In the argumentation that follows, there is not much divergence from the standard non-jurant reasoning; if the persuasiveness of Erskine's presentation merited specific publication, the general lines of his argument most certainly did not. However, within this broad conformity to a standard non-jurant position, one detects the early formation of what later would become a robust modified Covenantalism.

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