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"...that
there is no such a thing as preaching Christ and him crucified unless you
preach what is now-a-days called Calvinism. I have my own ideas, and those I
state boldly. It is a nickname to call it Calvinism; Calvinism is the gospel,
and nothing else" (C.
H. Spurgeon, The New Park Street Pulpit, Vol. 1, 1856).
"...
and I will go as far as Martin Luther, in that strong assertion of his, where he says, 'If
any man doth ascribe of salvation, even the very least, to the free will of
man, he knoweth nothing of grace, and he hath not learnt Jesus Christ aright.' It may seem a harsh sentiment; but
he who in his soul believes that man does of his own free will turn to God,
cannot have been taught of God, for that is one of the first principles taught
us when God begins with us, that we have neither will nor power, but that He
gives both; that He is 'Alpha and Omega' in the salvation of men." (Charles H. Spurgeon from the sermon 'Free
Will A Slave' (1855) referring to Luther's book The Bondage of the Will which is listed with other resources on
this topic after this article).
But
as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even
to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the
will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God (John 1:12-13, KJV, emphases added).
"My sheep, saith Christ,
hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me; and I give unto them
eternal life, and they shall never perish. O, most worthy Scriptures! which
ought to compel us to have a faithful remembrance, and to note the tenor
thereof; which is, the sheep of Christ shall never perish.
"Doth Christ mean part
of his elect, or all, think you?
I do hold, and affirm, and also faithfully believe, that he meant all his
elect, and not part, as some do full ungodly affirm. I confess and believe
assuredly, that there shall never any of them perish: for I have good authority
so to say; because Christ is my author, and saith, if it were possible, the
very elect should be deceived. Ergo, it is not possible that they can be so
deceived, that they shall ever finally perish, or be damned: wherefore,
whosoever doth affirm that there may be any (i.e. any of the elect) lost, doth
affirm that Christ hath a torn body."1
The above valuable letter of
recantation is thus inscribed: "A Letter to the Congregation of
Free-willers, by One that had been of that Persuasion, but come off, and now a
Prisoner for Religion:" which superscription will hereafter, in its due
place, supply us with a remark of more than slight importance.
To occupy the place of argument,
it has been alleged that "Mr. Wesley is an old man;" and the Church
of Rome is still older than he. Is that any reason why the enormities, either
of the mother or the son, should pass unchastised?
It has also been suggested, that
"Mr. Wesley is a
very laborious man:" not more laborious, I presume, than a certain active
being, who is said to go to and fro in the earth, and walk up and down in it:2
nor yet more laborious, I should imagine, than certain ancient Sectarians,
concerning whom it was long ago said, "Woe unto you Scribes, hypocrites;
for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte:"3 nor, by any means, so
usefully laborious, as a certain diligent member of the community, respecting
whose variety of occupations the public have lately received the following intelligence:
"The truth of the following instance of industry may be depended on: a
poor man with a large family, now cries milk, every morning, in Lothbury, and
the neighbourhood of the Royal Exchange; at eleven, he wheels about a barrow of
potatoes; at one, he cleans shoes at the Change; after dinner, cries milk
again; in the evening, sells sprats; and at night, finishes the measure of his
labour as a watchman."4
Mr. Sellon, moreover, reminds me
(p. 128.) that, "while the shepherds are quarrelling, the wolf gets into
the sheep fold;" not impossible: but it so happens, that the present
quarrel is not among "the shepherds," but with the "wolf"
himself; which "quarrel" is warranted by every maxim of pastoral
meekness and fidelity.
I am further told, that, while I
am "berating the Arminians, Rome and the devil laugh in their
sleeves." Admitting that Mr. Sellon might derive this anecdote from the
fountain head, the parties themselves, yet, as neither they nor he are very
conspicuous for veracity, I construe the intelligence by the rule of reverse,
though authenticated by the deposition of their right trusty and well-beloved
cousin and counsellor.
Once more: I am charged with
"excessive superciliousness, and majesty of pride:" and why not charged
with having seven heads and ten horns, and a tail as long as a bell-rope? After
all, what has my pride, or my humility, to do with the argument in hand?
