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Resource 1.
PURITAN DIVINES
Puritan Sermons Before the English House of Commons (1640-1641)
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Commons... Assembled in Parliament" in London at various times during the
years 1640 and 1641. This volume includes: "The First Sermon, Preached to
the Honourable House... at their Public Fast" by Cornelius Burgess (Nov. 17, 1640); "Sions Joy" by Jeremiah
Burroughs (Sept. 7, 1641); "A
Peace-Offering to God" by Stephen Marshall (Sept. 7, 1641); "The Love of Truth and
Peace" by John Gauden (Nov.
29, 1640); and two other sterling examples of nation-directing second
Reformation sermons. Burgess, in the
final sermon, exposes the Popish and Jesuitical traitors in the land, while
also demonstrating how their treason was the outgrowth of their false and
wicked religion, as well as their hatred for God and the truths of the
Reformation. These sermons to the civil authorities
were an encouragement to further Reformation and played their part in rousing
the civil ministers to their calling. They
also assisted in laying some of the necessary groundwork which eventually led
the parliament to call the Westminster Assembly. Furthermore, they helped to stir these governors to their duty
of covenanting the land to Christ,
which was later accomplished in the international swearing of the Solemn
League and Covenant. Over 350 pages.
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BURROUGHS, JEREMIAH
The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment
We
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to share its spirit. This book remedies this spiritual disease in practical
biblical ways. Another in the Puritan Paperbacks
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Resource 3.
MURRAY, IAIN H.
The Puritan Hope: Revival and the Interpretation of
Prophecy
One of the most thoroughly documented historical books on
eschatology and its connection to revival and missions. A powerfully encouraging study of the biblical and
Reformed teaching on the Christian's hope in this world and in the prospect of
the triumph of the gospel. Shows how the optimistic eschatology of Scripture
made the Puritans of old, mighty men of valour in battling for the kingdom and
glory of God. This is a book that is hard to put down. Published by Banner of
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Resource 4.
SMITH, THOMAS
Select Memoirs of the Lives, Labours, and Sufferings, of
Those Pious and Learned English and Scottish Divines, Who Greatly Distinguished
Themselves in Promoting the Reformation from Popery; In Translating the Bible;
and in Promulgating Its Salutary Doctrines by Their Numerous Evangelical Writings;
and Who Ultimately Crowned the Venerable Edifice with the Celebrated
Westminster Confession of Faith, etc. etc. etc. (1828)
"The
Work with the lives of those renowned English Worthies, who introduced and
effected the glorious Reformation from popery, and concludes with those, who, unsatisfied with the splendid ceremonial and Romish
peculiarities of the church of England, could not conscientiously conform to
her superstitious ritual, and were therefore
denominated Non-conformists or Puritans. The Reformation of the
church of Christ was the sole object of both, their opinions were the same, and
it will be difficult to determine who suffered most, or acted the better part.
The same reasons that induced the former to labour for the Reformation from
Popery induced the latter to exert themselves for the Reformation of the church
of England. Their labours, their influence, and their zeal, were devoted to
this desirable work, and notwithstanding that they endeavoured, by the most
peaceable means, to purge the church, of which they
were members, from all its antchristian impurities, they were branded with the
name puritans, and many of them, for their non-conformity,
suffered suspension, imprisonment, and persecution even unto death. The Work will therefore furnish the reader with a
circumstantial account of the arduous conflict of religious liberty, from the
days of John Wickliffe. Here he will find some of the merciless proceedings of
the court of High Commission and the Star-Chamber, two terrible engine's of cruelty
and injustice, whose unparalleled oppressions, and unprecedented barbarities,
in place of reconciling men to the unity of the established religion, drove
them farther and farther off, confirmed them in their non-conformity, alienated
their minds from the prelatical priesthood, and greatly increased their own
number and reputation. In a Work of this nature, it appeared necessary to give
the reader some account of the errors, encroachments, and corruptions of the
Romish church, that led to the long and arduous struggle before us. This he
will find in the Historical Sketch of the Christian Church (From the Ascension
of Christ – RB), with which the Memoirs are introduced." (Preface,
pp. vii-viii). Also included is a "Short
Introduction to the Lives of the Puritans." This is a major
historical work, both for scope and accuracy. It
covers the lives of 132 principal Reformers; among them: Ames, Baille, Baxter,
Bolton, Bradford, the Burgess' (both Anthony and Cornelius), Case, Cawdrey,
Coverdale, Cotton, Fox, Gillespie, Goodman, Goodwin, Henderson, Hooker, Hooper,
Janeway, Latimer, Lightfoot, Ridley, Rogers, Rutherford, Sibbs, Tyndale, Vines,
and a host of others. For the book-lover, researcher and student (of the
historical and doctrinal struggle for Reformation), a
convenient and helpful list of books by each author covered is appended to the
end of each memoir. 724 pages.
