Mediatorial Dominion, Rutherford, Gillespie, Legitimacy of Gov't

[Reformed Covenanter]

Thank you. That is informative. You said Symington is writing within the Covenanter tradition then later mentioned the later Reformed view and that "the later Reformed Presbyterian view should not be identified as the Covenanter position ..." Are you saying there are legitimate positions on this within the broader Covenanter position?

Yes, that is correct. I think people often make the mistake that because the RPs are the only denomination in recent times to adhere to the descending obligation of the covenants that, therefore, they are/were the only Covenanters. But that conclusion is not correct. The likes of Thomas Boston and the Seceders were Covenanters, but they were not RPs.

The edition mentioned above at the Reformation Heritage Books is the edition published by Crown & Covenant Publications.

I think that edition may be a modernized/abridged version.

 

[Jeri Tanner]

The likes of Thomas Boston and the Seceders were Covenanters, but they were not RPs.

I think this is a hugely important historical truth to understand for the sake of unity.