Whether I am haughty, or meek, is of no more consequence either to that, or to
the public, than whether I am tall or short: however, I am, at this very time,
giving one proof, that my "majesty of pride" can stoop; that even to
ventilate the impertinences of Mr. Sellon.
But, however frivolous his
cavils, the principles for which he contends are of the most pernicious nature
and tendency. I must repeat, what already seems to have given him so much
offence, that Arminianism "came from Rome, and leads thither again." Julian, bishop of Eclana a
contemporary and disciple of Pelagius, was one of those who endeavoured, with
much art, to gild the doctrines of that heresiarch, in order to render them
more sightly and palatable. The Pelagian system, thus varnished and paliated,
soon began to acquire the softer name of Semipelagianism. Let us take a view of
it, as drawn to our hands by the celebrated Mr. Bower, who himself, in the
main, a professed Pelagian, and therefore less likely to present us with an
unfavourable portrait of the system he generally approved. Among the principles
of that sect, this learned writer enumerates the following:
"The
notion of election and reprobation, independent of our merits or demerits, is
maintaining a fatal necessity, is the bane of all virtue, and serves only to
render good men remiss in working out their salvation, and to drive sinners to
despair.
"The
decrees of election and reprobation are posterior to, and in consequence of,
our good or evil works, as foreseen by God from all eternity."5
Is not this too the very
language of modern Arminianism? Do not the partizans of that scheme argue on
the same identical terms? Should it be said, "True, this proves that
Arminianism is Pelagianism revived; but it does not prove, that the doctrines
of Arminianism are originally Popish:" a moment's cool attention will make
it plain that they are.
Let us again hear Mr. Bower, who, after the passage just quoted, immediately
adds, "on these two last propositions, the Jesuits found their whole
system of grace and free-will; agreeing therein with the Semipelagians, against
the Jansenists and St. Augustine."6 The Jesuits were moulded into a
regular body, towards the middle of the sixteenth century: toward the close of
the same century, Arminius began to infest the Protestant churches. It needs
therefore no great penetration, to discern from what source he drew his poison.
His journey to Rome (though Monsicur Bayle affects to make light of the
inferences which were at that very time deduced from it) was not for nothing.
If, however, any are disposed to believe, that Arminius imbibed his doctrines
from the Socinians in Poland, with whom, it is certain, he was on terms of
intimate friendship, I have no objection to splitting the difference: he might
import some of his tenets from the Racovian brethren, and yet be indebted, for
others, to the disciples of Loyola.
Certain it is, that Arminius
himself was sensible, how greatly the doctrine of predestination widens the
distance between Protestantism and Popery. "There is no point of doctrines
(says he) which the Papists, the Anabaptists, and the (new) Lutherans more
fiercely oppose, nor by means of which they heap more discredit on the reformed
churches, and bring the reformed system itself into more odium; for they (i.e.
the Papists, & etc.) assert, that no fouler blasphemy against God can be
thought or expressed, than is contained in the doctrine of
predestination."7 For which reason, he advises the reformed world to
discard predestination from their creed, in order that they may live on more
brotherly terms with the Papists, the Anabaptists, and such like.
The Arminian writers make no
scruple to seize and retail each other's arguments, as common property. Hence,
Samuel Hoord copies from Van Harmin the self same observation which I have now
cited. "Predestination (says Samuel) is an opinion odious to the Papists,
opening their foul mouths, against our Church and religion:"8
consequently, our adopting the opposite doctrines of universal grace and
freewill, would, by bringing us so many degrees nearer to the Papists, conduce
to shut their mouths, and make them regard us, so far at least, as their own
orthodox and dearly beloved brethren: whence it follows, that, as Arminianism
came from Rome, so "it leads thither again."
