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Resource 1. A
Brief Critique of Steven M. Schlissel's Articles Against the Regulative
Principle of Worship
by Brian M. Schwertley
Brian Schwertley has challenged
both Steve Schlissel and Andrew Sandlin (Chalcedon Report) to a public
debate on the worship issues that are dealt with in this paper. Mr. Schwertley
has also stated that he is willing to have the complete debate taped and made
available to the public. Thus far, both Mr. Schlissel and Mr.
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We pray that our publicizing of Brian Schwertley's FREE article will be used
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errors that Mr. Schlissel now publicly espouses against the biblical and
historic Reformed Faith (regarding worship). It would also
be a blessing (for which we pray) to see Mr. Schlissel granted repentance in
this matter and to see him preaching the Apostolic faith, "the faith which
was once delivered unto the saints" (Jude 3), which was so magnificently
recovered (through the grace of God) by the best early Reformers and the
Puritans and (especially) the Covenanters which followed in their train.
Describing this paper Brian Schwertley writes,
"Recently, a series of articles was written by Pastor Steven M. Schlissel against
the regulative principle of worship, entitled "All I Really Need to Know
About Worship... I Don't Learn from the Regulative Principle." These
articles were published in Schlissel's newsletter, Messiah's Mandate, and were reprinted in
an edited-abridged form in Chalcedon Report. They received a rather
wide audience in Reformed circles and are being referred to by opponents of
Reformed worship. The purpose of this essay is to examine Schlissel's main
arguments and expose them as false, unscriptural, and based upon poor exegesis
and faulty reasoning.
After reading Schlissel's articles we want to commend him for his openness and
honesty regarding his position on the regulative principle. Many people in
Reformed churches give lip service to the regulative principle while doing
everything they possibly can to get around it. They confess it with their lips,
but dread it with their hearts. They formally adhere to what they in practice
continually deny. At least Schlissel, in his quest for human autonomy in worship,
is consistent. He jettisons the foundation of Reformed worship altogether and
in its place advocates what he calls the "informed principle of
worship," which we will see is, in principle and in reality, no different
than the Lutheran or Episcopal conception of worship... The arguments offered by Schlissel (and others such as Doug Wilson)
regarding the regulative principle are not new but are (in general matters)
restatements of old prelatical arguments long ago rejected by the Reformed
churches... In essence, it is no different than the typical
conservative evangelical understanding of worship. Evangelicals reject the
regulative principle and in its place say that we must not do what is forbidden
and we must make sure our worship is biblical. This is the old
Lutheran-Episcopalian conception of worship. He says that our biblical theology must
guide our worship, and that a biblical theology would produce biblical
worship... Most conservative Lutherans, low-church Episcopalians or
conservative evangelicals would agree. Why? Because Schlissel
has abandoned the Reformed understanding of worship for a
conservative Lutheran conception. He openly admits that he believes that
human tradition in worship is acceptable...
Schlissel wants us to abandon the regulative
principle and adopt his view because he believes his position can better
withstand "exegetical attack" and thus will better preserve biblical
worship. How will allowing human tradition in worship preserve biblical
worship? How can allowing what Jesus and Paul explicitly forbid withstand
exegetical attack? We live in a time in which many human innovations are coming
into the churches--even "Reformed" ones. The pastors and elders in
"Reformed" churches which have puppet shows, sermonettes for
children, drama groups, musical groups, dance troupes, liturgical calendars,
and unauthorized holy days love these articles by Schlissel. Why? Because his articles justify human autonomy, i.e., human
tradition in worship. If one were to talk with a CRC or PCA pastor
who practiced such things, one would find essential agreement with Schlissel's
arguments. People despise the regulative principle of worship not because it
is itself an innovation but because they know it condemns their best-loved
human worship inventions. It condemns all will-worship. Schlissel may object
to the so-called "celebrative" worship described above. But,
according to his own principles, there is really nothing he can do to stop it.
For these things are not expressly forbidden by Scripture. (Where is the list
of forbidden worship practices in the New Testament?) All that Schlissel can do
is argue that such worship is not "majestic" enough, or that is not
done decently and in order. The proponents of such worship would of course
disagree. They would argue that it is session-controlled, very orderly, and
wonderfully "majestic."
The regulative principle of worship
(i.e., truly Reformed worship) is the only principle that can withstand all
exegetical attacks and stem today's sweeping tide of human worship innovations. It can withstand all
exegetical attacks because it is founded upon the sacred Scripture and nothing
else. It can stem the tide of human innovation in worship because it cuts off,
at the root, all innovation, all human tradition and will-worship. The seeds of
will-worship are killed before they can sprout. Humanly originated worship
traditions are forbidden at the outset, and are thus not given the opportunity
of taking root and displacing that worship which God has instituted. Everything
in worship must have a divine warrant; i.e., it must be proved from the word of
God. Thornwell writes: "As under the Old Dispensation nothing connected
with the worship or discipline of the Church of God was left to the wisdom or
discretion of man, but everything was accurately prescribed by the authority of
God, so, under the New, no voice is to be heard in the household of faith but
the voice of the Son of God. The power of the church is purely ministerial and
declarative. She is only to hold forth the doctrine, enforce the laws, and
execute the government which Christ has given her. She is to add nothing of her
own to, and to subtract nothing from, what her Lord has established.
