196
Because the ends of such covenants
may not be attained
during the lives of those
who entered into them, 197
Because the people of God
view themselves bound by
anterior engagements of
his Church, 198
Because the Lord himself
views his Church as bound
by these, 199
Covenanting entails obligation
even on the unbeliever
who vows and swears, 201
Even those in the Church who
do not formally Covenant
are under obligation, 203
A minority in a church or
nation are bound by Covenant
engagements, though
the others cast them off, 204
Covenanting does not implicate
conscience, 205
That men are bound by previous
engagements is no reason why
they should not Covenant, 207

CHAPTER VI.
COVENANTING PROVIDED FOR IN THE EVERLASTING COVENANT.

SECTION I.

In regard to sinners, the exercise
provided for in the Covenant of
Redemption, 210
That covenant considered, 210
In that, Christ represented the
elect, 211
In that, the promises accepted
in Covenanting made to the
Surety, 212
The people of God Covenant on
the ground of the righteousness
of Christ--the condition of that
Covenant, 214
Believers given to Christ in
that Covenant, 215
The elect chosen in Christ, that
in union to him they might perform
the duty, 216

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