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The Puritan Bookshelf CD set is no longer available, however our best selling PURITAN HARD DRIVE which contains MANY MORE BOOKS, MP3s and VIDEOS by the best PURITAN AUTHORS, including many of the CLASSIC WORKS OF PURITANISM, is still available and on sale right now -- see our Super Sale which expires at the end of the day on this coming Monday, September 13, 2010, so please act now (please click on the links below for full details).

This unsurpassed Puritan Hard Drive (PHD) collection of classic Reformation and Puritan authors remains one of the best ways, which has ever been available, to quickly and inexpensively build an amazing library of classic Reformed and Puritan works. Containing over 12,500 books (in PDF format), MP3 audio files, and videos (.wmv), at just a small fraction of the cost you would pay for these rare resources outside of the Puritan Hard Drive (the originals would be worth well over $1.00,000.00), the PHD brings the best of Reformation and Puritan thought directly to your desktop and/or your nearest printer with just the click of a mouse.

All serious Christians will be greatly blessed by prayerfully considering these Reformation and Puritan source documents, in reading and learning of the sovereign God of Scripture who shook the nations during the times of both the first and second Reformations, during the rise of Puritanism. Don't miss the Puritan Hard Drive and its testimony to our blood-bought Christian heritage -- as many were persecuted and martyred for writing these books and some suffered and died for just having them in their possession. For as the customer comments on our previously offered CDs cited below attest, "there is nothing like these (CD sets) available to the ordinary Christian on the whole face of the earth."

Books by WILLIAM PERKINS are at http://www.swrb.com/catalog/p.htm -- then search for PERKINS.

FREE PURITAN BOOKS and MP3s are at http://www.swrb.com/newslett/newslett.htm.

PURITAN HARD DRIVE


Select Customer Comments on SWRB's CD sets.

"You may… want to purchase a collection of Reformed books from Still Waters Revival Books in CD-ROM format. They have released an incredible array of 62 compact disks which contain over 2,000 titles of some of the best Reformation and Calvinistic books ever written. It is by far the best and widest collection of Reformed literature ever assembled. With capabilities to index and search through these classic authors, this set of CDs is a must for those who desire to read and study our Reformed theological heritage. The president of Still Waters Revival Books, Reg Barrow, is to be highly commended for his insight and perseverance in placing these books -- many of them otherwise unavailable -- within reach of anyone who has a computer with a CD-ROM drive. If you want more information about how to obtain these CDs, please visit their website: http://www.swrb.com/Puritan/reformation-bookshelf-CDs.htm."

- The Five Points of Calvinism: Defined, Defended, and Documented, Second (Special 40th Anniversary) Edition, Updated and Expanded (p. 76, 2004, Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company) by David N. Steele, Curtis C. Thomas, and S. Lance Quinn, Foreword by Roger Nicole, Afterword by John MacArthur (emphases added).

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"I have been systematically working through reading the... Reformed CDs I purchased. I must say, there is nothing like them available anywhere. It is the most amazing collection of works I know of in one package to date... The Puritan and Reformed material presented on these CDs is exceptional. I am continually amazed at the depth and breadth of information in both collections, and the rarity of works that I now have at my fingertips. You have done an immeasurable service for the Kingdom of Christ in making these CDs available, and every pastor and theologian should own them without question (they would be foolhardy to pass them by)."

- For Christ's Crown and Covenant,
Dr. C. Matthew McMahon, A Puritan's Mind Ministries

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"This collection of 62 CDs is a truly astounding accomplishment. There is nothing like this available to the ordinary Christian on the whole face of the earth.

"Now, for the first time ever, ordinary Christians can have direct and near effortless access to the very cream of Puritan and Reformed, as well as Covenanter, literature.

These books are often in fascinating first editions and many are electronically linked and indexed for the first time. The ordinary Christian may here dig into a simply staggering wealth of literature, from devotional and sermonic material to technical and scholarly works. Even in the days of the Long Reformation itself ordinary Christians didn't get to see this kind of library -- most couldn't read for a start, and even those who could, would never have been able to afford to buy even a hundredth part of the material on these CDs. Truly we are without excuse!

