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BAILLIE, ROBERT
Anabaptism, The True Fountain
of Independency, Antinomy, Brownisme, Familisme, and the Most of the Other
Errors, Which for the Time Do Trouble the Church of England, Unsealed (1647)
The title continues: "Also the Questions of Paedobaptisme and Dipping Handled
from Scripture. In a Second Part of the Dissuasive from the Errors of the Time."
Shows the origin, progress and changing character of the Anabaptist's heresies
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Anabaptist (Baptist) objections on this point. A staggering array of
"testimonies" (i.e. quotations) are marshalled by Baillie -- both in
refuting and setting forth the pernicious Anabaptist teachings. Baillie was one of the Scottish Commissioners sent to
the Westminster Assembly. His international perspective and insight
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his day) makes for an interesting backdrop to this title -- not often
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Baillie's Review of
Bramhall's Seditious Pamphlet Entitled Fair Warning Against the Scot's
Discipline... Also the Holy League and Covenant of these Three Nations
Justified and Maintained (1649)
Baillie was "an erudite scholar who had mastered thirteen languages,
including Chaldee and Ethiopic" (Cameron, ed., Dictionary of Scottish
Church History and Theology,
p. 51) . Shortly after the publication of this title he was deceived by the
errors of the Resolutioners (a covenant-breaking faction of Presbyterians in
his day); and seeing the failure of his policies, "he died (it was said)
of a broken heart" (Ibid.). Baillie here refutes the pretended bishop of
London-Derry dealing with many questions of contemporary interest. The
"Holy League and Covenant of these Three Nations" named in the title
is referring to the Solemn League and Covenant (a international bond between
England, Ireland, Scotland, and "all his Majesties dominions" and
God) -- which has always
been a favorite target of backsliders, malignants, Papists, Prelates,
schismatics and other scandal-mongers. 91 pages, very rare.
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BAILLIE, ROBERT
The Canterburians
Self-Conviction: or an evident demonstration of the avowed Arminianisme,
Poperie, and tyrannie of that faction, by their owne confessions; With a
postscript for the Personat Jesuite Lysimachus Nicanor, a prime Canterburian. (1641)
Baillie was one of the Scottish commissioners
to the Westminster Assembly. An exceedingly rare item, this book was written as the storms of the religious wars between
the Puritans and the Prelates were beginning to blow. These were
days when nations adopted overtly religious presuppositions and books such as
this became international defences of gospel principles against the
ecclesiastical (and political) forces of Antichrist -- and his generation of
vipers. After rehearsing some of the major incidents of Prelatical persecution
against the saints of the most high God, and calling to the English for support
of the Covenanted cause of Christ, Baillie gives this stirring summary of his
motives in writing this book, "behold I here first upon all hazard do
break my pitcher, do hold out my Lamp, and blow my trumpet before the
Commissioners of the whole Kingdom, offering to
convince that prevalent faction by their own mouth, of Arminianism, Popery, and
Tyranny." These were brave and
zealous words, for in that day such speech could eventuate in your death.
This is not only a historically relevant item, but also a fine defense against
the prevailing heresies of the flesh (heresy being a work of the flesh, cf. Gal
5:19-20). The two predominant heresies addressed by
Baillie in this book still cover much of the professing Christian world today;
these being: (1.) false, man-centered views of salvation (Arminianism and
Pelagianism) and (2.) false man-centered views of worship (Liturgical
innovationism: either high church or Charismatic). "Baillie
fought hard against Arminianism" noted Johnston (The Treasury of the
Scottish Covenant,
p. 310); making this book especially valuable for today! This is the third
edition of 128 pages, plus a 28 page postscript.
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BAILLIE, ROBERT
A Dissuasive from the Errors
of the Time: Wherein the Tenets of the principal Sects, especially of the
Independents, are drawn together in one Map, for the most part, in the words of
their own Authors, and their main principles are examined by the Touchstone of
the Holy Scriptures (1645)
Chapter titles include: The origin and progress
of the Brownists; The doctrine of the Brownists; The
origin and progress of the Independents, and of their carriage in New England;
The carriage of the Independents in Holland; The carriage of the Independents
at London; An enumeration of the common tenets of the Independents;
It is unjust scrupulosity to require satisfaction of the true grace of every
Church member; Concerning the right of prophesying; Whether the power of
ecclesiastical jurisdiction belongs to the people, or to the Presbytery?; Independency is contrary to God's Word; The
thousand years of Christ, his visible reign upon Earth, is against Scripture (contra Premillennialism--RB). 274 pages.
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An Historical Vindication of
the Government of the Church of Scotland (1646)
The title continues: "From the manifold base calumnies which the most
Malignant of the Prelates did invent of old, and now lately have been published
with great industry in two Pamphlets at London." A defense of
Presbyterianism.149 pages.
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BAILLIE, ROBERT
Letters and Journals of
Robert Baillie (3 volumes, 1841 edition)
David Laing, ed. (three large volumes, 1841
ed.). Baillie was one of the Scottish delegates to the
Westminster Assembly and these volumes cover the period from 1637 to 1662 --
some of the most momentous days in the history of the Reformed faith. These letters contain an intimate
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writing of the greatest religious Confession ever given to men, the Westminster
Confession of Faith
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Treasury of the Scottish Covenant, p. 312). Cunningham is also cited by Johnston
regarding this work, "His Letter and Journals furnish us with some
pictures, as lifelike as photographs, of the principal actors then on the stage
of affairs, and not unfrequently gives us a peep of what was passing behind the
scenes. It is the book of all others to be read
by those who would understand the period of the Covenant."
About 1700 pages.
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the memoir of the life and writings of Robert Baillie. Of special note are
pages 525-557, which contain "Notices Regarding the Metrical Version of
the Psalms Received By the Church of Scotland," where
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Satan the Leader in chief to
all who resist the Reparation of Sion (1643)
In this "sermon to the Honourable House of Commons, at their late solemn
Fast, Febr. 28, 1643," Baillie promotes the idea that the church must be
reformed before the state. At one point he comments, "The ordering of the
State and Kingdom, how necessary soever, ought not to precede the settling of
the Church. In this, the interest of God, in that, the interest of man is
chiefest: If any could be so impious as to avow their postponing of God to the
world, yet they would do well to be so wise as not to marre their own ends, by
the mis-order of the proceedings. Except the Lord build the house of a Kingdom,
the industry of the wisest men is for little purpose. And how shall the Lord
concurre with men in building their state, when men are so careless of his
Honour and Service, as not to build his Church? Nehemiah laid not a stone in
the wall of the City, until Zerubbabel had set the Cap-stone on the wall of the
temple." 62 pages.
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The Unlawfulness and Danger of
Limited Prelacy, or Perpetual Presidency in the Church, Briefly Discovered
(1641)
"Written during the pamphlet war in support of Henderson's (covenanted
Presbyterian--RB) position and views (against Prelacy--RB)," notes
Johnston (Treasury of the Scottish Covenant, p. 311). 21 pages.
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BAIRD, HENRY
History of the Rise of the
Huguenots of France (2 volumes, 1886, 1895)
Volume
one
covers the period from the beginning of the French Reformation to the Edict of
January, 1562. Volume two takes in the
period from the battle of Coutras to the death of Henry the Fourth (1610). The
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properly be regarded as the formative age of the Huguenots in France. It included the first planting of the reformed doctrines,
and the steady growth of the Reformation in spite of obloquy and persecution,
whether exercised under the forms of law or vented in lawless violence. It was
the gathering and the regular organization of the reformed communities, as well
as their consolidation into one of the most orderly and zealous churches of the
Protestant family.
The
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Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the
First Psalm; The Penitential Psalms; and Seven Consolatory Psalms
Highly praised by Charles Spurgeon.
The Establishment Principle
Defended (1873)
"The principle of Church Establishments, properly understood... is just
the principle of national religion. It has many ramifications all springing
from an acknowledgement of the universal supremacy of Christ, and bearing upon
the duty of nations and their rulers to promote the advancement of true religion,
and the prosperity of Christ's cause and kingdom. It is connected with the
protection of the Sabbath... (it) assumes that nations are moral and
responsible creatures, accountable to God in their corporate capacity, and the
proper subjects of rewards and punishments. It implies that wherever God's Word
exists, its existence and influence ought to be nationally acknowledged as the
only supreme authority and the fountain of law... All this is very powerfully
expounded and enforced in this volume" (James Begg from the Preface). In
short, this book shows how civil powers are to acknowledge Christ as King, and
to civilly sanction all those who publicly promote Satan's kingdom (whether by
cries of equality, neutrality, or toleration of lies, deception, heresy or
idolatry).
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BANNERMAN, DOUGLAS
Difficulties About Baptism (1898)
In this book
(of 86 pages) Bannerman deals with the nature of the
difficulties raised by questions arising from the Baptist view of baptism, in
the context of the Christian church generally, both Scripturally and
historically. He writes,
'Baptism,'
as has been well said by R. W. Dale of Birmingham, 'is a glorious Gospel in an
impressive rite.' In this little hand-book I have sought chiefly to meet
difficulties which young men and women may not unnaturally feel about this
ordinance, and to show on what broad and strong
foundations the common view and practice of Reformed Christendom really rest,
as regards both the mode and the subjects of Baptism.
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Bannerman's though and writing, one interesting answer to a oft asked question
from Baptists follows,
It
is objected. 'Belief should always go before Baptism. Does not the Evangelist
Mark say: 'He that believeth, and is baptized, shall be saved.'? (Mark xvi.
16.) Infants cannot believe; therefore they ought not to be baptized. Well,
that half text, so often quoted, really proves nothing whatever against Infant
Baptism. Take the text as it stands, only take the whole of it, and take the
context with it; and the meaning is perfectly plain. It refers to the Gospel
being preached 'in all the world,' the great heathen world beyond the bounds of
Israel. It is to be preached and heard under solemn sanctions. It carries with
it 'a savour of life and of death.' Everywhere it calls for faith, and
confession of faith before men. 'He that believeth and is baptized shall be
saved; but he that believeth not shall be condemned.' The promise and the
warning apply only to the case under consideration. You can no more rightly
infer from these words, it is purely a matter of inference at the most, that
the infants of believers should not be baptized, than that they cannot be saved,
because they cannot believe. Yet 'He that believeth not shall be condemned.'
You might just as well argue from the Apostle's rule: 'He that will not work
neither let him eat,' that because infants do not work they should get nothing
to eat. In both cases, the words apply to those only in reference to whom they
are spoken. And the historical situation makes it perfectly clear how the first
disciples would understand Christ's command about 'discipling the nations.' If
we are asked: 'Why baptize unconscious babes?' our answer is: Because it is in
accordance with Scripture principle, and Scripture precedent in the Church of
God from the days of Abraham to the days of Christ. If
unconscious babes were circumcised, as we know, according to the will of God,
on the ground of their parents' faith, why should they not be baptized on the
ground of their parents' faith? 'If ye be Christ's, then are ye
Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.' 'For to you is the
promise,' Peter said, speaking to devout Jews and Gentile proselytes, 'and to
your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God
shall call unto Him.' (Gal. iii.29) The Saviour 'called the babes unto Him, and
took them up in His arms and blessed them,' when brought to Him in the arms of
believing mothers. 'He was much displeased' with the disciples, who, with the
best intentions, would have forbidden them to be brought for the blessing,
because they were but unconscious babes, who could neither understand nor
believe. Is there no danger of a like mistake being made in our time by those
who, with the best of motives, would act in a similar way?'
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The Scripture Doctrine Of The
Church Historically and Exegetically Considered (1887)
A systematic presentation, of over 600 pages, explaining Presbyterian church
principles from Scripture. Considered a classic, it likely ranks somewhere
behind this author's father's two-volume set The Church of Christ (by James
Bannerman) -- whom he quotes freely throughout. In our day, this book is being
used in the courses of late Dr. Greg Bahnsen in what is now the Bahnsen Study
Center. Out of print for some time now, we are happy to once again make it
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BANNERMAN, JAMES
Church of Christ: A Treatise
on the Nature, Powers, Ordinances, Discipline, and Government of the Christian
Church (1869)
Two large
volumes. A classic on the Church and worship!
