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The Divine Right of Presbyterianism Versus the Sin of the Independent Church Government (and John Owen Represbyterianized)

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Apostolic "Divine Right" Presbyterianism in Acts 16:4

 

"And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem. And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily" (Acts 16:4-5, emphasis added).

 

Scriptural uniformity can easily be seen in the "apostolic" Presbyterian general assembly at Jerusalem (cf. Acts 15). In fact, this general assembly "delivered decrees" that were binding on all the individual churches that were part of the one visible church which adhered to apostolic doctrine. The Greek word used in Acts 16:4 for "decrees" is "dogmata." Compare this with the word "decree" used in Luke 2:1. This same word as used in Luke 2:1 is referring to the decree of Caesar Augustus regarding his call for an empire wide census. This was not a suggestion given by Caesar, nor was it just advice that could be ignored without penalty -- it was law! In the same way the decree sent down by the general assembly that took place in Acts 15 was to be held as law for the church. Furthermore, these pronouncements (because in keeping with the mind of the Spirit) held sway over all the churches. These decrees were carried out from Jerusalem to the churches in the cities of Asia Minor, as well as Antioch, indicating that the scope of the synod's authority extended not only over the church at Antioch which made the initial request, but over ALL THE CHURCHES! (Adapted from "Presbyterianism and Independency" in British Reformed Journal, No. 11, July-Aug. 1995).

 

It is also interesting to note the comments found in this same Journal comparing the Presbyterian's Westminster Confession (1647) with the Independent's Savoy Declaration (1658). The British Reformed Journal points out:

 

A perusal of the twin columns on the page opposite will yield a direct contrast, highlighted at apposite critical points by the words in heavy type. One sees Westminster's decree (31:3), which corresponds to the Greek dogmata of the Textus Receptus in Acts 16:4, juxtaposed with advice given in the Savoy article XXVI, which latter corresponds with nothing anywhere in the Textus Receptus with respect to the matters of Synodical Church Government (p. 17).

 

Later this Journal asks,

 

Does this Scriptural Synod issue decrees or advice? Scripture says decree, Westminster says decree, Savoy says advice. Which Confessional standard is therefore Scriptural?

 

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John Owen the Presbyterian

 

Owen himself (Works XVI:2) told several men that he could readily join with Presbytery the way it was exercised in Scotland. Moreover, historian Wodrow in his own [1716] Analecta (1842 ed. 2:263 & 2:309) records:

 

"Blackwell tells...he had this account of Owen at his death from persons who were with him -- that he expressed himself very much in favour of Presbyterian Government, and said he was persuaded that Presbytery was the way to God....

 

"Redpath told me...he visited Dr. Owen on his deathbed, and Presbytery and Episcopacy came to be discoursed of.... The Doctor said how he had seen his mistake as to the Independent way, and declared to him a day or two before his death that after his utmost search into the Scriptures and antiquity, he was now satisfied that Presbytery was the way Christ had appointed in His New Testament Church."

 

From: John Owen Represbyterianized by F. Nigel Lee (Resource #1 below).

 

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Resource 1. LEE, FRANCIS NIGEL

John Owen Represbyterianized

 

This book chronicles John Owen's thought as he matured and ultimately re-embraced the Presbyterianism of his youth. However, it is also much more -- being a fine introduction to biblical Presbyterianism!

 

In a fascinating manner John Owen Represbyterianized begins tracing Presbyterianism from the Heavenly Session in the Trinity. It continues by moving from the Presbyterianism of the antediluvian Patriarchs to a survey of Presbyterian church government as it is revealed throughout the Old Testament. It then demonstrates how the "Older Testament Presbyterianism continues as Christian Presbyterianism" in the New Testament (all the while providing an excellent historical overview and summary of Presbyterianism as it is found throughout the complete inspired record of Scripture).

 

Dr. Lee also provides many exegetical proofs for Presbyterianism while furnishing numerous insights into how the original languages of the Bible set forth the Presbyterian system of church government.

 

This is all accomplished in an easy-reading format which even a young Christian should be able to understand -- while, at the same time, offering profound divine truths that will be much appreciated by those more skilled and mature in the use of their biblical swords.

 

Dr. Lee writes,

 

The purpose of this essay is to demonstrate that Britain's great Puritan Theologian... John Owen, was essentially not a Congregationalist but a Presbyterian. He first pastored a Presbyterian Church. On his deathbed, he re-affirmed Presbyterianism.

 

The depresbyterianized Owen later re-embraced Presbyterianism... Dr. Owen, 1616-83, was quite the greatest alleged Congregationalist and certainly one of the most thorough Theologians Britain has ever produced. Educated at Oxford, he first pastored a Presbyterian Church -- in 1643, the year the Westminster Assembly itself was convened. After reading a book by the American John Cotton, Owen inwardly embraced Congregationalism.

 

In his next parish, he seceded from Presbyterianism... the system many in the Puritan Parliament and most at the presbyterianizing Westminster Assembly were then trying to promote in the wake of The Solemn League and Covenant -- for Reformation and Defence of Religion; the Honour and Happiness of the King; and the Peace and Safety of the three Kingdoms of Scotland, England, and Ireland -- taken and subscribed several times by King Charles and by all ranks in the said three kingdoms.

 

At the termination of the Monarchy and the establishment of the Commonwealth in 1649, Cromwell the Congregationalist appointed Owen Vice-Chancellor at Oxford. He became the chief architect of the Cromwellian State Church, and helped compose the congregationalistic Savoy Declaration of Faith in 1658 (intended to replace the presbyterial Westminster Confession of Faith and its chapter 31:1-5). Subsequent to the termination of the Commonwealth and the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660, Owen was ejected from Oxford.