Discretionary power she does not possess." ...Paul says that any
addition to what God has commanded or authorized is self-imposed religion, or
as the King James Version says, "will worship." The Greek word used
by Paul (ethelothreskeia) signifies worship that originates from man's own
will. 'This is worship not enjoined by God, but springing out of man's own
ingenuity--unauthorized devotion.... The worship referred to is unsolicited and
unaccepted. It is superstition..." "The gist is
that these ordinances are forms of worship or religious service chosen by man
according to the will of man, not means chosen by God. This is the essence of
corrupt worship, when men seek to establish their own forms of religious
service. We might call it free-will worship, since the advocates of man-made
worship are claiming that men possess the right (or freedom) to institute
acceptable means to worship God." ...Anyone
who advocated Schlissel's views would have been defrocked in any of the
Reformed denominations of the past, whether English, Dutch, Scottish, German,
French or American.
FREE at:
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Resource 2. EIRE,
CARLOS M.N.
War Against the Idols: The
Reformation of Worship from Erasmus to Calvin
Eire shows that
as the Reformation progressed the primary focus of the Reformers became
upholding God's sovereign prerogative in worship -- what today is called the
regulative principle of worship. Eire's War Against the Idols demonstrates the extent
of the Reformers clear condemnation of Arminianism
in worship (i.e. will-worship [Col. 2:23]) in rejecting all elements of worship
that did not have Scriptural warrant. In fact, Calvin was so intent
on highlighting this point, concerning the centrality of worship (and the application
of Sola Scriptura as exhibited in the regulative
principle of worship),
that he placed worship ahead of salvation in his list of the two most important
elements of Biblical Christianity.
Regarding
Calvin's On the Necessity of Reforming the Church Eire notes,
Calvin
speaks about the nature of worship and about the seriousness of the sin of
idolatry in his 1543 treatise, On the Necessity of Reforming the Church, where he concentrates
on the significance of worship for the Christian religion. Calvin's argument,
as indicated by the title of the treatise, is that the Church had reached such
a corrupt state that its reform could wait no longer. The most significant
aspect of corruption singled out by Calvin is the perversion of worship, and it
is in explaining this issue that he set forth the basis for his attack on
idolatry.
Calvin begins by studying the place that worship holds in the
Christian faith, and he concludes that it is one of the two elements that
define Christianity:
"If
it be asked, then, by what things chiefly the Christian religion has a standing
amongst us, and maintains its truth, it will be found that the following two
not only occupy the principal place, but comprehend under them all the other
parts, and consequently the whole substance of Christianity, viz., a
knowledge first, of the right way to worship God; and secondly of the source
from which salvation is to be sought. When these are kept out of view, though
we may glory in the name of Christians, our profession is empty and vain." (War Against
the Idols,
p. 198, citing from Calvin's On the Necessity of Reforming the Church [FREE at: http://idontkno.connect.ab.ca/books/newslett/actualnls/NRC_ch00.htm ], emphases added).
The scholarly translational work found in Eire's book
also gives insights into the worship question not
found in any other English history books (concerning Calvin, Knox, and a
host of others) -- for it contains much from previously untranslated (into
English, that is) Reformation documents.
A large portion
of this book centers on Calvin, but its major thrust is to reveal the single most burning issue confronting the Reformers:
purity of worship! Furthermore, this book's teaching regarding the
Reformers (and their view of the Scriptural law of worship) is as applicable
today as it was in the days of the first Reformation -- for it brings to
light the time-tested Biblical principles which
guard against the errors, excesses, and idolatries of the Roman harlot, Eastern
Orthodoxy and all liturgical innovators on one hand and the modern
"evangelicals," Anabaptists and Charismatics on the other. This is, without a
doubt, one of the best Reformation history books available -- stirring,
scholarly, relevant and edifying!
As far as we
know this book may be out of print in the near future, so those interested
would be advised to obtain a copy as soon as possible.
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The Reformation Against
Arminianism (in Worship and Salvation)
Against Arminian Views of Worship
(Calvinistic Worship and the Regulative Principle of Worship), for the Psalms
and Exclusive Psalmody, Against Instrumental Music in Public Worship (A Popish
Innovation!), Against Arminian Views of the Lord's Supper (Calvinistic Close
Communion Versus Arminian Open Communion), Against Arminian Views of Salvation
(Calvinistic Soteriology),
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This
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AGAINST
ARMINIAN VIEWS OF WORSHIP
(Calvinistic
Worship/Regulative Principle of Worship)
AMES,
WILLIAM
A
Fresh Suit Against Human Ceremonies in God's Worship (1633)
A rare facsimile from this Calvinist
divine who was one of the most acute controversialists of his age. This
highly influential Puritan theologian was assistant to the president of the
Synod of Dort and
Professor of Divinity at Franecker. He died in 1633. In this massive work,
Ames aims at vindicating the Lord's sovereign Kingship in matters of worship. The summary and general thrust of the
detailed and precise argumentation found in this book is beautifully
encapsulated by the words inscribed on its title page, "I hate vayn
inventions: but thy law doe I love" (Ps. 119:113). Almost 700 pages.
BARROW,
REG
Reformation
Worship and Separation from Idolatry
These two articles,
"Worship, The Regulative Principle of Worship in History," and Psalm
Singing in Scripture and History," are also available in the "Free
Books" file in all the Reformation Bookshelf CDs.
BARROW,
REG
A
Warning Against the False and Dangerous Views of James Jordan Concerning
Worship: A Book Review of Kevin Reed's Canterbury Tales
This article is in the
"free book" files on every Reformation Bookshelf CD.
