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ON POPERY
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Scripture,-- namely, that Popery, in its complex character and
as a system, is Satan's great scheme for frustrating the leading objects of the
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FALSE RELIGION IS FROM
THE ROMAN ANTICHRIST
Resource 1.
DOOLITTLE, THOMAS
Popery is a Novelty; and the
Protestants' Religion Was Not Only Before Luther, But the Same that Was Taught by
Christ and His Apostles (1675, reprinted 1845)
Almost 100 pages comparing numerous
specific doctrines of Scripture with those of the Papacy. States that
"(t)he reception of the old doctrine, and the rejection of the new, is
that which made the Reformation: and if the church of Rome would own what is in
the scripture, and no more, as necessary to salvation; and would cut off the
new, which they have added to the old; we and they should be of the same
religion."
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THE ROMAN ANTICHRIST IS DRUNK
WITH THE BLOOD OF THE SAINTS
And the woman was arrayed in
purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls,
having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her
fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE
GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the
woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs
of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration
(Rev. 17:4-6).
Resource 2. 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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THE ROMAN ANTICHRIST IS
AN ECCLESIASTICAL TYRANT
Let no man deceive you by any
means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that
man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and
exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as
God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is
God (2 Thes. 2:3-4).
Resource 3.
CUNNINGHAM, WILLIAM
Discussions on Church
Principles: Popish, Erastian and Presbyterian (1863)
"Cunningham
exhausts his subject... books like this one will be a tremendous help,"
notes Credenda Agenda magazine (vol. 6/#3 -- the irony of this statement will be
obvious to anyone who understands what Cunningham teaches in this book and
compares it with much that is found in Credenda Agenda magazine today).
This was originally volume four in Cunningham's Works, which also included Historical
Theology
and The Reformers and the Theology of the Reformation (both available at http://www.swrb.com/catalog/c.htm ). Iain Murray writes that "in the days of Cunningham
and Bannerman, New College, Edinburgh, rose to be the finest theological
college in Europe." This book is a
good example why. It exposes Romanism,
which Cunningham called "the masterpiece of Satan," spiritual
tyranny, false views of the church's place and power, innovative worship
(contrary to the regulative principle of worship -- Rome's specialty!), and
much more! Indexed, 589 pages.
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THE INQUISITION AND PERSECUTION
ARE FROM THE ROMAN ANTICHRIST
Resource 4. LEA,
CHARLES HENRY
A History of the Inquisition
of the Middle Ages (1887, 4 volumes)
One of the
perennial (and insurmountable) challenges for men like Scott
Hahn, Gerry Matatics, and Karl Keating -- men who have devoted their
lives and labors to the defense and promulgation of the Roman Catholic apostasy
-- is dealing with their Church's history. The
grim irony is that while these modern champions of Antichrist demand submission
to the Holy Roman Church, contending that she alone has the witness of history
and truth on her side, it is her very history indeed which removes forever any
crumb of credibility to her claims of faithfulness and infallibility. Thus, it has always been one of the most powerful
weapons in the arsenal of Christ's faithful witnesses simply to recount the
true and undeniable history of the Mother of Harlots and Abominations of the
Earth (Rev. 17:5). This tactic was used with devastating success by
Luther, Calvin, and others, and is of equal necessity and efficacy in our day
-- especially in light of the detestable neutrality and even outright returning
to the ways of Rome on the part of so many "Protestant" and even
"Reformed" and "Presbyterian" churches. Through this means
it is hoped that God will wake up His people to the true nature of the
ever-raging battle with the Dragon and his minions, and drive us to our knees
to seek His face, His forgiveness, and His grace to stand against the darkness
in our respective places and callings -- particularly teaching our children the
mighty acts of God in delivering His people in times past from so great an
evil, that they might be thankful and put their trust in Him (Ps. 78:1-8).
In his
atrocious chronicle, Rome Sweet Home: Our
Journey to Catholicism, Scott Hahn
conveniently omits any mention of the volumes of embarrassing and self-refuting
details of the Roman Church's true history, choosing instead to caricature the
Reformers, pretend to scholarly acumen, and do the very thing he hypocritically
accuses Lorraine Boettner of doing: presenting a lying portraiture of Rome.
(See also the reference to Hahn in the book summary for William Whitaker's Disputation
on Holy Scripture,
another irrefutable resource for squelching his siren song of spiritual
seduction: http://www.swrb.com/catalog/W.htm .) Therefore, we invite all seekers of truth to examine for
themselves one ugly chapter in the annals of Rome's abominations: the
inquisition of the Middle Ages. It is with gratitude to our merciful
God and the earnest desire for His powerful blessing that we once again present
to the public what was once a standard treatment on the subject, Henry Charles
Lea's History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages.
To close, we
leave you with Larry Birger's comments. They are to the point and provide us
with a telling summary of this work (and the
thoughts and feelings of righteous indignation that such writing is sure to
evoke among those led by the Spirit of God),
I
am simply amazed at the true history of Rome. The best and only explanation I can
find for why men would endure, much less embrace, such a "church" is
what God says in 2 Thess. 2: that He's given them over to blindness, that they
might believe great lies and thereby be justly damned for their failure to
receive the love of the truth. In just the glances I had at Lea's work, I am
simply astonished that any individual could submit himself to the "Holy
Mother" of harlotries and abominations which Rome is clearly seen to be in
these volumes. The Romish legacy of demonic brutality, inhumanity and
disgrace stretches the ability of even fallen man to comprehend.
1939 pages,
with a 71 page index!
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BY GOD'S GRACE, MANY CONTINUE
TO LEAVE THE ROMAN ANTICHRIST
And I heard another voice
from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people,
that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues
(Rev. 18:4).
Resource 5.
BENNETT, RICHARD & BUCKINGHAM, eds.
Far From Rome, Near to God:
Testimonies of Fifty Converted Roman Catholic Priests (1994, Banner of Truth
edition 1997)
"This book
contains the moving testimonies of fifty priests who found their way, by the
grace of God, out of the labyrinth of Roman Catholic theology and practice into
the light of the gospel of Christ. But this is not a narrowly polemical work, nor is its
relevance limited to the ongoing controversy between Rome and the churches of
the Reformation. The love and concern felt by the
former priests for those they left behind, and their fervent desire that they
too should experience the joy and peace of salvation in Christ are seen
throughout. The wider relevance of the experiences described will
also be felt in many contexts remote from Roman Catholicism where human pride
and presumption have erected rival sources of authority between people and the
Word of God, so obscuring the way of salvation by grace alone, through faith
alone" (back cover). 378 pages.
