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Religious
Principles of the Scottish Martyrs by Andrew Symington
The Covenanted
Reformation Defended Against Contemporary Schismatics by Greg
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Forgotten Hero:
The Autobiography of David Steele by Michael Wagner (1998)
Permanence
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posterity.)
Paleopresbyterianism
Versus Neopresbyterianism by Michael Wagner
The Solemn
League and Covenant by Alexander Henderson and others
The National
Covenant (1638); or, Confession of Faith (of the Kirk of Scotland)
Toleration
and Covenanting by John Brown (of Haddington)
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 by
Reg Barrow
A Contemporary
Covenanting Debate; Or, Covenanting Redivivus by Reg Barrow
Terms of
Ministerial and Christian Communion in the Reformed Presbyterian Church, and In
Our Day, In the Puritan Reformed Church; With Explanatory Dialogue (Including
"The Biblical and Logical Necessity of Uninspired Creeds")
by Larry Birger
The (Scottish
General) Assembly's Letter to the Kirks in the Netherlands"
(Edinburgh, June 4, 1644) (Translated from
Latin to English by Dr. Stephen Westcott [England] and received in Edmonton
[Canada] via email on June 4, 1997 [exactly 353 years after its original date].
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"On the
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being section 11 in the Reformed Presbyterian Catechism by
William Roberts (1853) (All the Scripture
you will ever need to prove that covenanting is an ordinance of God and a moral
duty for men.)
What Is A Moral
Person? How God Views the Church and the Nations by David
Scott, John Cunningham, and George Smeaton
(A clear and concise summary of the biblical doctrine of the moral person; i.e.
that God regards churches and nations as moral entities separate from the
individual members of which they are composed. No Christian can afford not to
understand this vital teaching! In many ways this is a crux of the Covenanter
position, underlying as it does upon the issues of separation, civil
government, the Covenants, eschatology, etc.)
Corporate
Sanctification: Holding Fast the Attainments of Reformation
by John Brown (of Wamphray; Samuel Rutherford's Disciple) (An overview of the Covenanter doctrine of
reformation attainments by one of the great Covenanter theologians. Helpful in
dispelling false charges of Anabaptism and perfectionism laid at the feet of
faithful Covenanters.)
Whether it
be lawful, just, and expedient, that the taking of the Solemn League and
Covenant be enjoined by the Parliament upon all persons in the kingdom under a considerable
penalty by George Gillespie
(CHAPTER XVI. of "A Treatise of Miscellany Questions," pp. 85-88 from
The Works of George Gillespie volume 2, Still Waters Revival
Books reprint. Includes "Nine particulars to be remembered for the right
deducing and stating the matter of fact. - The grounds and reasons of such an
ordinance and appointment may be eleven.. - Four objections answered. - How
this ordinance would not be tyranny over men's consciences. - The covenant is
no temporary obligation.. - If such an ordinance to the army be scandalum
acceptum, then the not making of it is scandalum
datum.)
Richard Cameron
- Scottish Covenanter (FREE VIDEO)
The
United States, the Covenanters and the Solemn League and Covenant by
Fred DiLella (Briefly explains why the
United States is still bound by the Solemn League and Covenant and is
therefore, at present, not a duly constituted nation -- but is rather a
backsliding, Christ defying, covenant-breaking, sin tolerating, baby murdering,
antichristian nation [though probably still the best, in many ways, of those
nations which now wonder after the beast during this time of the great apostasy].
Furthermore, this letter sets forth some practical applications regarding this
teaching while also including numerous book notes demonstrating the history of
this position from among major Reformed authors. This argumentation can be
extended to apply to all nations that are constitutionally the children of the
British parent which covenanted with God in the Solemn League and Covenant. A
kind of national application of the principles involved in the Presbyterian
view of infant baptism. "Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though
it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or
addeth thereto" (Gal. 3:15).
Up From
Reconstruction; or, A Short History of the Puritan Reformed Church of Edmonton
(1996) by Michael Wagner
Mr. (Samuel)
Rutherford's Testimony to the Covenanted Work of Reformation (from 1638 to
1649) in Britain and Ireland by Samuel Rutherford. (More help in understanding the attainments and
setbacks of the second Reformation. Rutherford was one of the leading
Covenanters and was sent by the nationally
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at the Westminster Assembly. Rutherford is remembered today primarily through
his most notable writings, some of which include his Letters; Lex,
Rex or The Law and the Prince [which laid
the foundations for constitutional government]; The Covenant of Life
Opened or, A Treatise of the Covenant of Grace
and A Free Disputation Against Pretended Liberty of Conscience).
Of the
Samaritans, and of the Non Compelling of Heathens; How the Covenant Bindeth Us.
by Samuel Rutherford
Covenanted
Uniformity by Jim Dodson (Sets
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so much disagreement about what the Westminster standards teach. Also points
the reader in the direction of solving the problem of disunity among Reformed
folk today.)