If the joint verdict of Arminius
himself, and of his English proselyte Hoord, will not turn the scale, let us
add the testimony of a professed Jesuit, by way of making up full weight. When archbishop Laud's
papers were examined, a letter was found among them, thus endorsed with that
prelate's own hand: "March, 1628. A Jesuit's Letter, sent to the Rector at
Bruxels, about the ensuing Parliament." The design of this letter was to
give the Superior of the Jesuits, then resident at Brussels, an account of the
posture of civil and ecclesiastical affairs in England; an extract from it I
shall here subjoin: "Father Rector, let not the damp of astonishment seize
upon your ardent and zealous soul, in apprehending the sodaine and unexpected
calling of a Parliament. We have now many strings to our bow. We have
planted that soveraigne drugge Arminianisme, which we hope will purge the Protestants from their
heresie; and it flourisheth and beares fruit in due season. For the better
prevention of the Puritanes, the Arminians have already locked up the Duke's
(of Buckingham) eares; and we have those of our owne religion, which stand
continually at the Duke's chamber, to see who goes in and out: we cannot be too
circumspect and carefull in this regard. I am, at this time, transported with
joy, to see how happily all instruments and means, as well great as lesser,
co-operate unto our purposes. But, to return unto the maine fabricke:--OUR
FOUNDATION IS ARMINIANISME.
The Arminians and projectors, as it appeares in the premises, affect mutation.
This we second and enforce by probable arguments."9
The "Sovereign drug,
Arminianism," which said the Jesuit, "we (i.e. we Papists) have
planted" in England, did indeed bid fair "to purge our Protestant
Church effectually. How merrily Popery and Arminianism, at that time, danced
hand in hand, may be
learned from Tindal: "The churches were adorned with paintings, images,
altar-pieces, & etc. and, instead of communion tables, alters were set up,
and bowings to them and the sacramental elements enjoined. The predestinarian
doctrines were forbidden, not only to be preached, but to be printed; and the
Arminian sense of the Articles was encouraged and propagated."10 The
Jesuit, therefore, did not exult without cause. The "sovereign drug,"
so lately "planted," did indeed take deep root downward, and bring
forth fruit upward, under the cherishing auspices of Charles and Laud. Heylyn,
too, acknowledges, that the state of things was truly described by another
Jesuit of that age, who wrote: "Protestantism waxeth weary of itself. The
doctrine (by the Arminians, who then sat at the helm) is altered in many
things, for which their progenitors forsook the Church of Rome: as limbus
patrum; prayer for the
dead, and possibility of keeping God's commandments; and the accounting of
Calvinism to be heresy at least, if not treason."11
The maintaining of these
positions, by the Court divines, was an "alteration" indeed; which
the abandoned Heylyn ascribes to "the ingenuity and moderation found in
some professors of our religion." If we sum up the evidence that has
been given, we shall find its amount to be, that Arminianism came from the Church
of Rome, and leads back again to the pit whence it was digged.
For further study: Christopher
Ness, An Antidote Against Arminianism; J. Warne, Arminianism: The Back Door to
Popery; John Knox, On Predestination in Works vol. 5; John Owen, A Display of
Arminianism; Pink, The Sovereignty of God; Martin Luther, The Bondage of the
Will; C. Van Til, The Defense of the Faith; W. MacLean, Arminianism Another
Gospel; and Spurgeon's Sovereign Grace Sermons. This newsletter is an excerpt
from The Complete Works of Augustus Toplady (Sprinkle Publ., [1794] 1987, pp.
54-55). Subtitles in the body of this newsletter and all emphases have been
added by the editor, Reg Barrow.
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Endnotes: 1. Strype, u.s. 2. Job
1:7 with 1 Peter 5:8. 3. Matt. 23:15. 4. Bath Chronicle, for Feb. 6, 1772. 5.
Bower's Hist. of the Popes, vol. 1, p. 350. 6. Bower ibid. 7. Arminius, in
Oper. P.115. Ludg. 1629. (See book for Latin.) 8. Hoord, In Bishop Davenant's
Animadversions, Camb. 1641. 9. Hidden works of darkness, p. 89, 90. Edit. 1645.