This is one of the most extensive studies of its
kind ever compiled. Nothing compares to it on this subject.
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ordinances, the instrumentality and time of public worship -- with a discussion
of holy days, Independency, and confessions). Volume
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on the sacraments, covering the parties in whom the right to exercise church
power is vested, examining crucial points concerning Christian liberty, comparing the Popish, Prelatic, Independent,
Congregational and Presbyterian systems, etc. Nine appendices deal with a wide range of
practical topics including union between churches, church/state relations,
ordination, and valuable notes on the literature related to this subject. If you are interested
in Church issues, it is not likely that you will find a better set.
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BANNERMAN, JAMES
Inspiration: The Infallible
Truth and Divine Authority of the Holy Scriptures (1865)
The following
treatise is,
an
attempt to vindicate the ancient and catholic
(universal--RB) faith of the Church of Christ on the subject... The
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revelation from Heaven, is so vitally connected
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History of Opinion on Inspiration.
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State of the Question -- Inspiration.
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Kind of Evidence Proper to Inspiration.
8.
Proof of Inspiration -- Old Testament.
9.
Proof of Inspiration -- New Testament.
10.
The Divine and Human in Scripture.
11.
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12.
Critical Objections to Inspiration (1).
13.
Critical Objections to Inspiration (2).
14.
Inspiration and Interpretation of Scripture.
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The Independent System of
Church Polity as Opposed to the Presbyterian
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Taken from The Church of Christ.
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Notes, Explanatory and
Practical, on the Book of Revelation (1872)
Having gone into the writing of this commentary with no preconceived notions,
Barnes notes how he was surprised "to find how nearly (his) views coincide
with those taken by the great body of Protestant interpreters." He further
notes that "perhaps this fact may be regarded as furnishing some evidence
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Revelation. 506 pages.
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The Classical Protestant
Doctrine of the Church
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Covenanted Reformation Defended
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church. Numerous citations are included, from many Reformation leaders and the
confessional statements of the best Reformed churches. Without the distinctions
made here you are likely to misunderstand not only the Reformation view of the
church, but also related questions (like why the Reformers accepted Roman
Catholic baptism [it was the Anabaptists that rejected the baptism of Rome,
because of errors related to these very questions]). Furthermore, as Barrow
points out, the Reformed distinction regarding the "being" and the
"well being" of the church is absolutely indispensable. Without an
understanding of this crucial Scriptural distinction concerning the church you
will not be able to fully understand the best Reformers on any issues about or
related to the church.
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The Covenanted Reformation
Defended (1998)
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from numerous original source documents (from the Westminster Assembly's advice to the English
Parliament on the Lord's Supper to the official records of Calvin's Covenanting
in Geneva).
Comprehensive and compelling, this is a shocking
(and sometimes advanced) look at what really
took place during both the first and second Reformations -- with
extensive quotations from the writings of the major Reformers (not just quotes
from what others have written about them). It conclusively and irrefutably
demonstrates that those churches which today call themselves Presbyterian (and
even many which claim a more general Reformed heritage) have seriously departed
from the Scriptural standards, principles and worship of these previous
Spirit-led Reformations.
The Covenanted Reformation
Defended is written in an easy-to-read and easy-to-understand format and
is an unsurpassed work that should not be missed by anyone interested in real
Reformation in our day. This is without a doubt the
best book to read if you want to understand what it means to be a Covenanter
and to walk in the blood-stained footsteps of the witnessing church (Christ's
Covenanted and Reformed flock) (Song
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Corinthians 2:15
The classic Reformation position on biblical
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Antichrist (the Papacy) and wayward liberal Protestants. This is appendix G
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Defection from Reformation teaching on
separation, unity, church membership, church government, terms of communion,
creeds, confessions, covenants, etc., exposed (in modern Presbyterian and
Reformed churches) and corrected in accordance with Scripture and the best
teachers and preachers of the (first and second) Protestant Reformations. This
is chapter four from the book The Covenanted
Reformation Defended: "Misrepresentation
#4: The Puritan Reformed Church of Edmonton (PRCE) is
guilty of imposing the traditions of men upon the conscience by requiring terms
of communion that are unscriptural."
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Covenanted Uniformity: The
Protestant Remedy for Disunity
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of Scotland and the Solemn League and Covenant of England, Scotland and Ireland
bind us today, and how the renewal of these will heal the deplorable disunity
of the Church. "Cardinal doctrines of
Protestantism" (to borrow the words of Charles Hodge) such as the doctrine
of churches and nations being "moral persons" are clearly explained,
and the separationist "deep pit of covenant breaking" into which the
modern Church has fallen is laid open and a helping hand extended. A
must for those wishing to understand the biblical doctrine of covenanting, and the
principles and practice of our Protestant forefathers!
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BARROW, GREG
and LARRY BIRGER
Reformation Principles
Re-Exhibited: An Historical Witness and Brotherly Entreaty.
Summary and Analysis of
Changes within Terms of Communion of the Reformed Presbyterian Churches of
Scotland and America from 1761 to the Present, and a Particular Analysis and
Testimony Against the Present Day RPCNA. (August 5, 2002)
In
a day of spiritual confusion and complacency, what could be more welcome than a
clarion call to godly faithfulness and a clear testimony for the truth? Among the Reformed
Presbyterian community, the appearance of this new book by Elder Greg Barrow
and Dr. Larry Birger, Jr. should be like a magnificent flare lighting up a
pitch-black night sky. The terrain that is revealed by the light might not be
pretty, but the soldiers of God's Army can easily identify enemy positions and
avoid them. Some may actually discover that they are surrounded by deserters
and need to get back to the position marked out by the Lord.
One
can tell much about a church from its terms of communion, and Barrow and Birger
are able to trace the progressive defection of the Reformed Presbyterian Church
of North America (RPCNA) by analysing the changes in that denomination's terms
of communion.
Terms of communion are the formal basis for admitting people to the Lord's
Table. The RPCNA began as a Covenanter church, but later turned away from the
Covenants (National and Solemn League) and defected from the Covenanter
testimony. This is demonstrated in the evolution of
its terms of communion, from clear, faithful terms, to loose and general ones.
The
Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland (RPCS), like the RPCNA, defected from
faithful terms of communion. It did this largely to make communicant
membership easier for new members. "Rather than patiently teaching the
people, and bringing them up to 'own' and 'acknowledge' the testimony of the
past contendings of faithful witnesses (as Scripture commands), they opted to
'dumb down' their constitutional standards which were originally designed to
protect the unwitting, ignorant, and the scandalous from partaking of the
Lord's Supper. In so doing they declined from a more pointed testimony unto one
which is more evasive, loose and general" (p. 15). This is a
significant issue raised by Barrow and Birger: over time, doctrinal standards
and terms of communion should become clearer and more precise. If the reverse is happening, that is undeniable evidence that
a church is backsliding and progressively abandoning the Biblical attainments
of previous generations.
The defection
of these churches has included a growing doctrinal latitudinarianism. This
leads to an important question: "How can a
group of people who obviously incorporate, inculcate, and tolerate serious
differences amongst themselves regarding the doctrine contained in the
Westminster Confession of Faith, come to the Lord's Table professing themselves
to be in agreement, and of one mind, before our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
without overtly and highhandedly violating the precepts of the ninth
commandment?" (p. 28).
Barrow
and Birger conclude that the "RPCNA must be accounted guilty of extreme
spiritual adultery, and must be testified against" (p. 49).
This is an
important document for those who would avoid the doctrinal declension of our
day.
49 pages.
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Apostolic Presbyterianism
Shows from Scripture how the
Apostles practiced the divine right of Presbyterianism.
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Birth Control, Christian
Education and the Victory of Christ's Kingdom
In two parts: 1. "Godless Public Education and Sin" and 2. "Why
Satan Loves Birth Control." The first section shows from Scripture how it
is a mark of apostasy to send young children, especially during their formative
years, to schools that do not make Christ the Lord of education. It also
encourages family worship and outlines the elements of this sacred task; giving
a helpful list of resources related to both family worship and Christian
education. The second essay deals with the practical effects of the pagan
practice of birth control upon the church and the growth of the kingdom of
Christ.
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Calvin, Covenanting, Close
Communion and the Coming Reformation (1996)
Dr. Reg Barrow demonstrates how social covenanting and close communion were
practiced by John Calvin in Geneva. Furthermore, Dr. Barrow demonstrates that
John Calvin, in his desire to uphold sola Scriptura and promote further Reformation, saw the
faithful implementation of these two ordinances (social covenanting and close
communion) as the means ordained of God to extend, protect, and consolidate the
work of the Holy Spirit -- in the individual, civil, and (especially) the
ecclesiastical battle against the man of sin in his day. Modern Calvinists have
been told little about what Calvin really stood for -- concerning many
important areas of thought. The specific information included in this title,
regarding God's work through Calvin, is once again being made available (for
those with eyes to see) through the research, publications and web site of
Still Waters Revival Books. If you are interested in real Reformation and you
don't mind owning up to the hard truths of Scripture promoted by our Reformed
forefathers, then you will find this item a meaty little snack pointing you
toward the main course found in Anderson's Alexander and Rufus, which Barrow here reviews.
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A Contemporary Covenanting
Debate; Or, Covenanting Redivivus
Joe Bell (an Independent, Baptist, and professing Reconstructionist) kicked Reg
Barrow off his email discussion group because the subjects of Divine Right
Presbyterianism and the Covenanted Reformation were too hot for him to handle.
This is Barrow's final answer to Bell (which Bell censored from his list). No
one, including Bell, has yet to attempt an answer. Barrow answers many specific
questions regarding the permanence of covenant obligation, national
Reformation, historical testimony, and many other doctrines which were
prevalent during the period of the second Reformation. A wealth of original
(Reformation) texts are cited throughout and this spirited debate should help
to generate interest in many of those biblical attainments which were won
during those glorious days in which major nations openly covenanted themselves
(as moral persons) to Christ.
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Godless Public Education and
Sin
The primacy of godliness in
education is here contrasted with the sinfulness of turning young children over
to the pagans and Christ-haters for education. Shows how Christians violate the
first commandment when they send the children that God has given them
stewardship over to His enemies for"training."
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BARROW, REG
John Knox, Oliver Cromwell,
God's Law and the Reformation of Civil Government
Many
consider Knox one of the greatest Reformers ever and God used him to win the
nation of Scotland to Christ. Knox laid the foundations for the Covenanters
that followed, and they in turn gave us the clearest foretaste of the
millennium glory to come in the magnificent Solemn League and Covenant.
Speaking of these Reformation attainments McFeeters notes,
The
fathers are worthy of all praise for this unprecedented effort to build the
national government upon the true foundation of God's will, and administer it
by men in Covenant with Jesus Christ, the King of kings. This was the first
attempt to erect a Christian government, in which the fear of God should
pervade every department and characterize every official (Sketches of the
Covenanters,
p. 155-156).
This
book deals with some of Knox's most controversial political writings, demonstrating that he
was what Barrow calls hiistoric "theonomist" (like Rutherford and
Gillespie after him). It also offers some fine tuning for modern theonomists,
which aims at leading them into the "footsteps of the flock" and
closer to the classic or historic Presbyterian/Covenanter view of law (and away
from some of the anabaptist/libertarian tendencies that sometimes arise among
modern theonomists). Numerous resources, recently published, dealing with civil
disobedience and opposition to tyranny are also listed.
The first
appendix in this book contains Barrow's letter to Christian Renewal expressing his strong
disagreement with an unfavorable and inaccurate review of Michael Wagner's Presbyterian
Political Manifesto.
