ReadBavinck
Puritan Board Freshman
Canons of Dort: Head 2, rejection 2.
I would, of coures, agree; but I've never heard of anyone holding to this. I am sure this is because of my historical ignorance. Who were these people? Can anyone tell me why this needed to be written, and give my straw man a heart?
Thanks,
Christopher Chelpka
[Edited on 5-1-2006 by CJ_Chelpka]
The true doctrine having been explained, the Synod rejects the errors of those:
II. Who teach: That it was not the purpose of the death of Christ that He should confirm the new covenant of grace through His blood, but only that He should acquire for the Father the mere right to establish with man such a covenant as He might please, whether of grace or of works. For this is repugnant to Scripture which teaches that "œJesus has become a guarantee of a better covenant"¦the new covenant" and that "œit has no power at all while the testator lives" (Heb 7:22, 9:15,17).
I would, of coures, agree; but I've never heard of anyone holding to this. I am sure this is because of my historical ignorance. Who were these people? Can anyone tell me why this needed to be written, and give my straw man a heart?
Thanks,
Christopher Chelpka
[Edited on 5-1-2006 by CJ_Chelpka]