The Covenant of Works (Adamic Covenant):
Westminster Confession:
7:II: The first covenant made with man was a covenant of works,b wherein life was promised to Adam, and in him to his posterity,c upon condition of perfect and personal obedience.d
b Gal. 3:12.
c Rom. 10:5, Rom. 5:12-20.
d Gen. 2:17; Gal. 3:10.
The Covenant of Works Distinguished from the Covenant of Grace:
7:III. Man by his fall having made himself incapable of life by that covenant, the Lord was pleased to make a second,e commonly called the Covenant of Grace: whereby he freely offereth unto sinners life and salvation by Jesus Christ, requiring of them faith in him, that they may be saved;f and promising to give unto all those that are ordained unto life his Holy Spirit, to make them willing and able to believe.g
e Gal. 3:21; Rom. 8:3; Rom. 3:20,21; Gen. 3:15; Isa. 42:6.
f Mark 16:15,16; John 3:16; Rom. 10:6,9; Gal. 3:11.
g Ezek. 36:26,27; John 6:44,45.
7:IV. This covenant of grace is frequently set forth in the scripture by the name of a Testament, in reference to the death of Jesus Christ the testator, and to the everlasting inheritance, with all things belonging to it, therein bequeathed.h
h Heb. 9:15-17; Heb. 7:22; Luke 22:20; 1 Cor. 11:25.
Resources on the CoW: https://heidelblog.net/category/covenant-of-works-2/
Was the Covenant of Works Gracious? https://heidelblog.net/2009/11/was-the-covenant-of-works-gracious/
The Mosaic Covenant (Republication of The Covenant of Works):
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