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UNKNOWN
The American Text-Book of
Popery: Being an Authentic Compend of the Bulls, Canons and Decretals of the
Roman Hierarchy (1844)
This
book begins with a cursory overview of historicist eschatology, to place the
information about Romanism in its prophetical context. For modern readers, the discussion of the place of Islam
in this eschatological overview may be of special interest. Some
select quotations from this section, giving the general sense of
interpretation, are as follows:
"The
vision, Revelation 9:1-11; delineates the origin and success of Mohammedanism.
When the trumpet resounded, the Prophet saw a star fall from heaven, which held
the key of the bottomless pit; and having opened it, a dense black smoke
issued, that darkened the sun and the air. That smoke is most properly
interpreted to mean, those confounding and pernicious heresies which obscure
the pure light of divine revelation" (pp. 22-23).
"Locusts
strictly signified the Saracen armies. They originated in the same regions. In
numbers they were almost incalculable, and they spread desolation through all
the Roman empire" (p. 23).
"A
locust lives precisely five months; and for the same prophetical duration, were
those men permitted to torture the nations. Accordingly, from the public
declaration of Mohammed's delusions, 150 years elapsed, before Bagdad, the city
of peace, was erected; then the locusts terminated their conquests, and their
power gradually declined. The crowns denoted their turbans and other badges of
majesty, with the extension of their sway. Their faces exhibited a manly beard,
while their hair was decorated after the fashion of women. Lion teeth
prefigured their enraged force. Iron breast-plates bespoke their energy in
self-defence. Wings lucidly developed the fury of their assaults, and the
rapidity of their victories. Their scorpion-stings diffused the Imposter's
poison, which generated more injury to the souls, than their barbarities
inflicted misery upon the bodies of men. The title of their king was peculiarly
emphatic and applicable; Abaddon, the destroyer -- for they murdered man in his
enjoyments, in his hopes and in his doom" (p. 24).
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the main focus of discussion is, of course, upon the Papal religion, and its
role in history.
The true followers of Jesus Christ, and their witnessing against the Popish
Antichrist, also play an important role in this history:
"The
Apostle depicts the character of those, who in all ages should oppose the Papal
authority and supremacy; and 'follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth.' Three
angels then arise in succession; one flies in the midst of heaven with the
everlasting gospel; the early Waldenses and Albigenses. The second angel
followed, crying, 'Babylon is fallen;' the Bohemians and others, who after the
former witnesses were nearly or totally slain, more plainly and boldly
proclaimed the wrath of God against the persecutors of the saints. The third
angel thundered with increased vehemence, and with augmented wo in his
denunciations; Luther, Zuinglius, Calvin, Cranmer, and Knox, with their
coadjutors and successors, who shall not cease to protest against the
infernally erroneous principles and practices of the Latin hierarchy, until the
last witness is murdered for the sake of Jesus Christ" (p. 40).
A
major feature of historicist eschatology is the 1260 year period of apostasy
that began when the Papacy achieved a place of ecclesiastical and civil
dominance.
Over the years, a number of different dates in the seventh and eighth centuries
have been suggested as the starting point of the 1260 year period. As this book
points out in discussing these suggested dates, "It appears, therefore, to
be a reasonable inference, that the year 606 is the earliest, and the Papal
acquisition of the independent civil power, about 756, the latest date possible,
which can be fixed for the entrance upon the 1260 years" (p. 47). If the 756 date is correct, then the 1260 year period
would end in 2016, ushering in the events predicted to occur at that time.
After
the eschatological overview, the book continues with a chapter describing, from
an historical perspective, the rise of the Papacy with its various attendant
traditions and false doctrines. This section contains valuable and interesting
information. For example, during the ninth century, there was "the unique
fact in the Papal history, the predominance of a woman as Pope; who, under the
name of John VIII., was honored as the Vicar of Christ, about the years 855 and
856. That narrative was neither disputed nor denied until after the
Reformation. A lewd woman was elected Pope; she was delivered of a child in
public, amid one of the idolatrous processions; and she died almost instantly.
Those are facts attested by fifty ancient Papal writers" (p. 94). The end
of this chapter includes a Chronological Table, listing important events in the
rise of the Papacy from 65 A.D. to 1517.