And the significance of this collection goes even beyond that. No longer do we have to wait for modern Reformed publishing houses to predict that a particular Reformation or Puritan book will be sufficiently popular to make it economical to reprint, or to deem it "safe" enough to be let loose on the modern evangelical church. Rather, we are now able to see for ourselves the whole range of the Puritan and Reformed publishing enterprise, including views that are usually suppressed by most modern devotees of "Puritan" piety!

Buy these CDs while you can, and find out for yourself what the First and Second Reformations were really all about! You'll be truly amazed, and, by God's grace, will grow from being an ordinary Christian to being an extraordinary one. What they used to say of the Puritan John Flavel's preaching, can be said of these CDs: they are 'hissing hot'!" (emphases added).

- Dr Jonathan D. Moore, Cambridge, UK.
(Scholar of 16th and 17th century Calvinistic literature.)

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"Your... CD's of Reformation and Puritan authors are a great boon to studies in the Reformed-Puritan experiential tradition. Receive our hearty thanks for your invaluable work in making so many rare gems accessible to thousands."

- Dr. Joel R. Beeke, President of Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary

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Many more comments (by the Banner of Truth magazine, Calvin Beisner [Professor of Historical Theology and Social Ethics at Knox Theological Seminary], Dr. E.P. Elliott [Christian Observer magazine], et al.) on the Reformation Bookshelf CD set of 30 CDs can be found at the end of the page at: http://www.swrb.com/Puritan/reformation-bookshelf-CDs.htm


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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT SWRB's CDs


Some short Customer Comments on SWRB's CD sets


"Your 62 CD's of Reformation and Puritan authors are a great boon to studies in the Reformed-Puritan experiential tradition. Receive our hearty thanks for your invaluable work in making so many rare gems accessible to thousands."

- Joel R. Beeke, President of Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary


"These CDs are wonderful. Praise God."

- Email to SWRB from the USA.


"The purchase of the Puritan Bookshelf CD's is proving to be one of the wisest investments that I have ever made. They are much more than I expected!! I am having a wonderful time reading and studying."

- TC, Internet Customer.


"You all are doing a wonderful service by making all these materials so readily available. Having them on my hard drive is BETTER than having access to a rare book library with all of them in hand... I have found the PBCD set invaluable as a tool of scholarship. So once again I commend you brothers for making it available."

- E. Calvin Beisner

Knox Theological Seminary
Author and Associate Professor of Historical Theology and Social Ethics
(Author of: Psalms of Promise: Celebrating the Majesty and Faithfulness of God, God in Three Persons, Answers: For Atheists, Agnostics, and Other Thoughtful Skeptics--Dialogs About Christian Faith and Life, Man, Economy, and Environment in Biblical Perspective, Where Garden Meets Wilderness: Evangelical Entry Into the Environmental Debate, Evangelical Heathenism? Examining Contemporary Revivalism, as well as other books, scholarly papers, and contributions to various anthologies).


"I am so Illuminated by what you have sent that I just feel like I must have the other 30 (Reformation) CD set. You gave me the 32 (Puritan) CDs at a discount that is just not heard of thanks for you kindness. These Puritan resources are the greatest I've ever seen. These eyes have never seen anything greater than what you have produced except that old King James Bible. I am sure that it will help me and others grow in the Lord and I can use it in my Home School for my children. Thank you for your kindness through the years."

- Email from a Customer in Georgia (USA)


"I recently ordered and received both the Puritan Bookshelf and the Reformation Bookshelf CDs.

They are such a blessing! So many great resources at such a great price! Thanks for your efforts to compile and supply these reformed treasures to the public. May they serve many generations to follow."

- Email (USA)


"This side of eternity I'll never be able to repay the favor you have done mankind by bringing these Puritan Bookshelf CDs together.

The first week of reading I grew more as a Christian reading those rich, pure Gospel Commentators than I have in 18 years of Christian life. After reading some of the Puritan CDs I have to get the Reformation set if it kills me. A fire is burning within me. These Puritan Bookshelf CDs are liable to start a revival fire unseen in any generation... the Gospel in its pure form is seen in these 32 Puritan Bookshelf CDs.

