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

by Pascal Denault

for the Baptists there was only one way to enter into the covenant of grace: through faith. This notion went along with their vision of the covenant of grace: revealed progressively before being concluded. Because they saw the covenant of grace as a promise (Eph. 2:12) announced then accomplished, the Baptists believed faith was the only way to receive a promise.