The Second London Baptist Confession of Faith Paragraph 7.1

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The distance between God and the creature is so great, that although reasonable creatures do owe obedience to Him as their creator, yet they could never have attained the reward of life but by some voluntary condescension on God's part, which He hath been pleased to express by way of covenant.⁠¹⁠

expand_more [1] Luke 17:10; Job 35:7–8

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How does God voluntarily condescend to give reward of life to man?

Through silence

Through creaturely obedience

By means of catechism

By means of covenant

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