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The Roman Catholic-Lutheran
"Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification": A Denial of the
Gospel and the Righteousness of Christ by Richard M. Bennett
Bennett,
a former Roman Catholic priest writes, "There have been numerous, alarming
attempts over the past five years to declare Roman Catholics as "brothers
and sisters in Christ" during the dialogue between Evangelicals and the
Roman Catholic Church. Now something more sinister and authoritative has taken
place. "The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification" (JD),
an official doctrinal statement jointly authored by representatives of the
Roman Catholic Church (RCC) and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), has been
signed on October 31st, 1999, as a joint confessional agreement. On the 482nd
anniversary of Martin Luther's pivotal posting of the yet unanswered "95
theses" that ignited the Protestant Reformation, the RCC and LWF vividly
confirmed their position of the serious apostasy--to which ecumenism with Rome
inevitably leads. The Lutherans of LWF have now embraced the doctrine of the
Council of Trent, and in so doing have officially and formally denied the
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FREE WILL IS FROM
THE ROMAN ANTICHRIST
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).
FIRST TIME ENGLISH
TRANSLATION!
Resource 6. CALVIN,
JOHN
The Bondage & Liberation
of the Will: A Defense of the Orthodox Doctrine of Human Choice Against Pighius (1543,
1996)
"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
publications." This is Calvin's "fullest
treatment of the relation between grace and free 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 made available to those whose knowledge of Calvin is
confined to English translations" (back cover). 303 pages.
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REALTED:
Resource 6a.
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 that came from Luther's pen. In its vigour of
language, its profound theological grasp, and the grand sweep of its
exposition, it stands unsurpassed among Luther's writings (front and back cover).
Luther
recognized this book 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 Luther's classic to give you the strength to remain faithful
to His Word; this being a great place to start a new Reformation, for as the
translators write concerning this book, "Nowhere
does Luther come closer, either in spirit or in substance to the Paul of Romans
and Galatians."
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Related Resource:
PAISLEY, IAN R.K.
Martin Luther Speaks for
Himself
Select portions of Luther as read by Ian
Paisley, with some very strong points against the Roman Antichrist.
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PRETERISM AND FUTURISM ARE
FROM THE ROMAN ANTICHRIST
Resource 7.
ELLIOTT, E.B.
Horae Apocalypticae; or, A Commentary
on the Apocalypse, Critical and Historical; Including Also An Examination of
the Chief Prophecies of Daniel (1862, 4 volumes)
The title
continues: "Illustrated by an Apocalyptic Chart, and Engravings from
Medals and Other Extant Monuments of Antiquity. With Appendices: Containing,
Besides Other matters, A Sketch of the History of Apocalyptic Interpretation,
Critical Reviews of the Chief Apocalyptic Counter-Schemes, and Indices."
This four volume set is respected by many as a scholarly work on eschatology. It will be especially valuable in our day as it
absolutely destroys the Jesuit inspired preterist system by conclusively
proving a late date for the writing of the book of Revelation. Elliott also demonstrates the impossibility of the
futurist system, which, like preterism, was also concocted (as a system) by the
Jesuits to counteract the classic Reformation eschatology called historicism. That
this is no small issue is clear, as Kevin Reed exhibits (in his book review
titled "The Ecclesiology of John Foxe: A book review by Kevin Reed of John
Foxe and the Elizabethan Church by V. Norskov Olsen [Berkeley: University of
California Press, 1973]") by citing Olsen when he writes,
The Counter Reformation is generally considered to have three aspects:
the Jesuits, the Inquisition, and the Council of Trent. In view of
the significance of the Protestant apocalyptic interpretation of history which
prophetically pinpointed step by step the events covering the whole Christian
era from the beginning to the end, it seems justifiable to suggest a
fourth aspect, namely the praeteristic and futuristic interpretations launched
by Catholic expositors as a counterattack (p. 47).
All
the major Reformers and all the major Reformation creeds and confessions adopted
the historicist position -- and it is this position that Elliott so skillfully
defends.
Included in Horae Apocalypticae you will also find a very useful historical
survey of who held which positions concerning eschatology, much history on the
Roman empire (and its interaction with Christianity), how
the Reformation, Islam, etc. were prophesied in the Apocalypse, a world chronology according to the Hebrew
Scriptures (which would make the Earth 6127 years old), patristic views of
prophecy, the beast and his mark (666) revealed, and much more. The Papacy is also shown to be the apocalyptic
antichrist, which was a standard position among the Reformers.
Elliott also deals with Moses Stuart's Preterism.
Sadly, one major warning needs to be given about this book.
However valuable the contents are as a defense of historicism (and the late
date of the book of Revelation), the author adopted the premillennial heresy
and thus marred an otherwise useful work when he promotes these views. 2611 pages, with a 29 page index.
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HATRED FOR GOD'S WORD IS
FROM THE ROMAN ANTICHRIST
I will worship toward thy
holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou
hast magnified thy word above all thy name (Ps.
138:2).
Resource 7.
WHITAKER, WILLIAM
A Disputation on Holy
Scripture, Against the Papists, Especially Bellarmine and Stapleton (Originally
written in 1588; 1610 [Latin], 1849 English edition translated by Fitzgerald)
The
apostate (now) Roman Catholic apologist, Scott Hahn, in his book Rome
Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism, speaks of the extensive reading of pro-
and anti-Romanist literature he had done as he was led down the road to Rome
from modern Calvinism. Among other reasons he lists for his declension, one
major factor was what he saw to be the lack of cogent reply from modern
"Protestants," including Dr. John Gerstner, to the arguments of the
Roman Catholic Church. Notwithstanding that there are serious
reasons to doubt Hahn's credibility and integrity (for example, he paints out
Luther and Calvin to teach only a formal, "courtroom language" view
of justification: "Luther and Calvin explained this [justification]
exclusively in terms of courtroom language. But I was beginning to see that,
far more than simply being a judge, God was our Father. Far more than simply
being criminals, we were runaways. Far more than the New Covenant being made in
a courtroom, it was fashioned by God in a family room." -- p. 30; for
refutation of this ridiculous, slanderous caricature, see Luther's Small
Catechism,
question on "Our Father who art in heaven;" Calvin's Institutes, Book III, 20.36ff;
Robert Dabney's Systematic Theology, p. 627; Westminster Confession of Faith, chapter 12; etc.,
etc.), had he read this work by William Whitaker (and it is our prayer that he
may still perhaps do so), he would have found more
than a lifetime of Romanist readings and reasonings could overcome.
Whitaker's
design (prosecuted throughout his lifetime) was to deal systematically with the
major points of controversy between the Protestants and the Roman Catholics; his Disputation on
Holy Scripture
was the first in this series, and the only one translated from Latin into English
(of which we are aware). In his dedicatory epistle to William Cecil and his
preface to his Cambridge audience, he describes his opponents, especially the
Jesuits, and then his confidence in Christ and His truth to overcome them:
Amongst
these locusts [Rev. 9:3], -- that is, as very learned men justly deem, amongst
the innumerable troops of monks -- none, as we before said, have ever appeared,
more keen, or better prepared and equipped for doing mischief, than are the
Jesuits at this present day; who in a short space have surpassed all other
societies of that kind in numbers, in credit, and in audacity. Other monks,
following the rule and practice of former times, lived in general a life of
leisure and inactivity, and spent their time, not in reading and the study of
the sciences, but in repeating by the [hour]glass certain offices for the
canonical hours, which contributed nothing to the advancement of either
learning or religion. But the Jesuits have pursued a far different course. They
have left the shade of ancient sloth and inactivity, in which the other monks
had grown grey, and have come forth to engage in toils, to treat of arts and
sciences, to undertake and carry through an earnest struggle for the safety of
the common interest. It hath come to be understood, that the cause of Rome,
which, shaken by the perilous blows dealt on every side by men of ability and
learning, had begun in many parts to totter and give way, could never be
defended or maintained, except by learned and diligent and active champions....
