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Resource 1.
WESTMINSTER DIVINES
The Westminster Confession of
Faith
"The product of Puritan
conflict," stated Shedd, reaching "a perfection of statement never
elsewhere achieved."
"All that learning the most
profound and extensive, intellect the most acute and searching, and piety the
most sincere and earnest, could accomplish, was thus concentrated in the
Westminster Assembly's Confession of Faith, which may be safely termed the most
perfect statement of Systematic Theology ever framed by the Christian
Church," writes Hetherington in The History of the Westminster Assembly
of Divines (p. 345, emphasis added).
"These are worth an hundred
victories on the battle field. We do not fear to say of them that they are the
finest transfusion into uninspired language of the sublime, awful, blessed
truths of the Word of God which the Church has as yet been honored to make...
Never can the Covenanters be robbed of the immortal honor of having, while at
the summit of their power, published this great principle to the world"
noted J.A. Wylie, in praise of the Westminster Standards (cited in Johnston's Treasury
of the Scottish Covenant, p. 101).
"As truly as in the cases of the Nicene
and Chalcedonian formularies, the Westminster Standards mark an epoch in the
history of human reflection on the truths of the gospel--an epoch in the attainment
and registry of doctrinal truth; and as truly in the one case as in the other
the statements they give of the truths that fall in their sphere are
scientifically final. All attempts at restatement must either repeat their
definitions or fall away from the purity of their conceptions or the justness
of their language." (Benjamin B. Warfield, "The Significance of the
Westminster Standards as a Creed," 1897)
Concerning the Westminster
Shorter Catechism, which is one of the items also included in this book,
Mitchell, in his Westminster Assembly: Its History and Standards, notes:
"...it is a thoroughly Calvinistic and Puritan catechism, the ripest fruit
of the Assembly's thought and experience, maturing and finally fixing the
definitions of theological terms to which Puritanism for half a century had
been leading up and gradually coming closer and closer to in its legion of
catechisms" (p. 431).
Richard Baxter said of Westminster
Shorter Catechism, "It is the best Catechism I ever saw -- a most excellent
sum of the Christian faith and doctrine, and a fit test to try the orthodoxy of
its teachers."
The Westminster Confession of
Faith (WCF) is the greatest of all the creeds of the Christian church.
The church of Christ cannot be creedless and
live. Especially in an age of doubt and confusion, it is her duty to define and
proclaim the one true Reformed faith. Nowhere has the Reformed church done
this so effectively as in the Westminster family of documents.
This book represents Reformed
thinking at its purest and best. It was intended, as part of the covenanted
reformation taking place during its compilation, to be adopted as the binding
confessional standard for every individual, family, school, court, church, and
legislature in the British Isles -- and all the King's dominions (including
Canada, the United States, Australia, etc.). The Westminster standards were
produced in fulfilment of the Solemn League and Covenant, an international
covenant with God and some of the most powerful nations on earth at the time of
its publication. This covenant and these
standards were produced to provide the blueprint for all levels of society to
come into obedience to the Word of God in its fullness. Study the
documents contained in this book carefully and we think that you will see why
this same goal should be covenanted to by all serious minded followers of the
Lord Jesus Christ.
This is the definitive edition of the WCF and
its many related documents. It contains Manton's "Epistle to the
Reader," "The Larger Catechism," "The Shorter
Catechism," "The Sum of Saving Knowledge," "The National
Covenant (1638)," "The Solemn League and Covenant (1643),"
"Acknowledgment of Publick Sins and Breaches of the Covenant (1648),"
"The Directory for the Publick Worship of God (1645)," "The Form
of Presbyterial Church Government (1645)," "The Directory for Family
Worship (1647)," an extensive index and more! "Every effort has been
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note the publishers. An essential book for every Christian home, church, and
state! Next to the Bible itself, no other book
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Resource 2.
CARRUTHERS, S. W.
