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Originally Posted by AV1611  Going on to say "There is no person under heaven shall be saved till he have believed. This I grant; yet this will not make faith to be the condition of the covenant." This thereby demonstrates that he does not differ with Westminster regarding condition. He is rightfull sceptical of the term because of its abuse by Arminians. |
See Larger Catechism, answer 32, "requiring faith as the condition to interest them in Him."
Concerning the quoted portion of Witsius, unlike Crisp, he qualified himself so as to show that Scripture "exhibits the form of the covenant of grace in a conditional style," and "in this sense some condition is to be admitted in the covenant of grace; inasmuch as it signifies a duty according to the will of God, to be performed by man, in a manner agreeable to the nature of that covenant, before he enter upon the possession of consummate salvation." (Chap. 14, sect. 9.) It is this apect of Christianity which Crispianity negates.