Among these Jesuits, Robert Bellarmine, a native of Italy, hath now for several
years obtained a great and celebrated name.... Now, therefore, Bellarmine is
cried up by his party as an invincible champion, as one with whom none of our
men would dare to engage, whom nobody can answer, and whom if any one should
hope to conquer, they would regard him as an utter madman.
When
you, honoured sir, demanded my opinion of this writer, I answered, as indeed I
thought, that I deemed him to be a man unquestionably learned, possessed of a
happy genius, a penetrating judgment, and multifarious reading; -- one,
moreover, who was wont to deal more plainly and honestly than is the custom of
other papists, to press his arguments more home, and to stick more closely to
the question....
[N]ow
that Bellarmine hath been published, we shall know better and more certainly
what it is they [the Papists] hold upon every subject, the arguments on which
they specially rely, and what is (so to speak) the very marrow of popery, which
is thought to be as much in the Jesuits as in the pope himself....
Our arms shall be the sacred scriptures, that sword and shield of
the word, that tower of David, upon which a thousand bucklers hang, and all the
armour of the mighty, the sling and the pebbles of the brook wherewith David
stretched upon the ground that gigantic and haughty Philistine. Human reasonings and
testimonies, if one use them too much or out of place, are like the armour of
Saul, which was so far from helping David that it rather unfitted him for the
conflict.... However, since we have to deal with adversaries who, not content
with these arms, use others with more readiness and pleasure, such as the
decrees of councils, judgments of the fathers, tradition, and the practice of
the church; lest perchance we should appear to shrink from the battle, we have
determined to make use of that sort of weapons also. And,
indeed, I hope to make it plain to you, that all our tenets are not only
founded upon scriptural authority, which is enough to ensure victory, but
command the additional suffrage of the testimonies of the fathers, councils,
and, I will add, even of many of the papists, which is a distinguished and
splendid ornament of our triumph.... Thus
it will be clear, that what Jerome, Epist. 139, applies out of Isaiah to the
heretics, that 'they weave the spider's thread,' is pertinently applied to the
papists. For, as Jerome says, they weave a web 'which can catch small and light
animals, as flies and gnats, but is broken by the stronger ones.' Just thus
many stick fast in the subtleties of the papists, as flies do in the spider's
web, from which they are unable to extricate themselves, though nothing can
possibly be frailer than those threads. Such are the reasonings of the papist,
even the Jesuits themselves; who, although they seem to spin their threads with
greater skill and artfulness, yet fabricate nothing but such cobwebs as may
easily be broken by any vigorous effort. Be ye, therefore, of good cheer. We
have a cause, believe me, good, firm, invincible. We fight against men, and we
have Christ on our side; nor can we possibly be vanquished, unless we are the
most slothful and dastardly of all cowards. Once wrest from the papists what
they adduce beside the scripture, and you will presently see them wavering,
turning pale, and unable to keep their ground.
Bellarmine was
regarded by the Romanists as a scholarly and theological Goliath, and as
Whitaker notes above, he was indeed a greatly gifted and learned man. It is
most noteworthy, then, to read of Bellarmine's description of Whitaker:
"[a
man] whom Cardinal Bellarmine is said to have pronounced 'the most learned heretic he had ever read,' and
of whom Bishop Hall says, 'Who ever saw him
without reverence, or heard him without wonder?...." "'I
have,' says the writer of his life, in Lupton's Protestant Divines, 'I have
heard it confessed of English Papists themselves, which have been in Italy with
Bellarmine himself, that he [Bellarmine] procured the true portraiture and
effigies of this Whitaker to be brought to him, which he kept in his study. For
he privately admired this man for his singular learning and ingenuity; and
being asked of some of his friends, Jesuits, why he would have the picture of
that heretic in his presence? He would answer, Quod quamvis haereticus erat et
adversarius, erat tamen doctus adversarius: that, 'although he was an heretic,
and his adversary, yet he was a learned adversary'" ("Preface of the
Editor" in the 1857 edition of Nathanael Culverwell's Of the Light of
Nature;
and from the editor's preface of Whitaker's work).
In
this book we find the following six main chapters: "Of the
number of the Canonical Books of Scripture," "Of the Authentic
Edition and Versions of the Scriptures," "Of the Authority of
Scripture," "Of the Perspicuity of Scripture," "Of the
Interpretation of Scripture," "Of the Perfection of Scripture,
against Unwritten Traditions," as well as Whitaker's
"Preface to the Controversies, Delivered to the Audience at
Cambridge."
Whitaker's
masterwork, refuting some of the best the Jesuits had to offer (in upholding
their Romish heresies attacking the Word of God), may even be more valuable in
our day than when it was first written -- as many Protestants are unaware of the
historic Protestant position on Scripture (witness the lack of response
described by Scott Hahn), or worse, are already on the way back to Rome (on
this and other vital points). Furthermore, Larry Birger comments, "...it's wonderful. He is absolutely thrashing the Papists,
tying them in knots with not only the Scriptures, but the writings of the
Church fathers (Jerome is devastating on the issue of the Apocrypha) and the
Papists themselves (e.g., Cajetan, John Driedo, Melchior Canus, Sixtus
Senensis)." This is a first-rate classic on some of the most
foundational teaching of the Faith, not to be missed by the serious Christian,
the scholar or anyone (including those presently trapped in Mystery Babylon the
great, the mother of harlots and abominations of the Earth [i.e. Roman Catholic
Church], Rev. 17:5) seeking ultimate truth. Study
for yourself what Hahn missed, as the Christ-empowered Whitaker sinks his
stones into Goliath's forehead, and then decapitates him with the sword of
truth and the skill of one exceedingly learned in the very areas the Papists
rely on the most! 718 pages, indexed; crystal-clear print.
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HISTORY EXPOSES
THE ROMAN ANTICHRIST
If thou know not, O thou
fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the
flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents (Song 1:8).
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D'Aubigne, J. H.
History of the Reformation in
Europe in the Time of Calvin (8 volumes, 1880 edition)
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of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century (in 5 Volumes, 1846, [$US34.91, cerlox bound
photocopy; $US89.00, Hardcover photocopy]). In his
typical easy-to-read, captivating style, the author resumes where he had left
off in his other five volumes (which focused more on Luther and the period of
Reform up to 1531), entering, in this set, upon the more developed Reformation
thought of Calvin, Knox, et al.