Sir, I cant say enough. What a treasure! I'll never be able to repay you this side of heaven, but when we get there I am sure you will see the rich fruits of your labor. God bless you for not being money hungry but wanting to see Christians grow in the Lord... I love you even though we have never met, you have helped me in my Christian walk tremendously with these Puritan Bookshelf CDs.

I am not bragging on the flesh, I am just giving honor where honor is due. The Holy Ghost will take these CDs and light a fire unseen and unheard of. God bless you all at Still Waters."

- Email from the USA


"It's been several weeks now since I received the CDs and have had some time to digest some of them. All I can say is, "WOW!" This is truly a library like no other, and has already paid great dividends not only in my own personal worship and study, but in my teaching as well. I first balked at the price, but after seeing the vastness of the material, I almost feel as though I'm robbing you!

I pray that the Lord will allow you to get these materials into the hands of as many ministers as possible."

- Email from SC, USA


Dear Brothers:

I appreciate the work that you are doing at SWRB. The availability of old ministry on the CDs is truly remarkable and at such good prices.

I have been blessed in my own reading and also sermon preparation help. Right now I am preaching through John 17 and the help from Rollock, Newton and Burgess is tremendous.

Keep up the good work, it is truly appreciated and I am sure people like myself are being helped and you will never know the blessing your ministry is until you get home to glory.

Your Brother in Christ,
AMT
- Email for a Baptist Brother in Ontario (Canada)


"Thank you so very much for the CDs.

I am amazed at the quality and quantity of the literature...

I cannot imagine any other single thing being done by any man or group of men in the earth today that is of such extensive, present, and enduring value as this CD work is.

God be praised that he uses sickly and weak men to forward his kingdom, that the work may not be mistaken to be wrought by the might of men, but by his Spirit. His strength is perfected in weakness."

- Email from Colorado


"The greatest collection of classic Reformation resources on one CD set ever!"

"In reading this mornings mailing I noticed that you also do the Reformation Bookshelf cd's so I went to your web site to see what was out - I was in ecstasy!!!"

- Missionary working in Hatyai, Southern Thailand


"... they're simply incredible... The whole (PBCD--ed.) set offers a whopping **263,000** pages of material! ... (It has also--ed.) been indexed and hyperlinked so that you can quickly browse and navigate via the index in the left side column... It's an amazing collection of works, such that for about $0.33 per average book one can have a library that excels virtually any other in the history of the world, both for quality of volumes and for rapid ease of use."

- Dr. B. via email.


"If I am not mistaken, a project of this magnitude would undoubtedly result in one of the largest collections of Puritan writings available anywhere. I greatly rejoice to think that such a collection would be made available and I hope to own and profit from it myself... May the Lord bless you as you continue this vital ministry."

In Christ our Lord,
- Ernie Frank, PhD., Dept. of Statistics
West Virginia University


"This is superb. The project stands the chance of being transformational... I cannot put into words how much these CDs have meant to me... I treasure the copies on my desk and I use what I have continually. "

- Dr. Edwin P. Elliott, Jr.
Managing Editor of the Christian Observer
Director of the Christian Observer News Service


"The amount of great material here is absolutely staggering. Thanks for all your hard work in making this available to us."

- Dr. David Gamble (USA)


"The CD set has arrived, much to my great delight. I can't thank you enough for this treasure. Both sets together are the crown jewel of my library, and will be of inestimable value in my study, preaching, teaching and counseling. I promise you that I will work to give the Lord a good return on this investment."

- Email from a M.Div student in Texas


"It would have taken a lifetime to collect this treasure trove of Godly wisdom now I have a lifetime to treasure it all! Thank you for all the hard work!!!"

- Ministry Consultant in England


"I just received your CD collection. One bit of advice: you should instruct your customers to take about 1 week off just to peruse the tables of contents for these CD's, followed by another week off, in order to recover from the state of shock in which they will find themselves.