BARROW,
REG & DOUG WILSON
Saul
in the Cave of Adullam: A Testimony Against the Fashionable Sub-Calvinism of
Doug Wilson (Editor of Credenda/Agenda Magazine); and, for
Classical Protestantism and the Attainments of the Second Reformation
Demonstrates in an email
debate (of 170, 8.5 inch by 11 inch, pages) between Doug Wilson (editor of Credenda/Agenda magazine) and Reg Barrow (president
of Still Waters Revival Books) how violations of the regulative principle of
worship (i.e. the second commandment) are grounds for excommunication. Also gives specific examples of how
modern "Reformed" Christians (e.g. John Frame) and denominations are
in violation of the second commandment and are tolerating false and idolatrous
worship contrary to their own Confessional standards and vows. Contains many quotations from
major Reformation works and confessions in defense of the regulative principle
of worship representing the classical Reformation position on worship. This book is in the FREE BOOKS file on
this CD.
CALVIN,
JOHN
An
Exhortation to Suffer Persecution and to Flee Outward Idolatry (1553)
COVENANTED
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
Directions
of the General Assembly Concerning Secret and Private Worship, and Mutual
Edification, For Cherishing Piety, For Maintaining Unity, and Avoiding Schism
and Division: With An Act for observing these Directions, and for censuring
such as use to neglect Family Worship. And An Act against such as withdraw
themselves from the Public Worship in their own Congregations (1647)
ERSKINE,
RALPH
Faith
No Fancy: Or, A Treatise of Mental Images (1745)
The title continues:
"Discovering the vain Philosophy and vile Divinity of a late Pamphlet,
entitled, Mr. Robe's fourth Letter to Mr. Fisher, and Showing, that an
imaginary Idea of Christ as Man, (when supposed to belong to saving Faith,
whether in its Act or Object), imports nothing but Ignorance, Atheism,
Idolatry, great Falsehood, and gross Delusion." David Lachman calls this
"Erskine's most extensive publication," noting that it "was a
contribution to the controversy with the Church of Scotland ministers involved
in the Cambuslang revival"
(Cameron, ed., Dictionary of Scottish Church History and Theology, p. 302). We have added Erskine's sermon
"The True Christ, No New Christ" (1742) and Fisher's "Review of
What Has Been Called an Extraordinary Work at Cambuslang, Kelsyth, etc."
from the 1805 Philadelphia edition of this work. A very pertinent book given
all the idolatry connected with the senses, pictures of Christ, etc. in our
day. 523 pages.
HAY
FLEMING, DAVID
The
Hymnology of the Scottish Reformation (1884)
A courteous and detailed
historical defence of the exclusive Psalmody of the Scottish Reformers, Calvin
and others. These articles (excerpted from the Original Secession Magazine)
were written to counter the false claims of Horatius Bonar, that uninspired
hymns were used in the public worship of the church during the Scottish
Reformation. 42 pages.
KNOX,
JOHN
Against
Apostasy and Indifference
Formerly titled "An Epistle
to the Inhabitants of New Castle and Berwick, 1558," one subheading reads;
"John Knox to the Inhabitants of Newcastle and Berwick, and Unto All Others,
Who Sometime in the Realm of England Professed Christ Jesus, and Now Be
Returned to the Bondage of Idolatry, Wishes True and Earnest Repentance By the
Power and Operation of That Same Spirit Who Called From Death Jesus, the Only
Pastor of Our Souls." Written to stem the tide of backsliding and
compromise during the dark days of Mary's reign in England, Knox sends a
pastoral exhortation of repentance to those who had reverted to idolatrous
worship.
OWEN,
JOHN
A
Discourse Concerning Liturgies and their Imposition
Bannerman (in his two volume set
The Church of Christ),
summarizes this book by Owen as "giving the Scriptural argument against
the imposition of liturgies as well as of other humanely devised elements in
Divine worship, with
great clearness and force"
(p. 435).
Furthermore, the Westminster
Theological Journal (55,
1993, p. 322, 3n) notes, "Owen discusses the true nature of NT worship,
especially focusing on the challenge made to it by the Church of England. His
discourse regarding the imposition of liturgies is one of the most thorough and
forceful arguments for the regulative principle of worship as the only
principle which safely guards the Christian conscience from the abuse of church
power."
RYLE,
J.C.
Idolatry
"To study the
Reformation debate over idolatry is to peer into the eye of the storm.
'Idolatry' is a fighting word. It presupposes a definition of what is true and
what is false in religion, for an idol cannot be universally recognized as
such; idolatry is not simply the worship of a physical object, but rather any
form of devotion that is judged to be incorrect''(Eire in War Against the Idols, p. 5 [$US39.95]). In this book Ryle
gives the definition, cause, and form of idolatry. He concludes by showing what
will end it.
WILLSON,
JAMES M.
Dr.
(Isaac) Watts, an Anti-Trinitarian: Demonstrated in A Review of Dr. Samuel
Miller's Letter to the editor of the Unitarian Miscellany (1821)
This book is a review of a
letter written by Prof. Samuel Miller. Prof. Miller had preached a sermon in which he had noted
that Unitarians are not Christians,
and in response a Unitarian periodical had published a heated attack on Miller.
Miller thus wrote a reply to the attack, but the Unitarian periodical would not
print it. Miller's reply was then published separately.
Willson reviews Miller's letter
and points out that he clearly refutes the Unitarian's published attack. There
was only one problem with Miller's argument; he claims that Isaac Watts was a
Trinitarian. Watts was not, in fact, a Trinitarian, and Willson considered
this point important enough to demonstrate from Watts' own work that he does
not hold to the orthodox view of the Trinity. After citing portions of Watts' writing, Willson states,
"In
these quotations Watts cannot be misunderstood. He most distinctly denies the
existence of three persons in the Trinity, and makes the Son and Holy Ghost to
be mere faculties, physical faculties, or attributes. The Son and Holy Ghost,
in his view, are no more persons, than the human understanding and will are
persons."
