“1. God was not obligated to create humanity in the first place. 2. God was not bound to enter into covenant with humanity. 3. The covenant (of works) was necessary, a reality flowing from the nature of God.38 4. The reward is always of God’s goodness, and the language of merit, in the sense of earning/deserving the reward, is held to be inappropriate. 5. God gave sufficient grace to Adam for him to keep the covenant if Adam willed so.”