Source and Nature of the Covenant of Grace

This is an extract from chapter 3 of "The Idea of the Covenant of Grace" by Henry Danhof, from The Rock Whence We Are Hewn God: Grace and Covenant, a collection of works by Herman Hoeksema and Henry Danhof, pages 31-32, published by the RFPA. _______________ SOURCE AND NATURE OF THE COVENANT OF GRACE The covenant rests in the holy Trinity. God is the God of the covenant. He is such not only according to the counsel of his will in his relation to the creature, but first in himself by virtue...