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The Economy of the Covenants between God and Man: Comprehending a Complete Body of Divinity, Vol. 1 is unavailable, but you can change that!

This is the first volume of what is considered to be Witsius’ most significant work. Ascribing to what is known as covenant theology, Witsius lays out the doctrinal value of covenant throughout the Scriptures in The Economy of the Covenants Between God and Man, Vol. 1. He discusses at length the covenant of works in the Old Testament, providing valuable commentary on the significance of the laws....

I. IT nevertheless pleased God, at sundry periods of time, and in diverse manners, to dispense the same covenant of grace. We shall exhibit, in this chapter, a short representation of these dispensations, in such a method, as, first, simply to explain what in this matter seems to us most exactly agreeable to the whole tenor of Scripture; then, freely but calmly weigh the reflections of other learned men. II. This diversity
Pages 274–275