 

After congregationalistically pastoring a 'gathered church' in his own home and elsewhere for the next two decades -- at the end of his life he certainly moved back toward and seems actually to have re-embraced Presbyterianism. How could it be otherwise -- with Owen constantly improving his own infant baptism, in the Name of the Triune God (Who is Himself a Presbytery)? See Westminster Larger Catechism, Q. & A. 167! Thus the proto-Presbyterian... John Owen -- after a lapse into Congregationalism -- thereafter increasingly re-presbyterianized...

 

The Final Represbyterianization of... John Owen

 

Presbyterian Baxter was so impressed by words like these in Owen's Catechism, that he wrote to him... proposing union between the Congregationalists and the Presbyterians. To that, Dr. Owen himself replied (I:cix-cxxi)...

 

"I judge your proposals worthy of great consideration.... I see no reason why all the true disciples of Christ might not, upon these and the like principles, condescend in love unto the practical concord and agreement -- which not one of them dare deny to be their duty to aim at."

 

Owen himself (Works XVI:2) told several men that he could readily join with Presbytery the way it was exercised in Scotland. Moreover, historian Wodrow in his own [1716] Analecta (1842 ed. 2:263 & 2:309) records:

 

"Blackwell tells...he had this account of Owen at his death from persons who were with him... that he expressed himself very much in favour of Presbyterian Government, and said he was persuaded that Presbytery was the way to God....

 

"Redpath told me...he visited Dr. Owen on his deathbed, and Presbytery and Episcopacy came to be discoursed of.... The Doctor said how he had seen his mistake as to the Independent way, and declared to him a day or two before his death that after his utmost search into the Scriptures and antiquity, he was now satisfied that Presbytery was the way Christ had appointed in His New Testament Church."

 

Owen died in 1683. One of his most important tracts, The True Nature of a Gospel Church and its Government, was published posthumously six years later in 1689. Rightly, the later congregationalistic editor W.H. Goold admitted in his own 'Prefatory Note' thereto (VXI:2) that because "of some statements in the following treatise...it has been gravely argued that the author returned to the Presbyterianism of his early days before he died." Those statements are found especially in Owen's chapter on 'the Communion of Churches.'

 

Let us summarize Owen's final conclusions in his own words. In his essay Duty of Pastors and People Distinguished (XIII:39), he wrote:

 

"The principles and rules of that church government from which...I desire not to wander, are...called presbyterial or synodical -- in opposition to prelatical or diocesan on the one side, and that which is commonly called independent or congregational on the other."

 

And another little taste of Dr. Lee's findings,

 

...the above-mentioned text Acts 15:2-6 records the beginning of the deliberations of the General Assembly in Jerusalem, in answer to its receipt of the reference from the Presbytery of Antioch. This is to be found just prior to its formulation of binding decrees to be kept by "the Churches" in all of "the cities" of Antioch and Cilicia and Syria where Congregations had been established. Acts 13:1f; 14:23-27; 15:1-41; 16:4-5.

 

Owen states (XV:530) "it follows that in case any Church [singular]...do give offence unto other Churches [plural], those other Churches may require an account from them; admonish them of their faults; and withhold communion from them in case they persist in the error of their way.... Hence also it follows that those that are rightly and justly censured ... in any Church [singular]... ought to be rejected by all Churches [plural] whatever...because of their mutual communion.... In case there had been any difficulty or doubt in the procedure of the Church [singular], they would have taken the advice of these Churches [plural] with whom they were obliged to consult."

 

Don't miss this one, it will save you hours of study and research while also providing many valuable insights (on church government) that would be otherwise unavailable to those who do not read the original biblical languages. Furthermore, the story of John Owen's return to Presbyterianism is extremely interesting and very well documented and easily worth the price of this book alone!

 

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Resource 2. CAWDREY, DANIEL

Independence a Great Schism: Proved Against Dr. (John--RB) Owen, His Apology in his Tract of Schism (1657)

 

Chapter titles include: Of the Nature of Schism in Scripture; Causeless Separation from a true Church is Schism; Of the Church Catholic Mystical, and its Union; Of the Church Catholic visible, and its Union; Independentism in Donatism; Of the particular Church, and its Union; Independentism, a great Schism.

 

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Resource 3. WITHEROW, THOMAS

The Apostolic Church, Which Is It?

 

Shows, based on six Scriptural and Apostolic principles, which system of governing the church [Independent, Prelatical or Presbyterian] is pleasing to God. Concludes that Presbyterianism is set forth in Scripture as of divine right. Joe Morecraft calls this book "irrefutable." See Rutherfurd's Due Right of Presbyteries or his Divine Right of Church Government for more advanced treatment of this subject. Easy reading, engaging, and a good textbook for Bible study classes. 91 pages.

 

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Resource 4. WESTMINSTER ASSEMBLY

The Reasons Presented by the Dissenting Brethren Against Certain Propositions Concerning Presbyterial Government. And the Proofs of them Voted by the Assembly of Divines, sitting by authority of Parliament, at Westminster. Together With the Answer of the Assembly of Divines to those Reasons of Dissent (1648)

 

It is interesting to note, as Hetherington points out in his History of the Westminster Assembly of Divines (p. 220), that,

 

(i)n their answer, the Assembly Divines seem almost to have been ashamed to analyze and expose the weak sophistry of the Dissenting Brethren's argument... but by availing themselves of the concessions made by the Independents in the course of their own illustrations, they completely overthrow the whole Congregational theory.

 

Regarding the book itself Hetherington writes,

 

These reasons of Dissent, and the Answers by the Assembly, occupied the attention of that venerable body during the conclusion of the year 1644, and the early part of the year 1645; and when fully completed, both the reasons and the answers were submitted to the consideration of the Parliament for a considerable time, and when the discussions of the Assembly had terminated, an order was issued by the House of Lords, on the 24th of January 1648 (or 1647, according to their style), that these reasons and answers should be printed from the papers in the hands of Adoniram Byfield, one of the Assembly's scribes, after having been inspected by Messrs Goodwin and Whittaker, to secure their genuineness and authenticity; and they were published in the same year... In the year 1652, the same publication received a new title-page, and was called The Grand Debate concerning Presbytery and Independency, by the Assembly of Divines convened at Westminster by authority of Parliament (History of the Westminster Assembly of Divines, pp. 221-222).