In it he shows how the Reformers and their
confessions of faith supported the civil establishment of the one true
Christian religion, while at the same time publicly excluding Papist's, pagans
and other heretics from places of civil rule (in countries blessed with the
light of the gospel).
The
second appendix contains a series of letters dedicated to proving why Barrow
calls Cromwell the "Judas of the Covenant." It exposes Cromwell's
reckless abandon in violating his sacred vows to the Lord in the Solemn League
and Covenant, while also showing why Cromwell's wicked, antichristian views
concerning toleration and so-called "liberty of conscience" led
people away from Scriptural standards and helped open the floodgates to modern
atheistic pluralism. In short, Cromwell was the
prototype of our contemporary pragmatic politician, adept at equivocation and
setting his own glory and government above all other concerns, including the
glory and government of God. In this vein Barrow contends that Cromwell, unaffectionately dubbed the
"late usurper" by the covenanted Presbyterians of the mid
seventeenth-century, was used of the devil to
accomplish things in the civil and ecclesiastical realm that he (i.e. Satan)
could never have accomplished with the more obviously antichristian religions
of that day (which were not pluralistic theologically, such Romanism,
Episcopalianism, etc.). For Cromwell laid his axe of ungodly
toleration and pretended liberty of conscience to the root of the tree of
covenanted Reformation in a much more subtle manner than the previous
"midwives to antichrist," and thus his sectarianism better served the
devious designs of the devil during those days. This
section also exposes Cromwell as a Erastian tyrant, a liar, and a dictator, who
(with the help of his sectarian army) executed the covenanted Presbyterian
minister Christopher Love (Cromwell's soldiers even threatened to shoot Thomas
Manton for preaching at Love's funeral), sent many other Presbyterian ministers
to jail (including Thomas Watson), disbanded the Scottish general assembly (at
gunpoint), and eventually began negotiations with Papists (with the intent of
granting them a measure of "liberty" to more freely practice their
superstitions and soul murder). This is not the view of Cromwell
that you will hear from modern historians and theologians who have abandoned
the context of covenanted Reformation (how could it be?), for as Rushdoony has
correctly pointed out, "Men cannot give a
meaning to history that they themselves lack, nor can they honor a past which
indicts them for their present failures" (A Biblical
Philosophy of History,
p. 135).
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Pornography, the Anabaptists,
and Doug Wilson's Civil Antinomianism
Pointed but irenic, Barrow decisively refutes the view of Doug Wilson (cf.
"Cyberporn: A Case Study" [Credenda/Agenda, vol. 7, no. 5, p. 11]), many modern
Theonomists and the civil libertarians, that the production and distribution of
pornography is not a crime (and thus not subject to negative penal sanctions by
the civil magistrate). Barrow demonstrates that Wilson's view of civil
government (which logically results in such a monstrous conclusion) is actually
a overly strict view of the regulative principle. This "hyper-regulativism"
(denying lawful inferences, or what Samuel Rutherford calls "logical
consequence") is then wrongly applied to the civil magistrate, rather than
to worship (when rightly interpreted). He also points out the link between
Wilson's view and the principles of the Anabaptists, Libertines and other
antiestablishmentarian forces. With an impressive array of historical citations
(primarily John Calvin, George Gillespie, Samuel Rutherford, and the
Westminster Confession of Faith), and a cogent analysis and application of
relevant Scripture passages, Barrow shows clearly that Wilson's view of civil
government "gives birth to illegitimate offspring in the case of
pornography, contradicting as it does common sense (the light of nature), our
reformed fathers in the faith, and the express commands and approved examples
of Scripture. In short, it is anything but the 'classical Protestant' position,
and anything but biblical." Expressing his belief that many hold to this
erroneous notion of the magistrate out of ignorance, he concludes his essay
with a heartfelt call to his modern Theonomic brethren (and others) to study the reformation
source documents now available (and adopt the historic Theonomy of the
Reformation). He also
provides a brief list of questions that readily manifest the socially
destructive outworkings of Wilson's teaching. This is a much-needed treatment
of a topic neglected for far too long. Barrow's valuable contribution is an
excellent introduction to the historical theonomy of the Westminster divines and is sure to prime the reader for much
productive study of the view of civil government "once delivered unto the
saints" (Jude 3). This is appendix "B" excerpted from Saul in the Cave of Adullam: A Testimony Against the
Fashionable Sub-Calvinism of Doug Wilson (Editor of Credenda/Agenda Magazine; and, For
Classical Protestantism and the Attainments of the Second Reformation (this and some other summaries in this
catalogue were written by Larry Birger).
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Publisher's Preface to The
Covenanted Reformation Defended Against Contemporary Schismatics (1998)
An overview of the landmark work The Covenanted Reformation Defended Against
Contemporary Schismatics,
focusing on some of the most controversial points found therein. Contrasts the
many differences between the faith of the original Reformers with that which
goes by the name of the Reformed faith today -- with many examples from source
documents exhibiting the differences between the neopresbyterians (RPCNA, OPC,
PCA, BPC, etc.) and the paleopresbyterians (like those at the Westminster
Assembly). Informs the reader, in summary form, why the The Covenanted
Reformation Defended
"conclusively and irrefutably demonstrates that those churches which today
call themselves Presbyterian (and even many which claim a more general Reformed
heritage) have grievously departed from the Scriptural standards and principles
of these previous Spirit led Reformations (i.e. the great Reformations of the
16th and 17th centuries--RB)." Also shows that "when the testimony
and evidence is weighed in light of Scriptural verities, it is entirely safe to
say that the original Reformers would not only have sought negative ecclesiastical
sanctions against our modern pseudo-Reformers, but in many cases negative civil
sanctions as well." 23 pages, 8.5" X 11". (This preface is also
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Reformation Civil Government
Demonstrates the great unity of
thought on the topic of civil government among Reformers of the past. Deals
with truths almost totally forgotten among those who call themselves
"Reformed" today.
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Reformation Worship and
Separation from Idolatry
In two parts: 1. "The Regulative Principle of Worship in History" and
2. "Psalm Singing in Scripture and History." Part one explains,
defends and chronicles the Reformation use of the regulative principle as the
basis of all faithful public worship. Part two defends exclusive Psalmody,
demonstrating that this position is nothing less than our Reformation heritage,
based on the second commandment. It argues, on the foundation of a biblically
close communion, that Christians should separate themselves ecclesiastically
from those who do not practice exclusive Psalmody. Hard teaching, but faithful
to Scriptures and the original intent of the Westminster Standards.
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BARROW, REG & DOUG WILSON
Saul in the Cave of Adullam:
A Testimony Against the Fashionable Sub-Calvinism of Doug Wilson (Editor of Credenda/Agenda
Magazine); and, for Classical Protestantism and the Attainments of the Second
Reformation
Demonstrates in an email
debate (of 170, 8.5 inch by 11 inch, pages) between Doug Wilson (editor of Credenda/Agenda magazine) and Reg Barrow (president of Still Waters
Revival Books) how violations of the regulative principle of worship (i.e. the
second commandment) are grounds for excommunication. Also gives specific examples of how modern
"Reformed" Christians (e.g. John Frame) and denominations are in
violation of the second commandment and are tolerating false and idolatrous
worship contrary to their own Confessional standards and vows. Contains many quotations from major Reformation works
and confessions in defense of the regulative principle of worship representing
the classical Protestant position on worship.
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Steve
Schlissel Versus Reformation Worship
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A Warning Against the False
and Dangerous Views of James Jordan Concerning Worship: A Book Review of Kevin
Reed's Canterbury Tales
This book review demonstrates how James Jordan's views on worship are seriously
flawed and how his writings "often show more charity toward Papists, than
toward the Reformed faith" (Kevin Reed, Canterbury Tales, p. 28).
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Would John
Calvin Excommunicate John Frame?
In this short letter Reg Barrow
replies to an inquirer [on Knox Ring] asking for comments concerning John
Frame's claim [in his book on worship] that the traditional Puritan view of the
regulative principle is a "minimalist" view of worship. Also noted in
the this post was James Jordan's assertion that the classic view of the
regulative principle is sectarian. Barrow, in the short space allotted on KR,
begins to demonstrate how both Frame and Jordan have turned away from
Reformation teaching regarding worship -- and would have been rejected (as
unfaithful teachers) by the Presbyterian and Reformed wing of the Reformation.
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The Sin and Danger of Union
Between the Church of Christ and an Immoral or Antichristian Civil Government
(1841)
A subject few will touch today, illustrated from reason, Scripture and
experience. This lecture is excerpted from the book Lectures on the
Principles of the Second Reformation,
edited by Andrew Symington.
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The Complete Works of William
Bates (4 volumes)
William Bates was one of the
foremost Puritans.
He was contemporary with Thomas
Manton and Richard Baxter.
His works were eagerly studied
by Queen Mary, and his preaching always attracted great crowds.
He was a spiritual man, whose
chief aim in life was to glorify God, and please Him.
There is no biography of him
other than that by the Rev. W. Farmer in 1815, but his funeral sermon, preached
by another great Puritan, John Howe, also reveals much about his character.
http://www.newblehome.co.uk/bates/biography.html
"The act of uniformity
passed in the year sixteen hundred and sixty-two, when Dr. Bates was
thirty-seven years of age, by which he was deprived of the valuable living of
St. Dunstan's in the West. On this trying occasion he displayed heroic firmness
of mind in lovely union with that mildness and candour which breathe in his
writings. Terms were imposed by this act, with which he could not
conscientiously comply, though every thing in his nature strongly disposed to a
compliance, and made him deeply lament the circumstances that imposed the
absolute necessity of secession from the established church."
"Though he was never cast
into prison, which was the lot of numbers of his brethren, he had once a very
narrow escape. A Mrs. Beale being near death, several pious persons were
solicited to meet in her room and pray for her, Dr. Bates and Mr. Baxter were
to be of the number, of which information being given, two justices of peace
with the parliament serjeant-at-arms, came at the appointed time to apprehend
them and lay them in prison.-
Providence preserved them, for
they did not attend, though ignorant of the design of their persecutors. The
justices and serjeant-at-arms rushed into the room, where the gentlewoman lay
ready to die, but missing their prey returned greatly disappointed. 'What a
joy,' observes Mr. Baxter on this occasion, 'would it have been to them that
reproached us as Presbyterian seditious schismatics to have found but such an
occasion as praying with a dying woman to have laid us up in prison!'"
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Bates' writing was among the
most practical of the Puritan Divines.
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BAXTER, RICHARD
A Christian Directory
Over 950 (8.5
inch by 11 inch) pages long, Dr. Timothy Keller calls this "the greatest manual on Biblical counseling ever produced."
John MacAurthur writes, "We have long waited
for a purely Biblical treatment of the spiritual ills and cures of men which is
untainted by the views of psychology. Since Baxter lived about 200 years before
psychology arrived, his deep work is completely void of its encroachment --
thankfully!"
The sub-titles
gives a good summary of the book, being, "A
Sum of Practical Theology and Cases of Conscience. Directing Christians How to
Use Their Knowledge and Faith; How to Improve all Helps and Means, and to
Perform all Duties; How to Overcome Temptations, and to Escape or Mortify Every
Sin. In Four Parts: 1.) Christian Ethics (or Private Duties); 2.) Christian
Economics (or Family Duties); 3.) Christian Ecclesiatics (or Church Duties);
4.) Christian politics (or Duties to Our Rulers and Neighbors)."
Ptacek, in Family
Worship
(pp. 51-52), supplies the following information in regard to Baxter and this
book. He notes that after the Episcopalians ejected numerous
"nonconformists," in what is know as the "great ejection,' in
1662,
Baxter
pastored from house to house, visiting families of his parish in their homes.
These visits contributed to Baxter's A Christian Directory, a large and still very relevant manual of pastoral care."
Focusing on just one area of great importance, Ptacek demonstrates how this
book's relevance is not limited by time or culture, though sometimes the use of
specific words are. "Published in 1673, but written 1664-65, a large book-length part of Baxter's Christian
Directory is devoted to the family.
