church-covenant

Updated: July 6, 2026

"David describes a familiar friend, in whom he trusted, to be one, that did eat of his bread." And the apostle Paul, when he would have a scandalous brother denied all fellowship in church-covenant, he charges it thus, "With such a one, no not to eat." Hence it was a custom upon the making up of covenants, for the parties covenanting, soberly to feast together.

- The Covenants And The Covenanters: Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation