Faith A Condition According To Scripture? (3)

"In the first period Reformed theologians spoke freely of conditions of the covenant. But when the nature of the covenant of grace was thought into more deeply and had to be defended over against the Romish, the Lutherans, and the Remonstrants, many had objections against this terminology and avoided it." -- Bavinck, Gereformeerde Dogmatiek, III, 241. (translation from the Dutch) "In the first period Reformed theologians spoke freely of conditions of the covenant. But when the nature of the...