The preface (in
volume one) of this important work states it this way,
At
the conclusion of the preface to the first volume of the History of the
Reformation,
the author wrote, 'This work will consist of four volumes, or at the most five,
which will appear successively.' These five volumes have appeared. In them are
described the heroic times of Luther, and the effects
produced
in Germany and other countries by the characteristic doctrine of that reformer
-- justification by faith. They present a picture of that great epoch
which contained in the germ the revival of Christianity in the last three
centuries. The author has thus completed the task he had assigned himself; but
there still remained another.
The
times of Luther were followed by those of Calvin. He, like his great
predecessor, undertook to search the Scriptures, and in them he found the same
truth and the same life; but a different character distinguishes his work.
The renovation of the individual, of the Church, and of the
human race, is his theme. If the Holy Ghost kindles the lamp of truth in man, it is
(according to Calvin) 'to the end that the entire man should be transformed.'
-- 'In the kingdom of Christ,' he says, 'it is only the new man that flourishes
and has any vigor, and whom we ought to take into account.' This renovation is, at the same time, an
enfranchisement; and we might assign, as a motto to the reformation
accomplished by Calvin, as well as to apostolical Christianity itself, these
words of Jesus Christ: The truth shall make you free. (John 8:32)...
The reformation of the sixteenth century restored to the human
race what the middle ages had stolen from them; it delivered them from
the traditions, laws, and despotism of the papacy; it put an end to the
minority and tutelage in which Rome claimed to keep mankind for ever; and by
calling upon man to establish his faith not on the word of a priest, but on the
infallible Word of God, and by announcing to every one free access to the
Father through the new and saving way -- Christ Jesus, it
proclaimed and brought about the hour of Christian manhood...
Luther
transformed princes into heroes of the faith, and we have described with
admiration their triumphs at Augsburg and elsewhere. The
reformation of Calvin was addressed particularly to the people, among whom it
raised up martyrs until the time came when it was to send forth the spiritual
conquerors of the world. For three centuries it has been producing, in
the social condition of the nations that have received it, transformations
unknown to former times. And still at this very day, and now perhaps more than
ever, it imparts to the men who accept it a spirit
of power which makes them chosen instruments, fitted to propagate truth,
morality, and civilisation to the ends of the earth.
In this extensive chronicle of international Reformation
the author has made use of the archives in Geneva, Calvin's Latin letters,
numerous French documents of the sixteenth century and many
other sources not readily available (especially to English readers).
This has greatly increased the value of this work, as a great deal of this
information is not available elsewhere in English. Moreover, the broad
historical and geographical range (from the Hugenots to the Netherlands to
Norway and on) covered herein, coupled with the author's extensive research (in
various languages) makes this an unique treasure for those seeking to
"walk in the footsteps of the flock" (Song of Solomon 1:8). In fact, there are few other large Reformation
histories, written by Calvinists, that rival this set.
Contents of individual volumes are
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Volume 7:
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Netherlands" (605 pages)
Volume 8:
"Hungary, Poland, Bohemia, Netherlands, Geneva, Denmark, Sweden,
Norway" (484 pages)
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FALSE DOCTRINE IS FROM
THE ROMAN ANTICHRIST
Take heed unto thyself, and unto
the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save
thyself, and them that hear thee (1Tim. 4:16).
Resource 9.
BLAKENEY, R.P.
Manual of Romish Controversy:
Being a Complete Refutation of the Creed of Pope Pius IV
A massive refutation of the superstition
and heresy of the Roman harlot. Contains 24 chapters dealing with all the major
(and many of the minor) points at issue between Rome and the Protestants. Contains much research that is hard to find
elsewhere. 316 pages
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MAN MADE HYMNS ARE FROM
THE ROMAN ANTICHRIST
Howbeit in vain do they
worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men (Mark 7:7).
Resource 10. 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
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OTHER RESOURCES RELATED TO THE
THE OVERTHROW OF THE ROMAN ANTICHRIST
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David
Steele on Rev. 11:3, "And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and
they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in
sackcloth," from Notes on the Apocalypse (below).
V. 3.--While the nominal church, "the outer court and the
holy city," would be "trodden under foot," and the most eminent
places would be filled with idolaters, infidels, hypocrites, and mercenary
spirits, and true Christians grievously oppressed, the Lord would preserve a
faithful few from defiling themselves with the prevailing abominations. These
he claims and owns as his "peculiar treasure,"--"my
witnesses." These have found that it was "good for them to draw near
to God," when the multitude treacherously departed from him. The Lord
Christ promises to sustain them in the midst of all their tribulations. The
duration of their special work is the very same as that of the treading of the
holy city, "a thousand two hundred and three score days,"--1260
years. In attempting to fix the beginning of this period, Daniel and John must
be compared; both treat of the same events and dates, and this gives
definiteness to the interpretation. Daniel fixes these events to the fourth
monarchy after it had been broken in pieces, and the ten horns had arisen: (ch,
7:23-25;) so that we have both the geography and chronology determined by the
prophets themselves. Hence it follows that we must date the beginning of the
1260 years after the first four trumpets; for by these the western Roman empire
was dismembered or broken, that the ten horns might appear. Then the
"little horn" of Daniel arose after and among them, (ch. 7:20, 24.) All
reliable expositors agree that the "little horn" is the papacy or the
Romish church. This little horn is the special enemy of the "saints of the
Most High," and they are to be "given into his hand." (Dan.
7:25.) The first four trumpets subverted the Roman empire in the west in the
latter part of the sixth century. This event made way for the bishop of Rome,
in process of time, to acquire a great accession of ecclesiastical power. The
civil and ecclesiastical rulers, equally unscrupulous and aspiring, were at
this period on terms of comparative intimacy, and occasionally disposed to reciprocate
good offices. Phocas, having waded through the blood of the citizens to
supreme civil power, in order to secure his position, declared Boniface III.,
bishop of Rome, head of the universal church. This impious public act took
place in the year 606. The pope became also a temporal prince in 756. Now we
cannot know with certainty which of these events, nor indeed whether either of
them, marks the period in time when the 1260 years began. Hence we must remain
at uncertainty as to the exact time when this most interesting period will end. Of all
transactions recorded in history, however, that between Phocas and Boniface
appears most like "giving the saints into the hand of the little
horn." At this juncture in particular, church and state conspire, as never
before, to resist the authority of Jesus Christ the Mediator. Paul's
"man of sin" has been "revealed in his time." (2 Thess.
2:6.) Paganism has been abolished by formal edict throughout the Roman
empire, and Christianity established as the recognised religion of the
commonwealth. That which "letted,"--hindered, that is, the pagan
idolatry of the civil state, is "taken out of the way;" and nominal
Christianity takes its place. This combination or alliance between church and
state will be more clearly made known in the succeeding chapters of this book.