It is entitled 'Christian Economics' based on the archaic usage of the word,
which reflects the proper sense of the Greek root oikonomos as the manager of a
household, in the Christian case, the spiritual leader of the family. The
family head is essential to Baxter's view of family
worship and instruction. Baxter asserts that it is God's will that
this instruction be carried out by 'the rulers of the families.' For a male
head of the household to fail to do so, or to have another instruct in the
family, is contrary to his position of authority.
This is the
kind of book that can be passed on from generation to generation and still find
much use in the service of the kingdom of God. Great price too!
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The following three samples from the above book, The
Duties of Parents For Their Children (From: Baxter's Practical Works, Vol. 1, A
Christian Directory, on Christian Economics, Chap. X., pp. 449-454), The Special Duties Of Children Towards Their Parents
(From: Baxter's Practical Works, Vol. 1, A Christian Directory , on
Christian Economics,
Chap. XI., pp. 454-457), and The Special
Duties Of Children And Youth Towards God (From: Baxter's
Practical Works, Vol. 1, A Christian Directory, on Christian Economics, Chap. XII., pp.
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RICHARD
The Practical Works of
Richard Baxter
(4 volumes, Soli Deo Gloria
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A Christian Directory
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One of The Practical Works of Richard Baxter)
This classic work gives extensive directions for
applying the Scriptures to all areas of life. Dr. Tim Keller calls this "the greatest manual on biblical counseling ever produced."
J.I. Packer says that, next to the Bible, this is the greatest Christian book
ever written. Here is Christianity made practical for every area of life. 1023
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Call to the Unconverted
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Two of The Practical Works of Richard Baxter)
This is one of the great Puritan
evangelistic works (1063 pages).
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Saints' Everlasting Rest
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Three of The Practical Works of Richard Baxter)
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~ Treatise of Self-Denial
~ The Crucifying of the World by the Cross of
Christ
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~ Obedient Patience
~Dying Thoughts
~Divine Appointment of the Lord's Day Proved
~ Meditations on Romans 5:1-5
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The Reformed Pastor
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This volume (1047 pages) contains the
unabridged edition of the Reformed Pastor as well as:
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The Reformed Pastor
In his fervent plea for the discharge of the spiritual obligations of the
ministry, Baxter, in the words of his contemporary, Thomas Manton, "came
nearer the apostolic writings than any man in the age." A century later
Philip Doddridge wrote, " The Reformed Pastor is a most extraordinary
book... many good men are but shadows of what (by the blessing of God) they
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were strenuously pursued." From the Puritan Paperback series published by
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A Treatise of Self-Denial
This item "is the work of
Baxter that has been translated into the most number of different
languages" (Kettler, Sept./97 letter).
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the prominent spirit (of antichrist) preached by psychologist and psychiatrists
which focuses on self (self-esteem, self-actualization, etc.) and/or hedonism,
in an idolatrous manner, rather than self-sacrifice and service in obedience to
God.
"Knowing this first, that
there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,...
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall
be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers,
disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection,
trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are
good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn
away." (2 Pet. 3:3, 2 Tim. 3:1-5).
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corporate sanctification, corporate faithfulness and some important areas of
doctrine (such as justification), Baxter's work on subjects related to personal
piety can be of good practical use to the Christian -- if one is careful to
separate out his aberrant doctrinal views and any practical errors they may
lead to. He certainly practiced what he preached on self-denial as he was
willing to suffer for what he believed: though at times his weakness and
compromising spirit is most evident, as seen in this account by Barker:
"He was invited by the
officers of Oliver Cromwell's newly raised cavalry troop at Cambridge to be
their pastor, as of a gathered (i.e. independent--RB) church, but he rejected
the invitation with a reproof against what he considered as unlawful. After the
Battle of Naseby in June 1645 Baxter visited Cromwell's camp and was appalled
at the 'hot-headed sectaries' he found in leading positions in the Army.
Cromwell himself received him cooly and confronted him with his refusal to
serve his now victorious regiment. As a result he agreed to become a chaplain
to Colonel Whalley's regiment and continued with the Army through several siege
operations" (Puritan Profiles,
pp. 290-291).
Further perfidy is exhibited in
that "he opposed the Solemn League and Covenant even though he had rashly
signed it" (Ibid.). He also compromised by obtaining a licence to preach
-- with ninety other backsliding ministers -- under the sinful Indulgence of
1672; but was later imprisoned under James II.
Nevertheless he "praised
the Westminster Confession as 'the most excellent for fullness and exactness he
had ever read from any Church'" (Ibid.) and this book is must reading for
all Christians who would like to progress in personal sanctification, godliness
and holiness.
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BAYLY, LEWIS
The Practice of Piety (c.
1611, 1842)
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries this work was the most
universally read English book on devotion next to Pilgrim's Progress. Bunyan
himself ascribes the commencement of his spiritual life in some measure to the
perusal of this practical handbook on piety... First published in the
early 1600's... by 1792, (it was in) its seventy-first English edition... (It has) appeared in most European languages, including
Dutch (1620), French (1625), German (1692), and Polish (1647). New England
Puritans even translated it into the Indian language used in Massachusetts (1665)...
Bayly's puritan convictions brought him into frequent conflict... in 1621 he
was imprisoned for some months for his aversion to the infamous Book of
Sports,
and for other minor charges... Bayly's Practice
of Piety is replete with practical,
Puritan guidelines on the pursuit of holy living. The author
commences his work with 'a plain description of God [in] his essence, person,
and attributes.' He treats the doctrines of God as a basis for piety and divine
grace as a ground for every grace which we sinners need. The remainder of the
volume deals with the reasons for, and the conditions and objectives of
piety... In short, this is a book about how to live well and how to die
well...
Read The Practice of Piety slowly, meditatively, prayerfully, and, I would
recommend annually. Ask yourself repeatedly, 'Am I putting this wise spiritual
director's scriptural advice into practice? Am I pursuing holiness -- that
holiness without which no man shall please God or be received into the eternal
glories of a holy heaven?' (Joel Beeke).
Here is a
sample of Bayly's writing,
But God was more displeased with Cain for despairing of his
mercy, than for murdering his brother; and with Judas for hanging himself, than
for betraying his master: in that they would make the sins of mortal men
greater than the infinite mercy of the eternal God; or as if they could be more
sinful, than God was merciful: whereas the least drop of Christ's blood is of
more merit to procure God's mercy for thy salvation, than all the sins that
thou hast committed can be of force to provoke his wrath to thy damnation (The Practice of
Piety, pp.
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The Diocesans Tryall (1621)
Baynes, a Puritan divine, succeeded William Perkins "in the lecture at St.
Andrews, Cambridge" (Darling, Cyclopaedia Bibliographica, p. 216). Here he answers three major
questions concerning church government. First, Whether Christ did institute or
the Apostles frame any Diocesan form of Churches, or parishional only? Second,
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and the exercise of it, to any one singular person, or to a united multitude of
Presbyters?
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BAZLER, RYAN
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Psychology Debunked
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BEEKE, JOEL & Randal Pederson
Meet The Puritans: With a
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insightful analysis. If this were not
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- DR. LIGON DUNCAN
"Meet the Puritans is a cornucopia of good things: a
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the Spirit, a personal tutorial in Puritan history and theology -- and much
more. The student of Puritanism will often
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persuade you that giants for Christ did once exist. Here are their stories.
They will make you want to grow tall spiritually, too."
- DR. SINCLAIR B. FERGUSON
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distilled here in a simple, readable, understandable, and wonderfully useful
compendium. For the novice lay person who wants a reliable introduction to the
Puritans, this is the perfect handbook. And for the seasoned scholar seeking a
catalogue of the best available Puritan literature, this is also an
indispensable tool. My prayer is that it will help spark a new wave of interest
in the Puritans, a new appreciation for their theology, and especially a
revival of their passion for careful biblical exposition."
- DR. JOHN MACARTHUR
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Puritan tradition."
- DR. R. ALBERT MOHLER, JR.
"As furnaces burn with
ancient coal and not with the leaves that fall from today's trees, so my heart
is kindled with the fiery substance I find in the old Scripture-steeped sermons
of Puritan pastors. A warm thanks to the
authors of Meet the Puritans for all the labor to make them known."
- DR. JOHN PIPER
"The recent revival in interest in and commitment to
the truths of Reformed theology is due in large measure to the rediscovery of
Puritan literature. The Puritans of old have become the prophets for our time.
This volume is a treasure for the church."
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A Reader's Guide to Reformed
Literature: An Annotated Bibliography of Reformed Theology
If you have ever wondered where to begin reading on a given topic of Reformed
theology or wished for a succinct guide to the best books in Reformed
literature, this is
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collected, and distributed Reformed books for more than thirty-five years. Dr.
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guide to several hundred books in the Reformed tradition, from the sixteenth
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Puritan Reformed Spirituality
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consumers. The result is a new interest in discovering and nurturing the
inward, spiritual dimensions of human life.
This book promotes biblical
spirituality through a study of the Reformed and Puritan heritage. Dr. Sinclair
Ferguson writes:
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the great sites of Reformed theology and spirituality. Here we meet John Calvin, reformer extraordinaire; then we
encounter the learned Dr. William Ames and the insightful Anthony Burgess. Soon we travel north to meet the
Scotsmen, John Brown of Haddington,
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BEEKE, JOEL & SINCLAIR
FERGUSON
Reformed Confessions
Harmonized: With an Annotated Bibliography of Reformed Doctrinal Works
"For the first time, seven important confessional
statements produced in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries have been
harmonized in a single volume. Three strands of Reformed churches in
Europe are represented:
Dutch-German: the Belgic Confession of Faith (1561), the
Heidelberg Catechism (1563), and the Canons of Dort (1618-19)
Swiss: the Second Helvetic Confession of Faith (1646-47)
Scottish-English: The Westminster Confession of Faith (1646-47)
and the Larger and Shorter Catechisms (1647)
This book's
practical value is further enhanced by its arrangement. The various
confessions of faith have been arranged in parallel columns under the
traditional categories and subject headings of systematic theology. Readers will find it
easy to study and compare the formulations on particular points of doctrine,
such as the Trinity, justification, Christian liberty, and baptism... Drs. Beeke and Ferguson also provide a historical
introduction to the confessions and the respective conditions under which they
were framed. For those who desire to
do further research, an extensive annotated bibliography (of 24 pages--RB) of
Reformed theological writings is included" (back cover). 284 (8.5" X
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BEEKE, JOEL
The Quest for Full Assurance:
The Legacy of Calvin and His Successors (1999)
In-depth studies and comparisons of William
Perkins, Willem Teellinck, the Westminster Confession, John Owen, Alexander
Comrie, and Thomas Goodwin convincingly demonstrate, with fresh insights, that
the differences between Calvin and English/Dutch Calvinism on assurance arose
primarily from a newly evolving pastoral context -- rather than from
foundational variations in doctrine. "The first
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(Richard Muller, back cover). "A long-needed and outstanding work on the
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pastoral theology. It will therefore repay careful reading by scholar, pastor and
lay people alike" (Preface, p. xvi, Sinclair Ferguson). "It is a joy
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Quest for Full Assurance. For the first time in the
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neglected doctrine of Assurance as developed from the Reformers through the
Puritans to Alexander Comrie of the Dutch Second Reformation. What
strikes this reviewer most, having read the original Ph.D. thesis, is not
merely the clarity, simplicity, ease and familiarity with which Dr Beeke moves
through his chosen field, but also his evident love for the Lord's people --
both those who have been formative influences on his own spiritual life and
studies and those who continue to struggle with the great question 'Am I His or
am I not?' May the God of all comfort richly apply to others our good friend's
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"Alexander Comrie," "Thomas Goodwin: The Merging of
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Second Reformation." One of the best
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Contains a 68-page bibliography, an 11-page index of names and subjects and a
3-page index of biblical references. 407 pages.