Subsequently,
the power of the Papacy is discussed. It is noted that "Politianus thus
addressed Pope Alexander VI.: 'We rejoice to see you raised above all human
things, and exalted even to Divinity itself, seeing there is nothing except
God, which is not put under you.' The canonists often blasphemously ascribe the
names and attributes of Christ to the Popes" (p. 131). The Papacy also
claims authority over the civil rulers of the earth. The "Popes have
claimed jurisdiction over all countries known and unknown; thus they divided
the East and the West between the Portuguese and the Spaniards" (p.
133).
"All
the commotions and wars of Europe, from the seventh century to the sixteenth,
were either directly instigated or indirectly encouraged by the Italian
Pontiffs. The power of Rome was first evolved amid public calamities; it was
continually strengthened by crime and treachery; and it was finally cemented by
persecution and massacre" (p. 133).
Discussions
of the "damnable heresies" of popery, the "lying wonders and
strong delusion" of popery, and other dreadful aspects of popery,
including the Jesuits follow the historical section. A long section
recounts persecutions and murders undertaken on behalf of various Popes.
Clearly, the Papacy is "drunk with the blood of the saints."
A
section entitled "Decrees and Canons of the Council of Trent" is
included as an appendix, pp. 456-497.
This is a
significant work on the Papacy, its place in Scripture, and its role in
history.
540 pages.
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Antichrist's Armour-Bearer
Disarmed (1733)
Sets forth Christ as King and lawgiver in His church. Though written primarily
as "a short vindication of the sacred grounds of their (i.e. the
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Articles of Military
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Ecclesiastical Fellowship
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communion also militates against both of the following commands: "Now I
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perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment" (1
Cor. 1:10) and "Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause
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Church and State
The strong old views of the second Reformation. Explains the origin of both
church and state while delineating the character of the relationship between
these two institutions. Deals with theocracy, Antichrist, democracy, the beast,
eschatology, etc.. Shows how to determine when a church or state is submitted
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A Letter from a Parochial
Bishop to a Prelatical Gentleman in Scotland, Concerning Church Government
(1714)
Gives "a Historical Account of the ancient Government of the Church, and
Alterations made therein since the Apostles Times, with the Rise and Growth of
Prelacy," "An Account of the Worship of the Ancient Church, and the
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Life of George Wishart: The
Most Distinguished Martyr for the Reformation in Scotland... (1829)
Wishart was a forerunner to the Scottish Reformation. John Knox was once his
body guard, but was dismissed by this martyr as the murdering Papists drew near
to apprehend him (on the orders of Cardinal Beaton). He was later burned as a
heretic. Wishart "translated into English the first Helvetic Confession of
Faith" and "helped popularize the doctrines of the Swiss Reformers in
Scotland." "It was probably through Wishart that Knox acquired his
sense of prophetic vocation" (Dictionary of Scottish Church History, pp.
465, 877). The appendix in this volume deals with the life and execution of
Cardinal Beaton and contains biographical sketches of Gawin Dunbar and Sir
David Lindsay.
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Promiscuous Communion in the
Public Ordinances of Worship
The title continues: "Or, An Answer to the Question, 'Is It Agreeable to
the Word of God, and Consistent with a Faithful Adherence to a Scriptural
Profession, to Hold Ecclesiastical Communion With Such as Openly Oppose Some
Parts of that Profession?" The author notes that "all who are
acquainted with the ancient usages of the church, must know that nothing
similar to the modern system of promiscuous communion prevailed in those
ages." Using both Scripture and examples from faithful witnesses of the
past, the author answers a number of objections to close communion. 16 pages.
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Tales and Sketches of the
Covenanters
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John Knox and George Buchanan... in the church polity of Knox and Andrew
Melville, and in the tradition of Presbyterian opposition to Crown interference
in the Church since the Reformation. Among the more influential Covenanters
were Samuel Rutherford, Alexander Henderson, and George Gillespie," writes
Brown (Cameron, ed., Dictionary of Scottish Church History & Theology, p. 218). 245 pages.
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When Is Civil Government So
Constituted that Christians Can Swear Allegiance To It?
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Commentary on the Heidelberg
Catechism
The Heidelberg Catechism was largely the work of Ursinus; thus it is easy to
see why this commentary is considered the classic work explaining it. This is
the second American edition of 1851, which was translated from the 1616 Latin
edition. 659 pages.
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URSINUS, ZACHARIAS
Oration to the Study of
Divinity, Together With the Manifold Use of Catechism (1633)
Original prefatory material from the 1633
edition of The Summe of Christian Religion... (now known as Ursinus' Commentary on the Heidelberg Catechism) which has been left out of the modern printings of this
work. 18 pages.