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Resource 0. REFORMATION
BOOKSHELF CD (Volume Twenty-eight)
Reformation (Biblical) Baptism
Doctrine, Debate,
Difficulties, Letters, History, and more!
John Calvin, John Knox,
Thomas Manton, Matthew Henry, Samuel Miller, Charles Hodge, James W. Dale, William
Wall, Douglas Bannerman, Daniel Cawdrey, James Milligan, N.L. Rice, James
Lumseden, W.A. Mackay, James M. Chaney, John Calvin, the Reformed Presbytery
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Church of Edmonton (Session), Greg
Price, Lyndon Dohms (on PRCE session), Greg Barrow, Reg Barrow, et al.
This
CD contains:
WALL,
WILLIAM
The
History of Infant Baptism ([1705,
1711, 1720] 1889, 4 volumes)
Very rare and considered the CLASSIC set in this field of study (due to
the detailed and exhaustive research of Mr. Wall), we have published all four
volumes -- including the last two which turned Wall's research into a stirring
debate.
Volume
1. An Impartial
Collection of All Such Passages in the Writers of the Four First Centuries as
do Make For or Against Infant Baptism
Volume
2. Several Things that
do Help to Illustrate the Said History
Volume
3. Reflections
(Reproaches--RB) on (Against--RB) Mr. Wall's History of Infant Baptism (by John Gale)
Volume
4. A Defence of the History
of Infant Baptism
Against the Reflections of Mr. Gale and Others with An Appendix Containing the Additions
and Alterations in the Third Edition... That Are Most Material.
For the first two volumes we
have used the 1889 (two volume) edition because they are far easier to read (as
they contain modern style fonts); volume three is the 1711 edition and volume
four the 1720 edition. This set provides English translation for a large amount
of intriguing material on baptism from the early church that is otherwise
unavailable to English-only readers. 1647 pages.
DALE,
JAMES W.
BAPTIZO (in the
4 volumes listed below)
Jerry Smith says that these
volumes are "calculated to utterly shatter the widespread unfounded
contemporary mythology surrounding the meaning and usage of the original Greek
words underlying our English word baptism. Dale's original five volumes (bound
in four) constitute the most massive, thorough, accurate, and authoritative
study ever made of this word, examining all the known occurrences of baptizo. Absolutely a must reading on this
controversial subject! Dale write in a clear and refreshingly irenic spirit...
which will delight and inform scholar, student, and layman alike." Dale
spent twenty years writing this study concerning the meaning and mode of
baptism. He interacts
with all the relevant literature on the subject up to his time, the first
volume appearing in 1867 and the last in 1874. J.H. Thayer in his entry in his
Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Zondervan, 1962), says of this
study: "If I were to utter my first impression, I should break out in
unfeigned admiration." Moreover, Thayer noted, concerning Classic
Baptism, that "the
theory that Baptizo expresses a definite act, 'mode and nothing but mode,' is
shown to be pitiably helpless when applied to 'all the Greek literature.'"
Dale definitely has had the last word on this subject thus far in history. You
can save yourself a lot of time and trouble regarding Baptism and its meaning
by picking up these unrivalled volumes.
The final volume (i.e. volume four) is actually two volumes bound into one.
Volume
1: Classic Baptism: An Inquiry into the Meaning
of Baptizo by the Usage of the Classical Greek Writers (354 pages)
Volume
2: Judaic Baptism: An Inquiry into the Meaning of
Baptizo as Determined by the Usage of Jewish & Patristic Writers
(400 pp.)
Volume
3: Johannic Baptism: An Inquiry into the meaning
of Baptizo as Determined by the usage in the Holy Scripture (428
pages)
Volume
4: Christic Baptism and Patristic Baptism: An
Inquiry into the Meaning of Baptizo in the Holy Scriptures and Patristic
Writings (670 pages)
BANNERMAN,
DOUGLAS
Difficulties
About Baptism (1898)
CAWDREY,
DANIEL
A
Sober Answer, To A Serious Question Propounded by Mr. G. Firmin, Minister of
the Church in Shalford in Essex, viz., Whether the Ministers of England are
bound, by the Word of God, to Baptize the children of all such Parents, which
say, they believe in Jesus Christ; but are grossly Ignorant, Scandalous in
their Conversation, Scoffers at Godliness, and refuse to submit to Church
discipline. Which may serve as an Appendix to the Diatribe with Mr. Hooker, lately
published, concerning Baptism of Infants, of Parents not confederate. (1652).
CHANEY,
JAMES M
William
the Baptist (1877)
A concise and Scriptural case
for infant baptism. Written as a lively
dialogue between the author, as pastor, and William, a young lawyer with
strong immersionist views, this is an entertaining and easy way to learn
theology.
FAIRFIELD,
EDMUND. B.