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Resource 5.
COVENANTED MINISTERS OF SCOTLAND
Sermons in Times of Persecution in Scotland (1880 edition)
This
book (of 674 pages) records some of the most
powerful sermons ever put into print, most being delivered during the
"killing times" in Scotland. These
faithful preachers were daily in danger of losing their earthly lives for their
testimony to the truth of Christ's kingship (which they proclaim here) –
and many were eventually martyred for His covenanted cause. The original
title of this book, instructive in itself, read (in part), "A Collection
of Lectures and Sermons Preached upon Several Subjects, Mostly in the Time of
the Late Persecution. Wherein a Faithful Doctrinal Testimony is Transmitted to
Posterity for the Doctrine, Worship, Discipline and Government of the Church of
Scotland against Popery, Prelacy, Erastianism, etc.... and a Sermon on the
Breach of Covenant by Mr. John Guthrie." Each
set of sermons in this book is prefaced with a helpful three to six page
biographical notice. The following ministers are included (with the
number of their sermons in this book noted in parentheses after their name): William
Guthrie (17); Michael Bruce (3); John Weldwood (4); Richard Cameron (7 sermons and 1 lecture); Donald Cargill (7 sermons and 3 lectures); Alexander Peden (2); Alexander Shields (2 sermons and 1 lecture); John Livingstone (1 sermon and 1 sacramental discourse); John Welch (1 sermon and 1 sacramental discourse); John
Guthrie (1). Includes illustrations
and the original preface (written March 19, 1779) by John Howie (author of The Scots Worthies). An instructive and
useful commemorative sermon, "A Third Reformation Necessary: or, The
Piety, Principles, and Patriotism of Scotland's Covenanted Martyrs; With
Application to the Present Times," by Kerr, preached on the bi-cententary
of the covenanting struggle, is also included.
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PIERCE, JAMES
A Vindication of the Dissenters (1718, second edition, corrected)
Written
"In Answer to Dr. William Nichols's Defence of the Doctrine and Discipline
of the Church of England," this work was first written in Latin and then
translated into English. It is a massive (605 pages)
and detailed history and doctrinal defense of the Dissenters and "An Appeal
to Foreign Divines, Professors, and all other Learned Men of the Reformed
Religion." Part one covers the
history and controversies surrounding nonconformity, drawing from sources
ancient to the author's day (in 288 pages).
Part two is titled "Concerning the Doctrine of the Church of
England." It deals with separation, backsliding into Popish ways, civil
resistance, the power of the magistrate and numerous other topics of importance
to Reformed Christians. Part 3,
"Concerning Discipline, and Modes of Worship," systematically exposes
numerous specific errors of the Prelates (in worship and government), while
defending the testimony of the Dissenters. Chapters in this section
include, "Of the Government of Bishops," "Of Singing and Music
in Churches," "Of the Public Liturgy," "Of the Sign of the
Cross in Baptism," "Of Godfathers and Godmothers," "Of
Confirmation," "Of the Surplice, and other Ecclesiastical
Habits," "Of the Ring in Marriage," "Of Kneeling at the
Sacraments," "Of the Observation of Holidays," "Of Bowing
in the Name of Jesus," "Of Reading Apocryphal books in the
Church," Of the Faults found with the English Liturgy," and much
more. This last section is particularly revealing,
as it exposes how far many, in our day, that claim to be Reformed (like Steve
Schlissel), have actually backslidden into the rejected ways of Popery and
Prelacy – casting off some of the greatest attainments of the Reformation
(notably the second Reformation) in the process. This is especially evident in the modern "Reformed"
rejection of the regulative principle of worship and the subsequent (ignorant)
embracing of many worship practises which our worthy Reformed forefathers
rightly abominated (as idolatry), confessed outside the church, and sometimes
even gave their lives fighting against. This book might be
called a miniature encyclopaedia of dissent. It should not be overlooked by
those interested in the great Puritan revolution which Pierce here defends -- a
revolution which is once again being revived (by the power of Almighty God) in
our day and is destined to one day cover the whole earth!
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Resource 7.
WESTMINSTER DIVINES & OTHER PURITANS (Gouge, Gataker, et al.)
The Westminster Annotations and Commentary on the Whole
Bible
(6
volumes, 1657)
The
original title read: "Annotations Upon all the Books of the Old and New
Testament: This Third, above the First and Second, Edition so enlarged, As they
make an entire Commentary on the Sacred Scriptures: The like never before
published in English. Wherein the Text is Explained, Doubts Resolved, Scripture
Parallel'd, and Various Readings observed; By the Labour of certain Learned
Divines thereunto appointed, and therein employed, As is expressed in the Preface."