10. Tindal's Contin. of Rapin, vol. 3 octavo, 1758. 11. Life of Laud, p. 238.
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LUTHER,
MARTIN
The Bondage of
the Will (tenth printing 1998)
The
Bondage of the Will
is fundamental to an understanding of the primary doctrines of the Reformation. In these pages, Luther gives extensive
treatment to what he saw as the heart of the gospel. Free will was no
academic question to Luther; the whole gospel of the grace of God, he believed,
was bound up with it and stood or fell according to the way one decided it... This is the greatest piece of writing
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among Luther's writings (front and back cover).
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as his most important work and even said that if all his other books perished,
he would hope that this one, along with his Small Catechism, would be the only ones to remain. As noted above, this is one of the most
important books of the early Reformation, for it deals with what Luther saw to
be the heart of the Gospel.
Luther here refutes the Romish
notion of "free will" in man and upholds the absolute sovereignty of
God in the salvation of sinners -- as well as justification by faith alone. Luther
clearly saw the issue of free will as the primary cause of his separation from
Rome.
In this book he replied to the
Roman Catholic scholar, Erasmus, and his diatribe The Freedom of the Will. Though disagreeing with just about
everything else Erasmus wrote, Luther commended Erasmus for recognizing the crux of the matter at issue between Rome and the Bible
believers, the debate over "free will." In this regard Luther wrote,
that
unlike all the rest, you alone have attacked the real issue, the essence of the
matter in dispute (i.e. man's so-called free-will--RB)... You and you alone
saw, what was the grand hinge upon which the whole turned, and therefore you
attacked the vital part at once; for which, from my heart, I thank you.
"This book is most needful
at the present day," noted Atherton in 1931, for "the teachings of
many so-called Protestants are more in accordance with the Dogmas of the
Papists, or the ideas of Erasmus, than with the Principles of the Reformers;
they are more in harmony with the Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent
than with the Protestant or Reformed Confessions of Faith."
It is easy to see how a lack of
doctrinal and historical study is leading many into serious compromise with the
false ecumenical apostasy espoused by Rome and other idolatrous beliefs which
cry up man's ability to save himself (as with Arminianism) and to devise his
own methods of worship (as with those that oppose the Reformation's regulative
principle of worship in favor of their own will worship). In this area, many
"Protestants," even now, bow down to Rome's humanistic,
anti-Christian idol of free will.
It is our hope that God will use
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concerning this book, "Nowhere does Luther come closer, either in spirit
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CALVIN,
JOHN
The Bondage and
Liberation of the Will: A Defense of the Orthodox Doctrine of Human Choice
Against Pighius (1543, 1996) FIRST TIME ENGLISH TRANSLATION!
"In the belief that the
1539 edition of Calvin's Institutes,
and in particular its chapters on free choice and predestination, constituted a
greater danger than did the other 'Lutheran' writings, the Dutch Roman Catholic
theologian Albert Pighius wrote a response entitled Ten Books on Human Free
Choice and Divine Grace
(1542). Calvin, when he saw Pighius's work, felt a pressing need to respond to
Pighius's first six books, that is, those on free choice. The result was The
Bondage and Liberation of the Will
(1543). The Bondage and Liberation of the Will is undoubtedly the most significant
of Calvin's works hitherto not translated in English. This is in striking contrast to
Luther's study on the same topic, which is one of his best-known
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will, and contains important material not found elsewhere in his writings. It also contains far more discussion
of the early church fathers than does any other of Calvin's works, apart from the Institutes. It is high time that this major work is
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SPURGEON,
CHARLES H.
