Covenanting, under every dispensation, provided for, 218 Exhibitions of Christ the chief blessings of the Covenant, common to all of them, 219 The erection and continuance of the Church in the world flows from that, 220 True religion represented as a covenant with God, 221 Revelation of the will of God termed a covenant, 223 In the Everlasting Covenant, provision made for Covenanting under the patriarchal and levitical dispensations, 224 The acknowledgments and conduct of believers in those times illustrate this, 224 Provision made through promises, 226 Provision made through types, 226 --typical persons, 227 --places, 227 --things, 228 --seasons, 228 --acts, 229 --miracles, 230 --teaching of prophets, 232 --whole of Old Testament, 232 Designations, 232 Terms, 233 Reconciliation and atonement, 233 Provision made for Covenanting under last dispensation, 236 This acknowledged by believers in the apostolic age, 236 Provision made through injunctions of last inspired writers, 237 --whole of New Testament, 238 New Testament contains same kind of expressions as the Old in reference to Covenant, 238 Covenant of God a testament, 241 Covenanting not a mere Jewish thing, 244 CHAPTER VII. COVENANTING ADAPTED TO THE MORAL CONSTITUTION OF MAN. Adapted to that, when in innocence, 246 according to scripture account of that constitution, 246 Because the law of God to him in innocence, of a covenant form, 248 To Adam, as an individual, 248 --as representative of his posterity, 250 Adapted to that, when in a state of grace, 251 Inasmuch as gracious capacities lead to acquiescence in what God requires, 251 --as invitations to accede to it are accepted by the regenerate, 254 The Covenant of Works a reality, 256 The wicked alone not in covenant, 259 Those who are in covenant with God make and keep covenant engagements, 263 State of those not in covenant with God dreadful, 265 CHAPTER VIII. COVENANTING ACCORDING TO THE PURPOSES OF GOD.