Mean while it is the immediate design of the "little open book," to
give an epitome or outline of this unholy confederacy in the first thirteen
verses of this chapter. The treading under foot of the holy city by the
"Gentiles," furnishes occasion for the witnesses to appear publicly
against them. These pretended Christians, but real hypocrites, as will appear
with increasing evidence as we proceed, have usurped the rights of Messiah's
crown, and grievously oppressed his real disciples. Against these outrages on
the prerogatives of Christ and the rights of man, these witnesses lift their
solemn protest. Their distinctive name, "witnesses," is familiar to
every one who searches the Scriptures. (Isa. 43:10; Acts 1:8.) But witnesses
who love not their lives unto the death are distinguished by the name of
martyrs. (Rev. 2:13; Acts 22:20.)
Resource 11.
STEELE, DAVID
Notes on the Apocalypse (1870)
In 1779, in
their Testimony and Warning Against the Blasphemies and Idolatry of Popery, the Reformed
Presbytery called Durham's Complete Commentary... On the Book of Revelation [$39.98, 2 vol. rare
bound photocopy], "the best exposition of that
book that has yet been published" (p. 61n). Had they had the
privilege of reading Steele's Notes on the Apocalypse we are quite certain
that they would have given it a similar endorsement. Though written in a
different style than Durham's work, Steele's notes on Revelation may be even
more valuable in many respects -- Steele having taken a more decided position
"in the wilderness." Steele also had the
benefit of many more resources, having written over two centuries later.
Steele's aim in writing this book is made clear in his own words taken from the
preface,
As
this work is intended for the instruction and edification of the unlearned,
rather than for the entertainment of the learned, words of foreign extract are
used as seldom as possible. Practical remarks and reflections are rarely
introduced; the principal aim being simply to
ascertain and present to the reader the mind of the Holy Spirit. How
far this object has been accomplished, is of course left to the judgment of the
honest inquirer. The reader, however, in forming his judgment of the value of
these Notes, may be reminded of that inspired rule in searching the
Scriptures,--"Comparing spiritual things with spiritual." To assist
him in the application of this divine rule, many chapters and verses are quoted
from other parts of the Bible, but especially within the Apocalypse itself;
that by concentrating the various rays upon particular texts or symbols, their
intrinsic light may be rendered more luminous. Thus the interpretation given,
if correct, may be confirmed and illustrated.
Appendices
include a section on, The New Jerusalem, The
Antichrist, The Image of the Beast, The Beast's "deadly wound," The
Little Book, The Death of the Witnesses, The Mark of the Beast, The First Resurrection,
The Identity of the Two Witnesses, Sounding of the Seventh Trumpet and The
Title of this Book (i.e. the Book of Revelation--RB). This work also includes
various "animadversions on the interpretations (of Revelation--RB) of
several among the most learned and approved expositors of Britain and
America."
Comments on
this work include the four given below, all which were given without the
solicitation or knowledge of the author. The Evangelical Repository notes, "the author adduces a greater number of Scriptural
illustrations than any other writer on prophecy we ever met with."
Hutcheson writes, "I can recommend it to any
person as condensing the best thoughts to be had on the subject."
Brooks says, "I have derived more knowledge
of the Apocalypse from this work than from all other expositions which I have
consulted." And finally, John Cunningham comments, "It is neither a dictionary nor concordance; neither a
confession of faith, nor an encyclopedia, but a thesaurus of Theology,
embodying the characters of all these." Steele dedicated this
work to John Cunningham, author of The Ordinance of Covenanting ($14.99 P, $29.00 HP).
323 pages.
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Resource 12.
DURHAM, JAMES
A Complete Commentary Upon
the Book of Revelation (1658, 1799 edition, 2 volumes)
"After all that has been written it would not be easy to
find a more sensible and instructive work than this old-fashioned exposition...
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Resource 13. FULKE,
WILLIAM
A Defense of the Sincere and True
Translations of the Holy Scriptures in the English Tongue, Against the Manifold
Cavils, Frivolous Quarrels, and Impudent Slanders of Gregory Martin, One of the
Readers of Popish Divinity in the Traitorous Seminary of Rhemes (1583,
1843 edition)
"Whereunto is added a brief
confutation of all such quarrels and cavils, as have been of late uttered by
diverse Papists in the English Pamphlets, against the writings of the said
William Fulke."
Fulke was refuting, "A Discovery of the Manifold Corruption of the Holy
Scriptures by the Heretics of our Days, Specially the English Sectaries, and of
Their Foul Dealing Herein, By Partial and False Translations to the Advantage
of Their Heresies, in Their English Bibles Used and Authorized Since the Time
of Schism" (1582)
by Martin. 621 pages.
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Resource 14. EASON,
CHARLES
The Genevan Bible, Notes on
its Production and Distribution (1937, reprinted 1998)
"The Genevan Bible
Notes contain the fascinating account of the origins and revisions of the
Geneva Bible originally published in 1560. The
Genevan Bible was the most popular Bible of the English people from 1560 until
the late 1600's. There were three primary editions: (1) the editions
that follow the first edition of 1560; (2) the editions in which Tomson's New
Testament of 1576 is substituted for the 1560 New Testament; and (3) the Bibles
from 1598 that contain the Notes on Revelation of Francis Junius. 56 pages'"
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BIBLES AGAINST THE
BEAST OF THE EARTH
(cf. David Steele's Notes on
the Apocalypse, appendix on "The Antichrist")
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Resource 15.
TYNDALE, WILLIAM
Tyndale New Testament (1536,
1999 reprint)
"Tyndale's New
Testament of 1525 was the first portion of scripture ever printed in the English
language.
Tyndale corrected the New Testament before and during his incarceration for
"heresy" at the Vilvorde Castle near Brussels, Belgium in 1535-1536.
The corrections also "added a necessary table including the gospel of St.
Matthew, St. Marke, St. Luke and St. John as well as the Acts of the
Apostles." The book contains over 140 exquisite, original woodcuts. Much
of Tyndale's corrected New Testament appears unchanged but unacknowledged in
the 1611 King James Version of the Bible. On October 6, 1536
Tyndale was burned at the stake for translating the Bible into English, thereby
attaining Christian martyrdom. 6 x 8 1/2, quarto edition, 550
pages" (GP fyler).
