The Covenant of God and the Children of Believers (5)

My treatment of the Reformed doctrine of the inclusion of the children of believers in the covenant of God, begun in the March 15, 1990 issue of The Standard Bearer, was interrupted by the special issue on preaching and by the editorial on Synod. The editorial in the issue of May 1 contended that the covenant is established with the elect children only and offered two grounds for this contention: 1) the rule of faith in Scripture that the covenant mercy of God is particular and sovereign; 2)...