The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-17
For the ledger.
Shades Of John Calvin"

- '"S SNse SO "5Ie, side Issue has
been introduced lad, in,tely more i'm
pottsnt than the m.in one. A RIP
Gays: "7hey 6 S Scholars, will tell
you that the Covenant Of works tell
tho as soon as A lam sinned and the
C'Venant IF grace was ushered in
with the PROMISE Gen. 3:15.)
BibIicai scholars are accustomed to
distinguish the erss of The church into
an ante-N"o chan, Noachian, Abra-
ham'c, M"snic and Christie DISPENSE
titn, and the transactiOus inaugural.
Ing them are generally called covenants
do not kn"w of any writer who
demominates the language of Gen. g..
Is, addressed TO the enophitic devil,
covenant or the usherinc ia of a
Covenant. The Mosaic drspensatioo
is often called covenant, and the
emphasis given to law and obedience
affords ample authority for calling il
a coyensnt Of works. Ex. 1875 "If
Je will obey my. voice indeed. and
keep my covenant, then We shall he q
peculia' treasure untH me-" Eek "a
3>o may be carefully cons suited, where
God commands and the people promise
to Obey. Elk 34:27.2S." The Lord
said unto Moses, Write thou these
words: for after the tenor O: these
words | have made covenant with
thee and with Israel-And he wrote
upon the tables the aoords of the cjyen.
ant, The ten commandments Com
pare ais Lev. 26:14-16. In Deut. A.
IL we reac, "He declared unto you
bis covenant which he comn,un ded yo,l
t. perform even the ten command,
merits" In D'ut SD we resd, THE
Lord cur G"d made a c,venapt with
US at Horeb.' See Deu', 90, II, Is;
lHz; 29:l, 8, 81, %, and compare
Rom. ga snI Heb 9:6-9. Now "the
law was given by Moses" (John LID
snd cur Lords In, expectation Of it ia.
"lh's do ard thou shall live" (Luke
1928 2S). See also Gal. 3:12, Lev.
1873, Neh, 9:29, Eze. 20:11. Rom 1875
But grace came by Jesus Christ -
See Rom 1924; 5.2l; 6:I4. 4:l6; John
l46. These and many other passa gee
authorize us TO call the Mosaic a lc-
gal, and the Christie IN evangelical
dispensauNn, and when d writer, eyi
IDENTIFY saesking # them, calls the
former u covenant Of works. aud the
Latter Il covenant Of grace, the shades
of Calviu need not he invoked.
Again A Il p fxes tie end of the
cove nant of wor ks, and the usherin q
IN, (beginning)Ofth the covenau, of grace,
making these sYnchonise with Adams
sln. he even says, "Our S S schol-
ars will tell you" SO. If they do, they
will oe woefulIy n iss. ating the facts
L bad always thought it was Adam,
not the Cove enact, that fell through" :"
SD to speak; that the covenant remains
ed intact and stiIl holds; that under il
The penalty remains bound on he lost
forever; that Jesus came under the
law OF that covenant, taking up our
fallen misfOrtunes under tho exsc,
conditions into which the fail plunged
them according to the terms Of that
c'venanI; that Christ died to NEE. the
penalty imposed by it; that He obey
ed - purchase the rewards of obedi.
ence according TO the implied promise
OF IL; that thus the Father ia bound
6Y 1t to bestow the benefits of obedi-
ence and death on those who believe.
In word, / thought cur SAVIOR, by
obsyIng, did for us what Adam Should
haYe done, and by dying nndid for US
what Adam should not have done
The Second Adam who could, was
substituted for The. first Adam who
now Could not, meet the demands of
the Covenant. oes l Cor 1922 and
Rom 5:l2-2l. How could all This be
true If the covenant itself fell
through?
1t must not be ignored that tn @
Covenant with Adam was a coyenaD,
OF grace.slso. If Adam had coupli-
ed with the conditions of The covenant
God would have graciou.ly confirmed d
IN holiness and happiness forever ali,
Adams posterity, with him aud for
bis sake all pure gratuity to them i,
and pore purchase to him; and il is
not more certainly grace, thou gh
certal'ly more grace, that the peo-
pie OF God have second Adam t,obev
and to die for them SO that they for
HIS sake arejustifed, sanc fled, glori-
he'd, and confirme in holiness aud
happiness forever--sli pure gratuity