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这个委员会被要求就以下问题提供建议：摩西之约是否、以及在何种特定意义上，可以被认为是亚当之约 (行为之约) 的重新颁布，并且这种理解是否与我们信仰标准中包含的教义体系相一致。
This committee has been asked to give its advice as to whether and in what particular senses the Mosaic covenant can be considered as a republication of the Adamic covenant in a manner that is consistent with the system of doctrine contained in our standards.

我们在本报告中指出了两种基本的 “重新颁布” 方式：本质性的 和 管理性的。
In this report, we have identified two basic senses of republication: substantial and administrative.

管理性的重新颁布

管理性的重新颁布与我们的标准一致，因为它连贯地坚持摩西之约在本质上是恩典之约。
Administrative republication is consistent with our standards in that it coherently maintains that the Mosaic covenant is in substance a covenant of grace.

管理性重新颁布的例子包括 宣告式的、内容性的、误解式的 重新颁布，以及 对亚当犯罪与被放逐的一种间接的、救赎性的重演 (如我们报告中所述)。
Examples of administrative republication include declarative, material, and misinterpretive republications, as well as an indirect, redemptive reenactment of Adam’s sin and exile (as described in our report).

本质性的重新颁布

与我们信仰标准在神学上不一致的 “本质性的重新颁布” 观点包括：单纯的、从属型的、混合式的，以及对亚当堕落前盟约试炼的一种直接的、非救赎性的重演。
Views of substantial republication which are theologically inconsistent with our standards include: pure and simple republications, subservient republications, mixed republications, and a direct, non-redemptive reenactment of Adam’s pre-fall covenantal probation.

• Pure and simple republication：认为摩西之约在本质上就是行为之约的再设立，没有任何恩典元素。
• Subservient republication：承接17世纪一些清教徒（如 John Cameron）的观点，认为摩西之约是一个独立于恩典之约的约，以顺服换属地祝福，作为对恩典之约的辅助；这种结构把律法当作得福的功德条件。
• Mixed republication：将摩西之约视为部分是恩典、部分是行为的混合体，这违反了改革宗关于圣约“单一本质”的理解。
• A direct, non-redemptive reenactment of Adam’s pre-fall covenantal probation：将摩西之约理解为一种直接、不带救赎性的亚当试炼的重演，把以色列的地位视为再次面对行为试炼的机会，且没有指向基督的预表性。

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此外，我们的信仰标准肯定：基督这位神人、并中保的功德，在于祂完美的、个人的、相称的、有益的、且白白的顺服。
Furthermore, our standards affirm that the merit of Christ, the God-man and mediator, consists in his perfect, personal, proportional, profitable, and free obedience.

基督以被拣选之人的代表元首的身份，献上祂的盟约顺服与受苦。
Christ offers his covenant-obedience and sufferings as the representative head of the elect.

祂因此满足了原始行为之约的要求，并除去了其刑罚。
He thereby fulfills the requirements and removes the penalty of the original covenant of works.

正因为堕落之人无法履行这些条件，所以他就 (严格来说) 无法从神那里获得任何形式的奖赏。
Precisely because fallen man cannot fulfill these conditions, he is unable (properly speaking) to merit a reward from God of any kind.

虽然我们的报告中还探讨了与 “重新颁布” 问题相关的其他重要议题，但以上这些点构成了本委员会对总会所提出基本问题的回应。
Although there are other important issues related to the question of republication addressed in our report, these points comprise the committee’s answer to the basic question posed to us by the general assembly.