 

In short, this is a definitive answer to the best the Independents had to offer! This photocopy is taken from what had previously been Samuel Miller's personal copy of this title. 314 pages.

 

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Sketches of the Covenanters (1913)

 

Stirring accounts of sacrifice and martyrdom for the Reformed Faith (and the divine right of Presbyterianism) that will bring tears to eyes of all but the most backslidden. Follows the chain of events which gave Scotland two Reformations and a Revolution. John Knox, the National Covenant, The Solemn League and Covenant, the Westminster Assembly, the Field Meetings (conventicles) and the "Killing Times," and much more are all covered. The history of many great battles for Christ and His royal rights (in church and state) are accurately recounted in this moving chronicle of Reformation struggles and martyrdom. These accounts of men, women and children who were willing to die for the truth of divine right Presbyterianism (i.e. Christ's Kingship in and over the church) are as amazing and edifying as any you will ever read!

 

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Resource 5. 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 6. BAILLIE, ROBERT

A Dissuasive from the Errors of the Time: Wherein the Tenets of the principal Sects, especially of the Independents, are drawn together in one Map, for the most part, in the words of their own Authors, and their main principles are examined by the Touchstone of the Holy Scriptures (1645)

 

Chapter titles include: The origin and progress of the Brownists; The doctrine of the Brownists; The origin and progress of the Independents, and of their carriage in New England; The carriage of the Independents in Holland; The carriage of the Independents at London; An enumeration of the common tenets of the Independents; It is unjust scrupulosity to require satisfaction of the true grace of every Church member; Concerning the right of prophesying; Whether the power of ecclesiastical jurisdiction belongs to the people, or to the Presbytery?; Independency is contrary to God's Word; The thousand years of Christ, his visible reign upon Earth, is against Scripture (contra Premillennialism--RB). 274 pages.

 

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Resource 7. RUTHERFORD, SAMUEL

A Survey of the Survey of that Summe of Church-Discipline Penned by Mr. Richard Hooker, Late Pastor of the Church at Hartford upon Connecticut in New England. Wherein The Way of the Churches in N. England is now re-examined; Arguments in favour thereof winnowed; The Principles of that Way discussed; and the Reasons of most seeming strength and nerves removed (1658)

 

Hooker "helped found Hartford, Connecticut (1636)... He helped create Connecticut's 'Fundamental Orders' (1638) and was instrumental in forming the New England Confederation (1643)" (Encyclopedia of the Reformed Faith). In this book Rutherford refutes Hooker's Independent views of church government in great detail. In doing so he has left us much to ponder regarding Presbyterianism, the constitution of the visible church (as it is revealed in Scripture), covenanting, separation, discipline, Arminianism, church communion and much more. Hooker's congregational way is easily accepted by the flesh and is prominently held by a wide range of professing Christians today -- from liberals all the way to those who call themselves Reformed. This book should go a long way to correcting this prevalent "democratic/egalitarian" heresy. Rutherford was (and still is through his books) one of the most notable defenders of the divine right of Presbyterianism since the days of the Apostles. This rare book has been generally unavailable to the public (as far as we know) for three centuries now -- until this reprinting -- and should be welcomed by all lovers of truth. 521 pages.

 

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Resource 8. RUTHERFORD, SAMUEL

The Due Right of Presbyteries or a Peaceable Plea for the Government of the Church of Scotland... (1644)

 

Almost 800 pages long, Rutherfurd here deals with church membership, separation from the visible church, the civil magistrate and religion, communion among churches, the errors of the independents (specifically in New England) and much more. This could be considered the Lex Rex of church government -- another exceedingly rare masterpiece of Presbyterianism! Characterized by Walker as sweeping "over a wider field than most. Most essential points which Gillespie has barely touched, Rutherfurd carefully considers; as, for instance, the nature of the visible church as such, and its constituent elements. Even in the Erastian controversy he is a necessary supplement to his great contemporary. It is something to me altogether amazing, the mass of thinking about Church questions you have in those writings." Bannerman, in his Church of Christ calls this a "very learned and elaborate treatise." Here is a sample of Mr. Rutherford's writing: "A private subtraction and separation from the Ministry of a known wolf and seducer,... this the Law of nature will warrant... as Parker saith from Saravia, 'it is lawful to use that blameless and just defence, if the bad church-guide cannot be deposed.' So the son may save himself by a just defence in fleeing from his mad father, or his distracted friend coming to kill him. Now this defence is not an authoritative act, nor [a] judicial act of authority, but a natural act that is common to any private person, yea to all without the true Church as well as within to take that care in extreme necessity, for the safety of their souls, that they would do for the safety of their bodies" (1642, cited in The Original Covenanter and Contending Witness magazine [www.covenanter.org]).

 

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Resource 9. SUNDRY MINISTERS OF LONDON

The Divine Right of Church Government (Jus Divinum Regiminis Ecclesiastici), Wherein it is Proved that the Presbyterian Government, By Preaching and Ruling Elders, in Sessional, Presbyterial, and Synodical Assemblies, May Lay the Only Lawful Claim to a Divine Right, According to the Holy Scriptures, c. 1646, 1844 ed.

 

This is one of the all time classic defenses of the divine right of Presbyterianism. It also gives us a clear picture of the original intent of the English Presbyterians working at the Westminster Assembly (and is therefore very useful in determining the original intent of the Westminster Confession itself). It can be seen here that it was the strong conviction of the majority of English divines at Westminster that Presbyterianism is the only form of church government that is instituted by God in His Word.