Letters
on Baptism
The author, a Baptist for many
years, was commissioned by Baptists to prepare a book in defense of Baptist
views of baptism. During re-examination of the subject for this publication, he
adopted the Presbyterian position. This book chronicles his journey and
explains the Scriptural reasons for his change. A warm, peaceful presentation,
not intended to offend.
HENRY,
MATTHEW
A
Treatise on Baptism
Defends the Apostolic practice
of infant baptism and its covenantal meaning.
HODGE,
CHARLES
Infant
Baptism Defended
LUMSDEN,
JAMES
Infant
Baptism: Its Nature & Objects (1856)
MACKAY,
W.A.
Immersion
and Immersionists
The original title page read:
"Immersion Proved to Be Not a Scriptural Mode of Baptism But a Romish
Invention; and Immersionists Shewn to Be Disregarding Divine Authority in
Refusing Baptism to the Infant Children of Believers." Now, does a
sub-title like that not grab your interest?
MANTON,
THOMAS
How
Ought We To Improve Our Baptism? (1674, reprinted 1844)
MILLER,
SAMUEL
Presbyterianism:
The Truly Primitive and Apostolic Constitution of the Church of Christ bound
together with Infant Baptism: Scriptural and Reasonable; and Baptism by
Sprinkling or Affusion Most Suitable (1835)
MILLIGAN,
JAMES
A
Plea for Infant Baptism (1818)
In seven parts: 1. The standing
authority of the Old Testament; 2. The grace of the Abrahamic covenant; 3. The
permanent sanction of the moral law; 4. The subjects and mode of Christian
baptism; 5. An address to anabaptists; 6. An address to paedobaptists; 7. An
address to the undetermined. Exceeds the usefulness of most other books
on this topic in that it includes the additional insights regarding God's
covenant relationship with His people (and church) which have been known to be
prevalent among the Covenanters.
Over 300 pages and
indexed.
RICE,
N.L.
Baptism
Debate (1844)
Over 900 pages of extensive
coverage of all the points listed below! The full title reads: "A Debate
Between Rev. A. Campbell and Rev. N.L. Rice, on the Action, Subject, Design and
Administrator of Christian Baptism; Also, on the Character of Spiritual Influence
in Conversion and Sanctification, and on the Expediency and Tendency of
Ecclesiastical Creeds, as Terms of Union and Communion." This detailed and
lengthy debate was held in Lexington, KY., from the fifteenth of November to
the second of December, 1843, a period of eighteen days.
WAGNER,
MICHAEL
Baptists
and Infant Baptism (1996)
Wagner was converted in a
fundamental Baptist church and is well acquainted with the Baptist views of
baptism. Here he has produced a peaceable plea to those who still hold the
views he once embraced. In it he deals with the meaning, subjects and mode of
baptism; tracing the steps by which he became convinced of the
Apostolic/Reformation position. This is an easy to read introduction to this
important topic.
Also contains
the 101 FREE bonus books and articles
listed in the summary for Reformation Bookshelf CD #1 ( http://www.swrb.com/Puritan/reformation-bookshelf-CDs.htm ).
Also free on this CD are the following audio (MP3)
tracks:
John Knox - True and False Worship
John Calvin - On Shunning the Unlawful
Rites of the Ungodly
Greg Price - Family Worship (2/2)
Greg Price - What Does Baptism
Accomplish?
Greg Price - Circumcision's Spiritual
Significance
Greg Price - Baptism as New Testament
Circumcision
Greg Price - Holy Children
Greg Price - Infant Baptism as
Covenant Keeping
Greg Price - Covenant Theology and
its Implications
Greg Price - New Covenant (1/3)
Greg Price - New Covenant (2/3)
Greg Price - New Covenant (3/3)
Greg Price - Covenants and
Covenanting (1/7) Introduction
Greg Price - Covenants and
Covenanting (2/7) Objections Answered
Greg Price - Covenants and
Covenanting (3/7) National Covenant (1/2)
Greg Price - Covenants and Covenanting
(4/7) National Covenant (2/2)
Greg Price - Covenants and Covenanting
(5/7) The Solemn League and Covenant
Greg Price - Covenants and
Covenanting (6/7) Covenant Renewal A Biblical Obligation On Posterity (1/2)
Greg Price - Covenants and Covenanting
(7/7) Covenant Renewal A Biblical Obligation On Posterity (2/2)
Greg Price - What is Close Communion?
(1/2)
Greg Price - What is Close Communion?
