The Covenant of Works
The covenant of works is the Reformed teaching that before the fall God promised Adam and his descendants eternal life for perfect obedience; Scripture plainly teaches Adam's probation and headship, but it never calls Eden a covenant, so we hold those truths without the inferred covenant.
The lesson walks through the topic one card at a time. The full study is the complete written article, with its sources.
What the Westminster Confession means by the covenant of works, and why covenant theologians value it
How covenant theologians use Genesis 2, Hosea 6:7, Romans 5, and Galatians 3
What Scripture plainly teaches about Adam's probation, his headship, and Christ the last Adam
Why we hold those truths without an inferred covenant, and how we understand Adam's sin to reach us