Testament and Testator WCF 7.4

This covenant of grace is frequently set forth in scripture by the name of a testament, in reference to the death of Jesus Christ the Testator, and to the everlasting inheritance, with all things belonging to it, therein bequeathed. WCF 7.4

"For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator." - Hebrews 9:16

Resources

Considering Exceptions: Covenant or Testament? by Steve Tipton

The Covenant of Grace by Robert Riccaltoun

Terms for the Covenant by R. C. Sproul

The Division of Redemptive Special Revelation by Geerhardus Vos

Testament or Covenant by Richard Sibbes

Testament, Will, Covenant by Herman Witsius

Of Christ, The Testator Of The Covenant by John Gill

Testator (Forerunner Commentary) 

Testator (Vines Dictionary)

The Blood of the Covenant by Rev. W. Reid Hankins, M.Div.

Why Hebrews 9 Is Referring To A Covenant Not To A Testament by Peter T O'Brian

Commentary on Hebrews Hebrews 9 by A. W Pink

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From John Ball's Treatise of the Covenant of Grace, p. 196:

It is called a Covenant and a Testament. A Covenant in respect of the manner of agreement; a Testament in respect of the manner of confirming. A Covenant in respect of God; a Testament in respect of Christ, who being appointed of the Father Lord and Prince, with full possession of all things necessary to Salvation, died as Testator, and confirmed by his death the testamentary promise before made, of obtaining the eternal inheritance by the remission of sins. John the Baptist by the light of preaching was greater than the Prophets, that had gone before him: but properly he was not a Minister of the new Testament, as it differed from the old: wherefore a middle place is rightly assigned to him, being the forerunner of Christ to prepare the way before him. From the birth of Christ, the things foretold in the old Testament pertaining to the constitution of the new, began to be fulfilled; and that first by his coming in the flesh, afterwards by his administration, and then by his death; by whose death the old Testament was abolished, and the new did succeed in the room thereof.

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Multimedia

Covenant Theology (MP3 Lecture Series by J. Ligon Duncan

Covenant Theology (MP3 Series) by O Palmer Robertson

Of God’s Covenant With Man (Ch.7, Sec.4-5) by Greg Bahnsen

A Gracious Covenant of Grace by Danny Hyde

The God Of Promise: Understanding Covenant in God’s Plan (6 Part Video Series by Derek Thomas

Covenant Theology (Video Lecture Series) by J. V. Fesko

The Covenant of Grace (MP3) The Jerusalem Chamber

Testament and Testator (MP3) The Jerusalem Chamber

The Covenant of Grace (MP3) by Richard Phillips

Marriage & the Covenant of Grace (MP3) by Nick Batzig

The Covenant of Grace (Video) by Lane G Tipton

The Covenant of Grace (Video) by John Gerstner

What is the Covenant of Grace? (YouTube) Jason Van Bemmel

The Covenant of Grace is Commonly Called a Testament (MP3) by Jim Dodson

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eBooks

The Covenant of Grace (eBook) by Charles Hodge

A View of the Covenant of Grace (eBook) by Thomas Boston

Paradise Opened: A Treatise on the Covenants of Grace & Redemption (eBook) by Thomas Brooks

The Covenants of Works and Grace (eBook) by Walter Chantry

The Doctrine of the Two Covenants (eBook) by by Ezekiel Hopkins

Economy of the Covenants Between God and Man (eBook) by Herman Witsius

The True Bounds of Christian Freedom (eBook) by Samuel Bolton

A View of the Covenant of Grace (eBook) by Thomas Boston

Covenant of Grace (eBook) by John Murray

A Treatise on the Covenant of Grace (Archive) by John Ball

 

Books

Covenants Made Simple: Understanding God's Unfolding Promises to His People by Jonty Rhodes

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

Covenant Theology by Peter Golding

Encountering Christ in the Covenants: An Introduction to Covenant Theology 
by Daniel W. McManigal

The Covenant of Grace by Matthew Henry

Introducing Covenant Theology by Michael Horton

Christ of the Covenants by O Palmer Robertson

Sacred Bond: Covenant Theology Explored by Michael Brown and Zachary Keele

 

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