I was reading today in Ernest Kevan's [i:5cd26024db]The Grace of Law[/i:5cd26024db] and he was summarizing the Puritan position as being that the Mosaic administration and the NT administration are both administrations of the Covenant of Grace. I know there is some discussion about definitions and terminology on this, but for the sake of convenience I'm sticking with Kevan's terminology and understanding the CoG as the covenant in which we are saved. The difference between the Mosaic and the NT administrations is a difference, as Francis Roberts expressed it in his book [i:5cd26024db]God's Covenants[/i:5cd26024db] that is "not essentiall, ... but accidentall".
Now on the basis of that I have a question for paedo-baptists. Do you understand infant inclusion in the covenant to be of the [i:5cd26024db]essence[/i:5cd26024db] of the covenant, or is it merely something that is the same in both administrations of the covenant? Substance or accident?
Now on the basis of that I have a question for paedo-baptists. Do you understand infant inclusion in the covenant to be of the [i:5cd26024db]essence[/i:5cd26024db] of the covenant, or is it merely something that is the same in both administrations of the covenant? Substance or accident?