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From Faith to Faith: John Wesley’s Covenant Theology and the Way of Salvation is unavailable, but you can change that!

Covenant theology and John Wesley’s theology sounds dissonant. What would an evangelical Arminian have to do with a theological framework that historically belongs to a Reformed understanding of salvation? How could this possibly square with his ongoing controversy with the Calvinism of his day? On the basis of compelling evidence from his sermons and correspondence, this investigation dares to...

But what differentiates Wesley’s covenant theology from that of the Puritan divines is what he views as the distinguishing feature of the covenant of works. Ames, like Perkins before him, presents the moral law itself as the primary distinguishing feature of the covenant of works. Thus, the moral law and the covenant of works become functionally synonymous on the basis of the requirement common to both: the demand of perfect obedience. Consequently, with this requirement remaining in force even after
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