The preface (found in the first volume) recounts not
only a short history of the English Bible, but sets forth the great advantage
to true Religion which accrues (contrary to the mysticism of the Anabaptists
and the anti-intellectualism of the modern backsliding church) when faithful
notes are "bound in" with the Scripture text – this
bringing forth nothing different than the effect generated (through God's
grace) by faithful preaching, faithful commentaries, faithful creeds, faithful
covenants, faithful confessions, etc. Pointing out that this blessing from God
was never more obvious than in the case of the Geneva Bible ($159.95, leather hardcover) and its marginal notes
(and that the people knew it to be so when they were left with Bibles without annotations
honoring to God), the preface further states, "hence were divers of the
Stationers and Printers of London induced (by the people–RB) to petition
the committee of the Honourable House of Commons, for licence to print the
Geneva notes upon the Bible, or that some notes might be fitted to the new
translation: which was accordingly granted, with an order for review and
correction of those of the Geneva edition, by leaving out such of them as there
was cause to dislike, by clearing those that were doubtful, and by supplying
such as were defective. For which
purpose letters were directed to some of us from the Chair of the Committee for
Religion (in 1648–RB), and personal invitations to others, to undertake
and divide the task among us, and so cometh in our part, whereof we shall give
the world a true and just account in that which followeth." The detailed
account which follows in the preface is fascinating, mentioning, among many
other things, the divines' "use of... the Dutch Bibles... set forth
at... Holland, by order of the States."
The
diligence given, the energy expended, the obvious humility, and the fearful
trembling before God's Word which is evident in these commentators makes this
truly a classic Puritan work
– a work of great value! Just knowing, as Barker points out, that this
commentary was "prepared mostly by Westminster
divines, by order of Parliament, at the time of the Assembly" (Puritan
Profiles, p. 37), certainly bodes well
for the level of scholarship it contains. Moreover, with Gouge, one of the most
respected English Covenanters at the Assembly playing a major role, the
thoughtful student of Scripture and history ought to take note: for a theological feast of mature Puritan thought surely
awaits those that sup at this table. Esteemed, by the mid-1640's,
"as the father of the London Ministers," Gouge was elected as
Assessor for the Westminster Assembly on Nov. 25, 1647. His detractors
sometimes called him an "arch Puritan" (cf. Ibid., p. 35).
Dr. Gouge's "share of the useful work consisted of Kings, and the
subsequent books down to Esther, inclusive" (Smith, Select Memoirs of
English and Scottish Divines, p.
534). Most of the others chosen to this work had similar credentials, though
not all exhibit equal proficiency and some later backslid from attainments
reached at this point. Nevertheless, when the commentators were first chosen,
these Annotations were produced by some of the most
qualified English Puritans – as a historical high water mark for Puritan
scholarship was beginning to crest. Furthermore, in prosecuting this
work the divines note, "therefore we have put ourselves to much more pains
(for many months) in consulting with many more authors, in several languages,
than at first we thought of, that (for the propriety of the original text, for
pertinent and profitable variety of versions, for consonancy of parallel
Scriptures, and for perspicuity in clearing of the darkest places) we might
bring in such observations, as might not only serve to edify the ordinary
reader, but might likewise gratify our brethren of the ministry, at least such
among them, as have not the means to purchase, or leisure to pursue, so many
books, as (by order of the Committee) we were furnished with all, for the
finishing of the work, committed to our hands" (preface). As the work wore
on, however, it became apparent that the original intention (of printing these
annotations as marginal notes in the Bible) would no longer fit the scope and
length of commentary that had been produced. Thus, the notes were not added to
the Scriptures directly, but rather published as a separate commentary (which
we are offering here) – except that we have divided the work into six
volumes rather than the original two, because of logistics.
Brook calls this a "useful work" and says of its
authors that "several of them were celebrated puritans" (Lives of
the Puritans, vol. 3, p. 221n). Spurgeon comments that it "contains valuable
remarks" and that "the work is probably less esteemed than it should
be" (Commenting and Commentaries).