Thus, Isaac Watts, a favorite
hymn writer of evangelicals, actually held to what Willson, Miller, and
Turrettin all agree (in this book) is a "damnable heresy." For as Willson points out, Turrettin
maintains, that no anti-trinitarian can be saved, while continuing in the belief of
anti-trinitarianism. Contains 18 (8.5"X11") newly typeset pages.
YOUNG,
WILLIAM
The
Puritan Principle of Worship
(Psalms
and Exclusive Psalmody)
THE
PSALMS OF DAVID IN METRE (i.e. the Scottish Metrical Psalter of 1650): Allowed By the
Authority of the Kirk of Scotland, and of Several Branches of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States. With Notes, Exhibiting the Connection, Explaining
the Sense, and for Directing and Animating the Devotion (1844 edition published
by Robert Carter [New York]) John Brown of Haddington (annotations).
Psalter as
translated by Francis Rouse, the Westminster Divines, and the Scottish General
Assembly (from 1646-1650)
This is the Psalter (less
Brown's notes, which were added later) mandated, approved and used (for public
and private worship) by the Westminster Assembly and all those who covenanted
to uphold the Biblical Reformation that these Divines proclaimed. The text of the Scottish Metrical
Psalms was authorized by
the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1650. The notes added by
Brown are suitable for explaining the Psalm before singing and are a great aid
to understanding and worship (whether public, family or private). This is a
primary source document of Reformation; not to be missed by those serious about
the Reformed faith -- and worshipping God in spirit and in truth. There are
few things in life as pleasing and enjoyable as communing with Christ through
the singing of His Psalms!
ANDERSON,
JOHN
Vindiciae
Cantus Dominici: Or, A Vindication of the Doctrine Taught in a Discourse on the
Divine Ordinance of Singing Psalms (1793)
Because the author contends that
"the welfare of the church and her members is deeply concerned in the
preservation of the purity of God's worship," he here defends the old
paths of Protestant worship in opposition to the will-worship of Popery,
Socinianism and Arminianism. Herein he shows how the singing of songs other than
the Psalms (in public worship) violates the second commandment, dishonors God
and brings His wrath upon individuals, churches and nations. Anderson also
answers a number of objections against exclusive Psalmody which are still
common today; for example the objection, "with respect to the nature of
singing, as if there were no difference between it and prayer, except in the
manner of performance." This is a valuable contribution to the defense of
exclusive Psalmody. 184 pages.
ASSOCIATE
PRESBYTERIAN MAGAZINE
The
Ancient and Modern Mode of Singing the Psalms (Sept., 1863)
Historically demonstrates how
the Old Testament saints, the early New Testament Christians and almost all
Presbyterians (after adopting the Westminster Standards) sang the Psalms by
"lining them out" (e.g. see the Westminster Directory for Public
Worship). Musical instruments, a Papal innovation, were also unheard of among
faithful Reformers and "denominated the ensigns of Baal."
BINNIE,
WILLIAM
The
Imprecations: God's Forgotten Prayers of Power
BINNIE,
WILLIAM
The
Psalms: Their History, Teaching, & Use
A one-of-a-kind general
introduction to studying the psalms
[1886]. "A highly valuable work... great skill and intense devotion...
unlike any other...," said Spurgeon. Part one: "History and Poetical Structure of the
Psalms." Part two: "The Theology of the Psalms." Part three:
"Notices Regarding the Use of the Psalms in the Church." Indexed, 424
pages.
BLAIKE,
ALEXANDER
A
Catechism on Praise (1854)
"In brief space, and a
clear, calm, scriptural way, this little manual covers, we conceive, the entire
ground of the Psalmody question, and will meet a cordial reception from all the
friends of the inspired songs and a simple worship" (Christian Instructor
magazine).
DICK,
JAMES
Hymns
and Hymn Books (1883)
Greg Price calls this one of
the best short defences of exclusive Psalmody. It is excerpted from The Original
Covenanter magazine
(Dec, 1883, vol. 3, No. 12). Here is a taste of Dick's writing,
Hymns
of human composition are used so commonly now in public worship by Presbyterian
churches that it is difficult to believe that the practice is not a hundred
years old, and that in some of the churches it is of very recent date. On the
supposition that it is good and dutiful and wise to sing such hymns in worship,
it is equally difficult to account for the neglect of the churches at the time
of the Reformation, and for generations afterwards. What could have so
blinded the reformers as to make them reject hymns and sing the Psalms alone?
How could the Westminster Divines, in framing their Confession of Faith and
Directory for Worship, have been so unanimous in the blunder that the service
of praise is to consist of the 'singing of Psalms?' And apart from the aspect
of duty, how could the Presbyterian churches, for about a hundred and fifty or
two hundred years after the Westminster Assembly, have been so insensible to
the power of hymns as an attractive addition to their public services? We cannot by any means understand how
it was that, if it was dutiful to use hymns in worship, the reformers did not
discover the Scriptural warrant for the duty, especially as hymns had been used
for centuries by the Church of Rome. Nor can we understand how they rejected
the hymns and used the Psalms alone, unless on the supposition that they
believed the use of hymns to be part of the will-worship of Rome. If they were wrong on this point,
then Rome and our modern Presbyterian churches are right. In that case, the
Puritans and Covenanters were fanatics, and Romanists were truly enlightened!
And most of our Presbyterian churches of the present day were fanatical too,
and did not become truly enlightened and liberal till they got back to the
Romish practice!
GIBSON,
JAMES
The
Public Worship of God: Its Authority and Modes, Hymns and Hymn Books (1868)
Gibson was Professor of
Systematic Theology and Church History at Free Church College in Glasgow.
