(see Hodge, Systematic Theology, 1:316). There is a sense in which the covenant of works faces the same problem. It implies that sinners at one time could merit salvation by their works. While there are passages that may be interpreted to suggest the possibility of salvation by works (e.g., Lk. 10:28; Rom. 2:6; Jas. 2:14–26), it is clearly taught in Scripture that salvation is by faith alone. Therefore, later dispensationalists have rejected the inference of Scofield and insist that the various arrangements