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Originally Posted by BertMulder  In it you can read that nowhere do we deny a covenant relationship between God and Adam. |
I know that you don't deny a covenant was established between God and Adam but it is precisely the rejection of it being a covenant of works that is the problem as you note by saying;
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Originally Posted by BertMulder What we do deny is the view that Scripture teaches that Adam could have merited heavenly, eternal life by his obedience. |
This is where I disagree with Hoeksema and the PRC.
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Originally Posted by BertMulder Hoeksema is standing on the shoulders of Witsius and Brakel. |
Not really, at least in any meaningful sense. He completely rejects their views of covenant calling it unbiblical. Have a read of
this and then re-read Hoeksema.