(2/2)
Greg Price - What Are Terms of
Communion? (1/2)
Greg Price - What Are Terms of
Communion? (2/2)
Greg Price - The Regulative Principle
of Worship in the NT
Greg Price - The Regulative Principle
of Worship in the OT
Greg Price - Christmass Condemned By Christ 1/3
Greg Price - Christmass Condemned By Christ 2/3
Greg Price - Christmass Condemned By Christ 3/3
Greg Price - Exclusive Psalmody 1/7
(Inspired Song vs. Uninspired Song)
Greg Price - Exclusive Psalmody 2/7
(God's Covenant Songs in Worship)
Greg Price - Exclusive Psalmody 3/7
(Sufficiency of the Psalter)
Greg Price - Exclusive Psalmody 4/7
(Exclusive Psalmody & the Regulative Principle)
Greg Price - Exclusive Psalmody 5/7
(Exclusive Psalmody in Church History)
Greg Price - Exclusive Psalmody 6/7
(& the Westminster Standards)
Greg Price - Exclusive Psalmody 7/7
(Objections to Exclusive Psalmody Answered)
Greg Price - Instrumental Music in Public Worship
in the New Testament
Greg Price - Instrumental Music in Public Worship
in the Old Testament
Greg Barrow - DEBATE on the Meaning of
the Church in Reformation Thought (Chapter two in from the book The Covenanted Reformation Defended).
Greg Barrow - DEBATE: How the Solemn
League & Covenant Binds the USA, Canada, Australia, etc., Today (1/3)
(Chapter three in from the book The Covenanted
Reformation Defended).
Greg Barrow - DEBATE: How the Solemn
League & Covenant Binds the USA, Canada, Australia, etc., Today (2/3)
(Chapter three in from the book The Covenanted
Reformation Defended).
Greg Barrow - DEBATE: How the Solemn
League & Covenant Binds the USA, Canada, Australia, etc., Today (3/3)
(Chapter three in from the book The Covenanted
Reformation Defended).
John Howie - Biographia Scoticana: or,
A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions
of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies (17/21) (Second
edition, corrected and enlarged, 1781) (Contains the life of Alexander Shields, author
of the classic Covenanter book, A Hind Let
Loose, and more).
John Howie - Biographia Scoticana: or,
A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions
of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies (18/21) (Second
edition, corrected and enlarged, 1781) (Contains the life of Alexander Shields, author
of the classic Covenanter book, A Hind Let
Loose, and more).
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Resource 1. WALL,
WILLIAM
The History of Infant Baptism
([1705, 1711, 1720] 1889, 4
volumes)
Very rare and
considered the CLASSIC set in this field
of study (due to the detailed and exhaustive research of Mr. Wall), we have
published all four volumes -- including the last two which turned Wall's
research into a stirring debate.
Volume 1. An Impartial Collection of All Such Passages in the Writers
of the Four First Centuries as do Make For or Against Infant Baptism
Volume 2. Several Things that do Help to Illustrate the Said History
Volume 3. Reflections (Reproaches--RB) on (Against--RB) Mr. Wall's History
of Infant Baptism
(by John Gale)
Volume 4. A Defence of the History of Infant Baptism Against the Reflections
of Mr. Gale and Others with An Appendix Containing the Additions and
Alterations in the Third Edition... That Are Most Material.
For the first
two volumes we have used the 1889 (two volume) edition because they are far
easier to read (as they contain modern style fonts); volume three is the 1711
edition and volume four the 1720 edition. This set provides English translation
for a large amount of intriguing material on baptism from the early church that
is otherwise unavailable to English-only readers. 1647 pages.
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Resource 2. DALE,
JAMES W.
BAPTIZO (in the
4 volumes listed below)
Jerry Smith says that these volumes are
"calculated to utterly shatter the widespread unfounded contemporary
mythology surrounding the meaning and usage of the original Greek words
underlying our English word baptism. Dale's original five volumes (bound in
four) constitute the most massive, thorough, accurate, and authoritative
study ever made of this word, examining all the known occurrences of baptizo. Absolutely a must
reading on this controversial subject! Dale write in a clear and refreshingly irenic spirit... which will delight and
inform scholar, student, and layman alike." Dale spent twenty years
writing this study concerning the meaning and mode of baptism. He interacts with all the
relevant literature on the subject up to his time, the first volume appearing
in 1867 and the last in 1874. J.H. Thayer in his entry
in his Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Zondervan, 1962), says of
this study: "If I were to utter my first impression, I should break out in
unfeigned admiration." Moreover, Thayer noted, concerning Classic
Baptism,
that "the theory that Baptizo expresses a definite act, 'mode and nothing
but mode,' is shown to be pitiably helpless when applied to 'all the Greek
literature.'" Dale definitely has had the last word on this subject thus
far in history. You can save yourself a lot of time and trouble regarding
Baptism and its meaning by picking up these unrivalled volumes. The last three volumes
listed below are softcovers and the final (i.e. volume four) volume is actually
two volumes bound into one. Volume one is out of print as a softcover and is
now only available in photocopy format.
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Resource 3.
MILLIGAN, JAMES
A Plea for Infant Baptism (1818)
In seven parts: 1. The standing authority of the
Old Testament; 2. The grace of the Abrahamic covenant; 3. The permanent
sanction of the moral law; 4. The subjects and mode of Christian baptism; 5. An
address to anabaptists; 6. An address to paedobaptists; 7. An address to the
undetermined. Exceeds the
usefulness of most other books on this topic in that it includes the additional
insights regarding God's covenant relationship with His people (and church)
which have been known to be prevalent among the Covenanters. Over 300 pages and
indexed.
