Philip A
Puritan Board Sophomore
Alright Baptists, it\'s time to get your theology straight!
It has long been my contention on this board that in the debate between Baptists and Paedobaptists, as it has manifested itself here, has ignored an undistributed middle. This undistributed middle is the covenantal antipaedobaptist view of the early English Particular Baptists, as expressed in the 1689 Confession.
While many claim adherence to the 1689 Confession, there still remains the challenge of interpreting the Confession in light of the Covenant Theology that was actually held to by its framers. This position is neither that of Westminster Presbyterians, nor the modern Baptist position that many of our paedobaptist brethren react against (and many Baptists still hold to). Hence, an undistributed middle.
What has been problematic in approaching a constructionist interpretation of the 1689 confession is the relative obscurity of those supporting documents, written by the framers and contributors to the confession, that give further light to the broader Covenant Theology that underlies the Confession.
Thankfully, that situation is now no longer the case.
Covenant Theology From Adam to Christ, a new publication from Reformed Baptist Academic Press, is now going to print. This book contains within it the Treatise by Nehemiah Coxe entitled "A Discourse of the Covenants that God made with Men before the Law". It is believed that Coxe is one of the men responsible for the 1689 Confession. For more on Nehemiah Coxe, follow this link.
Covenant Theology From Adam to Christ is now available for pre-publication order from Solid Ground Christian Books.
[Edited on 9-24-2005 by Philip A]
It has long been my contention on this board that in the debate between Baptists and Paedobaptists, as it has manifested itself here, has ignored an undistributed middle. This undistributed middle is the covenantal antipaedobaptist view of the early English Particular Baptists, as expressed in the 1689 Confession.
While many claim adherence to the 1689 Confession, there still remains the challenge of interpreting the Confession in light of the Covenant Theology that was actually held to by its framers. This position is neither that of Westminster Presbyterians, nor the modern Baptist position that many of our paedobaptist brethren react against (and many Baptists still hold to). Hence, an undistributed middle.
What has been problematic in approaching a constructionist interpretation of the 1689 confession is the relative obscurity of those supporting documents, written by the framers and contributors to the confession, that give further light to the broader Covenant Theology that underlies the Confession.
Thankfully, that situation is now no longer the case.
Covenant Theology From Adam to Christ, a new publication from Reformed Baptist Academic Press, is now going to print. This book contains within it the Treatise by Nehemiah Coxe entitled "A Discourse of the Covenants that God made with Men before the Law". It is believed that Coxe is one of the men responsible for the 1689 Confession. For more on Nehemiah Coxe, follow this link.
Covenant Theology From Adam to Christ is now available for pre-publication order from Solid Ground Christian Books.
[Edited on 9-24-2005 by Philip A]
Tell me, Marcos; how does your seminary treat this question? I have found that quite a few evangelical Anglicans are really closet Baptists.
