John Calvin ~ Integrated Covenant Theology (3)

November 2008 3 John Calvin’s Integrated Covenant Theology (3): The Blessings of the Covenant Angus Stewart Covenant Blessings As in the previous two articles on Calvin’s covenant theology, our point of entry is that section of his Institutes in which he most fully treats the covenant (book 2, chapters 10 and 11). For Calvin, the nature of God’s covenant, summed in the “very formula of the covenant,” determines the blessings of the covenant: “For the Lord always covenanted with his servants...