In "A Narrative of His Life and Death" prefixed to volume one of
Gouge's three volume commentary on Hebrews ($99.00 HP, $59.99 P), we also find
this note, "He was likewise chosen by a Committee of Parliament, among
others, to make Annotations upon the Bible, being well-known to be a judicious
interpreter of Scripture. How well he hath performed his trust is evident to
all that read the annotations from the beginning of the first book of Kings
unto Job, which was his part." Furthermore, Neal, in his history, furnishes us with a helpful (though
partial) list of each of the specific authors and books of the Bible they
worked on in the Annotations. He writes, "Those with asterisks were not of
the assembly. Rev. Mr. Ley, subdean of Chester (The commentary on the five
books of Moses), Dr. Gouge (1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra,
Nehemiah, Esther), *Mr. Meric Casaubon (The Psalms), Mr Francis Taylor
(Proverbs), Dr. Reynolds (Ecclesiastes), *Mr Smallwood, recommended by
archbishop Usher (Solomon's Song), Mr. Gataker (Isaiah, Jeremiah,
Lamentations), *Mr. Pemberton in the first edition and *Bishop Richardson in
the second (Ezekiel, Daniel, and the smaller Prophets), Mr. Ley (Matthew, Mark,
Luke, John), Dr. D. Featly... (St. Paul's Epistles). There were two other
persons concerned in this work, who might probably have the other parts of
Scripture allotted them, not here mentioned, viz. Mr. Downham and Mr.
Reading" (pp. 504-505).
Additionally,
as should be evident, the Annotations were not, strictly speaking, a work of
the Westminster Assembly per se, but rather a work primarily by men who
attended the Westminster Assembly
– including a few others chosen to this task by Parliament.
Notwithstanding, we thought it prudent to title this work in accord with one of
the primary names by which it has come to be commonly known (i.e "The
Westminster Annotations"). As with much of the literature that was
produced by those attending the Westminster Assembly, or by those sympathetic
to their work, the modern reader has much to gain by
carefully considering the words of these spiritual giants. This work is
no exception and we pray that this newly published edition will strengthen
and unite the church, turn individuals to righteousness, uplift the family, and
help direct the nations to the covenanting love that surrounded the work at the
Westminster Assembly in the seventeenth century -- and in all this bring glory
to God! 2383 (8.5" X 11")
pages.
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Resource 8.
PERKINS, WILLIAM
The Foundation of Christian Religion Gathered Into Fixed
Principles (1608)
Interestingly,
just below the title on the front cover of this 756 page book we find the
words: "And it is to be learned of ignorant people, that they may be fit
to hear sermons with profit, and to receive the Lord's Supper with
comfort." "Called 'the principal architect
of Elizabethan Puritanism' and 'the most important Puritan writer, Perkins was
the first theologian of the reformed English church to gain an international
reputation," writes McKim (Encyclopaedia of the Reformed
Faith, p. 274). This hefty tome
contains the following works by Perkins: "A Golden Chain: Or, The
Description of Theology, Containing the order of the causes of Salvation and
Damnation... Hereunto is adjoined the order which M. Theodore Beza used in comforting afflicted consciences;"
"An Exposition of the Symbol or Creed of the Apostles;" "An
Exposition of the Lord's Prayer, In the Way of Catechizing Serving for Ignorant
People;" "A Treatise Tending Unto a Declaration Whether a Man Be in
the Estate of Damnation, or in the Estate of Grace: And if He Be in the First,
How He May in Time Come Out of it: If in the Second, How He May Discern It, and
Persevere in the Same to the End;" "A Case of Conscience, the
Greatest that Ever Was: How a Man May Know Whether He Be the Child of God, or
No (Whereunto is added a brief discourse taken out of H. Zanchius);" "A Direction for the Government of the
Tongue According to God's Word;" "Two Treatises: 1. On the Nature and
Practice of Repentance; 2. Of the Combat of the Flesh and the Spirit;"
"A Treatise How To Live Well, In All Estates and Times, Specially When
Helps and Comforts Fail;" "The Treatise of Dying Well;" "A
Discourse of Conscience Wherein is Set Down the Nature, Properties, and
Differences Thereof: as Also the Way to Get and Keep a Good Conscience;"
"A Reformed Catholic: Or, A Declaration Showing How Near We May Come to
the Present Church of Rome in Sundry Points of Religion; and Wherein We Must
For Ever Depart From Them – With an Advertisement to all Favourers of the
Roman Religion, Showing How the Said Religion is Against the Catholic
Principles and Grounds of the Catechism;" "A Declaration of the True
Manner of Knowing Christ Crucified;" "A Grain of Mustard Seed: Or,
The Least Measure of Grace that is or Can Be Effectual to Salvation;"
"The True Gain, More in Worth then All the Goods of the World;"
"A Warning Against Idolatry of the Last Times and an Instruction Touching
Religious Divine Worship;" "A Treatise of God's Free Grace and Man's
Free Will;" A Treatise of the Vocations , Or Callings of Men, With the
Sorts and Kinds of Them, and the Right Use Thereof." "Several of
Perkins' works have been translated into Latin, French, Dutch, and
Spanish" (Darling, Cyclopaedia
Bibliographica: A Library Manual of Theological and General Literature, 2337).