 

David Hall, (the editor of the Naphtali Press edition), states, the book "was not written as a polemical tract, as if to prop up some moribund tradition; rather it is an exemplar of gentle and reasoned discourse." Published anonymously, during the sitting of the Westminster Assembly, because of the Erastian leaning Parliament's "gag rule," this work is considered by some as "an even truer record of the Westminster divines' views of government than the final (politically suppressed) standards" (Coldwell, Naphtali Press edition).

 

Moreover, Hall goes so far as to state that "perhaps no single work is as illuminating for original intent [of the Westminster Standards] as this rare work printed contemporaneously with the meeting of the Assembly;" and that "acquaintance with the political and ecclesiastical events of the time narrows down the possible authorship of this (book -- RB) to either (the) Westminster divines themselves, or sympathizers of the Westminster Assembly of divines (p. xvi).

 

Hall also notes that Hetherington (in his masterful History of the Westminster Assembly, p. 270) asserts that this book was the Westminster divine's answer to the English parliament's "nine queries" that were intended "to discourage their thoroughly Presbyterian views." Hall continues,

 

In the first comprehensive Scottish history of the Assembly, William Hetherington concludes safely: 'Judging from internal evidence, in matter, manner, and style, it appears most certain that this work at least embodies the substance of the answer prepared by the Assembly, somewhat enlarged and modified by the city ministers in whose name it was published.' Although Hetherington (who in a footnote wished for the reprinting of this very work as 'a very valuable contribution to the Presbyterian cause in the present day') initially infers that the work of the Assembly and the London ministers was merged, such that 'so much of the one was transfused into the other as to render then to all practical intents one work,' at the conclusion of his history he concludes with more certainty: "The Jus Divinum of the city ministers appears to me to be both virtually and substantially the Assembly's Answer to the Parliament, containing actually that very Answer as prepared by them; but with such additional amplifications in statement and illustrations, by the city ministers themselves, as might both render it more complete and fit for publication as a distinct work on the subject, and at the same time entitle them to publish it on their own responsibility' (Hall, pp. xviii-xix, citing Hetherington, History of the Westminster Assembly pp. 270, 362).

 

Furthermore, "not only do we have confirmation from numerous sources that the 2 December 1646 Jus Divinum reflects the Assembly's original intent, we also see along with that the undisputable historical notation that the Assembly considered itself bound by a jus divnum, not merely 'guided' by a nebulous jus hamanum. The difference is cataclysmic" (Hall, p. xxii).

 

In The Divine Right of the Gospel Ministry these same authors later give us a glimpse of how different their jus divinum presbyterianism is from much of what "presbyterians" today believe. "So strongly were they committed to this thorough-going jus divinum view that they stated the following 'four things that justly deserve to be abhorred by all good Christians: (1) An Universal Toleration of all Religions; (2) An Universal Admittance of all men to the Lord's Supper; (3) Universal Grace, that is, that Christ died equally for all, and that all men have free-will to be saved; and (4) Universal Allowance of all that suppose themselves gifted to preach without Ordination" (Hall, p. xxi).

 

This photocopy edition contains the appendix which sets forth,

 

Extracts from some of the best authors who have written on church government, concerning the scriptural qualifications and duties of church members; the sole right of gospel ministers to preach the gospel; the people's divine right to choose their own pastors; together with an abstract of the arguments of the great Dr. Owen (though a professed "Independent" at the time) in favour of the Divine right of the office of the ruling elder.

 

This edition also includes a preface, "The Editor to the Reader," written by the Cameronian "T.H" (Thomas Henderson) -- an Irish Reformed Presbyterian who was also the author to the forward of James Douglas' Strictures on Occasional Hearing. Henderson recommends this volume as "one of the best defences of presbytery which he has ever seen."

 

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Resource 10. SUNDRY MINISTERS OF LONDON

The Divine Right of the Gospel Ministry (Jus Divinum Ministerii Evangelici)1654

 

As the full title intimates this book is divided into two major parts. The first part contains,

 

a justification of the Gospel ministry in general, the necessity of ordination thereunto by imposition of hands, the unlawfulness of private men assuming to themselves either the office or work of the ministry without a lawful call and ordination, etc. Part two covers "a justification of the present ministers of England, both such as were ordained during the prevalency of Episcopacy from the foul aspersion of antichristianism: and those who have been ordained since its abolition, from the unjust imputation of novelty: proving that a Bishop and Presbyter are all one in Scripture; and that ordination by Presbyters is most agreeable to the Scripture pattern. Together with an appendix, wherein the judgement and practice of antiquity about the whole matter of Episcopacy, and especially about the ordination of ministers, is briefly discussed.

 

Moreover, The Divine Right of the Gospel Ministry gives us a further glimpse of how different the old and faithful jus divinum of presbyterianism (taught by English representatives at the Westminster Assembly) is from our modern, so-called "presbyterianism."

 

Hall notes, "So strongly were they committed to this thorough-going jus divinum view that they stated the following 'four things that justly deserve to be abhorred by all good Christians:

 

(1) An Universal Toleration of all Religions.

(2) An Universal Admittance of all men to the Lord's Supper.

(3) Universal Grace, that is, that Christ died equally for all, and that all men have free-will to be saved.

(4) Universal Allowance of all that suppose themselves gifted to preach without Ordination" (Introduction to the Naphtali edition, p. xxi).

 

Hall further states that

 

these ministers viewed their commitments to both of these jus divinum aspects (i.e. to the divine right of Presbyterian church government and the divine right of a Presbyterian Gospel ministry--RB) as to 'the seamless coat of Christ.' Throughout this second document, the authors speak in continuity with the earlier volume with the main error to be corrected, as stated as: 'That there is no such Office as the Office of the Ministry; or That this Office is quite lost; or That every man that thinks himself gifted, may intrude into the Ministerial Office. These opinions we judge destructive to Christian Religion, and an in-let to Popery and all error, to all disorder and confusion, and at last to all profaneness and Atheism (Ibid.).

