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The Ordinance of Covenanting

John Cunningham

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 340 pages

The Ordinance of Covenanting is a collection of theological essays by John Cunningham on the practice of covenanting in Reformed Christianity. It examines the nature of covenants, vows, and oaths made to God, drawing on Scripture. It is worth listening to for its careful discussion of a historic religious practice.

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Opening of the book

THE

ORDINANCE

OF

COVENANTING.

BY

JOHN CUNNINGHAM, A.M.

"HE HATH COMMANDED HIS COVENANT FOR EVER." Ps. cxi. 9.

"THOUGH IT BE BUT A MAN'S COVENANT, YET IF IT BE CONFIRMED, NO MAN

DISANNULETH, OR ADDETH THERETO." Gal. iii. 15.

GLASGOW:—WILLIAM MARSHALL.

SOLD ALSO BY JOHN KEITH.

EDINBURGH:—THOMAS NELSON AND JOHN JOHNSTONE.

LONDON:—HAMILTON, ADAMS, & CO.

MANCHESTER:-GALT & ANDERSON.

BELFAST:—WILLIAM POLLOCK.

TO

THE REVEREND ANDREW SYMINGTON, D.D.,

PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY

IN

THE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,

THIS VOLUME

IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED.

CONTENTS.
Introduction 1
CHAPTER I.
NATURE OF COVENANTING.
Term Covenant defined, 5
Sinners Redeemed, are in Covenant
with God, 6
This relation not a mere law, 7
has parties, 7
has conditions, 7
is the Covenant of Grace, 8
Term Covenanting defined, 8
By Covenanting men make a Covenant
with God, 8
This Covenant not distinct from
that of Redemption, or that of
Grace, 9
The formal exercise of Covenanting
not indispensable to an interest
in the Covenant of Grace, 11
God's Covenant may, for the first
time,
be
entered
into
in
the
exercise of Covenanting, 12
In Covenanting, if God's Covenant
has been laid hold on before, it
is then renewed, 14
THE VOW.
Definition, 15

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Contents

  1. THE ORDINANCE OF COVENANTING.
  2. JOHN CUNNINGHAM, A.M.
  3. CONTENTS.
  4. INTRODUCTION.
  5. CHAPTER I.
  6. CHAPTER II.
  7. CHAPTER III.
  8. CHAPTER IV.
  9. CHAPTER V.
  10. CHAPTER VI.
  11. CHAPTER VII.
  12. CHAPTER VIII.
  13. CHAPTER IX.
  14. CHAPTER X.
  15. CHAPTER XI.
  16. CHAPTER XII.
  17. CHAPTER XIII.
  18. CHAPTER XIV.
  19. CHAPTER XV.
  20. CONCLUSION
  21. APPENDIX.
  22. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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