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The Economy of the Covenants Between God and Man

Herman Witsius' Awesome Work on Covenant Theology

What is Covenant Theology Important?

Reformed theology has always understood the biblical doctrine of the covenant to be the theological framework which best unifies Scripture, making it a consistent hermeneutic. In this work, Witsius, presents the reader with a fully biblical and experiential doctrine of the divine covenants; opening up their nature, stipulations, curses, and blessings. Anyone interested in Reformed theology should read this, for it is Reformed theology at its best.

Check here for a summary of the work in short form.

Herman Witsius (1636-1708)

Arguably known for the best work on Covenant Theology in print (at least in the top 5).

Herman Witsius (1636-1708) was Professor of Divinity in the Universities of Franeker, Utrecht, and Leyden. A brilliant and devout student, he was fluent in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew by the age of fifteen, when he entered the University of Utrecht. He was ordained at twenty-one and served in several pastorates, filling both the pulpit and the academic chair over the course of his life.

This, his magnum opus, is a reflection of some of the most fruitful and mature thinking on federal theology during the seventeenth century, and still holds a preeminent place in our own day.

Intro and Chapters:

THE ECONOMY OF THE COVENANTS BETWEEN GOD AND MAN,
COMPREHENDING A COMPLETE BODY OF DIVINITY.

BY HERMAN WITSIUS, D.D.

Professor of Divinity in the Universities of Franker, Utrecht, and Leyden; and also Regent of the Divinity College of the States of Holland and West-Friesland.
FAITHFULLY TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN, AND CAREFULLY REVISED, BY WILLIAM CROOKSHANK, D.D.
A NEW EDITION, WITH THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. & II
LONDON: T. TEGG & SON, CHEAPSIDE;R. GRIFFIN AND CO., GLASGOW; T. T. AND H. TEGG, DUBLIN; ALSO J. AND S. A. TEGG, SYDNEY AND HOBART TOWN.
1837.

Here are some online downloads from Monergism of this work in PDFMOBIEPUB and DOCX.

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