Cocceius, Calvin & Robertson

The Doctrine of the Covenant and Testament of God by Johannes Cocceius

Johannes Cocceius (1603-1669) was prominent Bible scholar who taught at the universities of Bremen, Franeker, and Leiden. As a gifted linguist, he produced a Hebrew lexicon, commentary related to every book of the Bible, and several theological treatises.

Cocceius's contributions to covenant theology simultaneously sparked theological controversies and further fruitful dialogue for understanding the progressive nature of salvation history. The Doctrine of the Covenant and Testament of God describes the entire biblical history as a series of events by which an original covenant of works is gradually annulled, bringing new phases in the history of the covenant of grace. He shows that God's standard way of relating to mankind is through covenant, which, at its heart, is friendship with God.

Casey Carmichael's translation of Cocceius's book is monumental, providing the first English edition of a work that helped shape Reformed theology for centuries. Historical theologians have long noted Cocceius's work as a crucial text in the development of federal theology, and now this translation will open access to a wider range of readers and is sure to spur further interest and research in Reformed expositions of covenantal thought. The introduction by Willem J. van Asselt, the world's leading scholar on Coccieus's life and theology, provides the historical context for understanding the importance of the book and a summary of the significant contributions it made to Reformed theology.

Table of Contents:
Introduction by Willem J. van Asselt
1. The Covenant of God in General
2. The Covenant of Works
3. The First Abrogation of the Covenant of Works by Sin
4. The Second Abrogation of the Covenant of Works by the Covenant of Grace
5. A Fuller Explanation of What Was Set Out in Advance
6. The Application of the Testament and also the Sanction and Confirmation of the Covenant of Grace
7. The Ability to Receive in the Covenant of Grace and Its Inducement
8. The Constancy of the Covenant of Grace
9. The End of the Covenant of Grace
10. The Third Abrogation of the Covenant of Works by the Promulgation of the New Testament in the Type of the Old Economy
11. The Differences between the Former Period and the Later in the Economy of the Covenant of Grace
12. The Benefits of the New Testament
13. The Sacraments of the New Testament
14. The Office of Bishop under the New Testament and the Government of the Church
15. The Fourth Abrogation of the Covenant of Works by Death of the Body
16. The Fifth Abrogation of the Covenant of Works by the Resurrection of the Body

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Christ of the Consummation by O. Palmer Robertson

Noted theologian O. Palmer Robertson’s three-volume The Christ of the Consummation explores progressive revelation across the redemptive history of the New Testament. The first volume, The Testimony of the Four Gospels, emphasizes the eyewitness character of the four men who attest to the supernatural in-breaking of the Christ. In the rich tapestry of the Gospels, we see Christ overcome the powers of Satan, gradually unveil his identity by words and works, call and commission disciples, die on the cross, be raised, and ascend to heaven. By each witnessing distinctive aspects of the coming of the King and the establishment of his kingdom, the gospel writers boldly describe a new phase in redemptive revelation.

At the moment when Jesus entered the realm of redemptive history, God’s people and the hurting world needed no further promises or prophecies. The one thing they lacked was fulfillment—they needed the promised Messiah and his consummate kingdom to come.

Introduction
Preliminary Revelations
The Self-Testimony of Jesus
Jesus: His Life and Ministry
The Progressive Revelation of the Kingdom of God in the Gospels
Jesus: His Death, Burial, Resurrection, and Ascension
The Gospel Theologians

The Synoptic Gospels
The Synoptic Gospels in Their United Witness
The Gospel of Mark: Its Distinctive Witness
The Gospel of Matthew: Its Distinctive Witness
The Gospel of Luke: Its Distinctive Witness
The Gospel of John: Its Distinctive Witness
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index of Scripture

 

A Commentary on Daniel by John Calvin

In his Introduction Dr. Wilbur Smith writes: ‘In a day like this in which we are living, when the governments of the world are breaking up, in a day when a vast part of the earth is controlled by a merciless dictatorship, when multitudes of Christians have already known persecution, and many more will before this age ends, there is hardly any book in the Old Testament we could read with more profit than the book of Daniel and scarcely a commentary on any portion of the Old Testament quite so profitable as Calvin’s two volumes on Daniel.

I suppose nothing on the prayer of Daniel, occupying most of the ninth chapter of his prophecy, has ever been written so rich and deep and comprehensive as the 17,000 words which Calvin devotes to the sixteen verses of this marvelous outpouring of the heart of the ancient prophet.