In all seriousness, this collection is almost impossible to describe. It has to be seen to be believed. As a pastor, my library has just increased dramatically. As a Ph.D. student in Puritan and Post-Reformation studies, I have immediate access to many of the same works for which I would normally need to access through rare book rooms of theological libraries.

Thank you for this labor of love. Thank you for making it accessible, both financially and technologically. May the Lord richly bless you for this service to his people."

- Yours for the faith,
Pastor David Owen Filson
Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church (PCA), Nashville, TN


"I see what an awesome job you guys have done in putting together those CDs. They are just great. I read Toplady and found the quote you mentioned about the Jesuits planting the poison of free will.That was eye opening! I read part of Christopher Ness (An Antidote Against Arminianism-RB) and then began John Owen's Display of Arminianism. Once again I do so thank you."

- Email from OK, USA (the specific resources mentioned above are on Reformation Bookshelf CD 19, "Against Arminian Views of Salvation [Calvinistic Soteriology], Against Arminian Views of Worship [Calvinistic Worship and the Regulative Principle of Worship], etc.").


"By the way, the Reformation bookshelf CD's have arrived and are proving to be an invaluable resource. They will certainly save me a large amount of international travel and accommodation expenses going in search of library copies of the original volumes!"

- From Australia


"I just received the CD's in the mail to day. I am overwhelmed! It was Dr. Richard A. Muller at Calvin Theological Seminary who first pointed out your website for access to documents that would otherwise be unavailable or unattainable. I am looking forward to reading the material by Beza and Twisse!"

- Email from Richard Chelvan, USA.


+ "I received the CD's today, what an unbelievable resource... I am just overwhelmed at the moment. It is a GREAT resource for us Calvinists. It is amazing!"

- Email from Dr. Kenny Rhodes (CA, USA)
An Answer School of Theology


"Many thanks for... this superb product."

- Email from the UK


"I am very happy with the CD's. It is an excellent product at an excellent price."

- Email (USA)


"Preparing for Sunday morning's message, on Galatians 2:20 (preaching through Galatians), I couldn't 'define' in suitable and understandable language the concept of 'living by faith,' John Trapp, who I didn't have in a book form, but now have in CD (thanks to your generous offer), was the "counsel" of the day! No wonder Spurgeon says of him, 'Trapp is my especial companion and treasure; I can read him when I am too weary for anything else. Trapp is salt, pepper, mustard, vinegar, and all the other condiments. Put him on the table when you study, and when you have your dish ready, use him by way of spicing up the whole thing. Yes, gentlemen, read Trapp certainly, and if you catch the effect of his consecrated humour, so much the better for your hearers.'"

- Email (USA)


I'm so grateful for the work you are doing making this material available to so many which would almost be impossible to collect any where else. May the Lord bless you and all there as you work for a new reformation.

- R.C. (Email USA)


I just received the day before yesterday the CD's you sent me. I have been busy exploring the material. I can only say that I am dumbfounded at the wealth of literature that is on these CD's. I was pleasantly surprised to find that all the books are scanned images of the originals, so that I feel as if I own actual copies of the old books! A year or so ago a friend sent me a copy of the Christian Classics Ethereal Library CD-ROM. All of the books on that CD are in HTML format and have been reformatted so that they appear no different from any other printed material. But your books, besides having less chaff, give the reader that feeling one only gets from actually handling those quaint old books. I have only glanced through the material, but I have already been immeasurably blessed by Thomas Manton's sermons on Hebrews 11. In my own personal study, I am currently working through 1 Corinthians. I am anxious to get into the commentaries on the Puritan CD set.

Again, I want to thank you for your generosity. Only the Lord can repay you for the service you have done to me, and what you have done for the body of Christ over the last 18+ years. May He repay you a hundred-fold!

- In Jesus, Andy Underhile (Missionary in the Philippines)


Some longer CUSTOMER COMMENTS on SWRB's CD Sets


"I have been systematically working through reading the Puritan and Reformed CDs I purchased.

I must say, there is nothing like them available anywhere.

It is the most amazing collection of works I know of in one package to date.

In my opinion, it far surpasses Ages Software and their collections.*

The Puritan and Reformed material presented on these CDs is exceptional.