Written to promote the glory of God and the purity of His worship. The chapters
deal with Praise, Public Worship, Alleged Authority for Human Hymns, Historical
Argument for Human Hymns, How Hymn Books Were Introduced into Public Worship,
Instrumental Music, and a Review of Hymnbooks. An important book given the fact
that, "[t]he public worship of a church is a decisive measure of its true
spiritual condition" (Kevin Reed, John
Knox the Forgotten Reformer [ on the PHP CD, $98.98 at http://www.swrb.com/catalog/R.htm ], Presbyterian Heritage Publications,
p. 79).
MAGILL,
GEORGE (Chairman)
Psalm-Singers
Conference (1905)
While hardly any department of
the Psalmody question is entirely overlooked, several of its most important
aspects are more fully and satisfactorily dealt with than in any previous work on
the subject. 328 pages.
MANY
AUTHORS
The
True Psalmody; or, The Bible Psalms the Church's Only Manual of Praise (1878)
This book was originally
"issued at Philadelphia in 1859 by a committee of ministers from the
Reformed Presbyterian and United Presbyterian church of that city. A judicious
compilation of the finest argumentation from a number of 19th century writers,
the volume went through at least six American editions, the last in 1870. It
was also printed in Belfast, Ireland in 1867, and in 1878 at Edinbugh,
Scotland" (Isbell, Presbyterian Reformed magazine, vol. IX, No. 3, p. 111). In
our opinion, this is the best older American defense of the Reformed
practice of exclusive Psalmody,
as it covers some aspects of this debate not covered in any other publication.
212 pages.
M'MASTER,
GILBERT
An
Apology for the Book of Psalms in Five Letters (1852)
This book argues for exclusive
Psalmody. It includes a
detailed history (ancient [the Fathers, Augustine, Apostolic Constitutions,
etc.] and modern [Wickliffe, Luther, Calvin, etc., to the author's day]) of
Psalmody, gives reasons for retaining the book of Psalms and considers numerous
objections. It takes on both Watts (and his anti-Trinitarianism) and Wesley. 223 pages.
MCNAUGHER,
JOHN, ed.
The
Psalms in Worship
Dr. David Freeman (who was John
Murray's pastor in Philadelphia) said that the Psalms in Worship was the most comprehensive treatment
of this subject to be found anywhere.
This volume (of almost 600 pages) consists of material presented at two
conventions in 1905, promoting the claims of the Psalms in worship.
PRESSLY,
JOHN
Review
of Ralston's Inquiry into the Propriety of Using an Evangelical Psalmody in the
Worship of God (1848)
ROMAINE,
WILLIAM
Essay
on Psalmody (1880)
STEELE,
DAVID
Continuous
Singing
The title continues: "In
the Ordinary Public Worship of God, Considered in the Light of Scripture and
the Subordinate Standards of the Reformed Presbyterian Church; In Answer to
Some Letters of Inquiry Addressed to the Writer." Here Steele defends the
Apostolic practice of "lining out" the Psalms in public worship --
noting love for the brethren (i.e. young children, others that can not read,
etc.; but can join in the worship when the Psalms are lined) as the primary
motivation for this practice; in accord with God's command (1 Pet. 3:8).
(Instrumental
Music in Public Worship: A Popish Innovation!)
DABNEY,
R.L.
Dabney's
Review of Girardeau's Instrumental Music in Public Worship (1889)
GIRARDEAU,
JOHN
Instrumental
Music in the Public Worship of the Church (1888)
"To sing the praises of
God upon the harp and psaltery,"
says John Calvin, "unquestionably
formed a part of the training of the law and of the service of God under that dispensation
of shadows and figures; but they are not now to be used in public
thanksgiving."
Written in 1888, this book was
highly praised by R.L. Dabney
(in a review which we have bound together with this printing). Dabney notes,
Dr. Girardeau has defended the old
usage of our church with
a moral courage, loyalty to truth, clearness of reasoning and wealth of
learning which should
make every true Presbyterian proud of him, whether he adopts his conclusions or
not. The framework of his argument is this: it begins with that vital truth
which no Presbyterian can discard without a square desertion of our principles.
The man who contests this first premise had better set out at once for Rome:
God is to be worshipped only in the ways appointed in His Word. Every act of public cultus not
positively enjoined by Him is thereby forbidden. Christ and His apostles
ordained the musical worship of the New Dispensation without any sort of
musical instrument, enjoining only the singing of psalms, hymns, and spiritual
songs. Hence such instruments are excluded from Christian worship. Such has
been the creed of all churches, and in all ages, except for the Popish
communion after it had reached the nadir of its corruption at the end of the
thirteenth century, and of its prelatic imitators.
Arguments from Scripture,
history and creedal standards are all considered, while objections are noted
and countered. Defending the Apostolic (and later Puritan and Reformed)
position, against Popish innovations, Girardeau clearly lays down what God
requires in the area of public worship. Given the
present rejection of the regulative principle of worship (which is nothing less
than the biblical application of the second commandment) in most Protestant
quarters, this book is even more valuable today than when it was first written.
It contains the best discussion of biblical and godly guidelines regarding
worship in general, and the instrumental music question in particular, that has
come to us out of the 19th century. 208
pages.
GLASGOW,
JAMES
Heart
and Voice: Instruments in Christian Worship Not Authorized (1873)
"The Early church did not
use instrumental music in its worship.... They considered the practice as pagan
or Jewish rather than Christian. Dr. Hughes Oliphant Old, in his work The Patristic
Roots of Reformed Worship says: "As is well known, the ancient church did
not admit the use of instrumental music in worship. It was looked upon as a
form of worship which like the sacrifices of the Jerusalem temple prefigured
the worship in spirit and truth....'" (Needham, The Presbyterian, #32, p.
