Covenant of Works
God introduced a covenant with Adam because he did not want people to stay in the same condition in which they were created; he desired that they reach a higher and unalterable state of consummation. The covenant of works provided the means and direction for how Adam could bring the human race to that higher condition.
Harrison Perkins, Catholicity and the Covenant of Works (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2020), 62