiescence in
what God requires, 251
--as invitations to accede to it
are accepted by the regenerate, 254
The Covenant of Works a reality, 256
The wicked alone not in covenant, 259
Those who are in covenant with
God make and keep covenant
engagements, 263
State of those not in covenant
with God dreadful, 265