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RUTHERFORD, SAMUEL
The Covenant of Life Opened; Or,
A Treatise of the Covenant of Grace, Containing Something of the Nature of the
Covenant of Works, the Sovereignty of God, the Extent of the Death of Christ,
the Nature & Properties of the Covenant of Grace: And Especially of the
Covenant of Suretyship or Redemption Between the Lord and the Son Jesus Christ,
and the Seal of Baptism: With some Practical Questions and Observations (1655)
A exceedingly rare Covenanter classic! These are deep waters and this title is recommended for
those who have already developed some fair strength in swimming the strong theological
currents of the second Reformation. Containing some of Rutherford's most mature thought, this
book was published six years before Rutherford passed on to glory. Over 350
pages.
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CUNNINGHAM, JOHN
The Ordinance of Covenanting (1843)
This book (of over 400 pages) is considered by
many as the classic work on covenanting. Here Cunningham exhaustively deals with
the manner, duty and nature of covenanting (including personal and social
covenanting), the obligation covenanting confers, how
covenanting is provided for in the everlasting covenant, how it is
adapted to the moral constitution of man and how it is according to the
purposes of God. If you are interested in the ordinance of covenanting this is
the most extensive treatment you will find in one book. It is a gold mine of
Scriptural references and should be read at least once by everyone who calls
upon the name of Christ. A rare and valuable classic!
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Resource 4. ADAMS,
JAY
The Meaning and Mode of
Baptism
Some of the
propositions set forth in chapter 28 of the Westminster Confession of Faith (Of
Baptism) are as follows:
"III.
Dipping of the person into the water is not necessary; but baptism is rightly
administered by pouring or sprinkling water upon the person. IV. Not only those
that do actually profess faith in and obedience unto Christ, but also the
infants of one or both believing parents are to be baptized. V. Although it be
a great sin to contemn or neglect this ordinance, yet grace and salvation are
not so inseparably annexed unto it as that no person can be regenerated or
saved without it, or that all that are baptized are undoubtedly regenerated.
VI. The efficacy of baptism is not tied to that moment of time wherein it is
administered; yet, notwithstanding, by the right use of this ordinance the
grace promised is not only offered, but really exhibited and conferred by the
Holy Ghost, to such (whether of age or infants) as that grace belongeth unto,
according to the counsel of God's own will, in his appointed time. VII. The
sacrament of Baptism is but once to be administered to any person."
In this book
Adams defends these positions in an easy to read and incisive manner. This is
without a doubt the best short book
on this topic, as it deals with all the major arguments concerning both the
meaning and the mode of baptism. It has been priced for the widest possible
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WAGNER, MICHAEL
Baptists and Infant Baptism (1996)
Wagner was converted in a fundamental Baptist
church and is well acquainted with the Baptist views of baptism. Here he has
produced a peaceable plea to those who still hold the views he once embraced.
In it he deals with the meaning, subjects and mode of baptism; tracing the
steps by which he became convinced of the Apostolic/Reformation position. This
is an easy to read introduction to this important topic.
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Resource 5. MACKAY,
W.A.
Immersion and Immersionists
The original title page read: "Immersion
Proved to Be Not a Scriptural Mode of Baptism But a Romish Invention; and
Immersionists Shewn to Be Disregarding Divine Authority in Refusing Baptism to
the Infant Children of Believers." Now, does a sub-title like that not
grab your interest?
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Resource 6. MANTON,
THOMAS
How Ought We To Improve Our
Baptism?
(1674, reprinted 1844)
Question 167 of
the Westminster Larger Catechism asks: "How is our Baptism to be
improved by us?" The answer:
"The
needful but much neglected duty of improving our Baptism, is to be performed by
us all our life long, especially in the time of temptation, and when we are
present at the administration of it to others; by serious and thankful
consideration of the nature of it, and of the ends for which Christ instituted
it, the privileges and benefits conferred and sealed thereby, and our solemn
vow made therein; by being humbled for our sinful defilement, our falling short
of, and walking contrary to, the grace of baptism, and our engagements; by
growing up to assurance of pardon of sin, and of all other blessings sealed to
us in that sacrament; by drawing strength from the death and resurrection of
Christ, into whom we are baptized, for the mortifying of sin, and quickening of
grace; and by endeavoring to live by faith, to have our conversation in
holiness and righteousness, as those that have therein given up their names to
Christ; and to walk in brotherly love, as being baptized by the same Spirit
into one body."
Manton, in his
classic style, elaborates on this teaching.
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Resource 7. MILLER
SAMUEL
Infant Baptism Scriptural and
Reasonable: and Baptism by Sprinkling or Affusion the Most Suitable and
Edifying Mode (1835)
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Sprinkling or Affusion Most Suitable (1835)
Two books under one cover. Miller was Professor
of Ecclesiastical History and Church Government at Princeton Seminary for 35
years. He was born in 1769 and died in 1850. A mild, inoffensive treatment of
these volatile subjects. A much-sought-after title.