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Holiness: God's Call to
Sanctification
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teachings in Scripture. It shows that holiness is primarily a matter of
relationship, that its power lies in the Holy Spirit within the believer, and
that its fruit is of supreme importance for the progress of all true
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Justification By Faith Alone
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the remaining four chapters, each of the words in the phrase
"Justification by Faith Alone" is emphasized and examined. At the end
is an appendix by Dr. Gerstner in which he responds to the book Rome Sweet
Home, by Scott Hahn, a former 'Presbyterian' turned Roman Catholic" (SDG
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Anarchy In Worship or Recent
Innovation Contrasted with the Constitution of the Presbyterian Church and the
Vows of Her Office-Bearers (1875)
The principles upheld in this book are extremely important today, for as the
title page notes "When nations are to perish in their sins, 'Tis in the
Church the leprosy begins." Begg lays his foundations in the second
commandment and deals with all man-made innovations in the worship of God. The
four types of innovators exposed are especially interesting, being: 1.) the
presumptuous and blasphemous innovator; 2.) the popularity-hunting innovator;
3.) the politic and scheming innovator; 4.) the asthetic innovator. Women
preachers, drama, dance and numerous other modern inventions in public worship
would all be rejected outright if these Biblical principles were faithfully
followed. Herein we also see why those holding to the Scriptural law of worship
and the Westminster Confession of Faith must reject musical instruments in
public worship as just another Popish and Judaizing innovation - a resurrecting
of the abrogated ceremonial law - and thus a denial of the finished work of
Christ. The discussion of vows taken by office holders to the Westminster
Confession of Faith, as they relate to worship, is also extremely important and
should be read not only by all elders who have bound themselves to uphold the
WCF, but also by all Christians who love the truth and want to maintain the
church in purity.
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BEGG, JAMES
Purity of Worship in the
Presbyterian Church, as Set Forth in the Westminster Standards, &
Illustrated by Our History Since the Reformation (1876)
"These questions (concerning the regulative
principle--RB) go to the very root of the Presbyterian
system of worship, as one that can be practically defended and
maintained, and they have a most important bearing on the future of Scotland
and of the Presbyterian Church throughout the world. If
the principles of Presbyterian worship, as asserted by John Knox and by the
Westminster Divines, are to be abandoned, either in theory or in practice,
there are no principles of Presbyterian worship at all, and it is difficult to
see what the end must be. The matter, therefore, is well worthy of
the immediate and earnest consideration of Christian and patriotic men,"
writes Begg. This book helps illustrate the almost complete defection of
modern Presbyterians from classic Presbyterian worship -- as set forth in the
Westminster standards.
Notwithstanding the book's many merits, one major drawback should be noted.
Begg (as a Free Church of Scotland minister) speaks far too uncritically of the
Revolution settlement of Presbyterianism in Scotland and the constitutionally
defective acts of the churches that have sprouted from that bad
(constitutional) tree. The Revolution settlement was clearly an unsound,
covenant breaking, substandard return to "Presbyterianism" --
something most Free Church ministers are not aware of. Nevertheless, Begg's
citations concerning this period illustrate that even Revolution Presbyterian
worship (and what followed it for some years) was far more faithful to the
original Presbyterian vision for public worship (i.e. the vision of Calvin,
Knox and the Covenanters at Westminster) than most Presbyterians today can even imagine
-- the modern defection having become encrusted and solidified in its hardness
by repeated and aggravated disregard (over many years) for the moral duties
contained in the second commandment. 103 pages.
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BEGG, JAM ES
The Use of Organs & Other
Instruments of Music in Christian Worship Indefensible (1866)
"In
Popery... they employed organs and many other such ludicrous things, by which
the Word and worship of God are exceedingly profaned," noted John
Calvin.
"For my
part," commented Candlish, "I am
persuaded that, if the organ be admitted, there is no barrier in principle
against the sacerdotal system in all its fulness."
Chapters in
this work include:
The Scriptural principle which should regulate Christian
Worship.--This inconsistent with the use of Musical Instruments in the House of
God, under the New Testament
Art and Religion--or, gorgeous worship antagonistic to
spiritual religion and Christian progress
Dancing in Worship
The Westminster Divines and the New Testament
Greek--Objections to the foregoing argument (regarding Dancing--RB)
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BEHE, MICHAEL J.
Darwin's Black Box: The
Biochemical Challenge to Evolution (1996)
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are apt to be a source of astonishment" (back cover). Though quite
technical at times, this book is purposely written with the non-scientist in
mind. It is also filled with a number of diagrams which are aimed at helping
the reader grasp the astounding complexity, interrelatedness and beauty of
God's creation. In short, it is a crushing blow to
the demonically inspired myth of evolution! It may well be
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BENNETT,
RICHARD
The Alignment of New Evangelicals With
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on the backsliding of men like Chuck Colson, J.I. Packer, John Stott, Pat
Robertson, Bill Bright (Campus Crusade) and others (like the two Jesuits) who
signed the Evangelicals and Catholic Together (ECT) documents, Bennett shows
how these men are upholding Antichrist (the Papacy) and the teaching of the
Council of Trent. This message will also help to refute the Romanist heresies
(on justification, assurance, baptism, etc.) of the New Perspectives on Paul
(NPP) movement as recently proclaimed through the Auburn Avenue Pastors
Conference (AAPC), which included Doug Wilson, Steve Schlissel, Steve Wilkins,
& John Barach.
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BENNETT,
RICHARD
The Antichrist Unveiled (2000)
Richard Bennett was a Roman
Catholic priest for 23 years before he turned to Christ (and left Rome) in
1985. He has been growing in the faith since and he has recently adopted the
classic Reformation postion that the Papacy is the Antichrist or "Man of
Sin" (cf. WCF 25:6). In providing us with his defense of this position for
publication he wrote,
The
article attached is quite up to date as it deals with the consecration of the
world to Mary (October 8th, 2000), and the September 5th (2000) document (Dominus
Iesus) of Rome. It is
one of the most difficult items that I have written. I am utterly convinced of
its truth and I pray that brothers and sisters will see what those in Christian
history before so clearly saw. If any article could bring persecution and
hatred it is this one.
Mr. Bennett (who is now a
Calvinist) also writes,
The
historic (and biblical--RB) interpretation has been embodied in the most solemn
confessions of the Biblical world. It forms a leading part in the testimony of
martyrs and reformers. Like the prophets of old, these holy men bore a twofold
testimony, a testimony for the truth of God, and a testimony against the
Apostasy of those professing to be Christian. Their testimony was that Papal
Rome is the Babylon of prophecy, "that great city, which reigneth over
the kings of the earth," and that its head, the Roman pontiff, is
the predicted "Man of Sin," or Antichrist.
"This paper deals
particularly with II Thessalonians 2:3-12, one of the many texts that unveils
the Antichrist and serves as an introduction to the other texts," writes
Bennett. It also covers the historical origins of Antichrist, the cloud of
witnesses from church history, who and what held back the Man of Sin, the place
where the Man of Sin appears, the purposes and intent of the Man of Sin, and
the final end of the Man of Sin.
Much more on this topic,
including Wylie's _The Papacy is the Antichrist_ (which is also in free audio
at http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?sermonID=111502234113 and as a free PDF at http://www.historicism.net/readingmaterials/thepapacy.pdf ) can be found on Reformation Bookshelf
CDs 13-21 at http://www.swrb.com/Puritan/reformation-bookshelf-CDs.htm.
Richard Bennett also includes an
irrefutable refutation of Jesuit-inspired futurism, from the Greek, using a key
passage in 2 Thessalonians, in this presentation.
The final portion of the free
MP3 audio file of this work (at http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?sermonid=8303235349 ) contains Richard Bennett's comments on
what he considers the most important point of separation between Rome and the
Reformation: THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION!
This is timely teaching
considering that the newest attacks on the biblical (Reformation) doctrine of
justification by faith alone are coming from the Auburn Four (Doug Wilson,
Steve Schlissel, Steve WIlkins, and John Barach), as these men claim, at least
at selected points, to embrace the Reformed Faith (see "What's So Controversial
About the Present Controversy?" http://www.rpcus.com/Controversial.pdf for more on this topic).
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BENNETT,
RICHARD
From Catholicism to Christ: The Testimony of a
Former Roman Catholic Priest About Salvation in Christ Through God's Sovereign
Grace & Mercy
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Richard
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how shrouded in darkness and religious deception a person may be (also see http://www.bereanbeacon.org/ ). Born in Ireland,
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sanctification ranges across many continents.
Subjects
include:
Reformation
Truth vs. Romish darkness
God's
Sovereignty in Salvation (nicknamed Calvinism)
How Billy
Graham & Arminianism stumbled Richard
Errors of
Evangelicals and Catholics Together (Charles Colson, Bill Bright, et al.)
Errors of
decisional Regeneration (Arminianism)
Arminianism
as a road to Rome
Justification
by faith alone in Christ alone
Richard's
love for Roman Catholics
Richard's
experience at Tiananmen Square & with Communism (Marxism)
Charismatic
errors & excesses
Free Grace
(Calvinistic thought is Scriptural)
Liberation
Theology
Attempts on
Richard's life
Errors of
Aristotle & Thomas Aquinas in Roman Catholic thought
The Jesuits
False
religious traditions & rituals
IRA
Papal
(Antichrist) Infallibility
Voodoo
Separation
Neoevangelicalism
(neo-evangelicalism)
Riches
& poverty in South America
Penance,
confession, etc.
Romanists
death threats against Richard
Graven
Images & Idolatry of Rome
Grace over
works
The joy of
the Lord
Greek
orthodoxy
Hinduism
The Wonder
of who God is "God our Righteousness"
Reliance on
alcohol
How hell
awaits the unrepentant
Mary and
Mariolatry
Sacramentalism
Luis Palau
Biblical
separation
Repentance
Ministry to
Roman Catholics
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Richard Bennett - Papacy is the
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The Antichrist Unveiled
Richard Bennett - Papacy is the
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Alignment of New Evangelicals With
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Richard Bennett - Calvinistic Foundations
- 73 min.
Roman Catholic Sex Scandals and the Glory
of Christ's Priesthood Contrasted With the Immorality of the Roman Catholic
Priesthood
Richard Bennett - Papacy is the
Antichrist - 63 min.
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The Papacy is the Antichrist (1888)
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Reformation, we might add -- as all the Reformed creeds and confessions
attest). The easy-reading format and style make this book an ideal introduction
to this topic.
-- Free online text version at:
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BENNETT,
RICHARD
Dominus
Iesus: Rome Exalts Her Throne, A Verbal Reappearance of the Inquisition & A
Kiss of Death for the Ecumenists (2000)
Former Roman
Catholic priest Richard Bennett writes,
It
has been but a short time since Charles Colson, like some modern day
Chamberlain alighting from his aircraft, held aloft "Evangelicals and
Catholics Together" and declared, "Peace in our time." It has
been a mere six years; yet the folly of their deeds, apparent to many before,
has now been made apparent to all. We can only conclude that if the
"evangelicals" who signed that notorious document do not denounce the
Vatican, then their act was not one of wishful thinking, but willful betrayal.
Rome has dropped her mask; the empty ecumenical charade has ended, and
therefore it is time for those who love God's word to sound the alarm in
earnest. Let us play the man, for our people, and for the cities of our God.
On
September 5th 2000, the RC document "DOMINUS IESUS" (DI) was issued
by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the
Faith (formerly known as the Office of the Inquisiton, then the Holy Office, it
is still housed in the same building in Rome as it had been during those
horrendous centuries of torture and death when it carried out the papal
decrees). Carrying the full authority of an official Vatican decree, it
declares the Roman Catholic Church to be the only "instrument for the
salvation of all humanity." DI has been "ratified and confirmed"
by "The Sovereign Pontiff John Paul II."