 

In short, when the ministry is disparaged (and open to every heretic and schismatic who calls himself to this sacred task) the truth of Scripture will be trampled underfoot, the visible church (constitutionally) rent in pieces (by those denying a biblically covenanted uniformity), and the toleration of every foul error will become commonplace (sounds like today, doesn't it?).

 

This is an English Presbyterian classic written by some of the men who attended the Westminster Assembly. It is a companion volume to their earlier Divine Right of Church Government and should be studied in conjunction with this unsurpassed work. 351 pages.

 

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Resource 11. SUNDRY MINISTERS OF LONDON

A Vindication of the Presbyterial Government and Ministry (1650, London edition)

 

Twelve major sections are contained in this book:

 

1. That there is a Church-Government by Divine Right.

2. That the Magistrate is not the Fountain of Church-Government.

3. That the Presbyterial-Government is by Divine Right.

4. The Inconveniencies of the Congregational Way.

5. That the Ruling Elder is by Divine Right.

6. That it is the will of Jesus Christ that all sorts of persons should give an account of their Faith to the Minister and Elders before admission to the Lord's Supper; together with Answers to the usual Objections made against it.

7. Directions to the Elders for the right managing of their Office.

8. Directions to such as are admitted to the Lord's Supper, for the right sanctifying of God's Name in that Ordinance & for their carriage one toward another.

9. Rules to preserve People from the Errors of these Times.

10. That Separation from our Churches is justly charged with Schism.

11. Than Ministers formerly ordained by Bishops need no new Ordination.

12. The necessity and usefulness of Catechizing.

 

This was the second of three major works published by these famous London divines -- the title page noting that this book was "Published By the Ministers and Elders met together in a Provincial Assembly, Novemb. 2d, 1649." The first of their works was The Divine Right of Church Government (Jus Divinum Regiminis Ecclesiastici), Wherein it is Proved that the Presbyterian Government, By Preaching and Ruling Elders, in Sessional, Presbyterial, and Synodical Assemblies, May Lay the Only Lawful Claim to a Divine Right, According to the Holy Scriptures (c. 1646, 1844 ed., above) the third being The Divine Right of the Gospel Ministry (Jus Divinum Ministerii Evangelici) (1654, above). Great insights into the thinking of the English Covenanters (some who served at the Westminster Assembly) are to be had here. 156 pages.

 

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Resource 12. COVENANTED GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND

A Solemn Testimony Against Toleration and the Present Proceedings of Sectaries and their Abettors in England, in Reference to Religion and Government (1949-1650)

 

Here Cromwell, the Independents and the Sectarian Army of England are rebuked by the Scottish General Assembly for their covenant breaking, declension and hindering the work of Reformation. This book includes six separate documents, the final being "An Answer from the Committee of Estates to a Printed Paper Directed to the People of Scotland, and Signed in the Name of Cromwell and His Officers." Very rare!

 

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Resource 13. BANNERMAN, JAMES

Church of Christ: A Treatise on the Nature, Powers, Ordinances, Discipline, and Government of the Christian Church (1869)

 

Two large volumes. A classic on the Church and worship! This is one of the most extensive studies of its kind ever compiled. Nothing compares to it on this subject. Regarding these gems, Iain Murray has stated,

 

In our day, however greatly we need an evangelical revival, we need more than that. We need another Reformation, a movement which will go 'to the root of the mischief' and bring back the visible church to the pattern of God's Word in her government, ordinances and ministry. The republication of Bannerman is a step in that direction... For those who wish to study the doctrine of the Church in its several aspects as it was held by the majority of the Reformers, Puritans, Covenanters and leaders of 'The Third Reformation,' it will prove an invaluable textbook.

 

Volume one deals with the nature and power of the church, containing a lengthy explanation of the Church in its relation to the state (which is one of the best treatments of this topic to be found anywhere!). From there it deals with matters in regard to which church power is exercised (i.e. in regard to doctrine, ordinances, the instrumentality and time of public worship -- with a discussion of holy days, Independency, and confessions). Volume two continues where volume one left off, providing a lengthy section on the sacraments, covering the parties in whom the right to exercise church power is vested, examining crucial points concerning Christian liberty, comparing the Popish, Prelatic, Independent, Congregational and Presbyterian systems, etc. Nine appendices deal with a wide range of practical topics including union between churches, church/state relations, ordination, and valuable notes on the literature related to this subject. If you are interested in Church issues, it is not likely that you will find a better set.

 

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BANNERMAN, JAMES

The Independent System of Church Polity as Opposed to the Presbyterian

As good a short treatment as you will find anywhere concerning this subject. Hits all the disputed points. Excerpted from Bannerman's Church of Christ above.

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The Independent Theory of the Ministry

The independent view of the ministry critiqued and biblically refuted. Very pertinent given the turmoil, disunity, and confusion in the modern church. Independents must deal with these arguments if they want to retain credibility. Taken from The Church of Christ.

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Resource 14. 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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Resource 15. EDWARDS, THOMAS

Reasons Against the Independent Government of Particular Congregations: As Also Against the Toleration of Such Churches To Be Erected in this Kingdom -- Together With an Answer to Such Reasons as are Commonly Alleged for Such a Toleration (1641)

 

Edwards was "a famous Presbyterian writer, and a violent opposer of the Independents. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge where he took his degree of B.A. 1605, and of M.A. 1609. Having received ordination he became a lecturer, first at Hertford, and afterwards in London. Died in Holland 1647, whither he had fled to avoid the resentment of the (Oh so tolerant--RB) Independents," writes Darling (Cyclopedia Bibliographica, p. 1026).