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Resource 8.
FAIRFIELD, EDMUND. B.
Letters on Baptism
The author, a Baptist for many years, was
commissioned by Baptists to prepare a book in defense of Baptist views of
baptism. During re-examination of the subject for this publication, he adopted
the Presbyterian position. This book chronicles his journey and explains the
Scriptural reasons for his change. A warm, peaceful presentation, not intended
to offend.
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Resource 8a. RICE,
N.L.
Baptism Debate (1844)
Over 900 pages of extensive coverage of all the
points listed below! The full title reads: "A Debate Between Rev. A.
Campbell and Rev. N.L. Rice, on the Action, Subject, Design and Administrator
of Christian Baptism; Also, on the Character of Spiritual Influence in
Conversion and Sanctification, and on the Expediency and Tendency of
Ecclesiastical Creeds, as Terms of Union and Communion." This detailed and
lengthy debate was held in Lexington, KY., from the fifteenth of November to
the second of December, 1843, a period of eighteen days.
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Resource 9.
BANNERMAN, DOUGLAS
Difficulties About Baptism (1898)
In this book
(of 86 pages) Bannerman deals with the nature of the
difficulties raised by questions arising from the Baptist view of baptism, in
the context of the Christian church generally, both Scripturally and
historically. He writes,
'Baptism,'
as has been well said by R. W. Dale of Birmingham, 'is a glorious Gospel in an
impressive rite.' In this little hand-book I have sought chiefly to meet
difficulties which young men and women may not unnaturally feel about this
ordinance, and to show on what broad and strong
foundations the common view and practice of Reformed Christendom really rest,
as regards both the mode and the subjects of Baptism.
As a sample of
Bannerman's though and writing, one interesting answer to a oft asked question
from Baptists follows,
It
is objected. 'Belief should always go before Baptism. Does not the Evangelist
Mark say: 'He that believeth, and is baptized, shall be saved.'? (Mark xvi.
16.) Infants cannot believe; therefore they ought not to be baptized. Well,
that half text, so often quoted, really proves nothing whatever against Infant
Baptism. Take the text as it stands, only take the whole of it, and take the
context with it; and the meaning is perfectly plain. It refers to the Gospel
being preached 'in all the world,' the great heathen world beyond the bounds of
Israel. It is to be preached and heard under solemn sanctions. It carries with
it 'a savour of life and of death.' Everywhere it calls for faith, and
confession of faith before men. 'He that believeth and is baptized shall be
saved; but he that believeth not shall be condemned.' The promise and the
warning apply only to the case under consideration. You can no more rightly
infer from these words, it is purely a matter of inference at the most, that
the infants of believers should not be baptized, than that they cannot be saved,
because they cannot believe. Yet 'He that believeth not shall be condemned.'
You might just as well argue from the Apostle's rule: 'He that will not work
neither let him eat,' that because infants do not work they should get nothing
to eat. In both cases, the words apply to those only in reference to whom they
are spoken. And the historical situation makes it perfectly clear how the first
disciples would understand Christ's command about 'discipling the nations.' If
we are asked: 'Why baptize unconscious babes?' our answer is: Because it is in
accordance with Scripture principle, and Scripture precedent in the Church of
God from the days of Abraham to the days of Christ. If
unconscious babes were circumcised, as we know, according to the will of God,
on the ground of their parents' faith, why should they not be baptized on the
ground of their parents' faith? 'If ye be Christ's, then are ye
Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.' 'For to you is the
promise,' Peter said, speaking to devout Jews and Gentile proselytes, 'and to
your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God
shall call unto Him.' (Gal. iii.29) The Saviour 'called the babes unto Him, and
took them up in His arms and blessed them,' when brought to Him in the arms of
believing mothers. 'He was much displeased' with the disciples, who, with the
best intentions, would have forbidden them to be brought for the blessing,
because they were but unconscious babes, who could neither understand nor
believe. Is there no danger of a like mistake being made in our time by those
who, with the best of motives, would act in a similar way?'
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Resource 10.
BAILLIE, ROBERT
Anabaptism, The True Fountain
of Independency, Antinomy, Brownisme, Familisme, and the Most of the Other
Errors, Which for the Time Do Trouble the Church of England, Unsealed (1647)
The title continues: "Also the Questions of Paedobaptisme and Dipping Handled
from Scripture. In a Second Part of the Dissuasive from the Errors of the Time."
Shows the origin, progress and changing character of the Anabaptist's heresies
-- many which still afflict the body of Christ in our day (even in so-called
"Reformed" circles). A fine defense of
the biblical view of baptism is also given, including many answers to
Anabaptist (Baptist) objections on this point. A staggering array of
"testimonies" (i.e. quotations) are marshalled by Baillie -- both in
refuting and setting forth the pernicious Anabaptist teachings. Baillie was one of the Scottish Commissioners sent to
the Westminster Assembly. His international perspective and insight
(concerning the ecclesiastical and civil battles for the Protestant cause of
his day) makes for an interesting backdrop to this title -- not often
encountered among most authors dealing with these topics. 220 pages.