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Resource 9.
POND, ENOCH
The Seals Opened; Or, The Apocalypse Explained (1871)
After
noting that he found the Jesuit (i.e. Preterist–RB) method of
eschatalogical interpretation unsatisfactory, Pond tells us how he came to
settle on the historic Protestant method of interpretation (i.e. historicism). Furthermore, he states that "avoiding the theories of
Rationalists and Roman Catholics on the one hand, and of the Adventists
(Premillennialists–RB) on the other, the plan of interpretation which we
have pursued is the same which has been held by the great body of evangelical
ministers and Christians in America and in England for the last hundred years." Pond aims to open
Revelation to all Christians, but also deals with some controversial points in
chapters which deal with the dating of Revelation and a review of Moses
Stuart's Preterism. 248 pages.
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Resource 10.
DICKSON, DAVID
Truth's Victory Over Error (1684, 1784 edition)
The
title continues, "The True Principles of the
Christian Religion, Stated and Vindicated against the following Heresies, viz,
Arians, Arminians, Anabaptists, Antinomians, Brownists, Donatists, Epicurians,
Eutychians, Erastians, Familists, Jesuits, Independents, Libertines,
Manicheans, Pelagians, Papists, Quakers, Socinians, Sabellians, Sceptics, Vaninians,
etc. The whole being a Commentary on all the Chapters of the
(Westminster – RB) Confession of Faith, by way of Question and Answer: In
which, the saving Truths of our holy Religion are confirmed and established;
and the dangerous Errors and Opinions of its Adversaries detected and
confuted... To this Edition is
prefixed, A short Account of the Author's Life, by the late Mr. Robert
Wodrow..." 296 pages.
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Resource 11.
DICK, JAMES
Hymns and Hymn Books
(1883)
Greg
Price calls this one of the best short defences of exclusive Psalmody. It is excerpted from The Original Covenanter magazine (Dec, 1883, vol. 3, No. 12). Here is a taste
of Dick's writing, "Hymns of human composition are used so commonly now in
public worship by Presbyterian churches that it is difficult to believe that
the practice is not a hundred years old, and that in some of the churches it is
of very recent date. On the supposition that it is
good and dutiful and wise to sing such hymns in worship, it is equally
difficult to account for the neglect of the churches at the time of the
Reformation, and for generations afterwards. What could have so blinded the
reformers as to make them reject hymns and sing the Psalms alone? How could the
Westminster Divines, in framing their Confession of Faith and Directory for
Worship, have been so unanimous in the blunder that the service of praise is to
consist of the 'singing of Psalms?' And apart from the aspect of
duty, how could the Presbyterian churches, for about a hundred and fifty or two
hundred years after the Westminster Assembly, have been so insensible to the
power of hymns as an attractive addition to their public services? We cannot by any means understand how it was that, if it
was dutiful to use hymns in worship, the reformers did not discover the
Scriptural warrant for the duty, especially as hymns had been used for
centuries by the Church of Rome. Nor can
we understand how they rejected the hymns and used the Psalms alone, unless on
the supposition that they believed the use of hymns to be part of the
will-worship of Rome. If they were wrong on this point, then Rome
and our modern Presbyterian churches are right. In that case, the Puritans and
Covenanters were fanatics, and Romanists were truly enlightened! And most of
our Presbyterian churches of the present day were fanatical too, and did not
become truly enlightened and liberal till they got back to the Romish
practice!"
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HETHERINGTON, WILLIAM
History of the Westminster Assembly of Divines (1856)
This
book is one of the best easy reading historical accounts published concerning
this unsurpassed Assembly. Hetherington's purpose for writing this book is
stated in the preface as follows:
In
common with all true Presbyterians, I have often regretted the want of a
History of the Westminster Assembly of Divines...Especially in such a time as
the present, when all distinctive Presbyterian principles are not only called
in question, but also misrepresented and condemned, such a want has become
absolutely unendurable, unless Presbyterians are willing to permit their Church
to perish under a load of unanswered, yet easily refuted, calumny. And as the
best refutation of calumny is the plain and direct statement of truth, it is by
that process that I have endeavored to vindicate the principles and the
character of the Presbyterian Church (p. i.).