35). This book contains advanced exegetical study of the second commandment
(from the Hebrew) and upholds the regulative principle of worship. It's a
vindication of the Westminster Confession against all ritualistic practices
that give the Church the power to decree rites and ceremonies -- a power that
denies the sovereignty of God. Glasgow proclaims that he has "sought to
vindicate the words of the Westminster Confession," and has made his "appeal
"to the law and to the testimony." He also demonstrates why it was
that many of the Reformers regarded the use of instrumental music in public
worship as the "badge of Popery."
NEVIN,
ROBERT
Instrumental
Music in Christian Worship (1873)
Nice, moderately short (87 pages
of smaller type) refutation of this Popish innovation!
NEVIN,
ROBERT
Instrumental
Music in the Worship of God
An excellent short introduction
to this subject. Defends the regulative principle of worship, proves that the
use of instruments in the Old Testament was ceremonial, answers some major
objections from instrumentalists, and explains why this is not a trivial
matter.
AGAINST
ARMINIAN VIEWS OF THE LORD'S SUPPER (Calvinistic Close Communion
Versus Arminian Open Communion)
ANDERSON,
JOHN
Alexander
and Rufus; or a Series of Dialogues on Church Communion, in Two Parts. Part 1:
Vindication of Scriptural Church Communion in Opposition to Latitudinarian
Schemes. Part 2: Defence of the Communion Maintained in the Secession Church (1862)
Alexander and Rufus gives us an excellent defense of
biblically regulated close communion, which Anderson shows to be God's ordained
method of promoting truth, unity and Reformation.
BARROW,
REG
Calvin,
Covenanting and Close Communion (1996)
Demonstrates how social
covenanting and close communion were practiced by Calvin in Geneva. This book
is available in the "Free Books" file in every Reformation Bookshelf
CD.
BARROW,
REG
Publisher's
Preface to The Covenanted Reformation Defended Against Contemporary Schismatics
(1998).
In the free book section of this CD.
CHRYSTIE,
JAMES
Terms
of Church Union and Communion
After having witnessed
"Calvinists and avowed Arminians at the table of the Lord, under the influence
of a disposition to esteem their differences of no importance," the author
began to question his own loose views regarding terms of admission to the
Lord's supper. This eventually led to this book. Promotes the necessity of
agreement to faithful creeds and confessions, as prerequisites to unity and for
partaking at the Lord's table. Deals with: the difference between essentials
and non-essentials; which creeds are faithful; Calvin's and Augustine's views;
and the arguments from Holy Scripture.
GEORGE,
R.J.
Close
Communion
Covers the five major theories
of Church communion: 1. The Latitudinarian Theory; 2. The Visible Discipleship
Theory; 3. The Restricted Communion Theory; 4. The Occasional Communion Theory;
and 5. the Close Communion Theory. Shows how the theory of close communion
presents the true Scriptural doctrine of Church fellowship and answers
objections to the doctrine of close communion. An excellent short, easy reading
introduction.
LEE,
F.N.
Calvin's
Convincing Antipaedocommunionism
This fascinating book contains
much useful information concerning some of the first steps toward understanding
close communion in Calvin's writing and thought (for more see Reg Barrow's Calvin, Close Communion, and the Coming Reformation),
while primarily demonstrating how Calvin refuted the very dangerous error of
paedocommunion -- which is a form of open communion. This book is in the
"free books" file in all the Reformation Bookshelf CDs.
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.
UNKNOWN
Ecclesiastical
Fellowship Versus Free Communion
Works out the implications of
open communion by exhibiting its destructiveness to the discipline of the
visible church. The author says that open (or free) communion "is the
secret enemy of all constitutional government -- of all distinctive truth -- of
all purity of worship -- and of all ecclesiastical discipline."
AGAINST
ARMINIAN VIEWS OF SALVATION
(Calvinistic
Soteriology)
AUGUSTINE
A
Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints (c. 428)
Augustine was the great
forerunner to the Reformation and it was on books like this that Luther,
Calvin, and the other magisterial Reformers cut their teeth. The corrupted
demon seed of Pelagianism and Semi-Pelagianism (later being refined into
Arminianism), being just newly planted by the wicked one in Augustine's day,
has grown into a massive tree in our day. Its poison fruit now feeds most of
the branches of ecclesiastical antichrist: from Rome, to the liberal Protestant
churches and the cults, and now even reaching all the way into the very heart
of so-called "evangelical" Protestant churches (of all varieties). This
soul destroying heresy has reached pandemic proportions among professing
"Christians" in our day.
Ironically, this work of Augustine is probably more needed in our day than it
was in his -- over a millennium and a half later.
BAILLIE,
ROBERT
The
Canterburians Self-Conviction: or an evident demonstration of the avowed
Arminianisme, Poperie, and tyrannie of that faction, by their owne
confessions.... (1641)
Baillie was one of the Scottish
commissioners to the Westminster Assembly. The two predominant heresies addressed by Baillie in
this book still cover much of the professing Christian world today; these
being: (1.) false, man-centered views of salvation (Arminianism and Pelagianism)
and (2.) false man-centered views of worship (Liturgical innovationism: either
high church or Charismatic).
"Baillie fought hard against Arminianism" noted Johnston (The
Treasury of the Scottish Covenant,
p. 310); making this book especially valuable for today! This is the third
edition of 128 pages, plus a 28 page postscript.
BROWN,
HENRY
Arminian
Inconsistencies and Errors; In Which It Is Shown That All the Distinctive
Doctrines of the Presbyterian Confession of Faith are Taught by Standard
Writers of the Methodist Episcopal Church (1856)
This title focuses on the
doctrine of salvation, especially the five points of Calvinism. It contrasts
Calvinism with Arminianism throughout. Wesley's distinctive positions
(aberrations) also receive much special attention -- including his views of
sanctification and original sin.
