The Covenant of Sovereign Grace (3) or the Decisive Influence of the Reformation Gospel upon the Orthodox Doctrine of the Covenant in the Netherlands

Introduction In the two preceding articles I have contended that, despite the vigorous controversy in the Dutch Reformed tradition over the issue, the Reformed churches in the Netherlands settled the issue whether election governs the covenant, very early in their history. In two early, official documents, these churches taught that there is a close relation between the eternal decree and the historical covenant of grace and that this relation is election's governing the covenant. The two...