In this article
Bennett deals with Rome's worldwide (malevolent) intentions, as well as what
the new pronouncements from Rome mean to individuals both inside and outside
the clutches of Antichrist, as the following quotes illustrate in part,
As
the Roman Catholic Church's influence increasingly shapes civil law in the
European Union, Biblically based churches there are being legally classified as
sects; already there are reports of this from Europe. The Sunday Telegraph, 25th August 1991, noted,
"If European federalism triumphs, the EC [European Community] will indeed
be an empire. It will lack an emperor: but it will have the Pope...it is
difficult not to think that Wojtyla [John Paul II] realises this." In Can.
1404, the Pope claims immunity from all moral and civil authority, "The
First See is judged by no one." In DI he stipulates complete Primacy of
"grace and truth" for himself and his Church. In #882 of the new Catechism, the Pope purports to
take for himself the Lord Jesus Christ's divine position: "For the Roman
Pontiff, by reason of his office as Vicar of Christ, namely, and as pastor of
the entire Church, has full, supreme and universal power over the whole Church,
a power which he can always exercise unhindered." He is the worst enemy of
Christ who under the pretense of service to Christ, presumes to undermine His
unique offices by covertly usurping His position and power. The table is set
for a most interesting response to DI. Rome declares that there are "just
penalties" for those who will not bend the knee to her.
And,
These
things are written with deep respect and care, because the salvation of many is
involved. The Lord faced the sincere and devout Pharisees with a very strong
word. They like many present day Catholics were making Tradition equal to the
authority of the Written Word and "establishing their own
righteousness,"
they were not counting on God's grace alone. The Lord said to those Pharisees
of His own day, "if you believe not that I am He, you shall die in your
sins."
If anyone continues to hold to the Roman Catholic Church's teaching authority,
and her "salvific" righteousness he likewise will die in his sins.
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BENNETT,
RICHARD & BUCKINGHAM, eds.
Far
From Rome, Near to God: Testimonies of Fifty Converted Roman Catholic Priests (1994,
Banner of Truth edition 1997)
"This
book contains the moving testimonies of fifty priests who found their way, by
the grace of God, out of the labyrinth of Roman Catholic theology and practice
into the light of the gospel of Christ. But this is not a narrowly polemical work, nor is its
relevance limited to the ongoing controversy between Rome and the churches of
the Reformation. The love and concern felt by the
former priests for those they left behind, and their fervent desire that they
too should experience the joy and peace of salvation in Christ are seen
throughout. The wider relevance of the experiences described will
also be felt in many contexts remote from Roman Catholicism where human pride
and presumption have erected rival sources of authority between people and the
Word of God, so obscuring the way of salvation by grace alone, through faith
alone" (back cover). 378 pages.
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BENNETT,
RICHARD
Catholicism:
East of Eden (Insights Into Roman Catholicism for the 21st Century)
Author, lecturer and former
Roman Catholic Priest Richard Bennett releases his new book, Catholicism: East
of Eden. Worldwide interest in all things Catholic mixes with consternation
over recent disclosures from within the Catholic Church. Amid doctrinal and
moral confusion, most issues remain unanalyzed and unexplained, leaving both
Catholics and non-Catholics wondering where the Roman Catholic Church really
stands. This book leaves no doubt about the truthful answer.
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Book Review
March 2006
Title: Catholicism:
East of Eden (Insights Into Roman Catholicism for the 21st Century)
Author: Richard Bennett
Publisher: Berean Beacon
Press
Format: Paperback, 340 pages
Some books are so well-done and
generally useful they become regarded as standard treatments of their topic and
gain a wide readership, like Lorraine Boettner’s Roman Catholicism (1962).
Whether Bennett’s book will become so recognized awaits to be seen, but it
stands in this great tradition and its merit is unquestionable. In fact,
Catholicism: East of Eden (CEE) is superior in several respects.
First, CEE is born of an
intimate and first-hand knowledge of its topic, for Richard Bennett was himself
a Roman Catholic priest for 22 years, representing the very errors he now
exposes. Beginning with his testimony of being delivered by Christ from Roman
apostasy, Mr. Bennett’s book is rendered more interesting throughout by this
personal touch. His deep compassion for Roman Catholics in general and sympathy
with those agonizing between loyalty to Roman Catholicism and Scripture is
palpable and winsome.
Second, CEE is even more focused
and concentrated than Boettner’s classic, and therefore more succinct and
readable. Mr. Bennett clearly discerns the crux of the vital spiritual and
theological issues between Roman Catholicism and biblical Christianity, and
addresses it forthrightly, without giving this weighty matter short shrift.
Beginning with a chapter on the unique authority of Scripture, Mr. Bennett
skillfully views through a biblical lens the topics of the Roman Catholic
priesthood, the papacy, the sacraments (especially the mass), mysticism,
iconographic idolatry, and Mariolatry. These are his core concerns. He also
includes very helpful treatments of the Roman Catholic doctrine of marriage
with its disturbing implications for non-Catholics, and the unstable life of
nuns in convents.
Third, CEE is more convincingly
authoritative. Mr. Bennett constantly appeals to Scripture for truth. Further,
he documents profusely Roman Catholicism’s tenets and history with primary
sources. Checking many of these revealed them to be accurate and fair.
Boettner’s book suffers from the lack of primary source citations. Therefore,
the reader is left to wonder whether his serious charges are really true in all
cases, and this has been disputed by antagonists. Mr. Bennett leaves Romanists
no place to hide, scrutinizing their own words in the light of Scripture.
Fourth, CEE is up-to-date.
Important documents like Vatican Council II (1965), the Catechism of the
Catholic Church (1994), the Evangelicals and Catholics Together statements
(starting in 1994), and other contemporary books and articles are woven into
the fabric of his discussion, including official Vatican documents now
available online. Bennett reviews the clergy sex abuse scandal with its
implications, writes much of Pope John Paul II, and some of Pope Benedict XVI.
Obviously Boettner did not have access to these things, and modern readers may
imagine that his accusations are dated and irrelevant. Bennett shows this is
not the case; to some degree Roman Catholicism is truly and tragically semper
idem (always the same).
Fifth, CEE is strongly
applicatory in evangelism, reformation, and confirmation. Toward Roman
Catholics, Bennett frequently makes earnest appeals to forsake Roman
Catholicism and come in true faith to Christ the only Mediator between God and
men, and to trust in His finished work on the cross. Bennett also calls worldly,
compromising evangelicals to hearty repentance and a high, biblical standard of
faith and practice. Finally, this book challenges committed biblical Christians
to imitate its bold and compassionate testimony to the Savior and His
doctrines. We are exhorted to hold the gospel banner high for the rescue of
sinners, the instruction of saints, and the promotion of God’s glory.
Catholicism: East of Eden is a
worthy successor to Boettner’s venerable work. Bennett’s book may well be the
very best we can recommend on this topic to the general reader.
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De Haereticis: A ciuili
magistratu puniendis libellus (1554)
For Latin readers. Appeared in 1554 as a defense of Calvin's willingness, based
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this as the civil magistrate's God-given duty). In this work, Whether the Civil
Magistrate Ought to Punish Heretics,
"Beza argued... [m]agistrates in Christian states are representatives of
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which they are contrary; but by this one error (this monster of toleration) way
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the judgement of the orthodox Ancients, (vide Optati opera, edit, Al.
baspin. pag. 204, 215.)
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a Magistratu puniendis"
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BEZA, THEODORE
The Life of John Calvin
Beza was Calvin's friend, student and
successor at Geneva.
As an eye-witness to Calvin's conduct and an intimate
friend, this work (of 100 pages), of necessity, retains a special quality that
other treatments of Calvin's life will lack. Notwithstanding, the best modern treatment of Calvin's views and work is found in Carlos Eire's War Against the Idols: The
Reformation of Worship from Erasmus to Calvin ($US39.96).
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BEZA, THEODORE
(Revised and enlarged by Peter
Hall)
The Harmony of Protestant
Confessions Exhibiting the Faith of the Churches of Christ, Reformed After the
Pure and Holy Doctrine of the Gospel, Throughout Europe
After 1579 (and some failed attempts at writing
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The Psalms: Their History,
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Predestination and Providence
Binning was a Scottish Presbyterian during the mid 17th century. At 19, he
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that "very few writers please me more." Here he deals with God's
decree, explaining how God has revealed that He "works all things after
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BINNING, HUGH
The Works of Hugh Binning (1858,
1992)
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"Treatise on Christian Love." Binning is
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the (Scottish-RB) Church, but in that controversy as well as in that with the
Independents maintained a conciliatory spirit; in that context he wrote his Treatise
of Christian Love (Dictionary of Scottish Church History and
Theology,
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Worshipping God in Spirit and
Truth
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bring the vain ceremony and pomp of their own minds into worship of God. These
innovations in worship are shown to be nothing more than the practical denial
of God's sovereignty. They deny God's right to rule in his own house and bring
with them manifold curses upon their practitioners. Faithfully maintains the
Reformation standard for public worship, viz., "if God does not require
it, He abhors it." There is no neutrality! Excerpted from the 1858 edition
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A Useful Case of Conscience,
Learnedly and Accurately Discussed and Resolved, Concerning Associations and
Confederacies with Idolaters, Infidels, Heretics, Malignants, or Any Other
Known Enemies of Truth and Godliness
Dr. McCrie said of Binning, "few writers please me more." Binning was
appointed Regent and Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow
in his nineteenth year. An extremely popular preacher, his works continue to be
highly esteemed to this day. He died in 1654 at the age of 29. Here he warns
against joining oneself with any known enemies of truth and upholds the
Biblical injuction, concerning secondary separation, to abstain from even the
apperance of evil. Specifically, "written to expose and counteract the
purpose and proceeding of the Resolutioners. Binning was one of the band of
Covenanters (i.e. a Protester-RB) who deemed they would not be justified in
fighting for Charles, without additional security being provided for the
maintenance of their religious privileges, and unless some adequate restraint
were imposed upon the exercise of the royal authority" (Johnston, Treasury
of the Scottish Covenant,
p. 328).
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The Biblical and Logical
Necessity of Uninspired Creeds
A humorous and instructive
dialogue between Hans [a paleopresbyterian] and Franz [a neopresbyterian],
demonstrating the absolute necessity of uninspired creeds. Hans shows Franz
that Franz's rejection of uninspired creeds is itself an uninspired creed.
Available on
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A Brotherly Testimony Against
the Use of Instrumental Accompaniment In Public Worship
Birger notes, "This letter was written to my friend's former pastor. It
was subsequently forwarded to the elders of his former church, a small
congregation in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. This friend had initially
absented himself from corporate worship due to their use of instrumental
accompaniment, and (like me: see Why the PCA is Not a Duly Constituted
Church and Why Faithful Christians Should Separate From This Corrupt
"Communion")
upon further study of the matter of the lawful constitution requisite for a
church to claim lawful authority from Christ (see Calvin's Institutes, Book IV, Chapter 2, Section 12, and my
piece against the PCA), determined that no such lawful authority exists in the
Orthodox Presbyterian Church. The use of instrumental accompaniment in the
corporate worship of God's people was recognized unanimously by historic
reformed writers as a return to the Judaizing ceremonies of the Roman Catholic
and Episcopal (i.e. Prelatic) Churches. This was also the opinion of the
ancient church, and even Aquinas is cited as excluding their use for this
reason. Thus, Dabney comments [in his review of John Girardeau's book on the
subject], 'Christ and His apostles ordained the musical worship of the New
Dispensation without any sort of musical instrument, enjoining only the singing
with the voice of psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Hence such instruments
are excluded from Christian worship. *Such has been the creed of all churches,
and in all ages*, except for the Popish communion after it had reached the
nadir of its corruption at the end of the thirteenth century, and of its
prelatic imitators (my emphases).' It is a sad commentary on the disposition of
the church and its leaders when those who glory in the name, 'reformed', wish
to argue us back into the principles and practices of the Romish whore, and of
her illegitimate offspring (Rev. 17 & 18). May God bless this little work
to encourage the faithful to the recovering of our ecclesiastical heritage, to
a return to the old paths wherein is rest for our souls (Jer. 6:16)."
