Paragraph 7.6

Of the Westminster Confession of Faith (1646)

Under the Gospel, when Christ, the substance,⁠1 was exhibited, the Ordinances in which this Covenant is dispensed, are the Preaching of the Word, and the Administration of the Sacraments of Baptism, and the Lords Supper:⁠2 Which, though fewer in number, and administered with more simplicity, and less outward glory; yet, in them, it is held forth in more fullness, evidence, and spiritual efficacy,⁠3 to all Nations, both Jews and Gentiles;⁠4 and, is called the New Testament.⁠5 There are not therefore Two Covenants of Grace, differing in substance, but one and the same, under various dispensations.⁠6

The 1689 Baptist Confession

7.3

This Covenant is revealed in the Gospel; first of all to Adam in the promise of Salvation by the Seed of the Woman, and afterwards by farther steps, until the full⁠1 discovery thereof was completed in the New Testament; and it is founded in that⁠2 Eternal Covenant transaction, that was between the Father and the Son about the Redemption of the Elect; and it is alone by the Grace of this Covenant, that all of the Posterity of fallen Adam, that ever were⁠3 saved, did obtain Life and blessed Immortality; Man being now utterly incapable of acceptance with God upon those terms on which Adam stood in his state of Innocency.⁠4