Covenants

[ParkerSchnieders1]

I want to study the covenants more deeply this next year. Any book recommendations?

 

[MarrowMan]

I want to study the covenants more deeply this next year. Any book recommendations?

Witsius: Economy of the Covenants
Roberts: Mystery and Marrow of the Bible
Fisher: Marrow of Modern Divinity with Boston's Notes
Colquhoun: 'The Covenant of Grace', 'The Covenant of Works', and 'A Treatise on the Law and Gospel'
Bonker: Ruin and Redemption

 

[JvMill]

On top of the older sources already named, and If you’re starting from scratch:

Covenants made simple Jonty Rhodes
God to Us, Stephen Myers
Crossway anthology on Covenant Theology
Reformed covenant theology Harrison Perkins

 

[MarrowMan]

On top of the older sources already named, and If you’re starting from scratch:

Covenants made simple Jonty Rhodes
God to Us, Stephen Myers
Crossway anthology on Covenant Theology
Reformed covenant theology Harrison Perkins

Hey now. Bonker isn't older. Lol.

ETA: Bonker is quite a good modern introduction. Berith Press' version of Roberts is eminently readable and hard to surpass if you really want to get exhaustive.

 

[JvMill]

Hey now. Bonker isn't older. Lol.

Ope, slipped right past me.

I am not lying, I saw Bonker and thought ‘huh, there must be some old dude with a book with the same title as Jon from puritanboard.’

 

[JTB.SDG]

Lol. I did just turn 45, so there's that..

 

[alexanderjames]

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Thread 'What books would you recommend on Covenant Theology?'

Oct 25, 2024

Hello,
What books would you recommend on Covenant Theology? I am in particular looking for short/intermediate leangth, that is available as ebook. Preferably by a Puritan or some experimental author of a different era.
I would, in particular, prefer books that deal (from a confessional Westminster view) with:
- The place of the Mosaic Covenant in the covenants of Grace and of Works
- Preferably also with various Baptist views (or Anabaptist in the case of older authors), though I am not looking specifically for a polemic on baptism

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[Andres]

God to Us, Stephen Myers

This is the best modern treatment and an excellent starting point for someone new to CT. I think it's especially helpful in that most new to CT are coming out of a dispensational background and Myers has an excellent section showing dispensationalism's errors and how it is not a biblical teaching.

 

[JvMill]

This is the best modern treatment and an excellent starting point for someone new to CT. I think it's especially helpful in that most new to CT are coming out of a dispensational background and Myers has an excellent section showing dispensationalism's errors and how it is not a biblical teaching.

I agree. It was a great book. He wrote clearly and charitably. I would add two things:

1. If someone is completely new to CT, Rhodes is a good start, especially if they are not used to reading theology. Myers might be too much for the uninitiated.

2. Perkins was great for me to read after reading Myers as a good way to tie everything together. He helps give dogmatic conclusions for all of Myers’ exegesis and biblical theology.

They differ on a few things (repub.), but it’s not insurmountable.

If someone was a student of theology and wanted to know more, I think I would hand them those two books and say read Myers then Perkins.

 

[Grant Van Leuven]

I always like to encourage making good study use of the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 7, "Of God’s Covenant with Man," with its Scripture references. And I humbly offer the following 4-part series of articles I wrote for the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals based on my church membership class teaching through this chapter (heavy in footnotes as is my notorious way intending to make suggestions to drill down on for those who want to go deeper):

https://placefortruth.org/covenant-clarified/

https://placefortruth.org/working-through-the-covenant-of-works/

https://placefortruth.org/could-adam-have-earned-eternal-life/

https://placefortruth.org/the-covenant-of-grace/

My class lectures on WCF 7 is available here if interested (which offer extra footnotes and at the end suggested readings):
Pt 1: https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermons/1292167297172
Pt 2: https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermons/121621459232745

Also, I recommend studying Westminster Larger Catechism Q&As 30-36 with its Scripture references.

 

[JTB.SDG]

Aside from those mentioned I love Boston's View of the Covenant of Grace. This is my favorite volume on the covenants besides Roberts' massive 1600 page work.

 

[JvMill]

Aside from those mentioned I love Boston's View of the Covenant of Grace. This is my favorite volume on the covenants besides Roberts' massive 1600 page work.

What are the best place to access these?

 

[JTB.SDG]

What are the best place to access these?

I got mine downloading a PDF from internet archive. I enjoy reading the electronic version of the original: https://archive.org/details/viewofcovenantof02bost/mode/2up

You can find an ebook format on monergism: https://www.monergism.com/view-covenant-grace-ebook

If you want to get a last minute Christmas present for yourself, you can purchase the original first edition here! https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/View-Covenant-Grace-sacred-records-etc.etc/32140945893/bd

That's all for Boston. I think I got Roberts here: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A57385.0001.001?view=toc

 

[Henoch]

Surprised no one mentioned AW Pink's Divine covenants!
Excellent book at least for an introduction

 

[Sam Jer]

I found Thomas Blake's Vindicae Foedris useful, but I am not sure how it compares to others