 

An important work defending that which is necessary for the well-being of the visible church -- against the heresy of the Independents (especially schismatics such as Goodwin and Nye who attended and hindered the work of Westminster Assembly). 73 pages.

 

For a fuller treatment of this same subject see the author's Antapologia; or, a Full Answer to the Apologetical Narration of Mr. Goodwin, Mr. Nye, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Burroughs, Mr. Bridge, members of the Assembly of Divines; Wherein are Handled Many of the Controversies of These Times.

 

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Resource 16. WOOD, JAMES

A Little Stone Pretended to be out of the Mountain (1654)

 

"With the invasion of Cromwell's army there was an invasion also of Independency. With ... (the covenant breaking Cromwell--RB) a minister by the name of Lockyer came north to win Scotland from her errors in Church government. The divine was not so successful as the soldier. However he did his best. Wood was selected to reply, and his reply is of sterling worth. It is admirably clear. Evidently well-read in the great theologians of the past,-- knowing his subject thoroughly, and never for a moment letting the point in hand out of his sight or out of his grip, with a certain ring of power in his expressions,-- it seems to me that James Wood ranks among our ablest men" writes Walker (cited in Johnston, Treasury of the Scottish Covenant, p. 330). Walker is known for his own compromises, so in answer to the final clause in Walker's statement above we note: Notwithstanding Wood's later defection and covenant-breaking, when he became a leading Resolutioner and helped split the Church of Scotland (in opposition to the Protesters lead by Rutherford, Guthrie and others), this is an able and useful work in defense of Presbyterianism -- showing Independent church government to be idolatrous. Very rare.

 

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Resource 17. BARROW, GREG

The Covenanted Reformation Defended (1998)

 

Unsurpassed on points related to the Lord's supper, separation, covenanting and church government (against the Independents and the "Presbyterian" Independent denominationalism of our day and for the covenanted uniformity and national and international Divine Right Presbyterianism of Scripture) as set forth by the best Reformers and best Reformed churches. This book (in answer to the neopresbyterianism of Richard Bacon) is particularily strong on matters related to the original intent of the Westminster divines! It includes great citations from Calvin and the Westminster Assembly. Deals with many foundational aspects of the Covenanted Reformation (which gave us the Westminster Standards and the Solemn League and Covenant) from numerous original source documents (from the Westminster Assembly's advice to the English Parliament on the Lord's Supper to the official records of Calvin's Covenanting in Geneva).

 

Comprehensive and compelling, this is a shocking (and sometimes advanced) look at what really took place during both the first and second Reformations -- with extensive quotations from the writings of the major Reformers (not just quotes from what others have written about them). It conclusively and irrefutably demonstrates that those churches which today call themselves Presbyterian (and even many which claim a more general Reformed heritage) have seriously departed from the Scriptural standards, principles and worship of these previous Spirit-led Reformations.

 

The Covenanted Reformation Defended is written in an easy-to-read and easy-to-understand format and is an unsurpassed work that should not be missed by anyone interested in real Reformation in our day. This is without a doubt the best book to read if you want to understand what it means to be a Covenanter and to walk in the blood-stained footsteps of the witnessing church (Christ's Covenanted and Reformed flock) (Song 1:8)! 318 pages, 8.5" X 11".

 

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Resource 18. COVENANTED GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND & OTHERS

Various Official Acts, Declarations, Protestations, etc., Concerning the Covenanted Reformation

 

Contains 24 rare documents from the period 1638-1650. One document, "The Act of Covenant Renovation" (1880) by the Reformed Presbytery (which was a faithful renewal of the National Covenant and the Solemn League and Covenant [adapted to the present time], with a confession of public sins), is added from outside this period to illustrate the continuing obligations that rest upon the moral person (civilly and ecclesiastically). Among the seventeenth century documents we find much (from both the church and the state) that relates to the central place that covenanting played in the second Reformation. We also find various authoritative international testimonies against Popery, Prelacy and Schism (i.e. Independency, Cromwell, etc.), and for biblical covenanted uniformity, divine right Presbyterian church government, and apostolic worship. Military documents related to the second Reformation are also added. One proclamation by Charles I is even included, to illustrate Royalist opposition to Reformation. 686 pages.

 

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Resource 19. EDWARDS, THOMAS

The First and Second Part of Gangraena: or a Catalogue and Discovery of many of the Errors, Heresies, Blasphemies and pernicious Practices of the Sectaries (i.e. Independents like Thomas Goodwin-RB) of this time, vented and acted in England in these last four years (1646)

 

The title continues: "Also a particular Narration of divers Stories, Remarkable Passages, Letters; an Extract of many Letters, all concerning the present Sects; together with some Observations upon, and Corollaries from all the fore-named Premises." The second part even notes that it contains a "copy of a hymn sung by some Sectaries instead of David's Psalms;" and includes replies to some pamphlets (by Saltmarsh, Bacon, etc.) against the first part of Edward's work. In short, this book is written to stay "the plague of Sectarianism," which Edwards writes, "rages more and more, putting forth the symptoms presaging death and destruction on both Church and State, if not timely prevented." The summary for the Third Part of Gangraena is listed below. 319 pages.