The Reformed
View of Schism by Andrew Clarkson. (The Reformers often said "that to avoid schism we must
separate." This should give the perceptive reader some indication of how
badly misunderstood the biblical teaching regarding schism and separation
(which should be differentiated in many ways) has become in our day. Sadly,
some of the most anti-Reformed work on this subject has been written by
contemporary individuals, who, though calling themselves Reformed,
"understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm" (1
Tim. 1:7). This excerpt from Clarkson's Plain Reasons for Presbyterians
Dissenting should contribute much to correcting the promotion of
unbiblical ecumenism and place this doctrine back on its Scriptural foundation
-- which was recovered during the Reformation. Clarkson cites Beza, Rutherford,
Gillespie, Dickson, Durham, McWard (Rutherford's "disciple"),
Marshal, Watson, Owen, Burroughs, and many others, while defending the truth
about schism. Objections brought against the Reformation view of schism are
also carefully answered. This is probably the single best short treatment of
this subject.)
Wholesome Severity
Reconciled With Christian Liberty; or, the True Resolution of a Present
Controversy Concerning Liberty of Conscience by George Gillespie
(1644)
Historical
Testimony, Church Union and the Second Reformation by the
Reformed Presbytery
A Brief
Defence of Dissociation in The Present Circumstances (1996)
by the Session of the Puritan Reformed Church of Edmonton/Prince George (Explains why Christians should separate themselves
from those groups which deny biblical truth and its implications.)
The Six Points
of the "Terms of Ministerial and Christian Communion in the Reformed
Presbyterian Church by the Reformed Presbytery
Plain Reasons
for Presbyterians Dissenting from the Revolution Church of Scotland. Also,
Their Principles Concerning Civil Government, and the Difference Betwixt the
Reformation and Revolution Principles (1731) by Andrew
Clarkson (The table of contents contained
in this file can serve as a kind of summary of second Reformation thought
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An Open Letter
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covenanting, and much more.)
Dodson
Versus the RPCNA -- concerning his "Open Letter to an RPCNA Elder"
above by Jim Dodson
(Continues where the above letter left off. Adds some more specific charges.)
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Sadness
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A Short Vindication of our Covenanted Reformation (1879)
Until the church comes to terms with what is written in this book it will
remain weak and divided. Covenant breakers will not prosper, as this rare item
demonstrates from both Scripture and history. The power packed ordinance of
covenanting, (the National and Solemn League and Covenant in particular), was
foundational to the second Reformation and the work of the Westminster
Assembly. "By the National Covenant our fathers laid Popery prostrate. By
the Solemn League and Covenant they were successful in resisting prelatic
encroachments and civil tyranny. By it they were enabled to achieve the Second
Reformation... They were setting up landmarks by which the location and limits
of the city of God will be known at the dawn of the millennial day... How can
they be said to go forth by the footsteps of the flock, who have declined from
the attainments, renounced the covenants and contradicted the testimony of 'the
cloud of witnesses."...All the schisms (separations) that disfigure the
body mystical of Christ... are the legitimate consequences of the abandonment
of reformation attainments, the violation of covenant engagements." If you
are interested in knowing how to recognize a faithful church (or state), when
and why to separate from unfaithful institutions, who has held up the standard
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uniformity,' " noting how "it is necessary to take a retrospect of
our history for many years; for we did not all at once reach our present
condition of sinful ignorance and manifold apostasy." Presbyterian and the
Reformed churches lay under the heavy hand of God's judgement in our day,
because of the very defections noted throughout this fine work. "We heard
(hear) from various quarters the cry, 'maintain the truth, stand up for the
principles of the Second Reformation;' and yet many of those who are the most
loud in uttering this cry, appear desirous to bury in oblivion those
imperishable national and ecclesiastical deeds, by which the church and kingdom
of Scotland became 'married to the Lord.'" Are we married to the Lord, or
have we thrown off the covenants of our forefathers; are we the chaste bride of
Christ, or a harlot who is found in the bedchambers of every devilish suitor
(whether ecclesiastical or civil) who tempts us with the favors of this world?
Let us cry out, as with "the noble Marquis of Argyle, upon the
scaffold," when he said, "God hath tied us by covenants to religion
and reformation. These that were then unborn are yet engaged, and it passeth
the power of all the magistrates under heaven to absolve them from the oath of
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covenanted Reformation. Includes notes on the importance of covenanting with
God (individually and corporately) and on the forthcoming covenant renewal (of
the Solemn League and Covenant) in Edmonton. Exposes tolerationism and
religious pluralism as sin, gives instruction on the "two sons of
oil" in Zechariah's prophecy, and provides direction (from the Lord's
prayer as expounded by the Westminster Divines in the Larger Catechism) on the
kind of prayer that changes the world, destroys the work of the devil, and
honors and glorifies God. Reformation eschatology also gets its due here. This
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DEBATE
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Covers some of the most important
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Defection from Reformation teaching
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