The
Puritan history leading up to the Assembly (which this book takes a in-depth
look at) is especially important and not only set the context for what became
the major debates among the ministers present, but even dictated who was
selected to this august body of scholars. Civil wars, national upheavals,
emigration to the "new world" and a host of other epoch making events
surrounded this momentous period of history. These
debates and their resolutions have defined and directed Christian thought and
national cultures ever since their original ratification – and
Hetherington is not shy about noting the significance of this Assembly when he
writes,
But
the man who penetrates a little deeper into the nature of those unrevealed but
powerful influences which move a nation's mind, and mould its destinies, will
be ready to direct his attention more profoundly to the objects and
deliberations of an assembly which met at a moment so critical, and was composed of the great master-minds of the age;
and the theologian who has learned to view religion as the vital principle of
human nature, equally in nations and in the individual man, will not easily
admit the weak idea, that such an assembly could have been an isolated event,
but will be disposed earnestly to inquire what led to its meeting, and what
important consequences followed. And although the subject has not hitherto been
investigated with such a view, it may, we trust, be possible to prove, that it (the Westminster Assembly–RB) was the most
important event in the century in which it occurred; and that it has exerted,
and in all probability will yet exert, a far more wide and permanent influence
upon both the civil and the religious history of mankind than has generally
been even imagined (p. 17).
Hetherington
covers the period from 1531 to 1662. Many consider this era a historical high water mark for doctrinal and
practical Puritan precision. Also included is a chapter on the
theological productions of the Westminster Assembly and six valuable appendices
(one containing six biographical notices of the Scottish Commissioners
including Rutherford, Gillespie, Henderson and Baillie).
This work is indispensable for understanding the work accomplished
by the Westminster Assembly, Presbyterian and Independent history, Cromwell and
much more. For example, consider the
lofty and Christ honoring goal of the Assembly as summarized by Hetherington:
There
was one great, and even sublime idea, brought somewhat indefinitely before the
Westminster Assembly, which has not yet been realized, the
idea of a Protestant union throughout Christendom, not merely for the purpose
of counterbalancing Popery, but in order to purify, strengthen, and unite all
true Christian churches, so that with combined energy and zeal they might go
forth, in glad compliance with the Redeemer's commands, teaching all nations,
and preaching the everlasting gospel to every creature under heaven.
This truly magnificent, and also truly Christian idea, seems to have originated
in the mind of that distinguished man, Alexander Henderson. It was suggested by
him to the Scottish commissioners, and by them partially brought before the
English Parliament, requesting them to direct the
Assembly to write letters to the Protestant Churches in France, Holland, Switzerland,
and other Reformed Churches. . . . and along with these letters were sent
copies of the Solemn League and Covenant, a document which might itself form
the basis of such a Protestant union. The deep thinking divines
of the Netherlands apprehended the idea, and in their answer, not only
expressed their approbation of the Covenant, but also desired to join in it
with the British kingdoms. Nor did
they content themselves with the mere expression of approval and willingness to
join. A letter was soon afterwards sent to the Assembly from the Hague, written
by Duraeus (the celebrated John Dury), offering to come to the Assembly, and
containing a copy of a vow which he had prepared and tendered to the
distinguished Oxenstiern, chancellor of Sweden, wherein he bound himself 'to
prosecute a reconciliation between Protestants in point of religion'. . . .
[O]n one occasion Henderson procured a passport to go to Holland, most probably
for the purpose of prosecuting this grand idea. But the intrigues of politicians,
the delays caused by the conduct of the Independents, and the narrow-minded
Erastianism of the English Parliament, all conspired to prevent the Assembly
from entering farther into that truly glorious Christian enterprise. Days of
trouble and darkness came; persecution wore out the great men of that
remarkable period; pure and vital Christianity was stricken to the earth and
trampled under foot. (pp. 337-339).
Further
demonstrating his grasp of the most important events of the second Reformation,
Hetherington comments on the Solemn League (the
epitome of second Reformation attainments), "no
man who is able to understand its nature, and to feel and appreciate its spirit
and its aim, will deny it to be the wisest, the sublimest, and the most sacred
document ever framed by uninspired men" (p. 134). Anyone
interested in the work of the Westminster Assembly – and the men,
teaching and events which were at the heart of the Puritan revolution
against the forces of antichrist
– should read this book at least once. Third edition, 413 pages.
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Resource 13.
MASON, ARCHIBALD
The Fall of Babylon the Great, by the Agency of Christ, and
Through the Instrumentality of His Witnesses: In Four Discourses (1821)
This
book is made up of six sermons and one lengthy lecture. The first two sermons
(on Rev. 8:5) deal with "Christ the
Mediatorial Angel, Casting the Fire of Divine Judgments Into the Earth."