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King James Bible (1611)
(Black leather hardcover with
gold foil stamping)
"With the death of Queen Elizabeth I,
Prince James VI of Scotland became King James I of England. The Protestant
clergy approached the new King in 1604 and announced their desire for a new
translation to replace the Bishop's Bible first printed in 1565. They knew that the Geneva Version had won the hearts of
the people because of its excellent scholarship, accuracy, and exhaustive
commentary; however, they did not want the controversial marginal notes
(proclaiming the Pope an Anti-Christ, etc.) Essentially, the leaders
of the church desired a Bible for the people, with scriptural references only
for word clarification when multiple meanings were possible. This
"translation to end all translations" became the most printed book in
the history of the world. In fact, for around 250
years -- until the appearance of the Revised Version of 1881 -- the King James
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COMPLETE
1599 GENEVA BIBLE
The Geneva
Bible is the Puritan Bible with Reformation promoting marginal notes authored
by prominent leaders of the Reformation (during the time of John Calvin and
John Knox). The Geneva Bible was the predominant
English translation during the period in which the English and Scottish
Reformations gained great impetus. Iain Murray, in his classic work
on revival and the interpretation of prophecy, The Puritan Hope (http://www.swrb.com/catalog/M.htm ), notes, "...the
two groups in England and Scotland developed along parallel lines, like two
streams originating at one fountain. The fountain was not so much Geneva, as
the Bible which the exiles newly translated and issued with many marginal notes...
it was read in every Presbyterian and Puritan home in both realms"
(p. 7). This time also saw the rise of the forces for covenanted Reformation
against the corruption and abuses of prelacy and the royal factions. Darkness
was dispelled as people read this Bible and saw for themselves that there is no
authority above the Holy Scriptures. Discerning this truth, it became apparent that the civil tyranny and the
heretical superstitions imposed by Pope, King and Bishops were to be resisted
unto death, if necessary (i.e. because these innovations in church and state
were opposed to the Kingship of Christ and the law of His kingdom, as set forth
in Holy Scripture).
Furthermore,
this is the Bible that led to the King James edition. James
(a flaming homosexual, megalomaniac, and tyrant) did not want the Calvinistic
marginal notes of the Geneva Bible getting into the hands of the people because
he considered them "seditious;" hence, he authorized the King James
Version as a substitute (though the KJV far surpasses modern translations).
Although most
people today have never heard of the Geneva Bible, it
was so popular from 1560 to 1644 that it went through 140+ printings.
The reason for its popularity among the faithful is obvious: the marginal notes
promoted a full-orbed, nation-changing Protestantism! Taking
a modern work, such as the Scofield Reference Bible, and comparing the notes to
those of the Geneva Bible, it will readily be seen that the religion of the
Protestant Reformation bears no resemblance to much of the nonsense being
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Resource 19. Geneva
Bible (1560, 1998 reprint)
William Whittingham, Thomas
Gilbey, and Anthony Sampson
"The 1560 Geneva Bible is the work of
religious leaders exiled from England to Geneva, Switzerland after 1553. It was
the first Bible in English to divide the scriptures into numbered verses. It was the most widely read and influential English Bible of the 16th
and 17th centuries. Shakespeare quoted the Geneva Bible more than
5,000 times in his plays. The images contained within the Bible were produced
by hand created woodcuts. The marginal notes
consisting of about 300,000 words or one-third of the text was the key to its
popularity. The marginal notes often reflected Calvinistic and Protestant
reformation influences, not yet accepted by the Church of England and led to
its demise. King James I considered the Geneva Bible
"seditious" and made its ownership a felony. The Pilgrims
and Puritans brought the Geneva Bible to America. This Vintage Archives replica
edition has been digitally re-mastered and slightly enlarged for easier
reading, but none of the content has been altered. This is the first printing
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THE SIX IMPORTANT ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES, WICLIF,
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"Hexapla,"
of course, means "six-fold" or "six-columned" As the
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Origen in the 3rd century; in which the first column contained the Hebrew Text
of the Old Testament; the second, the Hebrew text in Greek letters; the third,
Aquila's Greek version; the fourth, the translation of Symmachus; the fifth,
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Resource A. BOSTON,
THOMAS
The Works of Thomas Boston
(12 volumes, 1853)
By common consent Boston takes rank in the highest class of our
practical religious writers; and in respect of spiritual usefulness his works
have largely followed him. Except the Shorter Catechism and the Pilgrim's Progress, no book, perhaps, has contributed so much to mould the
religious character of Scotland as his Fourfold State (F.C.
Magazine, VI, p. 256 as cited in Johnston, Treasury of the Scottish Covenant, p. 479).
Dr. James
Hamilton writes,
Thomas
Boston whose peaceful walk with God is not yet forgotten in Ettrick Forest, and
whose writings, originally designed for his own shepherds, are now praised in all the churches, and most prized by those
Christians who have farthest grown in grace (cited in Johnston, Treasury
of the Scottish Covenant, p. 477).
McGowan, in the
Encyclopedia of the Reformed Faith (p. 38), also notes,
Boston
was an orthodox federal Calvinist committed to the theology of the Westminster
Confession. His federal theology was neither legalistic nor conditional in its
understanding of grace.
On Boston's
notes in the Marrow of Modern Divinity, James Henry (author of Theron and
Aspasio)
comments,
I
never read the Marrow, with Mr. Boston's Notes, until this present time (1755)
and I find, by not having read it, I have sustained considerable loss. It is a most valuable book; the doctrines it contains
are the life of my soul, and the joy of my heart. Might my tongue or
my pen be made instrumental to recommend and illustrate, to support and
propagate such precious truths, I should bless the day wherein I was born. Mr. Boston's Notes on the Marrow are, in my opinion, some of the most judicious and
valuable that ever were penned (cited in Brown's Gospel Truth
Accurately Stated and Illustrated, by... James Hog, Thomas Boston, Ebenezer and
Ralph Erskine, and Others; Occasioned by the Republication of the Marrow of
Modern Divinity,
p. 7).
Furthermore, in
Brown's Gospel Truth (pages 107-110) we find a very useful sketch of the
character and capabilities of Thomas Boston, as drawn by some of his closest
friends (the three ministers, Colden, Wilson and Davidson). These pages are an
edifying read in themselves; and we will supply you with a few short comments
from this section,
Mr.
Boston was... of a strong and faithful genius, of a lively imagination, such as
affords what is called a ready wit, (which, instead of cultivating, he laid
under a severe restraint,) of tender affections, a clear and solid judgment...
There were few pieces of learning that he had not some good taste for... He had
an admirable talent at drawing a paper, which made a statesman, a very able
judge, say, (when Mr. Boston was clerk of the Synod of Merse and Teviotdale,)
that he was the best clerk he had ever know in any court, civil or
ecclesiatic... as a minister, he had on his spirit
a deep and high sense of divine things, was mighty in the Scripture...
His knowledge and insight in the mystery of Christ was great, though a humbling
sense of the want of it was like to have quite sunk and laid him by, after he
began to preach. He had a peculiar talent for going
deep into the mysteries of the gospel, and at the same time making them plain,
particularly in making intelligible their connection with, and influence upon,
gospel-holiness; notable instances of which may be seen in his most valuable
treatise, "Of the Covenant of Grace," and in his sermons on Christ in
the form of a servant... No wonder his ministrations in holy things
were all of them dear and precious to the saints. He was fixed and established
upon solid and rational grounds in the Reformation principle, in opposition to
Popery, Prelacy, superstition, and persecution... Far from serving the Lord
with that which cost him nothing, it was his delight to spend and be spent in
the service of the gospel... zeal and knowledge
were in him united to a degree rarely to be met with... He was
exceedingly cautious and scrupulous of any thing new or unprecedented, until he
was thoroughly satisfied of its necessity and grounds... He was a scribe
singularly instructed into the kingdom of God, happy in finding out acceptable
words -- a burning and shining light.