Spurgeon's
Sovereign Grace Sermons
It
is no novelty, then, that I am preaching; no new doctrine. I love to proclaim
these strong old doctrines, that are called by nickname Calvinism, but which
are surely and verily the revealed truth of God as it is in Christ Jesus. By this truth I make a pilgrimage into
the past, and as I go, I see father after father, confessor after confessor,
martyr after martyr, standing up to shake hands with me. Were I a Pelagian, or
a believer in the doctrine of free-will, I should have to walk for centuries
all alone. Here and there a heretic, of no very honorable character, might rise
up and call me brother. But taking these things to be the standard of my faith,
I see the land of the ancients peopled with my brethren; I behold multitudes
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4. The Perpetuity of the Law of God
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6. Human Inability
7. Christ's Work No Failure
8. Christ Crucified
9. The Doctrines of Grace Do Not Lead to Sin
10. Election.
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An Antidote
Against Arminianism (1700)
Recommended by John Owen,
John Gill, and Augustus Toplady. An easy-to-read but devastating critique of
the Arminian heresy. A treatise to refute all five points of Arminianism,
setting forth predestination and the five points of Calvinism clearly and
forcefully, along with numerous Scripture proofs. "As blessed Athanasius sighed out
in his day," writes Ness, "'the world is overrun with Arianism;' so
it is the sad sigh of our present times, the Christian world is overrun, yea,
overwhelmed with the flood of Arminianism; which cometh, as it were, out of the
mouth of the serpent, that he might cause the woman (the Church) 'to be carried
away of the flood' thereof (Rev. 12:15). And lest this overflowing deluge of
Arminianism should bring destruction upon us, there is great need that some
servants of Christ should run to stop the further spreading of this plague and
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A Display of
Arminianism:Being A Discovery of the Old Pelagian Idol of Free Will, With the
New Goddess Contingency Advancing Themselves Into the Throne of the God of
Heaven, to the Prejudice of His Grace, Providence, and Supreme Dominion Over
the Children of Men...
This was Owen's first
publication (1642) and immediately brought him into notice. It contains
numerous useful charts contrasting Arminian doctrines, from some of their major
teachers, with those of Scripture (Calvinism) in a side-by-side format. Owen
leaves no room for compromise with Arminianism as he shows why this is, when
sincerely believed, a dangerous, devilish and damnable heresy! This position is
simply in keeping with Luther, as C.H. Spurgeon points out, "... and I
will go as far as Martin Luther, in that strong assertion of his, where he
says, 'If any man doth ascribe of salvation, even the very least, to the free
will of man, he knoweth nothing of grace, and he hath not learnt Jesus Christ
aright.' It may seem a harsh sentiment; but he who in his soul believes that
man does, of his own free will turn to God, cannot have been taught of God, for
that is one of the first principles taught us when God begins with us, that we
have neither will nor power, but that He gives both; that he is 'Alpha and
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Indwelling Sin
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A detailed work about the
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God's
Sovereignty, A Practical Discourse
A Puritan work recommended
by Charles Spurgeon, John Owen, Thomas Goodwin and William Romaine. Owen
especially marvels at Coles' singular reliance on Scripture alone to vindicate
God's sovereignty, as it relates to election, redemption, effectual calling,
and the perseverance of the saints. Originally published in 1673, this is the
1831 edition.
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Some
Additional Customer Comments on SWRB's CD sets (Reformation, Calvinism,
Protestant, Puritan).
"This collection
of… CDs is a truly astounding accomplishment. There is nothing like this
available to the ordinary Christian on the whole face of the earth. Now, for the first
time ever, ordinary Christians can have direct and near effortless access to the
very cream of Puritan and Reformed, as well as Covenanter, literature... What they used
to say of the Puritan John Flavel's preaching, can be said of these CDs: they
are 'hissing hot'! ... more" (emphases added).
- Dr Jonathan D. Moore,
Cambridge, UK.
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Missionary working in Hatyai, Southern Thailand
Full
SWRB CD comment from Dr. McMahon:
"I
have been systematically working through reading the Puritan and Reformed CDs I
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I must say, there is nothing like them
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It is the most amazing collection of works I
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In
my opinion, it far surpasses Ages Software and their collections.*
The
Puritan and Reformed material presented on these CDs is exceptional.
I
am continually amazed at the depth and breadth of information in both
collections, and the rarity of works that I now have at my fingertips.
You
have done an immeasurable service for the Kingdom of Christ in making these CDs
available, and every pastor and theologian should own them without question
(they would be foolhardy to pass them by)."
