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I can only wonder whether God on some occasions has ordained reprobation to covenant children by the means of also ordaining that they not be treated as Christ’s lambs by their parents from birth.

Reprobation to covenant children!?! But I thought covenant children were presumed to be elect, if not regenerate. So now we have two classes within covenant children; those that are elect and those that are reprobate.

Sounds to me as though you are affirming Pilgrim's statement:

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With Susan, I only know of two distinct categories of people who stand before God. There are those who are dead in trespasses in sins, having been born with a corruption of nature and have Adam's guilt imputed to them. And, there are those who have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit, united to Christ by faith and have been justified by the imputed righteousness of Christ.


Same two categories. Same two outcomes.

Trust the past to God's mercy, the present to God's love and the future to God's providence." - St. Augustine
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