I am continually amazed at the depth and breadth of information in both collections, and the rarity of works that I now have at my fingertips.

You have done an immeasurable service for the Kingdom of Christ in making these CDs available, and every pastor and theologian should own them without question (they would be foolhardy to pass them by)."

- For Christ's Crown and Covenant,
Dr. C. Matthew McMahon
A Puritan's Mind Ministries, www.apuritansmind.com
John 5:39, "...search the Scriptures..."
"Novum Testamentum in Vetre latet, et in Novo, Vetus patet." Augustine
( "The New is in the Old concealed, and in the New, the Old revealed." )

* It is SWRB's opinion that Ages has done an excellent job in making various Reformed works available on CD, so much so that we also distribute a number of their CDs at discounts. Thus, please don't make more out of our publishing this comment than is warranted, as this is a comment we received from one of our customers and it expresses his opinion. As for Ages' work, we rejoice whenever the truth is published, whether through others or through SWRB (as we play only a very small part in the revival of classic Reformation, Puritan and Covenanter thought that is now taking place worldwide through God's marvelous grace). The publication of the best Reformers and Puritans of the past is one of the greatest needs of our time, as this extends the blessings that come through faithful preachers and authors into our day and into the future. Lord willing, the growth in the publishing of faithful works from the past will help stem the tide of the great declension and unfaithfulness which we are now witnessing all around us, even (sadly) among many churches that still call themselves "Presbyterian" and/or "Reformed." So please pray together with us that our Lord will multiple the number of faithful publishers and publications, and that He will give many the heart to stand for the truth no matter the consequences (as He has done for our faithful forefathers, who resisted Satan and sin unto blood and even to martyrdom in many cases). -- RB.


I can't believe how great your new CD collection is! ...I really think that this will be a great benefit for scholarship in Puritan and Scottish theology, and I hope that this catches on... Thank you *so much* for putting out such great stuff at affordable prices on the PURITAN BOOKSHELF CD collection!!

- Internet Customer (USA)


"This is superb. The project stands the chance of being transformational... Isn't it amazing how the fathers continue to speak through the new media! The more we can get out into other parts of the world, the harder these ideas will be to stop in future years. Often I think of the match which lights the pile of leaves. One tends to forget that is how the forrest fires start..."

"I cannot put into words how much these CDs have meant to me."

- Dr. Edwin P. Elliott, Jr.
Managing Editor of the Christian Observer
Director of the Christian Observer News Service


"Grace and peace to you in Christ. I just opened my set of Puritan Bookshelf CDs and am quite impressed. It's a great collection... Blessings on you and your fellows for this wonderful service to the Church of Christ."

And later:

"By the way, thanks again for producing the set. It came in handy today when, reading Honeyman, I found him citing Ames's work on conscience and was able to go directly to the source and check the accuracy of Honeyman's use."

And also:

"You all are doing a wonderful service by making all these materials so readily available. Having them on my hard drive is BETTER than having access to a rare book library with all of them in hand."

And:

"Grace and peace to you in Christ, Brother. I just wanted to send you another note of thanks for the wonderful service SWRB has done in providing the Puritan Bookshelf CD series. From time to time in reading sources for my dissertation, I have come across references to the "Dutch Annotators" or the "English Annotators." (which are titled the "Westminter Annotations" on the Puritan Bookshelf CD set--ed.)... I thought to myself..., "I wonder if they're in the PBCD collection?" So I went to the index and searched, and, voila! So... I could actually cross-check the references to them to ensure that authors were properly citing them. Once again, I have found the PBCD set invaluable as a tool of scholarship. So once again I commend you brothers for making it available."

- E. Calvin Beisner
Author and Associate Professor of Historical Theology and Social Ethics
Knox Theological Seminary


This collection of 62 CDs is a truly astounding accomplishment. There is nothing like this available to the ordinary Christian on the whole face of the earth.

Now, for the first time ever, ordinary Christians can have direct and near effortless access to the very cream of Puritan and Reformed, as well as Covenanter, literature.

