Office Hours: Introducing Johannes Cocceius On Covenant Theology In English

R. Scott Clark

on February 6, 2017

For most of his long career, Johannes Cocceius (1603–69) taught Old Testament, biblical theology, theology, and philology in the Netherlands. He was arguably one of the most important and influential Reformed theologians of the 17th century and his influence continues to be . . . Continue reading →

Turretin On The Covenant Of Nature (11)

R. Scott Clark

on January 31, 2017

IX. Although faith in Christ is not prescribed specifically and expressly in the law (which does not know Christ), still it is contained in it generically and implicitly (inasmuch as the law commands us to believe every word of God and all . . . Continue reading →

Turretin On the Covenant Of Nature (10)

R. Scott Clark

on January 10, 2017

IV. (2) Before the fall, he had the power to love God and obey him in all things; for love supposes faith, a part of obedience. For he who is commanded by law to love God and obey him is also commanded . . . Continue reading →

Turretin On The Covenant Of Nature (9)

R. Scott Clark

on January 7, 2017

IX. Although natural liberty agrees in essentials with the liberty of man constituted in other states, still it differs greatly in accidentals. For the liberty of glory in blessedness is not to be able to sin (non posse peccare). The liberty of . . . Continue reading →

Turretin On The Covenant Of Nature (8)

R. Scott Clark

on January 4, 2017

Turretin On The Covenant Of Nature (7)

R. Scott Clark

on December 27, 2016

Second Question Did Adam have the power to believe in Christ? I. This question lies between us and the Arminians who, to defend their hypothesis concerning the necessity of a certain universal sufficient grace, have introduced this opinion—that Adam never had the . . . Continue reading →

Turretin On The Covenant Of Nature (6)

R. Scott Clark

on December 26, 2016

Turretin On The Covenant Of Nature (5)

R. Scott Clark

on December 23, 2016

VII. However, although he was free from the slavery of sin (because created just and upright) still he was not free from mutability (because whatever his holiness and righteousness, he was mutable, from which in consequence he could fall). Adam was placed . . . Continue reading →

Turretin On The Covenant Of Nature (4)

R. Scott Clark

on December 22, 2016

VI. The liberty of Adam was not the liberty of independence (as if he was irresponsible [anypeuthynos] and absolutely his own master) because he ought always to be in subjection (as a creature to his Creator, as a second cause to the . . . Continue reading →

Turretin On The Covenant Of Nature (3)

R. Scott Clark

on December 21, 2016

IV. Liberty is fourfold: (1) the liberty of independence which belongs to God as the first being; this is opposed to the necessity of dependence which belongs to all creatures. (2) Liberty from coaction by which man acts spontaneously and with freedom; . . . Continue reading →

Turretin On The Covenant Of Nature (2)

R. Scott Clark

on December 20, 2016 | 1 Comment

II. By the state of innocence, we mean the first condition of man created after the image of God in internal goodness and external happiness. As it abounded in all goods (of the body as well as of the soul) necessary for . . . Continue reading →

Turretin On The Covenant Of Nature (1)

R. Scott Clark

on December 17, 2016

First Question What was the liberty of Adam in his state of innocence? I. Since man can be viewed in a fourfold state—the instituted (instituto) of nature, the destitute (destituto) of sin, the restored (restituto) of grace and the appointed (praestituto) of . . . Continue reading →

Turretin Answers Objections To Infant Baptism (9)

R. Scott Clark

on December 16, 2016 | 3 Comments

XXVI. What is said by some (“Infants are baptized in the faith of their parents”) does not mean that what is in adults is imputed to infants or answers for infants; both because each one lives by his own faith and because . . . Continue reading →

Turretin Answers Objections To Infant Baptism (8)

R. Scott Clark

on December 14, 2016 | 8 Comments

XXI. Baptism (with respect to true believers) seals saving grace because it is connected with the internal baptism of the Spirit. But with respect to hypocrites, it does not have the accompanying grace of the Spirit, but is only a badge of . . . Continue reading →

Turretin Answers Objections To Infant Baptism (7)

R. Scott Clark

on December 10, 2016

XVIII. The cause of infant baptism is not the actual faith of infants, of which they are no more capable than of that instruction by which the disciples of Christ are taught (Mt. 28:19). But it is both the universal command to . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 121: I Will Be A God To You And To Your Children (15)

Heidelcast

on December 5, 2016

This is the 15th and final episode of our series, “I Will Be A God to You And to Your Children.” If you are just finding us, the series starts at episode 105. As we wrap up the series it seemed to . . . Continue reading →

Turretin Answers Objections To Infant Baptism (6)

R. Scott Clark

on December 3, 2016

XII. There was no need that a particular precept concerning the baptism of infants should be given because it was known to the disciples that infants were circumcised. It therefore sufficed that there was a general command to baptize all nations, under . . . Continue reading →

Turretin Answers Objections To Infant Baptism (5)

R. Scott Clark

on November 30, 2016 | 12 Comments

XI. (7) Because the fathers acknowledged the necessity of infant baptism and approved its propriety by their practice. Justin Martyr mentions it (“Quaestiones et Responsiones ad Orthodoxos,” Q. 56 in Opera quae feruntur omnia [ed. J.C.T. de Otto, 1881], v. 3, Pt. . . . Continue reading →

Circumcision Was Always About The Necessity Of Regeneration

R. Scott Clark

on November 29, 2016 | 5 Comments

HB reader Allan writes, The NT apostolic doctrine is that OT circumcision of the flesh is replaced by NT circumcision of the heart. I have not found them saying it is replaced by baptism. Allan, Circumcision was always a sign of what . . . Continue reading →

Turretin Answers Objections To Infant Baptism (4)

R. Scott Clark

on November 28, 2016 | 5 Comments

IX. (5) Because the children of believers are holy; therefore they ought to be baptized. For since they have the thing signified, they cannot and ought not to be deprived of the sign (Acts 10:47). “The unbelieving wife,” says the apostle, “is . . . Continue reading →