 

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Resource 20. EDWARDS, THOMAS

The Third Part of Gangraena: or a new and higher Discovery of the Errors, Heresies, Blasphemies and insolent Proceedings of the Sectaries of these times; with some Animadversions by way of Confutation upon many of the Errors and Heresies named (1646)

 

More against the sectarian Independents; with some special attention given to Thomas Goodwin's attempted refutation of Edwards' Antapologia (which was a devastating refutation of the Independent's positions found in the Apologetical Narration of Goodwin, Nye, Simpson, Burroughs, Bridge; all who were members of the Westminster Assembly), Jeremiah Burroughs and other prominent detractors from the ranks of the schismatic covenant breakers hindering the work of the Westminster Assembly. Darling calls these works "very scare" and notes that Edwards wrote "in a spirit of fierce and bitter invective" (Cyclopedia Bibliographica, p. 1026). Edwards had already replied to this charge in his day in this very book, which includes a lengthy "justification of the manner and way of writing these books called Gangraena, wherein not only the lawfulness, but the necessity of writing after this manner (i.e. naming names and "rebuking them sharply," Titus 1:13 -- RB) is proved by Scripture, Fathers, the most eminent Reformed Divines (including Calvin, Luther, Beza, Bullinger and others--RB), Casuists, the practice and custom of all ages" -- including the practice of the Independents themselves. It is startling to note the great inroads that the errors of independency, answered in this book, have made throughout modern "evangelicalism" -- even among those who call themselves Reformed: making this book extremely pertinent for our day. This work is conveniently indexed by using both the names of the Independents refuted and also their particular heresies and errors. 328 pages.

 

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Resource 21. RUTHERFORD, SAMUEL

The Divine Right of Church Government and Excommunication: A Peaceable Dispute for the Perfection of the Holy Scripture in Point of Ceremonies and Church Government in which the Removal of the Service Book is Justified. The Six Books of Erastus Against Excommunication are Examined; with a Vindication of the Eminent Divine Theodore Beza Against the Aspersions of Erastus, The Arguments of Mr. William Pryn, Richard Hooker, Dr. Morton... and the Doctors of Aberdeen; Touching Will-Worship, Ceremonies, Imagery, Idolatry, Things Indifferent, An Ambulatory Government; The Due and Just Power of the Magistrate in Matters of Religion, and the Arguments of Mr. Pryn, in so Far as they Side with Erastus, are Moderately Discussed.

(Facsimile, 1646, also contains: "Scandal and Christian Libertie")

 

Over 750 pages which Walker says "contains the amplest exposition and vindication of our old ecclesiastical principles." Rutherfurd here gives a classic defense of Presbyterianism, touching on both church government and "the due and just power of the Magistrate in matters of Religion." Regarding worship, he touches on imagery, idolatry, things indifferent, ceremonies and will worship. Sherman Isbell describes this book as follows: "Rutherford asserts that there is delineated in the NT a form of Church government by elders and Presbyteries which is of permanent obligation; more-over, that discipline and suspension from the sacraments are vested with church officers rather than with the Christian civil magistrate. The book also expounds the Westminster Assembly's principle that the mode of acceptable worship is regulated by the will of Christ as king speaking in the Scriptures; the Church is not at liberty to alter or invent anything in worship or government which goes beyond the pattern in God's Word. Rutherford's writings during the London years provide a significant commentary on the theology of the Westminster Confession and Catechisms" (Dictionary of Scottish Church History and Theology, pp. 735-36). Innes notes that Rutherford had "no hesitation in including among matters of faith -- first, fundamental points; second, superstructions built upon the fundamentals; third, circa fundamentalia, things about matters of faith;" making this an important look at the teaching surrounding the Scottish view of the visible church, close communion, etc. An exceedingly rare gem by this celebrated Presbyterian divine and Scottish commissioner to the famous Westminster Assembly.

 

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Resource 22. 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)

 

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 23. GILLESPIE, GEORGE

Faces About; Or, A Recrimination Charged Upon Mr. John Goodwin (1644)

 

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Resource 24. GILLESPIE, GEORGE

An Assertion of the Government of the Church of Scotland in the Points of Ruling Elders, and of the Authority of Presbyteries and Synods (1846, reprinted from the 1641 edition)

 

Also found in volume one of the Presbyterian's Armoury (at: http://www.swrb.com/catalog/g.htm ) this work is not included in Gillespie's Works. The first part deals with Ruling Elders and the second is written "Concerning the Assemblies of the Church of Scotland, and Authority Thereof." A postscript is appended in answer to a treatise, written in Gillespie's day, against Presbyterial government. "Incomparably the best account of the constitution of our national Church which has ever appeared," noted Principal Lee (cited in the Treasury of the Scottish Covenant, p. 302).

 

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Resource 25. RUTHERFORD, SAMUEL

A Peaceable and Temperate Plea for Paul's Presbytery in Scotland (1642)

 

The title continues: "Or, A modest and Brotherly Dispute of the government of the Church of Scotland, Wherein, Our Discipline is demonstrated to be the true Apostolic way of divine Truth, and the Arguments on the contrary are friendly dissolved, the grounds of Separation and the Independents of particular Congregations, in defence of Ecclesiastical Presbyteries, Synods and Assemblies, are Examined and tried." "'This,' says Murray, 'is one of the most temperate, judicious, and best written works he (Rutherford--RB) ever gave the world. It corresponds in every respect with the promise which its title holds out; with this exception, that it is much more learned, dispassionate, and conclusive than the promise implies. It must have had a very considerable effect on public sentiment, and have served to pave the way for that introduction of the Presbyterian system into England which soon took place'" (cited in Rutherford's Letters, page 612, footnote 1, emphases added). It is another classic by one of the grand old leaders of the Protesters (i.e. the Covenanters who upheld the continuing obligation of the National and Solemn League and Covenant and the biblical attainments of the second Reformation). Thomas Smith calls Rutherford a "greatly experienced Christian, and celebrated divine," further noting that "Mr. Rutherford's reputation for piety, learning, and sound theology, was so highly raised, both at home and abroad, by his writings against the Arminians and Jesuits, which were composed in Latin, that, upon the death of the learned Dematius in 1651, the magistrates of Utrecht in Holland invited him to the divinity chair in that university" (Select Memoirs... of Pious and Learned English and Scottish Divines, pp. 636, 639). One need only read Rutherford to understand why he was held in such high esteem, internationally, by the Reformed community. 340 pages.

