The FEDERAL THEOLOGY of JONATHAN EDWARDS

An Exegetical Perspective

GILSUN RYU

studies in historical and systematic theology

The Federal Theology of Jonathan Edwards: An Exegetical Perspective

Studies in Historical and Systematic Theology

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STUDIES IN HISTORICAL AND SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY

Studies in Historical and Systematic Theology is peer-reviewed series of contemporary monographs exploring key figures, themes, and issues in historical and systematic theology from an evangelical perspective.

To Eunseul, Hoyun, and Eunsu,

who made this work possible

through their love, patience,

and support.

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Foreword

1. Introduction

Part 1: Redemption and History in Reformed Orthodoxy

2. A Sketch of the History of Redemption among Edwards’s Antecedents

Part 2: Redemptive History in Jonathan Edwards

3. The Doctrine of the Covenant of Redemption and the History of Redemption

4. The Doctrine of the Covenant of Works and the History of Redemption

5. The Doctrine of the Covenant of Grace and the History of Redemption

Part 3: The Doctrinal Harmony of Scripture

6. The Exegetical Basis of the Doctrine of the Covenant of Redemption

7. The Exegetical Basis of the Doctrine of the Covenant of Works

8. The Exegetical Basis of the Doctrine of the Covenant of Grace

Part 4: Federal Theology and Ecclesiology

9. Edwards’s Federal Theology in Ecclesiastical Perspective

10. Conclusion

Bibliography

Subject/Author Index

Scripture Index

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

No chapters of this book leave its author without the need to offer substantial thanks to several scholars. I begin by singling out the professor at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School who served as my doctoral supervisor, Dr. Douglas Sweeney, who provided helpful advice and comments at every stage of my writing. Sweeney did not spare his time as he guided me into a proper understanding of Edwards and offered insight and incisive feedback. In this respect, the primary place of honor must go to Sweeney. My second major reader and commentator was Dr. Scott Manetsch, who read the first draft and offered sage advice. I am also grateful to Dr. Richard Muller, from whom I learned the theology of Reformed orthodoxy. I regard it a great privilege to have taken Muller’s class on Puritanism and Orthodoxy at Calvin Theological Seminary. A particular word of gratitude goes to Dr. Byungho Moon, from whom I inherited a love for Calvinism and ...