The next two sermons (on Rev. 11:6) treat "Christ's
Two Witnesses Smiting the Antichristian Earth With All Plagues, As Often As
They Will." The first four sermons cover 112 pages. These works
are followed with "Remarks on the Sixth Vial,
Symbolizing the Fall of the Turkish Empire" on Rev. 16:12 (24
pages), "Remarks on the Seventh Vial,
Symbolizing the Fall of Popery and Despotism" Rev. 16:17 and
21:5,6 (24 pages) and the final discourse, "Observations
on the Public Covenants Between God and the Church" (104
pages), taking off from, "They are turned back to the iniquities of their
forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to
serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant
which I made with their fathers" (Jer. 11:10). David
Steele, in his classic Notes on the Apocalypse includes Mason among his list of "distinguished and
approved interpreters of the book of Revelation." 264 pages in total.
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Resource 14.
BAILLIE, ROBERT
The Canterburians Self-Conviction: or an evident
demonstration of the avowed Arminianisme, Poperie, and tyrannie of that
faction, by their owne confessions....
(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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Resource 16.
EDWARDS, THOMAS
The Casting Down of the Last and Strongest Hold of Satan;
Or, A Treatise Against Toleration and Pretended Liberty of Conscience (1647)
The
title continues: "Wherein by Scripture, sound
Reason, Fathers, Schoolmen, Casuists, Protestant Divines of all Nations,
Confessions of Faith of the Reformed Churches, Ecclesiastical Histories, and
constant practice of the most pious and wisest Emperors, Princes, States, the
best Writers of Politicks, the experience of all Ages; yea, by divers
Principles, Testimonies and Proceedings of Sectaries themselves, as Donatists,
Anabaptists, Brownists, Independents, the unlawfulness and mischief in
Christian Commonwealths and Kingdoms both of a Universal Toleration of all
Religions and Consciences, and of a limited and bounded (toleration–RB)
of some Sects only, are clearly proved and demonstrated, with all the material
Grounds and Reasons brought for such Tolerations fully answered."
This title (representing the English Presbyterian
position) is very much akin to the Scottish view found in Samuel Rutherford's
classic A Free Disputation Against Pretended Liberty of Conscience ($39.00 HP, $19.99 P). It is also comparable to the
position of the Covenanted Scottish General Assembly as seen in this sample
quote, "we are also very sensible of the great and imminent dangers into
which this common cause of religion is now brought by the growing and spreading
of most dangerous errors in England to the obstructing and hindering of the
begun Reformation, as namely (beside many others) Socinianism, Arminianism,
Anabaptism, Antinomianism, Brownism, Erastianism, Independency, and that which is called (by abuse of the word) Liberty of
Conscience, being indeed Liberty of Error, Scandal, Schism, Heresy,
dishonouring God, opposing the Truth, hindering Reformation; and seducing
others" (Acts of the General Assembly of the Church of
Scotland 1638-1649 Inclusive, p.
333). In short, this work of Edwards' is "a treatise against the
Magistrates toleration and permission of a promiscuous use and profession of
all religions, sects and heresies, and a partial limited toleration of some few
sects, or of any one sect, way of worship, church government different from the
true religion established and settled." This
book was published by the authority of the English Parliament of Edwards' day.
224 pages.
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Resource 17.
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 (i.e. preachin–RB); 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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Resource 18.
DURHAM, JAMES
The Unsearchable Riches of Christ and of Grace and Glory In
and Through Him; Diligently Searched Into, Clearly Unfolded, and Comfortably
Holden Forth, in Fourteen Rich Gospel Sermons Preached on Several Texts, at
Communions in Glasgow (1685, 1764
edition)
These communion sermons cover topics such as: the great danger of unworthy communing; the
great sin of not discerning the Lord's body; gospel preparations are the
strongest invitations; after God speaks peace, turn not again to folly; right
covenanting with God, a
business of the greatest concern; heart-melting is a good frame for
covenanting with God; we
should stir up ourselves to covenant with God; believers' sweetest communion is with Christ in heaven;
etc. The tenor of this book could be
summed up in this statement excerpted from the Epistle Dedicatory and
Prefatory, "Beware of all sinful dalliances
with idols, whereby the soul is estranged from communion with God; for there
is no agreement betwixt the temple of God and idols, from love to fellowship with him, and from zeal to his
glory, bid them all, with indignation, be gone, saying to them, What have we
any more to do with idols? and as to a
menstruous cloth, Get you hence" (bold emphasis added. pp. xi-xii). Durham was a well-known Presbyterian
Covenanter (who openly sided with the Protesters as he neared his death) – and Covenanter communion sermons often
produced some of the richest gospel fare one is likely to encounter. Taste of this fine feast and you will see for
yourself what we mean. Over 300 pages.
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Resource 19.
