PURITAN
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All
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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
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offered CDs cited below attest, "there is nothing like these (CD sets)
available to the ordinary Christian on the whole face of the earth."
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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).
______________
"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
______________
"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.)
______________
"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
______________
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
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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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