Paragraph 7.2
Chapter 7: Of God’s Covenant with Man
The first covenant made with man was a covenant of works, wherein life was promised to Adam, and in him to his posterity, upon condition of perfect and personal obedience.
Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Westminster Assembly and Synod of New York and Philadelphia · PDF
Changes from Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 7.2
No change, but in spelling and punctuation.
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 7.2
The first covenant made with man was a covenant of works, wherein life was promised to Adam, and in him to his posterity, upon condition of perfect and personal obedience.
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 7.2
The first Covenant made with Man, was a Covenant of Works, wherein Life was promised to Adam, and in him to his posterity, upon condition of perfect and personall obedience.
Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Paragraph 7.2
The first covenant made with man was a covenant of works, wherein life was promised to Adam, and in him to his posterity, upon condition of perfect and personal obedience.
Commentaries (2)
David Dickson, 1684, Truths Victory over Error
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 7.2, which this paragraph revises
Did all these Sacrifices and other Types, and Ordinances by which the Covenant of Grace was administerd before our Saviours Incarnation, adumbrate, and foresignifie Christ to…
David Dickson’s text
John Macpherson, 1881, The Westminster Confession of Faith, with Introduction and Notes
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 7.2, which this paragraph revises
The statements of this section have been for the most part anticipated by the previous chapter. What is special is the exact expression given to the condition of the covenant of…
John Macpherson’s text