COLES,
ELISHA
God's
Sovereignty, A Practical Discourse
A Puritan work recommended by
Charles Spurgeon, John Owen, Thomas Goodwin and William Romaine. Owen, in particular,
marvels at Coles' singular reliance on Scripture alone to vindicate God's
sovereignty, as it relates to election, redemption, effectual calling, and the
perseverance of the saints.
Originally published in 1673, this is the 1831 edition. 298 pages.
EDWARDS,
JONATHAN
Total
Depravity, Obtaining Salvation and Miscellaneous Discourses
GILL,
JOHN
The
Cause of God and Truth
An exegetical work on the five
points of Calvinism and reprobation. The Preface states that "this work
was published at a time when the nation was greatly alarmed with the growth of
Popery," and that rather than just "lopping off the branches of
Popery, the axe should be laid to the root of the tree, Arminianism and
Pelagianism, the very life and soul of Popery."
LANDIS,
ROBERT W.
The
Doctrine of Original Sin, as Received and Taught by the Churches of the
Reformation Stated and Defended, and the Error of Dr. Hodge in Claiming that
this Doctrine Recognizes the Gratuitous Imputation of Sin, Pointed Out and
Refuted (1844)
Considered a classic in its
field, this book of over 550 pages takes on Charles Hodge and his views
concerning original sin.
The author states that the "doctrine concerning Imputation and Original
Sin" as taught "for many years past, in the Theological School at Princeton"
is a "radical departure from... recognized Augustinian theology, or
Calvinism." The author also notes "that the difference in this issue
is fundamental to evangelical doctrine. The design of the present tractate,
therefore, is to furnish a thorough historical, theological, and exegetical
discussion of the essential points which this issue involves." Furthermore,
Landis writes (concerning Hodge's view) that "the church herself can
ultimately and logically have no possible alternative but either to abandon all
the distinctive principles of the Augustinian or evangelical system of
doctrine, or to reject this (i.e. Hodge's--RB) theory utterly and in all its
parts."
KNOX,
JOHN
Against
an Anabaptist: In Defense of Predestination
Curt Daniel calls this "Knox's
major theological work."
Moreover, he states that this is "more than a short answer (to the
Anabaptist--RB, 468 pages), it is a complete exposition and defence of the
Reformed doctrine at the height of the Scottish Reformation" which helped "guide early
Presbyterianism and build the theological bridge between Edinburgh and Geneva." This work was much esteemed by
Knox's Puritan friends in England and "Calderwood, in summing up Knox's
character, remarks: 'How profound he was in divinity, that work of his upon
Predestination may give evidence"
(Laing. ed., p. 17). Quoting freely from Calvin, his major influence in this
work, Knox lays low the heresy that man plays any part in his own salvation. This heresy, of man's pretended ability
to save himself (in any way), is at the root of all defection from the
sovereign God of Scripture and is rampant today! As Kevin Reed notes, in
refuting this Anabaptist, Knox unequivocally states, "For with the
Pelagians and papists, you have become teachers of free will, and defenders of
your own justice," clearly recognizing that, "the defence of man's
free will, to do good and avoid evil," is "the damned heresy of
Pelagius."
NESS,
CHRISTOPHER
An
Antidote Against Arminianism (1700)
Recommended by John Owen, John
Gill, and Augustus Toplady. An easy-to-read but devastating critique of the
Arminian heresy. A treatise to refute all five points of Arminianism, setting
forth predestination and the five points of Calvinism clearly and forcefully,
along with numerous Scripture proofs.
OWEN,
JOHN
A
Display of Arminianism: Being A Discovery of the Old Pelagian Idol of Free
Will, With the New Goddess Contingency Advancing Themselves Into the Throne of
the God of Heaven, to the Prejudice of His Grace, Providence, and Supreme
Dominion Over the Children of Men...
This was Owen's first
publication (1642) and immediately brought him into notice. It contains
numerous useful charts contrasting Arminian doctrines, from some of their major
teachers, with those of Scripture (Calvinism) in a side-by-side format. Owen
leaves no room for compromise with Arminianism as he shows why this is, when
sincerely believed, a dangerous, devilish and damnable heresy!
RICE,
N.L.
God
Sovereign and Man Free: or the Doctrine of Divine Foreordination and Man's Free
Moral Agency, Stated, Illustrated, and Proved from Scriptures (1850)
SPURGEON,
CHARLES H.
Spurgeon's
Sovereign Grace Sermons
Completely retypeset and
unedited, this book (of 188 pages) contains ten stirring Spurgeon sermons focusing
on the sovereignty of God, the five points of Calvinism and the triumph of
Christ as King.
Sermons included are:
1.
God's Will and Man's Will
2. High Doctrine
3. The Sure Triumph of the
Crucified One
4. The Perpetuity of the Law
of God
5. The Unconquerable King
6. Human Inability
7. Christ's Work No Failure
8. Christ Crucified
9. The Doctrines of Grace Do
Not Lead to Sin
10. Election.
TOPLADY,
AUGUSTUS
A
Letter to John Wesley Relative to His Pretended Abridgment of Zanchius on
Predestination
Toplady here documents Wesley's
deliberate lies and deception concerning Calvinism. He shows how Wesley
abridged certain Calvinistic writings and attributed the abridgments to
Toplady. This book also exposes Wesley as a plagiarist, pointing out his pro-monarchy
and anti-American sentiments.
