The Distinctiveness of Baptist Covenant Theology: A Comparison Between Seventeenth-Century Particular Baptist and Paedobaptist Federalism

by Pascal Denault

Thus, the Baptists could state that the old covenant did not give salvation, all the while affirming that salvation was given under the old covenant. This understanding can be summarized in this way: salvation was given under the old covenant, but not by virtue of the old covenant; during the time period of the old covenant, but not by the old covenant.