These books are often in fascinating first editions and many are electronically linked and indexed for the first time. The ordinary Christian may here dig into a simply staggering wealth of literature, from devotional and sermonic material to technical and scholarly works. Even in the days of the Long Reformation itself ordinary Christians didn't get to see this kind of library -- most couldn't read for a start, and even those who could, would never have been able to afford to buy even a hundredth part of the material on these CDs. Truly we are without excuse!

And the significance of this collection goes even beyond that. No longer do we have to wait for modern Reformed publishing houses to predict that a particular Reformation or Puritan book will be sufficiently popular to make it economical to reprint, or to deem it "safe" enough to be let loose on the modern evangelical church. Rather, we are now able to see for ourselves the whole range of the Puritan and Reformed publishing enterprise, including views that are usually suppressed by most modern devotees of "Puritan" piety!

Buy these CDs while you can, and find out for yourself what the First and Second Reformations were really all about! You'll be truly amazed, and, by God's grace, will grow from being an ordinary Christian to being an extraordinary one. What they used to say of the Puritan John Flavel's preaching, can be said of these CDs: they are "hissing hot"!

- Dr Jonathan D. Moore, Cambridge, UK.
(Scholar of 16th and 17th century Calvinistic literature.)


"I just watched what the contents will be of the new Reformation CDs and I hope to buy them all when they are available... I want to thank you for making these precious works available and being able to spread to other people... Just wanted to let you know how much I am looking forward to these CDs! Greetings in Christ Jesus and always praying for you ministry."

And also:

"I want to thank you to make those new works available which are going to be produced on these new reformation cd-roms. I am very thankful already for the puritan cd-roms and although I have read not so much as I would like to read, the things I read especially the death-testimonies of James Guthrie and James Renwick were very encouraging -- as also the sins of ministers from James Guthrie and the sermons of Robert Rollock were very heart encouraging. Praying that God might draw my heart more and more to be in his Truth. I just wanted to let you know this to encourage you and your colleagues. Could you tell me when it will be possible to buy these new reformation cd's, because the are still forthcoming?"

- From the Netherlands


"SWRB's Puritan and Reformation CD libraries are an invaluable source for the study of the history and theology of classic Reformation theology. The collection is remarkable not only for depth of content, but also for the rarity of many of the works. Most seminary libraries will not have even a percentage of the works available on these CD-ROMs. I cannot imagine anyone working in Reformation / historical theology that would not want to use the Puritan and Reformed libraries!"

- Phillip J. Long
Associate Prof. of New Testament
Grace Bible College
Grand Rapids, MI 49509


I have been intending to write to you for several weeks now but the latest SWRB sale mailing has prompted me to do it today. I just wanted to express my thanks to you & all at SWRB for the great ministry you perform in supplying Puritan books. I have made several purchases from you over the past 2 years and I think each of the books has blessed and/or challenged me. Most notably have been The Christian Soldier by Watson and the one I am reading at the moment, Wells of Salvation Opened (Spustowe). In reading this latter book I have been so blessed & stirred; who said puritans were cold, stiff & starchy?

In reading this mornings mailing I noticed that you also do the Reformation Bookshelf cd's so I went to your web site to see what was out - I was in ecstasy!!! I hope in the near future to start purchasing these & also some of the Puritan bookshelf series...

Once again, thanks for providing a great service & for refreshing the saints in so many ways!!

- Missionary working in Hatyai, Southern Thailand


I have recently purchased your Puritan Bookshelf #1 CD. I have already had occasion to use it and have found it well-constructed and easy to navigate. Many thanks for your excellent work in putting this series together!

- N.B., Internet Customer.


