Includes bibliographical references (pages [157]-167).

Introduction: Hypothesis -- Methodology and original sources: Confessions of faith and catechisms -- Paedobaptist and Baptist theologians -- John Owen the Baptist -- Brief historical overview of covenant theology -- The covenant of works: Description and function of the covenant of works -- The relationship between the covenant of works and the old covenant -- The covenant of grace: The covenant of grace in the seventeenth century: Socinianism and the covenant of grace -- The covenant of grace as seen by the paedobaptists: One covenant under two administrations: A fundamental distinction between the substance and the administration -- From the "one covenant under two administrations" model to the principle of succession -- One covenant under two administrations: A generalized model -- The covenant of grace as seen by Baptists: A covenant revealed progressively and formally concluded: Unity above all -- Rejection of the Presbyterian model -- The affirmation of the Baptist model: The covenant of grace revealed progressively -- The covenant of grace fully revealed in the new covenant -- The covenant of grace and the old covenant -- Summary -- A few comparisons between these two models: The hermeneutical comparisons -- The theological comparisons: The way to enter into the covenant of grace -- The range and effectiveness of grace in the covenant of grace -- The unconditional nature of the covenant of grace -- Conclusion -- The old covenant: What does the expresion "old covenant" mean?: The cumulative aspect of the old covenant -- A difficulty for paedobaptists: Solution1: The Mosaic covenant was unconditional -- Solution 2: The Mosaic covenant was distinct from the covenant of grace adn concluded in Abraham -- The Abrahamic covenant: The duality of the Abrahamic covenant: Two posterities and two covenants in Abraham -- The intertwining of the two posterities under the old covenant -- The Mosaic covenant: The goal of the old covenant -- The nature of the old covenant -- Conclusion and summary -- The new covenant: The newness of the new covenant: The unconditional nature of the new covenant -- The substance of the new covenant -- Conclusion.