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Title: The Ordinance of Covenanting

Author: John Cunningham

Release Date: May 6, 2008 [EBook #25353]

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THE

ORDINANCE

OF

COVENANTING.

BY

JOHN CUNNINGHAM, A.M.

"HE HATH COMMANDED HIS COVENANT FOR EVER." Ps. cxi. 9.

"THOUGH IT BE BUT A MAN'S COVENANT, YET IF IT BE CONFIRMED, NO MAN
DISANNULETH, OR ADDETH THERETO." Gal. iii. 15.

GLASGOW:--WILLIAM MARSHALL.
SOLD ALSO BY JOHN KEITH.
EDINBURGH:--THOMAS NELSON AND JOHN JOHNSTONE.
LONDON:--HAMILTON, ADAMS, & CO.
MANCHESTER:-GALT & ANDERSON.
BELFAST:--WILLIAM POLLOCK.

TO
THE REVEREND ANDREW SYMINGTON, D.D.,
PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY
IN
THE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,
THIS VOLUME
IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED.

CONTENTS.

Introduction Page 1

CHAPTER I.
NATURE OF COVENANTING.

Term Covenant defined, 5
Sinners Redeemed, are in Covenant
with God, 6
This relation not a mere law, 7
has parties, 7
has conditions, 7
is the Covenant of Grace, 8
Term Covenanting defined, 8
By Covenanting men make a Covenant
with God, 8
This Covenant not distinct from that
of Redemption, or that of Grace, 9
The formal exercise of Covenanting
not indispensable to an interest
in the Covenant of Grace, 11
God's Covenant may, for the first
time, be entered into in the
exercise of Covenanting, 12
In Covenanting, if God's Covenant
has been laid hold on before, it
is then renewed, 14

THE VOW.

Definition, 15
Vow made to God alone, 15
a solemn promise to God, 16
to be made voluntarily, 17
must be consistent with duty, 17
never made