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PRICE, GREG
A Testimony Against the Unfounded
Charges of Anabaptism (1997)
This book teaches us that "(t)he heresy of
Anabaptism lives today! It has infected the modern church with its cancerous
errors and heresies: anti-creedalism, arminianism, dispensationalism,
independency (sectarianism), anti-paedobaptism, will-worship
(anti-regulativism), perfectionism, societal escapism, religious pluralism and
tolerationism (anti-establishmentarianism), denial of the perpetual obligation
of social covenanting, pacifism, pietism, socialism, premillennialism, and a
refusal to recognize *lawful* civil government as the ordinance of God. These
unbiblical positions of the Anabaptists were not tolerated by the Reformed
Churches of the First and Second Reformations, and neither should they be
tolerated by any Church today that claims to be Reformed or Presbyterian"
(Greg Price). Far too little contemporary Reformed writing has been directed
against the Anabaptists, especially in light of the fact that many of their
heresies have been generally adopted by professing Christians. Even the
"Reformed" community suffers from this contagion, and this book is,
in part, an answer to the confusion at Credenda Agenda magazine (Doug Wilson
in particular). Lord willing, this book will be an effective antidote to the
"AIDS" of Anabaptist thought and practice.
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Resource 11. BOOTH,
RANDY
Children of the Promise: The
Biblical Case for Infant Baptism
Booth, as ex-Baptist, while gentle and
sympathetic to those on the other side, is nonetheless relentless in making his
case. This book is Biblical and precise.
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Resource 11a.
LUMSDEN, JAMES
Infant Baptism: Its Nature
& Objects (1856)
This book, of 77 pages, assumes that infants are
the proper subjects of baptism and that sprinkling or pouring of water is a
Scriptural mode. It answers three major questions. What is the use or meaning
of infant Baptism? What good purpose does it serve? What spiritual benefit does
it confer? The object is simply "to provide a statement which might aid
parents in understanding the nature and obligations of Baptism, and thus
contribute to their acceptable and profitable observance of the sacrament when
administered to their children."
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Resource 12.
CALAMY, EDMUND
A Practical Discourse
Concerning Vows: With Special Reference to Baptism and the Lord's Supper (1697)
Everything you always wanted to know about vows
(an important part of sanctification which is little heard of in our day). This
book includes much general practical application (regarding vows), with
abundant particular attention to vows as they relate to baptism and the Lord's supper. As it should be with all
Christians, Calamy writes, "Whoever is conversant in David's Psalms, will
find him frequently making vows, and careful in paying them."
Calamy was a prominent Westminster Divine, and Thomas Smith notes
that "he was an active and zealous man in all their proceedings, and much
distinguished, both for his learning and moderation, in assembly"(Select
Memoirs... of English and Scottish Divines, p. 474). Smith further states,
"Mr. Calamy was one of the most popular preachers in London, and
frequently appointed to preach before the long parliament; for which the
prelatical party have treated him with unmerited abuse" (idem.) He opposed Cromwell
(as many faithful Puritans did) to his face, was ejected in 1662, and spent
time in prison (due to popish/prelatical persecution) for his faithfulness to
Christ. 318 pages.
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Resource 13.
CAWDREY, DANIEL
The Inconsistency of the
Independent Way, With Scripture and Itself (1651)
The inconsistency of the Independent way is
"Manifested in a threefold Discourse: 1. Vindiciae
Vindiciarum,
or A further manifestation of John Cotton's
contradictions, instanced in Vindiciae Clavium, Being A Rejoinder to
his Reply (to some few of those many Contradictions) in his last Book, called,
The Way of Congregational Churches Cleared, Part 2; 2.
A Review of M. Hooker's Survey of
Church-Discipline, the first part; 3. A Diatribe with the same M. Hooker Concerning Baptism
of Infants of Non-confederate parents, Cap. 2. Of his third part (Whether the
Infants of Believers not in Covenant with a visible Church, may be
baptized)." 241 pages.
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Resource 14.
CHANEY, JAMES M
William the Baptist (1877)
A concise and Scriptural case for
infant baptism.
Written as a lively dialogue between
the author, as pastor, and William, a young lawyer with strong immersionist
views, this is an entertaining and easy way to learn theology. Though he avoids caricature, Chaney maintains that
"the difference between us and immersionists on the question of baptism is
radical. Both cannot be right." An official Southern Presbyterian
publication. 133 pages.
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Resource 15.