Davidson
further states,
The
acquaintance I had with him, and the frequent opportunities I had of hearing
him preach, I look upon as one of the greatest privileges I was favoured with
in my early days, and which I still reflect on with great pleasure. He was one of the most powerful preachers I ever heard
open a mouth... There were few men (if any) in his day, who courted
popularity less than he did; nay, he rather shunned it, but, like his shadow,
it followed him wherever he went, for his
ministrations were savoury and acceptable to all who had a relish for the truth
as it is in Jesus, and a love to that holiness of heart and life which the
belief of it never fails to influence in the minds of all the children of God
(Gospel Truth,
p. 110).
In concluding
his memoir of Boston in Gospel Truth, Brown notes,
Few
writings, if any, are more acceptable and useful. The following epitaph
was written by Mr. R. Erskine:
"The great, the grace, judicious Boston's
gone,
Who once like Athanasius bold stood firm alone;
Whose golden pen to future times will bear
His fame, till in the clouds his Lord
appear."
Regrettably,
however profitable most of Boston's writing is to all Christians, we would be
remiss not to mention that in some small sections of his works he clearly sides
with the backslidden Revolution church (against the Covenanters). This is a sad
defect and to counteract it we will include a FREE (cerlox bound
photocopy) of Andrew Clarkson's masterful 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, a
$29.99 value!) with every order of this
full eight volume set.
Finally, of Boston,
David Lachman writes,
He
took an active part in the Marrow Controversy, having 'relished [the Marrow] greatly' since first
finding a copy in a cottage while engaged in pastoral visitation in Simprin... John (Rabbi) Duncan aptly characterized Boston as a
'commonplace genius'... he infused it
(Reformed Orthodoxy) with fresh life and warmth, influencing first his parish
and eventually all of Scotland.
His
theology can be characterized as what came to be known as 'Marrow theology'. From
early in his ministry he emphasized a free offer of the gospel, an assurance focused on Christ and not in the believer
himself, and the power of grace in the life of the believer rather than the
threatenings of the law. These and the like emphases are evident throughout his
works. His first published book originated in a course of sermons
preached in Simprin and again in Ettrick. After a series of mishaps, Human
Nature in its Fourfold State (E, 1720) was published anonymously. His most
influential work, it has been reprinted perhaps 100 times and translated into a
variety of languages. The Bible aside, it had an
influence second to none in the religious life of Scotland for well over 100
years.
A
fine linguist, Boston taught himself Hebrew... His Memoirs is a classic (less his
confusion about the Covenanters--RB); primarily a spiritual autobiography, it
recounts his life with an endearing candour... The
Complete Works (12 vols, A, 1848-52
[i.e. the SWRB reprint edition--RB]) is the definitive edition (Dictionary
of Scottish Church History and Theology, pp. 88-89).
Volumes
in this set are divided along the following lines:
Volume
1
Commentary on
the Shorter Catechism (volume one)
Volume
2
Commentary on
the Shorter Catechism (volume two)
Volume
3
Discourse on
the Holy Spirit: His Name, Nature, Personality, Dispensation, Operations, and
Effect
-- His Work in
the Old and New Creation Explained, and the Doctrines Vindicated
The Nature and
Necessity of Gospel Holiness; the Difference Between Grace and Morality,
or a Spiritual
Life Unto God in Evangelical Obedience, and a Course of Moral Virtues, Stated
and Declared
Volume
4
Sermons on
Various Practical Subjects
Volume
5
The Art of
Man-Fishing
The
Distinguishing Characteristics of True Believers
The State and
Character of True Believers
Volume
6
Miscellaneous
Questions
Miscellaneous
Tracts
Practical
Discourses
Volume
7
A Brief
Explication of the First Part of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism
The Marrow of
Modern Divinity (On the Covenants, the Gospel and the Law)
Everlasting
Espousals
The Mystery of
Christ in the Form of a Servant
The Peculiar
Mercy and Business of Life Opened Up and Applied
The Evil and
Danger of Schism (see Clarkson's Plain Reasons for a refutation)
The Necessity and
Foundations of a Throne of Grace for the Behoof of Poor Sinners
The Evidences
and Causes of the Decay of Religion in the Soul Discovered (and Its Cure)
Volume
8
Human Nature in
Its Fourfold State
A View of the
Covenant of Grace from the Sacred Records
Volume
9
Sermons on
Various Practical Subjects
Volume
10
Sermons on
Various Practical Subjects
Sermons on the
Name and Attributes of Christ
The Christian
Life Delineated in Several Practical Discourses
Volume
11
Discourses on
Prayer
A View of the
Covenant of Works from the Sacred Records
A Memorial
Concerning Personal and Family Fasting and Humiliation
Volume
12
The Author's
Address to His Children
Memoirs
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pages in the complete 12 volume set.
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Resource B. OWEN,
JOHN
The Works of John Owen
(16 volumes)
John Girardeau,
in his Instrumental Music in the Public Worship of the Church (pp. 24-25), praises
Owen's work A Discourse Concerning Liturgies and
their Imposition (found in this set),
by calling Owen a "great theologian"
and adding the comment that "the British
Isles have produced no greater." In
the Encyclopedia of the Reformed Faith we find these words,
Owen
is best known as a theological writer. He expounded the great dogmas of the
faith... In his spiritual writings there is great
warmth as well as a remarkable understanding of the work of the Holy Spirit in
the hearts of sinners (p. 270).
Goold, in the
"General Preface" (of volume one in this set) writes,
It
would be a presumption to enter upon any commendation of John Owen as an author
and divine. His works will continue to gather round them the respect and
admiration of the Church of Christ, so long as reverence is cherished for the
Christian faith... His treatises on experimental
religion are yet unrivalled; and it is wonderful with what ease and point he
brings the highest principles of the faith to bear on the workings of the human
heart, and the details of Christian experience. His controversial
writings, apart from their intrinsic merits, have a relative value that is
perhaps too much overlooked, and renders them indispensable in any good
collection of British literature... his works... enjoy an extensive
circulation. Nor was their popularity confined to England. They have repeatedly
appeared in the language of Holland; and by the Dutch divines the most
favourable mention is made of the various treatises of our pious and learned
Puritan... In Scotland, the influence exerted by Owen's writings has been very
great... (his) name towers into just pre-eminence
among all his venerable compeers in Puritan literature.
Stillingfleet,
though an opponent of Owen at one time, writes,
Owen stands pre-eminent among the writers of this (Puritan--RB)
school...
Though his works will be the Minister's constant companion through his course,
yet are they most valuable parts of his preparatory study, as exhibiting the scriptural doctrines in an
experimental mould and in practical influence,-- a complete pattern of that
form of Ministry which equally adapts itself to the various purposes of our
office.
