[T]he Son of God, having been constituted by the Father as Mediator of the covenant, the guarantor on two counts: 1) He shall satisfy for the sins of all those whom the Father has given him (John 17) and he decreed from eternity to adopt them into sonship wrought Christ (Ephesians 1); 2) He shall also bring to pass that they, being planted in him, shall enjoy peace of conscience and be renewed daily in the image of God.

— Caspar Olevianus, De substantia foederis gratuiti inter deum et electos (1585), 1.2.1 in R. Scott Clark, Caspar Olevian and the Substance of the Covenant (p 178)

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  R.Scott Clark is the President of the Heidelberg Reformation Association, the author and editor of, and contributor to several books and the author of many articles. He has taught church history and historical theology since 1997 at Westminster Seminary California. He has also taught at Wheaton College, Reformed Theological Seminary, and Concordia University. He has hosted the Heidelblog since 2007.

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