 

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Resource 26. REED, KEVIN

Biblical Church Government

 

"This is the best short statement (of Presbyterian principles of church government) we have ever seen," noted the Banner of Truth magazine.

 

It covers the basic principles of Presbyterian church government:

 

(1.) scriptural church officers

(2.) church courts

(3.) confessional standards

(4.) church membership.

 

Second (expanded) edition.

 

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Resource 27. REFORMED PRESBYTERY

An Explanation and Defence of the Terms of Communion, Adopted by the Community of Dissenters, etc.

 

Defends the inescapable necessity of creeds and confessions, while promoting a fully creedal church membership. Shows how the law of God obliges all Christians "to think the same things, and to speak the same things; holding fast the form of sound words, and keeping the ordinances as they have been delivered to us" (Col. 3:13).

 

After laying some basic groundwork, this book proceeds to defend the six points of the "Terms of Ministerial and Christian Communion Agreed Upon by the Reformed Presbytery." These six points are the most conservative and comprehensive short statements of consistent Presbyterianism you will likely ever see. Besides the obvious acknowledgement of the alone infallible Scriptures, the Westminster Standards, and the divine right of Presbyterianism, these points also maintain the perpetual obligation of our Covenants, National and Solemn League, the Renovation of these covenants at Auchensaugh in 1712, and the Judicial Act, Declaration and Testimony emitted by the Reformed Presbytery.

 

In short, this book sets forth adherence to the whole of the covenanted reformation, in both church and state, as it has been attained by our covenanting forefathers.

 

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Resource 28. RUTHERFORD, SAMUEL

A Survey of the Spiritual Antichrist (1648)

 

The subtitle reads: "Opening the Secrets of Familisme and Antinomianism in the Antichristian Doctrine of John Saltmarth, and William Del, the present Preachers of the Army (headed by Oliver Cromwell--RB) now in England, and of Robert Town, Tobiah Crisp, H. Denne, Eaton and others. In which is revealed the rise and spring of Antinomianism, Familists, Libertines, Swench-feldians, Enthysiasts, etc. The minde of Luther a most professed opposer of Antinomianism, is cleared, and diverse considerable points of the Law and the Gospel, of the Spirit and the Letter, of the two Covenants, of the nature of free grace, exercise under temptations, mortification, justification, sanctification, are discovered. In Two parts." Also contains Rutherford's "A brotherly and free Epistle to the patrons and friends of pretended Liberty of Conscience." Putting this work into its context, James Clark, in The Life and Works of Samuel Rutherford (in the chapter titled "Antinomianism") writes, "This is another main controversy into which Samuel Rutherford entered. The term 'Antinomian" signifies one who is 'against God's Law'. The Antinomians were a major sect in the 1640's. They denounced as 'Legalists' the Christians who, like Paul, 'serve the law of God' (Rom. 7:25). They asserted that grace removes the Law out of the Christian's life, as absolutely as it does out of his salvation. This dangerous heresy, which is still popular, makes it no fault to disobey God's Moral Law, and turn grace into wantonness. Rutherford mentioned this heresy in several of his works before publishing in 1648 his SURVEY OF THE SPIRITUAL ANTICHRIST, written specifically against the Antinomians. The subtlety of Antinomians is that they oppose the use of the Law as a positive standard for holy living in the name of the Gospel! The Apostle Paul repudiated this error in Rom. 3:31; 6:1,2; Gal. 5:13" (p. 52). This book contains over 600 pages.

 

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Resource 29. HETHERINGTON, WILLIAM

History of the Westminster Assembly of Divines (1856)

 

This book is one of the best easy reading historical accounts published concerning this unsurpassed Assembly. It includes much information and commentary on the great battles over church government (especially between the Independents and the Presbyterians) that took place among these Puritans, as we see hinted at in Hetherington's purpose for writing this book (as stated in the preface as follows):

 

In common with all true Presbyterians, I have often regretted the want of a History of the Westminster Assembly of Divines... Especially in such a time as the present, when all distinctive Presbyterian principles are not only called in question, but also misrepresented and condemned, such a want has become absolutely unendurable, unless Presbyterians are willing to permit their Church to perish under a load of unanswered, yet easily refuted, calumny. And as the best refutation of calumny is the plain and direct statement of truth, it is by that process that I have endeavored to vindicate the principles and the character of the Presbyterian Church (p. i.).

 

Hetherington covers the period from 1531 to 1662 -- a period when the importance of divinely instituted church government was a major concern. Many consider this era a historical high water mark for doctrinal and practical Puritan precision. Also included is a chapter on the theological productions of the Westminster Assembly and six valuable appendices (one containing six biographical notices of the Scottish Commissioners including Rutherford, Gillespie, Henderson and Baillie).

 

This work is indispensable for understanding the work accomplished by the Westminster Assembly, Presbyterian and Independent history, Oliver Cromwell and much more.

 

Anyone interested in the work of the Westminster Assembly, biblical church government and the men, teaching and events which were at the heart of the Puritan revolution against the forces of Antichrist, should read this book at least once. Third edition, 413 pages.

 

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Resource 30. ROBERTS, WILLIAM

The Form and Function of Apostolic Church Government

Edited by Larry Birger, Jr.

 

Concise and compelling, this excerpt from Roberts', Reformed Presbyterian Catechism (also available from SWRB, at http://www.swrb.com/catalog/r.htm ), is a valuable introduction to biblical, or apostolic, church government. It demonstrates, with a wealth of scriptural quotation and discussion, that only Presbyterianism has been instituted by Christ as the government of his church. Roberts also gives a brief, but helpful, summary of what this government looks like in practice (i.e., the function of apostolic church government). His question and answer format makes for comfortable study, preparing the reader for more in-depth treatments -- such as those found in The Divine Right of Church Government, by Sundry London Ministers (written at the time of the Westminster Assembly), and Samuel Rutherford's classic, Due Right of Presbyteries.

 

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