Thompson, in
his "Life of Dr. Owen"(included in volume one) states,
John
Owen belonged to a class of men who have risen from age to age in the church,
to represent great principles, and to revive in the church the life of God. The
supreme authority of the Scriptures in all matters of religion, -- the headship
of Christ, ...-- religion as a thing of spirit, and not of form, resulting from
the personal belief of certain revealed truths, and infallibly manifesting
itself in a holy life, ... these principles often
contended for in flames and blood, were the essence of that Puritanism which
found one of its noblest examples in Owen.
Amidst all this
praise for Owen, one note of warning needs to be sounded. Though Owen is
admittedly among the top Puritan writers on most of the subjects he covers,
when he deals with issues related to church and civil government his genius
only seems to add to his confusion (at least until shortly before his death,
see below). Thus, to counteract two of his major
errors we will include FREE cerlox bound copies of Daniel Cawdrey's Independence a
Great Schism: Proved Against Dr. (John--RB) Owen, His Apology in his Tract of
Schism (1657, a $19.98 value!) and
John Brown of Haddington's The Absurdity and Perfidy of All Authoritative
Toleration of Gross Heresy, Blasphemy, Idolatry, Popery, in Britain (1797, 1803 edition, a $69.95 value!) with every order of Owen's full 16 volume set. In this regard, it is also extremely interesting to note
that just before Owen died he said,
that now he had seen his mistake as to the Independent way, and
declared... that after his utmost search into Scriptures and antiquity, he was
now satisfied that Presbytery was the way Christ had appointed in his New
Testament Church.
Documentation for this
will be included in our printing of Owen's Works, as an
added bonus! Furthermore, because of Owen's involvement with Oliver Cromwell
you may also want to view the free debate material on Cromwell at http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualNLs/crom.htm .
This
set contains some of the best practical, doctrinal and controversial Puritan
writing that you will find anywhere (less the defects noted above);
and whether or not you are in agreement with Owen on every point, you still
have to admire his style and the manner in which he approached the issues. For
example, in his classic work "On Justification" (and the Romanists
would certainly disagree with Owen on this point) Owen wrote,
I lay more weight on the steady direction of one soul in this
inquiry, than on disappointing [i.e., refuting--LB] the objections of twenty
wrangling or fiery disputers...
Owen's
work often represents the best that Puritanism had to offer -- and this is high
praise, as the Puritans excelled in their mastery of Scripture and in the quest
for holiness, to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever.
We
leave you with a translation by Dr. Gibbons of the epitaph inscribed on the
monument of Dr. Owen in Bunhill-fields,
JOHN OWEN, D.D., born in the county of Oxford, the son of an
eminent minister, himself more eminent, and worthy to be enrolled among the
first divines of the age; furnished with human literature in all its
kinds, and in its highest degrees, he called forth all his knowledge in an
orderly train to serve the interests of religion, and minister in the sanctuary
of his God. In divinity, practical, polemic, and casuistical, he excelled
others, and was in all equal to himself. The Arminian, Socinian, and Popish errors,
those Hydras whose contaminated breath and deadly poison infested the
church, he, with more than Herculean labour repulsed, vanquished, and
destroyed. The whole economy of redeeming grace, revealed and applied by the
Holy Spirit, he deeply investigated, and communicated to others, having
first felt its divine energy, according to its draught in the Holy Scriptures,
transferred into his bosom. Superior to all terrene pursuits, he
constantly cherished, and largely experienced, that blissful communion with
Deity he so admirably describes in his writings (Christian
Worthies, p. 32).
Indexed,
9617 pages.
Volumes
in this set are divided along the following lines:
DIVISION
1: DOCTRINAL
Volume
1 - The Glory of Christ
Life of Owen,
by Andrew Thomson
On the Person of
Christ
Meditations and
Discourses on the Glory of Christ
Meditations and
Discourses on the Glory of Christ Applied to Sinners and Saints
Two Short
Catechisms
Volume
2 - Communion With God
On Communion
With God
Vindication of
the Preceding Discourse
Vindication of
the Doctrine of the Trinity
Volume
3 - The Holy Spirit
Discourse on
the Holy Spirit: His Name, Nature, Personality, Dispensation, Operations, and
Effect
-- His Work in
the Old and New Creation Explained, and the Doctrines Vindicated
The Nature and
Necessity of Gospel Holiness; the Difference Between Grace and Morality,
or a Spiritual
Life Unto God in Evangelical Obedience, and a Course of Moral Virtues, Stated
and Declared
Volume
4 - The Work of the Spirit
The Reason of
Faith
Causes, Ways,
and Means, of Understanding the Mind of God, as Revealed in His Word, With
Assurance Therein.
And a
Declaration of the Perspicuity of the Scriptures, With the External Means of
the Interpretation of Them
On the Work of
the Holy Spirit in Prayer; With a Brief Inquiry Into the Nature and Use of
Mental Prayer
and Forms Of
the Holy Spirit and His Work, as a Comforter admonitory as the Author of
Spiritual Gifts.
Volume
5 - Faith and Its Evidences
The Doctrine of
Justification by Faith
Evidences of
the Faith of God's Elect
DIVISION
2: PRACTICAL
Volume
6 - Temptation and Sin
On the
Mortification of Sin
On Temptation
On Indwelling
Sin in Believers
Exposition of
Psalm 130
Volume
7 - Sin and Grace
On the nature
and causes of Apostasy, and the Punishment of Apostates
On
Spiritual-Mindedness
On the Dominion
of Sin and Grace
Volume
8 - Sermons to the Nation
Sermons
Volume
9 - Sermons to the Church
Posthumous
Sermons
DIVISION
3: CONTROVERSIAL
Volume
10 - The Death of Christ
A Display of
Arminianism
The Death of
Death in the Death of Christ
Of the Death of
Christ
A Dissertation
on Divine Justice
Volume
11 - Continuing in the Faith
The Doctrine of
the Saint's Perseverance Explained and Confirmed
Volume
12 - The Gospel Defended
Vindiciae
Evangelicae: or, the Mystery of the Gospel Vindicated and Socinianism Examined
Of the Death of
Christ and Justification
A Review of the
Annotations of Grotius
Volume
13 - Ministry and Fellowship
The Duty of
Pastors and People Distinguished
Eschol: a
Cluster of the Fruit of Canaan
Of Schism; in
Three Books
Nonconformity
Vindicated
Tracts of the
Power of the Magistrate, Indulgence, Toleration, etc.
Volume
14 - True and False Religion
Animadversions
on "Fiat Lux"
Vindication of
Animadversions
The Church of
Rome No Safe Guide
On Union Among Protestants
On the State
and Fate of Protestantism
Volume
15 - Church Purity and Unity
Discourses
Concerning Liturgies
Discourse
Concerning Evangelical Love, Church Peace, and Unity
Inquiry
Concerning Evangelical Churches
Answer to Dr.
Stilingfleet on the Unreasonableness of Separation
Instruction in
the Worship of God
Volume
16 - The Church and the Bible
True Nature of
a Gospel Church
Tracts on
Excommunication, Church Censure, Baptism, etc.
On the Divine
Original of the Scriptures
Posthumous
Sermons
Indices
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