FOXE, JOHN
Acts & Monuments or Foxe's Book of Martyrs (c. 1554; 8 volumes, 1843-49 edition)
"No
book ever inflicted a wound so deep and incurable on the Romish system of
superstition & bloody persecution... (it) was placed in... all churches and chapels throughout the kingdom,
by order of Queen Elizabeth." (Smith, Select Memoirs [$US19.99 P; $US29.00 HP], p. 245). Contains much information not found in any of the liberally
edited & severely shortened editions of this classic work which are in
print today. Covering martyrs from the early church through to Foxe's
day, it was one of the most influential books of the sixteenth century! It overflows with faith building testimony of the
power of God to overcome the most cruel & barbarous acts of human depravity
& demonic cruelty. 6890 pages. A very rare
set, now back in print after 150 years!
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Resource 20.
OWEN, JOHN
A Discourse Concerning Liturgies & Their Imposition
First published
anonymously in 1662, this edition is from the mid 19th-century printing. In it Owen argues against the liturgy, the imposition of
which caused (to the astonishment of the Prelatical hierarchy) nearly two
thousand Puritan ministers of the Church of England to resign from their
pulpits rather than sacrifice a clear conscience concerning the commanded
worship of God. These men sacrificed their livelihood, families, and even their
own lives rather than offend God by propagating false worship. In
conjunction with this, Girardeau, in his Instrumental Music in the Public
Worship of the Church (pp. 24-25
[$8.99 bound photocopy; $19.00 Hardcover photocopy) notes, "The words of
the great theologian, John Owen – and the British Isles have produced no
greater – are solemn and deserve to be seriously pondered: 'The
principle that the church hath power to institute any thing or ceremony
belonging to the worship of God, either as to matter or manner, beyond the
observance of such circumstances as necessarily attend such ordinances as
Christ Himself hath instituted, lies at the bottom of all the horrible
superstition and idolatry, of all the confusion, blood, persecution, and wars,
that have for so long a season spread themselves over the face of the Christian
world.'" Bannerman, in his Church
of Christ, summarizes this book as
"giving the Scriptural argument against the
imposition of liturgies as well as of other humanely devised elements in Divine
worship, with great clearness and force"(p. 435).
Furthermore, the Westminster Theological Journal (55, 1993, p. 322, 3n) notes, "Owen discusses the true nature of NT worship, especially
focusing on the challenge made to it by the Church of England. His discourse
regarding the imposition of liturgies is one of the most thorough and forceful
arguments for the regulative principle of worship as the only principle which
safely guards the Christian conscience from the abuse of church power."
55 pages.
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THE "SOUR OLD PURITANS" AND THEIR EATING FOR
ENJOYMENT
by William Perkins
We may use these gifts of God with Christian
liberty: and how is that? not sparingly alone, and for mere necessity, to the
satisfying of our hunger, and quenching of our thirst; but also freely and
liberally, for Christian delight and pleasure. For this is that liberty, which
God has granted to all believers. Thus we read, that Joseph and his brethren
with him, did eat and drink together "of the best," that is, liberally
(Gen. 43:34). And to this purpose David says, that "God giveth wine, to
make glad the heart of man, and oil to make the face to shine, as well as bread
to strengthen the body" (Ps. 104:15). And the Lord threatens to bring a
punishment upon his people, Hag. 1:6, in that he would give them his creatures
[gifts of creation] indeed, but such a portion of them as should only supply
their present necessities, and no more. "Ye shall eat," says he,
"but ye shall not have enough: ye shall drink, but ye shall not be filled."
Again, we read that Levi the Publican made our Savior Christ "a great
feast" in his own house (Luke 5:29). At the marriage in Cana a town of
Galilee, where Christ was present, the guests are said, according to the manner
of those countries, to have "drunk liberally" (John 2:10). And at
another place, in supper time, Mary is said to have taken a box of precious and
costly ointment, and to have anointed his feet therewith, so as the "whole
house was filled with the savor of the ointment" (John 12:3). Judas indeed
thought that expense which she had made [to be] superfluous: but Christ
approves of her act, and commends her for it.
I add further, that by reason of this liberty
purchased unto us by Christ, we may [make] use [of] these and the like
creatures of God with joy and rejoicing. This the profit that redounds
[overflows] unto man in the use of them, that "he eat and drink, and
delight his soul with the profit of his labors" (Eccl. 2:24). The practice
hereof we have in Acts 2:46, where they of that Church that believed are said
"to eat their meat together with gladness, and singleness of heart."
And yet this rejoicing in the creatures must be limited with this clause, that
it be in the Lord: that is to say, a hurtless and harmless joy, tending to the
glory of God and the good of our neighbor. This condemns the common practice of
the world, who solace and delight themselves in the use of God's creatures; but
so [in such a manner] as with their joy is joined the ordinary traducing
[maligning] of the Magistrate, Minister, and those that fear God, and will not
run with them to the same excess of riot (1 Pet. 4:4).
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