It can be said that the entire Reformation developed within the Augustinian framework of the relation of human nature and divine grace. Luther emerged from the Augustinian tradition, but Calvin was Augustine’s most ardent, though not uncritical, follower.

Andrew A. Woolsey, Unity and Continuity in Covenantal Thought: A Study in the Reformed Tradition to the Westminster Assembly, 234.

A vast amount of literature is available on the Scottish Covenanters, including many original papers and sermons. A lot of hagiographical material, based mainly on anecdotal evidence for popular consumption, was produced by later generations, but from the more serious writings the following is offered as a guide: J. Beveridge, The Covenanters (London, n.d.); P. Walker, Biographia Presbyteriana (Edinburgh, 1827); Six Saints of the Covenant, 2 vols. (London, 1901); J. Aikman, Annals of the Persecution in Scotland, from the Restoration to the Revolution (Edinburgh, 1842); The Presbyterian’s Armoury (Edinburgh, 1846); J. Dodds, The Scottish Covenanters (Edinburgh, 1860); J. C. Johnston, A Treasury of the Scottish Covenant (Edinburgh, 1887); The Covenants and the Covenanters, ed. J. Kerr (Edinburgh, 1895); J. K. Hewison, The Covenanters, 2 vols. (Glasgow, 1908); A. Smellie, Men of the Covenant (London, 1908); J. Lumsden, The Covenants of Scotland (Paisley, 1914); A. S. Morton, Galloway and the Covenanters (Paisley, 1914); H. MacPherson, The Covenanters Under Persecution (Edinburgh, 1923); W. Syme, The Covenanters, 2 vols. (Philadelphia, n.d.); J. G. Vos, The Scottish Covenanters: Their Origins, History, and Distinctive Doctrines (Pittsburgh, 1940); H. Watt, Recalling the Scottish Covenants (Edinburgh, 1946); J. Barr, The Scottish Covenanters (Glasgow, 1947); J. D. Douglas, “The Scottish Covenanters 1638-1683: A Study in the Political Implications of their Theological Literature” (PhD diss., Hartford Seminary Foundation, 1955); I. B. Cowan, The Scottish Covenanters 1660–88(London, 1976).

Andrew A. Woolsey, Unity and Continuity in Covenantal Thought: A Study in the Reformed Tradition to the Westminster Assembly, 139.