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BIRGER,
LARRY and GREG BARROW
Reformation
Principles Re-Exhibited: An Historical Witness and Brotherly Entreaty.
Summary
and Analysis of Changes within Terms of Communion of the Reformed Presbyterian
Churches of Scotland and America from 1761 to the Present, and a Particular
Analysis and Testimony Against the Present Day RPCNA. (August
5, 2002)
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Terms of Ministerial and Christian
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Reformed Church; With Explanatory Dialogue (Including "The Biblical and
Logical Necessity of Uninspired Creeds")
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the Puritan Reformed Church of Edmotnon and promoted by SWRB in their return to
the biblical attainments of the Second, or Covenanted Reformation on the
British Isles. The conversation begins with "The Biblical and Logical
Necessity of Uninspired Creeds", where Hans shows Franz that Franz's
rejection of uninspired creeds is itself an uninspired creed. After several
months of study Franz is now interested in joining Hans' Covenanter church, but
has been confused and unsettled by the charges of his friend (a member of the
RPCNA). This RPCNA friend alleges that Hans' church is a continuation of the
"schism" of the "Steelites", and that they are
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aspects of each term of communion, demonstrating that the RPCNA friend's
charges and objections are entirely inaccurate, vindicating in the process
precious and vital truths of the Reformation. This easy-reading and mild-mannered
dialogue includes an index of topics discussed and objections raised, and is an
excellent introduction to the true Covenanter position (i.e. the position of
the Westminster Assembly and the Church of Scotland during the Second
Reformation).
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Why the PCA is Not a Duly
Constituted Church and Why Faithful Christians Should Separate from this
Corrupted "Communion"
Two letters from Larry Birger, Jr. to the session of his former congregation in
the PCA, with an historical introduction. Birger states, "This work is
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true religion granted by God in ages past, in hopes of playing some small part
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and defecting denominations." It spotlights the differences between
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BIRGER, LARRY
Problems in the Presbyterian
Church in America (PCA)
Birger was excommunicated for
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the Westminster standards.
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BISCEGLIA, JOHN B.
Italy's Contribution to the
Reformation (1928)
This
book describes the ways in which Italy played an important role in
the Reformation.
Italy,
of course, contains Rome, the headquarters of the Man of Sin. The Papal
Antichrist has defiled this country with his evil ways for hundreds of years. "The Roman papal
court was proud of a Sergius the II who sold the ecclesiastical offices; of a
Sergius the III; of a John the XI; and of a John the XIII (904-956), who were
celebrated in the ecclesiastic annals for their illicit loves, depucelations
and incests; of a Benedict the IX, pope at 18 (1058), who, according to
Desiderius Abbe of Montecassino was such a scoundrel and so depraved that his
life cannot be told; of a Gregorius the VII (1073), legislator of the celibacy
of the priests and lover of the Countess Matilde, whom St. Peter Damiano calls
'not Holy father but Holy devil'; of a Nicolus the III (1277), so demoniac that
Dante places him in hell with his head downward; of a John the XXII (1316),
inventor of the taxes for dispensations and the forgiveness of sins; of a
Benedict the XI (1334), who violated Selvaggia, the beautiful,
eighteen-year-old sister of Petrarch; of a Martin the V (1451), who ordered the
assassination of Jerome of Prague, and John Huss; of an Adrian the IV, who,
supported by Frederick Barbarossa, burned alive Arnaldo da Brescia on the
bridge of Castel S. Angelo; and of an Alexander the VI (pope Borgia), who
towers above all the others for vice and corruption; who made of the Vatican a
house of prostitution and a den of assassins and who commanded the burning
alive of Savonarola and his companions" (p. 16).
The
Renaissance, a momentous rebirth of scholarship (though mostly unsanctified),
originated in Italy and, according to Bisceglia, laid much of the important
groundwork for the Reformation. A number of Renaissance scholars were alarmed
at the gross immorality that was prevalent in the Church of Rome. The famous
Dante, for example, "wrote words of fire against despotism and the
ambition of the Church, compared her to the beast described in the book of
Revelation, placed popes, prelates and prominent church supporters in Hell, and
denounced sin and idolatry" (pp. 40-41).
The Renaissance
created excitement throughout Europe, and many
scholars traveled to Italy from other European countries "not only that
they might sit at the feet of the great masters of art and science, but that they
might study Latin, Greek and Hebrew to better understand the Holy Scriptures" (p. 48). Among these scholars was the famous
Erasmus, who, upon returning to Germany from Italy, "published the Greek
New Testament and became the enlightening power of the countries beyond the
Alps" (p. 50).
During the
1500s, a number of Italian scholars were brought to England to teach. "Peter Martyr was by far the greatest theologian of the
age given by Italy to England" (p. 52). As well, a number of
Englishmen went to study in Italy. "When these men returned home a new era
dawned upon England. The new learning moulded the whole life of England"
(p. 53). Of course, other European countries were affected by the Italian
scholarship as well.
Although
the printing press was not invented in Italy, "it was perfected in Italy
by Aldus of Venice, and Italy reaped the richest fruits in the rapid diffusion
of the new learning. The printing presses of Florence, Venice, Brescia and Rome
were the most important in Europe, and Venice alone printed more books than all
the rest of the world put together" (p. 69).
In
spite of Italy's significant contribution to the Reformation, the Reformation
itself failed in Italy. While a number of factors may have contributed to this
failure, persecution by the Roman Antichrist is likely a prominent one.
"Being so near the papal court, the seat of Inquisition, the power of the
Cross and the Sword, all attempts were smothered as soon as they were hatched,
the very soul of Protestant reformatory aspiration was suffocated" (p.
75).
78 pages.
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A Catechism on Praise (1854)
"In brief space, and a clear, calm, scriptural way, this little manual
covers, we conceive, the entire ground of the Psalmody question, and will meet
a cordial reception from all the friends of the inspired songs and a simple
worship" (Christian Instructor magazine).
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Church Union and Communion
(1819)
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the minds of Christians respecting the Scriptural basis of church fellowship,
about which they are, at present, far from being agreed," is the earnest
prayer of the author. A sermon preached at the opening of the Synod of the
Reformed Presbyterian Church in 1816, it is a much needed look at true
ecumenism. It also opposes false ecumenism and the ungodly unions (based not on
agreement in truth, but on other pragmatic considerations) that are so common
in our day.
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David Brown a Memoir (1898)
Brown was Professor and Principal of the Free Church college in Aberdeen. His
most famous book was Christ's Second Coming: Will It Be Premillennial?
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BLAKENEY, R.P.
Manual of Romish Controversy:
Being a Complete Refutation of the Creed of Pope Pius IV
A massive refutation of the
superstition and heresy of the Roman harlot. Contains 24 chapters dealing with all
the major (and many of the minor) points at issue between Rome and the
Protestants. Contains much research that is
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Popery In Its Social Aspect
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Protestant Catechism or
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Psychoheresy: The Psychological Seduction of Christianity
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Prophets of Psychoheresy I
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The Millennium
Looks at the three major systems of millennialism: Postmillennialism,
Amillennialism and Premillennialism. This book is especially devastating to
dispensational variety of Premillennialism. Boettner was a Postmillennialist.
415 pages.
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The Reformed Doctrine of
Predestination
This book contains in fact not only a clear and cogent presentation of the
Reformed Doctrine of Predestination but of all the great distinctive doctrines
of the Reformed Faith. The objections commonly urged against Calvinism are not
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The Reformed Faith
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Arminianism.
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Roman Catholicism
A classic treatment of traditional Roman Catholic beliefs and practice.
Boettner contrasts evangelical Protestant and Roman Catholic doctrines, as well
as the practical effects these two systems have had in people's lives. He shows
that Protestantism was not a new system to arise at the time of the
Reformation, but a return to New Testament Christianity and the simplicity of
the apostolic Church. Constant reference is made to scriptural teaching, and
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Our Political Protest and Why
Covenanters Do Not Vote (1872)
Though written by a later American "Reformed Presbyterian" -- and
thus showing signs of some waffling from the original Covenanted position --
Boggs raises many good points that all Christians should take into
consideration. Working from, "Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship
with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?" (Ps. 94:20), Boggs shows how
the US government fails three crucial biblical tests for claiming legitimacy as
civil authorities; noting that "for these reasons we dissent and protest,
and carry our dissent so far as not to touch the government at any point where
an oath to the constitution is required or implied" (p. 11). He also
distinguishes between the rights of citizenship and the owning of any
particular civil regime and closes with a stirring call to look for the day
when "they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the
nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem:
neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil
heart" (Jer. 3:17). 15 pages.
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Does the Regulative Principle
Matter to the PCA? This message was delivered for Concerned Presbyterian Day
(March 23, 1993)
It deals with problems in the Presbyterian Church in America concerning
differing views of worship as they relate to Scripture and the vows ministers
take to the Westminster Confession. Bogue's reviews of A Defense of Liberty
Against Tyrants by Junius Brutus and Messiah the Prince by William Symington
are both appended to this lecture.
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General Directions for a
Comfortable Walking With God (1837)
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Heart-Surgery
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The True Bonds of Christian
Freedom
This Puritan Paperback (from the Banner of Truth) sets forth the place of the
law in the Christian life. Bolton (1606-1654)... expounds the nature of
Christian liberty and then clearly sets the bounds of that liberty in answer to
the following six questions:
1.
Does our being made free by Christ free us from the law?
2. Does our being made free by Christ deliver us from all punishments or
chastisements for sin?
3. Is it consistent with Christian freedom to be under obligation to perform
duties because God has commanded them?
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the recompense of the reward?
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This book had a profound effect
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as one of the Westminster Assembly of Divines which met in 1643 to introduce a
second Reformation in English religion."
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Commentary on Leviticus
Children of the Promise: The
Biblical Case for Infant Baptism
Booth, as ex-Baptist, while gentle and sympathetic to those on the other side,
is nonetheless relentless in making his case. This book is Biblical and
precise.
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Amiable Professors Falling
Short Of Heaven
Based on the Messiah's words in Mark 10:21, "Then Jesus beholding him,
loved him, and said unto him, one thing thou lackest." 83 pages on
assurance.
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The Art of Man-Fishing
A faithful soul-winners' guide to Calvinistic evangelism. Recommended by John
MacAuthur. Thomas Boston (1676-1732) was an eminent Scottish Presbyterian
minister. He is already well-known by serious Christian book buyers as his
writings have been republished often in the years since his death. Boston's
writing can be characterized as easy to understand and straightforward, while
yet remaining true to a strong Calvinistic doctrinal testimony. His books
contain profound spiritual truth and are very searching concerning a vital and
living relationship with the Lord Christ Jesus.
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Christ Jesus Duly Prized
This 70-page book is based on, Phil. 3:8 "Yea doubtless, and I count all
things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord:
for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung,
that I may win Christ." Boston writes, "if you would give evidence of
your interest in imputed righteousness, you must do it by inherent
righteousness. Shew your faith by your works. Faith without works is dead,
being alone."
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The Christian Life Delineated
in Several Practical Discourses
Five sermons (147 pages) dealing with Christ in His ordinances, the sin of
unbelief, obtaining the favour of the Lord, and ultimately reaching heaven etc.
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Christians Strong In The
Grace That Is In Christ Jesus
Communion sermon (Sept. 9, 1722). Shows that "those who feed at his table
must arise and fight their way to Immanuel's land, to which they have professed
themselves to be travelling," in virtue of their statement of covenant
renewal at the Lord's table.
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BOSTON, THOMAS
Commentary on the Shorter
Catechism
(2 volumes)
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legion of catechisms (The Westminster Assembly: Its History and Standards).