Just a quick note... re: the PB CD's. I've... already used them a substantial amount. The ability to browse through them quickly... is remarkable and extremely valuable. For instance, I was able to look up several places re: Romans 1 (a la the Clark contoversy...) and then just print out those sections. Because of their great value I'm recommending them to a friend... who's headed for the pastorate.... Here's what I wrote him:

"The other reason I'm writing is to encourage you to pick up a set of the Puritan Bookshelf CD's from Still Waters. You said that you were 'in ecstasy' now that you're reading the Puritans, and if you get these, brother, you may have to seek medical attention for hyperstimulation. :) Really, they're simply incredible, comprising about 1000 different titles on 32 CD's (and when I say 'title' I mean anything from a 15 page pamphlet to a 1500 page, folio, multivolume work). The whole set offers a whopping **263,000** pages of material! ... (It has also--ed.) been indexed and hyperlinked so that you can quickly browse and navigate via the index in the left side column (for example, if you wanted to look up Romans 1 in various commentaries, rather than having to scroll through the text you just click on the hyperlink for chapter one in the sidebar, and it will take you immediately to that portion of the work). It's an amazing collection of works, such that for about $0.33 per average book one can have a library that excels virtually any other in the history of the world, both for quality of volumes and for rapid ease of use. Anyway, I wanted to be sure to point this out to you now that I've got my own set and have been using them."

- Dr. B. via email.


"I was excited to see the CD series "Puritan Bookshelf" advertised in the latest e-mail from SWRB.

I am fairly new to the Puritan works but have tried over the past several years to purchase as many titles as I could afford from Banner of Truth, SDG, and various other sources. I have found the Puritan writings to be of immense benefit to my soul over the past years. In the spiritual desolation of the academic environment the writings of these men have been used of God to encourage and challenge my faith...

If I am not mistaken, a project of this magnitude would undoubtedly result in one of the largest collections of Puritan writings available anywhere. I greatly rejoice to think that such a collection would be made available and I hope to own and profit from it myself...

May the Lord bless you as you continue this vital ministry."

In Christ our Lord,
- Ernie Frank, PhD., Dept. of Statistics
West Virginia University


"I cannot possibly say enough good things about those CD's. Finding your website was a real blessing. I was actually trying to look up something else, but your page came up instead. I know that was no coincidence! I felt like I had stumbled upon some lost El Dorado.

Allow me to share a short testimony with you. After spending nine years on the mission field here in the Philippines, I returned for a few years to the States to get some things sorted out. During that time I worked at a Christian bookstore owned by an elderly Presbyterian couple. The whole time I was there I had a Geneva Bible on order, but the distributor was always out of stock (my suspicion is that they never really stocked them to begin with.) (see Reformation Bookshelf CD [RBCD] 2 for the 1599 Geneva Bible notes and NT - RB) I was also on the look out for a Wycliffe Bible, too (NT in the English Hexapla on RBCD 2 - RB). Now here I am years later, assuming that I would never see either one, when, lo and behold, the Lord led me to your website! The Lord answered the desire of my heart after I had even given up hope of ever seeing them.

Let me reiterate how blessed I am by Thomas Manton's sermons. I had seen his 3 volume set on Psalm 119 published by Banner of Truth, but I never had the money to purchase them whenever I happened to see them at the store. Again, through God's sovereignty, I now possess 22 volumes of this saintly man's works (on RBCDs 4 and 5 - RB)! David Dickson on 1 Corinthians (on Puritan Bookshelf CD 28)! Wow! The MP3s of John Owen's "Chamber of Imagery," (called Rome's Idolatry Rebuked 1 and 2 on RBCD 5 and also free at http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?sermonid=980116119 -RB) is by far the most insightful treatment I have ever encountered of the subject of, and historical process of Romish idolatry.

Thank you also for putting out Richard Bennett's material (on various CDs or at http://www.swrb.com/catalog/b.htm and http://www.bereanbeacon.org/ - RB). His type of ministry is sorely needed in the Philippines. I have gotten in touch with him and we have struck up a friendly fellowship via email. I am currently trying to contact a publisher for a Philippine version of his book of testimonies by former Catholic priests (Far From Rome, Near To God:Testimonies of Fifty Converted Roman Catholic Priests at http://www.swrb.com/catalog/b.htm - RB). I would appreciate your prayers in this matter. I'm sure he would, too. Richard, in turn, has turned me on to William Webster's work. The blessing just keep coming.

May God prosper your work until the day we all meet in glory!"

- Because of Jesus,
Andy


A personal note from the Christian Observer Newswire administrator.

