Before we turn from the common grace covenants to the special grace covenantal program that starts with Abram—and as we stand at the figurative hinge of both sets of covenants—it seems opportune to take up the subject of conditionality and unconditionality with respect to all of these covenants, both common grace and special grace. We have already briefly raised the issue when discussing the Adamic covenant (vol. 1, chap. 2), and will raise it again when we discuss