The Shorter
Catechism is the "king of the catechisms" for shear power of
expression, combining logical cogency with succinctness. Boston's exposition is unrivalled; there is nothing else
like it. Here you have the cream of
Puritan catechisms married to the cream of clear Puritan exposition!
This is likely Boston's most important work. A set that will meet numerous needs,
ranging from use in family worship, Christian education and personal study, to
sermon preparation -- and for help in settling debated questions on the
Presbytery floor. A one-of-a-kind set of books
that will serve your family for generations to come!
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A Crook in the Lot
Includes several sermons on the sovereignty and wisdom of God as it is
displayed in the afflictions of men, together with instruction on maintaining a
strong Christian testimony under hardship, pain and trouble.
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Discourses on Prayer
Here we have encouragement, edification, and the Biblical/Puritan view of
prayer. Prayer is one of the Christian's great privileges, one of our greatest
weapons, and fertile ground for cultivating assurance. Boston is a master of
devotional writing.
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The Distinguishing
Characteristics of True Believers
Seventeen sermons (254 pages) relating to nine major areas pinpointing the
marks of salvation. Includes loving your enemies, conduct in times of general
declension, keeping Christ's commandments, the use of the tongue, friendship
with Christ, meekness, etc.
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Duties of Husband and Wife
Based on Ephesians 5:33, "Nevertheless let every one of you in particular
so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her
husband."
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BOSTON, THOMAS, JAMES HOG,
EBENEZER and RALPH ERSKINE, and OTHERS (Collected by John Brown of Whitburn)
Gospel Truth Accurately
Stated and Illustrated... Occasioned by the Republication of the Marrow of
Modern Divinity (1827)
"Considered to be the best
account in a small compass of the Marrow controversy," stated Cairns (cf.
Johnston, Treasury of the Scottish Covenant, p. 486). Gives a history,
from original documents, of the Marrow controversy (which centered around the
book The Marrow of Modern Divinity), along with biographical notices of the main
disputants. John Brown of Whitburn (the son of John Brown of Haddington) has
compiled pertinent extracts "from the works of the Representers (i.e. the
defenders of the Marrow--RB), in illustration and defence of those views of
evangelical truth which they had espoused. This forms perhaps the most
valuable portion of the book, and will probably be equally new with the other
divisions, to most of its readers, as many of the extracts are taken from books
which are now in the hands of very few" (p. iv). One interesting appendix gives a
very helpful side-by-side table illustrating the "Contrast
between the Doctrines of the Marrowmen and Anti-Marrowmen." Topics which were disputed during this controversy
include God's sovereignty and human responsibility in salvation and
sanctification, the nature of the Gospel, the free offer of the Gospel,
covenant theology, assurance, the atonement, the place of the law in the life
of the believer and much more. "The theological divisions in
the Marrow controversy reflected similar divisions in Reformed thought, with the
Marrow and its defenders being more in harmony with the Reformed orthodoxy of
the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries and, on balance, with the
Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms. Their opponents, though
representative of the great majority of ministers in the early
eighteenth-century Church of Scotland, reflected the legalizing tendencies of
late seventeenth-century developments in Reformed theology, rather than
Reformed thought as a whole," writes David Lachman (Cameron, ed., Dictionary
of Scottish Church History and Theology, p. 547) -- in summary of the historical and
theological context surrounding the issues dealt with in this book. 375 pages.
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Faith, Hypocrisy and
Discipleship
Includes "The Statute-Law of Discipleship," "The Acceptable
Manner of Drawing Near to God," "God's Gracious Call and Precious
Promise Considered," and much more. Seventeen sermons in 208 pages.
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Jesus Christ His Preaching,
Work, and Ministry
Liberty and good tidings from the King of kings! Ten sermons from Boston at his
best.
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Human Nature in its Fourfold
State (1841)
The title continues: "Of Primitive Integrity, Entire Depravity, Begun
Recovery, and Consummate Happiness or Misery; Subsisting in the Parents of
Mankind, the Unregenerate, the Regenerate, and All Mankind in the Future State.
In Several Practical Discourses." Macleod writes, "If there is one
book that more than any other stands out as representative of the best of our
Scottish religious classics it is Human Nature in its Fourfold State" (Some Favorite Books). David Lachman writes, His first
published book originated in a course of sermons preached in Simprin and again
in Ettrick. After a series of mishaps, Human Nature in its Fourfold State (E, 1720) was published anonymously. His most influential work, it has been reprinted perhaps
100 times and translated into a variety of languages. The Bible aside, it had an influence second to none in the
religious life of Scotland for well over 100 years"(Dictionary
of Scottish Church History and Theology, p. 89).
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BOSTON, THOMAS (and Edward Fisher)
The Marrow of Modern Divinity
Jeremiah Burroughs states,"If thou wilt
pursue this little book, thou shalt find great worth in it." First printed
in 1645, this controversial book was read in 1700 by Thomas Boston and had a
profound influence on his ministry. Boston added copious notes to this edition,
which was reprinted in 1718. His notes, which are often longer than the text by
Fisher, are an invaluable addition to this work. Its
contents are largely taken from the works of the Reformers and English Puritans.
Three members of the Westminster Assembly wrote recommendations to the
Marrow. Part one of the book, "The Covenant of Grace and
the Covenant of Works," is one of the best explanations of covenant
theology in the English language. Part
two is "An Exposition of the Ten Commandments." "The
marrow of the second bone (part)," said Caryl, "is like that of the
first, sweet and good. The commandments of God are
marrow to the saints, as well as the promises; and they shall never taste the
marrow of the promise who distaste the commandments. This little
treatise breaketh the bone, the hard part of commandments, by plain exposition,
so that all, even babes in Christ, yea, such as are yet out of Christ, may suck
out and feed upon the marrow by profitable meditation." This section on
the commandments is practical and powerful -- guarding against the antinomian
heresy. The whole book (of 400 pages) is in beautiful condition and this
edition contains the appendix by John Brown of Haddington.
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The Names and Attributes of
Christ
Greatly edifying! 355 pages, 18 sermons.
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On The Government of the
Tongue
Enumerates the sins of the tongue and gives a Biblical remedy for avoiding
them.
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Overcoming Unbelief and
Numerous Other Practical Sermons
Feast on this practical Puritan preaching pertaining to numerous important
topics concerning personal victory over the world, the flesh and the devil!
Nine sermons in 146 pages.
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BOSTON, THOMAS
Questions About Practical
Christian Living Answered
Answers whether or not repentance is necessary
in order to obtain the pardon of sin, who has the right to baptism, why sin
remains in believers and much more. 277 pages containing 10 articles.
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Personal and Family Fasting
and Humiliation
A much neglected topic in our day.
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Sins of Sinners Finding Them
Out
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The Pleasure of Real Religion
As seen in the book of Proverbs, no earthly "joy" can match the
beauty and blessedness of following Christ.
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BOSTON, THOMAS
Repentance, Christian Warfare
and Sanctification
Over 400 pages containing 15
exceedingly practical articles from the pen of a
Puritan master. Includes "The Old and New Man in Believers,"
"The Danger of Delaying Repentance," "The Sinfulness and Hazard
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BOSTON, THOMAS
A Rich Feast for Hungry Souls
Concerning the duty, privilege and wonder of
being the object of Christ's love (11 sermons, 123 pages).
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Serving the Lord in Holiness
On covenant responsibilities and blessings.
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The Shortness of Human Life
Redeem the time because the days are evil!
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The State and Character of
Believers
Nine sermons by Boston (330 pages), pointing out the benefits and marks
exhibited in the lives of those who have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit of
God.
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View of the Covenant of Grace
from the Sacred Records
Herein you will find distinct consideration given to the parties involved in
the covenant of grace, the making of it, its parts (conditionary and
promissory), and the administration thereof; together with the trial of a
saving personal inbeing in this covenant and the way of instating sinners
therein - unto their eternal salvation.
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View of the Covenant of Works
from the Sacred Records
Spurgeon said that if you understand the covenants you are a theologian indeed,
and well on your way to understanding God's revelation in Scripture. This book
serves as a good companion volume to the above title and as an antidote to the
hyper-covenantal errors found in groups such as the Protestant Reformed.
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BOSTON, THOMAS
The Works of Thomas Boston
(12 volumes, 1853)
"One
of the most valuable sets of all time, Boston's Works have been read and
re-read ever since their first publication in the 18th century" (Joel Beeke's
Reformation Heritage Books email of Aug. 27, 2002).
By common consent Boston takes rank in the highest class of our
practical religious writers; and in respect of spiritual usefulness his works
have largely followed him. Except the Shorter Catechism and the Pilgrim's Progress, no book, perhaps, has contributed so much to mould the
religious character of Scotland as his Fourfold State (F.C.
Magazine, VI, p. 256 as cited in Johnston, Treasury of the Scottish Covenant, p. 479).
Ian Tallach, in
the Foreword to The Beauties of Thomas Boston (p. xii) states,
Of
the many great divines who have adorned the ecclesiastical and theological
scene in Scotland, Thomas Boston must be reckoned as among the greatest. Dr.
Andrew Thomson who wrote Thomas Boston: His Life and Times, asserts that 'if Scotland had been searched during the earlier part
of the eighteenth century there was not a minister of Christ within its bounds
who, alike in personal character and in the discharge of his pastoral
functions, approached nearer the apostolic model than did this man of God.'
Dr. James
Hamilton writes,
Thomas
Boston whose peaceful walk with God is not yet forgotten in Ettrick Forest, and
whose writings, originally designed for his own shepherds, are now praised in all the churches, and most prized by those
Christians who have farthest grown in grace (cited in Johnston, Treasury
of the Scottish Covenant, p. 477).
McGowan, in the
Encyclopedia of the Reformed Faith (p. 38), also notes,
Boston
was an orthodox federal Calvinist committed to the theology of the Westminster
Confession. His federal theology was neither legalistic nor conditional in its
understanding of grace.
On Boston's
notes in the Marrow of Modern Divinity, James Henry (author of Theron and
Aspasio)
comments,
I
never read the Marrow, with Mr. Boston's Notes, until this present time (1755)
and I find, by not having read it, I have sustained considerable loss. It is a most valuable book; the doctrines it contains
are the life of my soul, and the joy of my heart. Might my tongue or
my pen be made instrumental to recommend and illustrate, to support and
propagate such precious truths, I should bless the day wherein I was born. Mr. Boston's Notes on the Marrow are, in my opinion, some of the most judicious and
valuable that ever were penned (cited in Brown's Gospel Truth
Accurately Stated and Illustrated, by... James Hog, Thomas Boston, Ebenezer and
Ralph Erskine, and Others; Occasioned by the Republication of the Marrow of
Modern Divinity,
p. 7).
Furthermore, in
Brown's Gospel Truth (pages 107-110) we find a very useful sketch of the
character and capabilities of Thomas Boston, as drawn by some of his closest
friends (the three ministers, Colden, Wilson and Davidson). These pages are an
edifying read in themselves; and we will supply you with a few short comments
from this section,
Mr. Boston was... of a strong and faithful genius, of a lively imagination, such as affords what is called a ready wit, (which, instead of cultivating, he laid under a severe restraint,) of tender affections, a clear and solid judgment... There were few pieces of learning that he had not some good taste for... He had an admirable talent at drawing a paper, which made a statesman, a very able judge, say, (when Mr. Boston was clerk of the Synod of Merse and Teviotdale,) that he was the best clerk he had ever know in any court, civil or ecclesiatic... as a minister, he had on his spirit a deep and high sense of divine things, was mighty in the Scripture... His knowledge and insight in the mystery of Christ was great, though a humbling sense of the want of it was like to have quite sunk and laid him by, after he began to preach. He had a peculiar talent for going deep into the mysteries of the gospel, and at the same time making them plain, particularly in making intelligible their connection with, and influence upon, gospel-holiness; notable instances of which may be seen in his most valuable treatise, "Of the Covenant of Grace," and in his sermons on Christ in the form of a servant... No wonder his ministrations in hol