Philip A
Puritan Board Sophomore
Originally posted by WrittenFromUtopia
I'm still waiting to see how being a Particular Baptist is true to Covenant Theology?
As classically defined by Presbyterians, it is not. Presbyterians identify the Covenant of Grace with the Abrahamic Covenant, without making any distinctions in its particular parts. Particular Baptist Covenant Theology is rooted in Presbyterian Covenant Theology, in that it agrees on all points with the exception of the gospel/civil distinction I have made.
I was a Baptist for 20 years, and Reformed for 1. I loved the 1689 and believed everything in it. By all practical means, I was a Particular Baptist as you are boasting of in this thread.
Did you at any time adhere to the gospel/civil distinction within the Abrahamic Covenant as defined by Tombes refined by Coxe? If the answer is no, then you were certainly a Baptist, but not a Particular Baptist. This is the distinction that I have been trying to make throughout this whole thread.
I apologize, brother, if any of what I have said has appeared as boasting. That was not at all the intent. My intent from the beginning is not to debate, nor to boast, but to explain. I'm not so much concerned as to whether you agree, but whether you understand.