I admit to being a thorough going Puritan, a Constitutional Presbyterian, and a devote of the Hungarian Reformed Church. With that out of the way, take my word for it, Still Waters has done our community a great service by making the English Puritan classics available on CD. I treasure the copies on my desk and I use what I have continually.

English Puritan Original Sources on CD

Even if you do not think SWRB should be nominated for Most Congenial Reformed Mission, you may want to examine what the larger Reformed Church has here: Ames and Perkins on CD for US$19 and another disk with both the English and the Dutch Annotations for the same price. Doesn't that melt any scholar's heart. Peter Martyr comes on one of the disks in black letter with nothing left out.

It just keeps on going like that. Examine the list, pick one, and see for yourself.

I cannot put into words how much these CDs have meant to me.

- Dr. Edwin P. Elliott, Jr.
Managing Editor of the Christian Observer
Director of the Christian Observer News Service


"Grace and peace to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!

I cannot express the depth of my gratitude to you and your staff for the massive work you have done on the Reformation and Puritan Bookshelf series. Your compilation -- in addition to tripling the total size of my personal library -- has already encouraged me greatly in the development of the habit of family worship in my home. For this, I owe you more than I can say.

I have begun enjoying some of your resources on worship and the Regulative Principle...

Like you, I love and believe in the Regulative Principle of Worship. Like you, I want to please God and do what He commands. Like you, I am very suspicious of any "new discovery" that anyone purports to find in Scripture that allegedly has gone unnoticed for hundreds or thousands of years. Like you, seeing the state of the church today, I find it rather laughable to think that "we know better" than our Reformation forbears.

Also like you, I believe that the Second Commandment and other passages make clear that our worship, both public and private, is to be conducted only according to the explicit commands of the Word of God. Like you, I believe that this means that what is not commanded by Scripture is forbidden in worship (Calvinist Regulativism as opposed to Lutheran Normativism). Like you, I believe that the Psalter is the foundation and superstructure of all true piety, and that it is not to be abridged in any way, but that the whole Psalter (including the imprecatory psalms) is appropriate for singing in worship.

We are required to sing Psalms in the worship of God...

Your contribution to Christ's Church is of inestimable value, and I am sharing your materials with every serious Christian I can find. My Pastor was ecstatic to receive his copy, and the work has been made available to the entire church. One of our elders is in seminary, and he is joyfully devouring your work as we speak! Thank you so much! May the Lord bless you out of Zion!"

- Yours for Christ's Kingdom,
Neil Barham (USA)


"I have now had several months to peruse the contents of the Reformation and Puritan Bookshelf CD sets, and the experience has been a feast for the soul. They have been invaluable to me in sermon preparation and in improving personal and familial piety. If these had been the only blessings attached to the reading of these documents, the expense (even if it had been much greater) would have been justified; but there is more here . . .

In this present time, a great many Presbyterians (particularly in North America) have forgotten and implicitly (perhaps unwittingly) rejected their Presbyterian heritage. Strangely, Westminster confessing churches have rejected the theological distinctives of the Westminster Standards. Although the Westminster Assembly produced a beautiful statement of soteriological Calvinism, the histories clearly demonstrate that soteriology was not the principle focus, nor chief interest, of the Assembly. The Assembly was primarily concerned with uniformity in worship (in accordance with the Regulative Principle), the form of church government (Presbyterianism jus divinum), and Church-State relations (the Establishment Principle). It is a sad irony that the great and distinctive attainments of the Westminster Assembly have been ignored and rejected by so many Westminster confessing churches.

However, there is reason to believe that these great attainments are rejected largely because of ignorance. The best books on these subjects have not been readily available; but (thanks be to God) they are available again on these CD sets. For anyone interested in recovering our Presbyterian past, these CD sets are a must. It is my hope and prayer that these CD sets will be used by God to bring to light the things that were hidden, to call to remembrance the things that were forgotten."

- Steven Dilday
Licensed for preaching in the OPC
B.A. Religion and Philosophy, Campbell University (graduated summa cum laude)
M.A.R. Theological Studies Emphasis, Westminster Theological Seminary (graduated First Honors)


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