Bavinck on the covenant of grace

Grace is something other and higher than nature, but it nevertheless joins up with nature, does not destroy it but restores it rather. Grace is not a legacy which is transferred by natural birth, but it does flow on in the river-bed which has been dug out in the natural relationships of the human race. The covenant of grace does not ramble about at random, but perpetuates itself, historically and organically, in families, generations, nations.

Herman Bavinck, Our Reasonable Faith

I need to read this guy for myself one of these days! So many books, so little time...


HT: The Reformed Reader