The Preparation and Printing
of the Westminster Confession of Faith
An account of the preparation and
printing of the WCF's seven leading editions, to which is appended a
critical text of the Confession, with notes thereon. Dedicated to Warfield,
Mitchell and others. 157 pages.
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Resource 3.
WESTMINSTER ASSEMBLY
The Westminster Standards: An
Original Facsimile (on CD-Rom)
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Resource 4.
WESTMINSTER ASSEMBLY OF DIVINES
The Directory For
Family-Worship (1647) and The Directory for the Publick Worship of God (1645)
It doesn't get any better than
this!
These are the documents approved by the General Assembly of the Church of
Scotland in her purest days. Reproduced in large print for easy reading. The
Directory for Family Worship lays out the Biblical path to piety and
uniformity in secret and private (family) worship, for godly edification. The
Directory for Public Worship aimed at fulfilling the Reformation goals of
covenanted uniformity in religion between the churches of Christ in the
kingdoms of Scotland, England and Ireland.
"Behind its production lay
extensive discussion of the proper application of the Puritan regulative
principle reducing elements of acceptable worship to what is prescribed or
necessarily deducible from Scripture alone... It contains perhaps the finest
brief description of expository preaching to be found in the English
language" (Cameron, ed., Dictionary of Scottish Church History, p.
864).
During the days of the second Reformation
Gillespie notes that "(t)he parliament hath also, by their ordinance dated
the 23d of August 1645, imposed the Directory of Worship under certain mulcts
and penalties to be inflicted upon such as do not observe it, or preach or
write against it" ("Miscellany Questions" in Gillespie's
Works,
p. 87). Oh, for the days of comprehensive, full-orbed, God honoring Reformation
like that again! An indispensable document for those who are Presbyterian's.
However, it can also be very helpful to all those who seek to worship the LORD
in spirit and in truth, regardless of denominational affiliation. These two fine historic documents have yet to be
equalled in terms of the intent and purpose for which they were originally
produced.
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Resource 5.
MITCHELL, ALEXANDER F.
Minutes of the Sessions of
the Westminster Assembly of Divines While Engaged in Preparing Their Directory
for Church Government, Confession of Faith, and Catechisms (November 1644 to
March 1649) (1874 edition)
Warfield states, "The
fundamental authority for the study of the work of the Assembly for the period
covered by it is, of course, the volume of its Minutes edited by Drs. A.F.
Mitchell and John Struthers." This work was also called the best book
concerning the Assembly by Gregg Singer. It was compiled from transcripts
originally procured by a committee of the General Assembly of the Church of
Scotland. An invaluable aid for all those who love
creedal Christianity, as it is revealed in the Holy Scriptures. A
very rare resource that should contribute much to the ongoing Reformation.
Indexed, 643 pages.
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Resource 6.
GILLESPIE, GEORGE
Notes of Debates and
Proceedings of the Assembly of Divines and Other Commissioners at Westminster.
February 1664 to 1645 (1846 edition)
"It condenses,
and with considerable skill, the purport of long wordy debates, giving their
very essence in hard criticism on the Scriptures in the original Greek and
Hebrew, as lending support to either side in the controversies about articles
of belief and of Church government" wrote Burton (as cited in
the Treasury of the Scottish Covenant, p. 304 [ http://www.swrb.com/catalog/j.htm ]). Excerpted from
volume two of Gillespie's Works ( http://www.swrb.com/catalog/g.htm ).
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Resource 7. OLIVER
CROMWELL
JUDAS OF THE COVENANT
OLIVER CROMWELL'S ungodly intolerance,
hatred and persecution of Christians, as well as his actions to overthrow the
work of the godly party at the Westminster Assembly, are documented in a free
debate at:
http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/Crom.htm
William Hetherington's History of the Westminster Assembly of Divines (1856, see below) also deals with Cromwell and his wicked deeds to overthrow the Second Reformation. And remember that it was Cromwell's government that had the covenanted English Presbyterian pastor, Christopher Love, executed (cf. A Spectacle Unto God: The Life and Death of Christopher Love