ERGATEES
The Scripturalness of Infant
Baptism and of Sprinkling in Baptism
"Nothing admits of being more
clearly demonstrated," writes Dr. McCrie, "than that baptism of children
was practised from the earliest ages of the church." This book makes good on
this claim, citing early church fathers (even Iranaeus, who was born before the
death of the Apostle John) attesting to this fact. The Reformers are also
called upon to bear testimony to God's truth. This is followed by the numerous
unassailable Biblical arguments attesting to the fact that the sign of the
everlasting covenant has never been repealed by God, and is still (as in the
OT) to be administered to believers' children. After all, nowhere does the
Bible teach that Christ's work diminished the privileges extended to the seed
of believers (which would be to argue that because of Christ's work the new
administration of God's covenant is less glorious than the old). Sprinkling is
then defended, "burying" Baptist objections. One interesting argument
includes Paul's baptism (Acts 9:17), where "the inspired record says
"anastas ebaptishe" having stood up he was baptised."
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GILLESPIE, GEORGE
A Treatise of Miscellany
Questions Wherein many Useful Cases of Conscience are Discussed and Resolved,
for the Satisfaction of Those Who Desire Nothing More than to Search and Find
Out Precious Truths in the Controversies of these Times (1844, reprinted from the
1649 edition)
"These times" mentioned at the end of
the above title refers the reader to some of the most prolific and productive
seasons, thus far in history, for an abundance of written works that have been
blessed of God. Bannerman calls this "an exceedingly important and useful
book, discussing a wide range of topics..." (The Church of Christ, vol. 2., p. 433).
Various questions are handled in 22 chapters. These questions range from issues
related to church and civil government, to questions related to personal piety,
such as Christ's Lordship and assurance of salvation. Separation, covenanting,
uniformity, hermeneutics, infant baptism,
and the free offer of the Gospel comprise some of the other topics discussed.
Taken from volume two of Gillespie's Works.
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Resource 17. HENRY,
MATTHEW
A Treatise on Baptism
Defends the Apostolic practice of infant baptism
and its covenantal meaning. Explains the meaning of this covenant sign and the
terms (of the covenant) which one binds himself to in this act -- whether
involving individuals, families or the children of believers.
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Resource 18. HALL,
ARCHIBALD
Gospel Worship: Being An
Attempt to Exhibit the Scriptural View of the Nature, Obligations, Manner, and
Ordinances, of the Worship of God, In the New Testament (2
volumes, 1770)
Hall writes, "I am not ashamed to declare
myself a warm conscientious friend of the reformation-system of doctrine,
worship, discipline,and government, which is publicly professed in the church of
Scotland, and delineated in the Confession of faith and Catechisms, in the
Directory for the worship of God, and in the Form of Presbyterial
church-government,--all composed by the Assembly convened at Westminster
(1643-1647).
But my attachment to this system arises, neither from the authority of that
assembly, nor from a devoted regard to my connections, whom I honour and esteem
in the Lord; but from the conviction, upon enquiry,
that this system, for which our ancestors so nobly contended, is founded upon,
and agreeable to the oracles of God" (preface. iv-v). Chapters
cover: Reading the Scripture; Preaching; Hearing the Word Preached; Singing of
Praises; Prayer; Public Blessing of the Congregation; the Sacraments in
General; Baptism; the Lord's Supper;
Observation of the Lord's Day; Times of Thanksgiving; Religious Fasts;
Ministerial Visitations of the Flock; Ministerial Visitation of the Sick; Of
Catechizing; Of Social Religious Meetings; Of Family Religion; Of Personal
Religion; Of Liberality to the Poor; Of Swearing by the Name of God; Of Vowing
to the Lord; Of Casting of Lots. Appendices cover: Love-feasts; the Holy Kiss;
Washing the Disciples Feet; and Abstaining from Blood. 868 pages.
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Resource 19. HODGE,
CHARLES
Infant Baptism Defended
Hodge's scholarly defense of household baptism as it stems from the
covenantal view of Scripture. Excerpted from Hodge's Systematic Theology.
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FAIRBAIRN, PATRICK
Hermeneutical Manual: or,
Introduction to the Exegetical Study of the Scriptures of the New Testament (1858)
A 480-page manual of interpretation consisting
of three parts. First, a "Discussion of the Facts and Principles Bearing
on the Language and Interpretation of New Testament Scripture." Second,
"Dissertations on Particular Subjects...", with
Greek studies of the words for baptism, hades, and covenant. Third,
"Use Made of Old Testament Scripture in the Writings of The New
Testament." Fairbairn points out that "[n]o one, who reads with a
candid and unbiased spirit what is written in this, or in previous productions
of my pen, can have any doubt that the great principles of the Reformed
churches are therein maintained and vindicated."
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Resource 21.
WESTMINSTER DIVINES
The Westminster Confession of
Faith
"The product of Puritan
conflict," stated Shedd, reaching "a perfection of statement never
elsewhere achieved."
