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this evil day!" (Charles Spurgeon, probably written to Andrew Bonar,
emphases added).
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The Covenanted
Reformation Defended Against Contemporary Schismatics by Greg
Barrow (Greg Price, Reg Barrow and Larry Birger) A contemporary classic on the Covenanted Reformation. You simply will
not find a better modern book on this topic! This book, of over 300 [8.5"
X 11"] pages, is also offered as a cerlox bound photocopy [$14.98 US
funds] or a Hardcover photocopy [$25.00 US funds].)
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].
The Latin text of this letter can be found on pages 239-243 of The Acts of
the General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland, From the Year 1638, to the
Year 1649 Inclusive [a SWRB rare bound photocopy, US$39.00 hardcover
photocopy, US$19.99 cerlox bound photocopy])
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.)
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). The
best demonstration that the United States is bound by the Solemn League and
Covenant is Greg Price's recent 21 sermon series on this topic -- which is free
in MP3 format online (sermons 14-18 give the specific proof that the USA in
bound by the Solemn League and Covenant (SL&C).
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
established Presbyterian Church of Scotland to represent the nation of Scotland
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).
Covenanted
Uniformity by Jim Dodson (Sets
the context for the Westminster Assembly and succinctly explains why there is
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.)
An Open Letter
to an RPCNA Elder by Jim Dodson (Summarizes the points of defection from covenanted attainments in the
modern RPCNA. Also deals with church issues, schism and separation, worship,
covenanting, and much more.)
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
of covenanted Reformation attainments and who has backslidden (and why), what
it means to subscribe to the Westminster Confession (and why most that say they
do so today do not have any idea of what that means), and much more concerning
individual, family, church and civil duties, this is one of the best books you
will ever lay your hands on. It chronicles "some instances of worldly
conformity and mark(s) some steps of defection from our 'covenanted unity and
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
God. They deceive themselves, and it may be, would deceive others, who think
otherwise." Not for the weak of heart.
Nation
Shaking Covenanted Reformation Promoted
A classic sermon by a modern-day Puritan! Deals with the major facets of
national Reformation from the Old and New Testaments, as well as providing
historic examples of how and why God blesses this biblical pattern. Explains
the duties of the church, state and individual in bringing about national 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 sermon should be a great encouragement
to those that have been given the grace to see the bigger picture regarding
what God is doing in the world today -- and the certain world changing Covenanted Reformation that is to
come during the prophesied millennium! (Cassette) $1.98 (US funds)
Chapter three from this book, "How the Solemn
League & Covenant Binds the USA, Canada, Australia, etc., Today," is
now FREE in AUDIO
in three parts
at:
DEBATE
on the Meaning of the Church in Reformation Thought by Greg
Barrow
Covers some of the most
important (and often forgotten, in our day) aspects of the Reformation doctrine
of the church (championed by Calvin, Knox, et al.). Includes many citations
from Reformation leaders & confessional statements of the best Reformed
churches. This is chapter 2 in Greg Barrow's The
Covenanted Reformation Defended (free at: http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/misrep2.htm
).
Eschewing
Ecclesiastical Tyranny (Protestant Biblical Separation)
by Greg Barrow (DEBATE with Richard Bacon) 1 Corinthians 2:15
The classic Reformation
position on biblical separation, Protestant private judgment, the visible
church, etc. -- contra Antichrist (the Papacy) and wayward liberal Protestants.
This is appendix G from The Covenanted
Reformation Defended: "A
brief examination of Mr. Bacon's principles regarding the visible church and
the use of private judgment. Also, some observations regarding his ignoble
attack upon Mr. Kevin Reed in his book entitled The Visible Church in the Outer
Darkness."
Protestant
Antidote to Modern Disunity (1/5)
by Greg Barrow (DEBATE with Richard Bacon)
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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