-
For Christ's Crown and Covenant,
Dr. C.
Matthew McMahon
A Puritan's
Mind Ministries, www.apuritansmind.com
John 5:39,
"...search the Scriptures..."
"Novum
Testamentum in Vetre latet, et in Novo, Vetus patet." Augustine
( "The
New is in the Old concealed, and in the New, the Old revealed." )
* It is SWRB's
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available on CD, so much so that we also distribute a number of their CDs at
discounts. Thus, please don't make more out of our publishing this comment than
is warranted, as this is a comment we received from one of our customers and it
expresses his opinion. As for Ages' work, we rejoice whenever the truth is
published, whether through others or through SWRB (as we play only a very small
part in the revival of classic Reformation, Puritan and Covenanter thought that
is now taking place worldwide through God's marvelous grace). The publication
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our time, as this extends the blessings that come through faithful preachers
and authors into our day and into the future. Lord willing, the growth in the
publishing of faithful works from the past will help stem the tide of the great
declension and unfaithfulness which we are now witnessing all around us, even (sadly)
among many churches that still call themselves "Presbyterian" and/or
"Reformed." So please pray together with us that our Lord will
multiple the number of faithful publishers and publications, and that He will
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has done for our faithful forefathers, who resisted Satan and sin unto blood
and even to martyrdom in many cases). -- RB.
"SWRB's
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Phillip J. Long
Associate
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Grace Bible
College
Grand
Rapids, MI 49509
"I
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In
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seen to be believed. As a pastor, my library has just increased
dramatically.
As a Ph.D. student in Puritan and Post-Reformation studies, I have immediate
access to many of the same works for which I would normally need to access
through rare book rooms of theological libraries.
Thank
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financially and technologically. May the Lord richly bless you for this service
to his people."
-
Yours for the faith,
Pastor David Owen Filson
Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church (PCA), Nashville, TN
"You
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Dr. E. Calvin Beisner
Knox
Theological Seminary
Author and
Associate Professor of Historical Theology and Social Ethics
(Author of: Psalms
of Promise: Celebrating
the Majesty and Faithfulness of God, God in Three Persons, Answers: For Atheists, Agnostics,
and Other Thoughtful Skeptics--Dialogs About Christian Faith and Life, Man,
Economy, and Environment in Biblical Perspective, Where Garden Meets Wilderness:
Evangelical Entry Into the Environmental Debate, Evangelical Heathenism? Examining Contemporary Revivalism, as well as other books, scholarly
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price, but after seeing the vastness of the material, I almost feel as though
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many ministers as possible."
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Email from SC, USA
Full
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This
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like this available to the ordinary Christian on the whole face of the earth.
Now,
for the first time ever, ordinary Christians can have direct and near
effortless access to the very cream of Puritan and Reformed, as well as
Covenanter, literature.
These
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linked and indexed for the first time. The ordinary Christian may here dig
into a simply staggering wealth of literature, from devotional and sermonic
material to technical and scholarly works. Even in the days of the Long Reformation
itself ordinary Christians didn't get to see this kind of library -- most
couldn't read for a start, and even those who could, would never have been able
to afford to buy even a hundredth part of the material on these CDs. Truly we
are without excuse!
And
the significance of this collection goes even beyond that. No longer do we have
to wait for modern Reformed publishing houses to predict that a particular
Reformation or Puritan book will be sufficiently popular to make it economical
to reprint, or to deem it "safe" enough to be let loose on the modern
evangelical church. Rather, we are now able to see for ourselves the whole
range of the Puritan and Reformed publishing enterprise, including views that
are usually suppressed by most modern devotees of "Puritan" piety!
Buy
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said of these CDs: they are "hissing hot"!
-
Dr Jonathan D. Moore, Cambridge, UK.
(Scholar of
16th and 17th century Calvinistic literature.)
"This
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The
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Email from the USA
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God
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work may not be mistaken to be wrought by the might of men, but by his Spirit.
His strength is perfected in weakness."
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Email from Colorado
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