"All that learning the most
profound and extensive, intellect the most acute and searching, and piety the
most sincere and earnest, could accomplish, was thus concentrated in the Westminster
Assembly's Confession of Faith, which may be safely termed the most perfect
statement of Systematic Theology ever framed by the Christian Church,"
writes Hetherington in The History of the Westminster Assembly of Divines (p. 345,
emphasis added).
"These are worth an hundred
victories on the battle field. We do not fear to say of them that they are the
finest transfusion into uninspired language of the sublime, awful, blessed
truths of the Word of God which the Church has as yet been honored to make...
Never can the Covenanters be robbed of the immortal honor of having, while at
the summit of their power, published this great principle to the world"
noted J.A. Wylie, in praise of the Westminster Standards (cited in Johnston's Treasury
of the Scottish Covenant, p. 101).
"As truly as in the cases of the Nicene
and Chalcedonian formularies, the Westminster Standards mark an epoch in the
history of human reflection on the truths of the gospel--an epoch in the
attainment and registry of doctrinal truth; and as truly in the one case as in
the other the statements they give of the truths that fall in their sphere are
scientifically final. All attempts at restatement
must either repeat their definitions or fall away from the purity of their
conceptions or the justness of their language." (Benjamin B.
Warfield, "The Significance of the Westminster Standards as a Creed,"
1897)
Concerning the Westminster
Shorter Catechism, which is one of the items also included in this book,
Mitchell, in his Westminster Assembly: Its History and Standards, notes:
"...it is a thoroughly Calvinistic and Puritan catechism, the ripest fruit
of the Assembly's thought and experience, maturing and finally
fixing the definitions of theological terms to which Puritanism for half a
century had been leading up and gradually coming closer and closer to in its
legion of catechisms" (p. 431).
Richard Baxter said of Westminster
Shorter Catechism, "It is the best Catechism I ever saw -- a most
excellent sum of the Christian faith and doctrine, and a fit test to try the
orthodoxy of its teachers."
The Westminster Confession of
Faith (WCF) is the greatest of all the creeds of the Christian church. The church of Christ
cannot be creedless and live. Especially in an age of doubt and confusion, it
is her duty to define and proclaim the one true Reformed faith. Nowhere has
the Reformed church done this so effectively as in the Westminster family of
documents.
This book represents Reformed
thinking at its purest and best. It was intended, as part of the covenanted
reformation taking place during its compilation, to be adopted as the binding
confessional standard for every individual, family, school, court, church, and
legislature in the British Isles -- and all the King's dominions (including
Canada, the United States, Australia, etc.). The Westminster standards were
produced in fulfilment of the Solemn League and Covenant, an international
covenant with God and some of the most powerful nations on earth at the time of
its publication. This covenant and these
standards were produced to provide the blueprint for all levels of society to
come into obedience to the Word of God in its fullness. Study the
documents contained in this book carefully and we think that you will see why
this same goal should be covenanted to by all serious minded followers of the
Lord Jesus Christ.
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its many related documents. It contains Manton's "Epistle to the
Reader," "The Larger Catechism," "The Shorter
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"Acknowledgment of Publick Sins and Breaches of the Covenant (1648),"
"The Directory for the Publick Worship of God (1645)," "The Form
of Presbyterial Church Government (1645)," "The Directory for Family
Worship (1647)," an extensive index and more! "Every effort has been
made, by sparing no expense or labour... to render it the Standard
Edition," note the publishers. An essential book for every Christian home,
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Resource 21a.
BEEKE, JOEL & SINCLAIR FERGUSON
Reformed Confessions
Harmonized: With an Annotated Bibliography of Reformed Doctrinal Works
"For the first time, seven important confessional statements
produced in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries have been harmonized in a
single volume. Three strands of Reformed churches in Europe are
represented:
Dutch-German: the Belgic Confession of Faith (1561), the
Heidelberg Catechism (1563), and the Canons of Dort (1618-19)
Swiss: the Second Helvetic Confession of Faith (1646-47)
Scottish-English: The Westminster Confession of Faith (1646-47)
and the Larger and Shorter Catechisms (1647)
This book's
practical value is further enhanced by its arrangement. The various confessions of faith have been arranged in parallel
columns under the traditional categories and subject headings of systematic
theology. Readers will find it easy to study and compare the
formulations on particular points of doctrine, such as the Trinity,
justification, Christian liberty, and baptism...
Drs. Beeke and Ferguson also provide a historical
introduction to the confessions and the respective conditions under which they
were framed. For those who desire to
do further research, an extensive annotated bibliography (of 24 pages--RB) of
Reformed theological writings is included" (back cover). 284 (8.5" X
11") pages.
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Resource 22.
BOSTON, THOMAS
Commentary on the Shorter
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Resource 23. FISHER
, JAMES, EBENEZER & RALPH ERSKINE and OTHERS
The Westminster Assembly's
Shorter Catechism Explained, By Way of Question and Answer (1753, 1911 edition)
The title
continues: "Wherein it is essayed to bring
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has been attempted in any one of the explicatory Catechisms hitherto
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