TRAILL,
ROBERT
Select
Practical Writings of Robert Traill
Traill was a persecuted
covenanter, 1642-1716. His father was once severely wounded when he refused to
submit to Cromwell, during a siege by the English army at Edinburgh, and was
later imprisoned by Charles II. Thus he (Robert) learned early of hardships
brought by faithfulness to truth. Later he was forced to flee Scotland because
of Prelatical persecution. In Holland, a shelter for persecuted Presbyterians, he
assisted in publishing Rutherford's Examination of Arminianism. When he returned to Scotland, he risked
his life to preach (without Episcopalian ordination) at field conventicles, a
capital offence in those days. This is the 1845 edition and clearly shows the
excellence of Traill's works. Written during the times of life and death
struggles for Christ's crown and covenant, these are no ivory tower essays.
Contains: "By What Means May Ministers Best Win Souls," "The
Protestant Doctrine of Justification Vindicated from the Charge of
Antinomianism," and
much more.
ZANCHIUS,
JEROM
The
Doctrine of Absolute Predestination
Atherton calls this "one
of the best, if not the best book ever issued on Absolute Predestination."
Also contains
the 101 FREE bonus books and articles
listed in the summary for Reformation Bookshelf CD #1 ( http://www.swrb.com/Puritan/reformation-bookshelf-CDs.htm ).
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John Calvin - Election and
Reprobation: Concerning Jacob and Esau #6
Reformed Presbytery - An
Explanation and Defence of the Terms of Communion, Adopted by the Community of
Dissenters, etc. (1/2)
Reformed Presbytery - An Explanation
and Defence of the Terms of Communion, Adopted by the Community of Dissenters,
etc. (2/2)
R.J. George
- The Badge of Popery: Musical Instruments in Public Worship
Greg Price - Corrupt Worship &
God's Anger With the Church and the Nations (Micah Series, Micah 1:1-7)
Greg Price - What is Biblical
(Presbyterian) Worhsip?
Greg Price - Regulative Principle of
Worship in the Old Testament
Greg Price - Regulative Principle of
Worship in the New Testament
Greg Price - Exclusive Psalmody 1/7 (Inspired
Song vs. Uninspired Song)
Greg Price - Exclusive Psalmody 2/7
(God's Covenant Songs in Worship)
Greg Price - Exclusive Psalmody 3/7
(Sufficiency of the Psalter)
Greg Price - Exclusive Psalmody 4/7
(Exclusive Psalmody & the Regulative Principle)
Greg Price - Exclusive Psalmody 5/7
(Exclusive Psalmody in Church History)
Greg Price - Exclusive Psalmody 6/7
(& the Westminster Standards)
Greg Price - Exclusive Psalmody 7/7
(Objections to Exclusive Psalmody Answered)
Lyndon Dohms and Family - 50 Suggested
Tunes for Use With the Scottish Metrical Psalter
John Howie - Biographia Scoticana: or,
A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions
of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies (2/21) (Second
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JOHN, JOHN OWEN et al.
Instrumental Music in the
Worship of God
Quotes from Calvin, Edwards, Owen,
Rutherford,
and numerous others citing and expounding on the old Reformed position.
Instrumental music in public worship was a regulated circumstance of Old
Covenant worship and thus Calvin writes, "From
this it appears that the Papists, as I shall have occasion to show elsewhere,
in employing instrumental music cannot be said so much to imitate the practice
of God's ancient people as to ape it in a sense less and absurd manner,
exhibiting a silly delight in that worship of the Old Testament which was
figurative and terminated with the gospel." You may be shocked
to see the strong and unanimous testimony, given by these famous and much
respected Reformers, against the use of musical instruments in public worship
of the one true and living God.
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Resource 6. CALVIN,
JOHN
Necessity of Reforming the
Church (1544)
C.H. Spurgeon once said, "[t]he longer I
live the clearer does it appear that John Calvin's system is the nearest to
perfection." (cited in Christian History magazine, Vol. 5, No.
4). Ironically, Credenda Agenda (a magazine that denounces those who uphold what Calvin
teaches about worship in this book) reviewed this work stating,
"the relevance of Calvin's book today is exceptional. Apart from the grace
of God, the human heart never changes. Men have always loved external religion,
and unless God saves them, they always will. But God demands heart religion...
His writing is relevant because the church today is in dire need of a similar
reformation and revival. Like Calvin, some few believers today see 'the present
condition of the Church... to be very miserable, and almost desperate.' Our
context is different in one key respect however. The church needing reformation
in Calvin's day was the tradition-encrusted church of Rome. Shortly after the
Reformation, for those leaving Rome behind, two streams became apparent. One
was the stream of classical Protestant orthodoxy, represented today by a
handful of Gideons in their desktop publishing winevats. The other was the left
wing of the Reformation -- the anabaptist movement. In the early years, the
anabaptists were suffering outsiders. But today the anabaptist church is the
Establishment -- an establishment governed by a chaos of traditions instead
of biblical worship.
Everywhere we look we see Christians approaching God with observances in
worship which Calvin calls 'the random offspring of their own brain.'" Though this
work is not an elaborate systematic presentation of the foundations of
Christianity, such as Calvin's Institutes, it has still been correctly
acknowledged as one of the most important documents
of the Reformation. Calvin here pleads the cause dearest to his
heart before an assembly perhaps the most august that Europe could have
furnished in that day. It has been said that the animated style used by Calvin
in this work would not lose by comparison with any thing in the celebrated
"Dedication" prefixed to his Institutes. To this day, The
Necessity of Reforming the Church remains a powerful weapon, both defensive and
offensive, to fight the contemporary battle for classical Protestantism -- the
everlasting gospel of truth. Here, in our modern setting, we find the answers
to many of the vexing questions which continue to agitate the Church. 244
pages.
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Resource 7. CALVIN,
JOHN
Shunning the Unlawful Rites
of the Ungodly and Preserving the Purity of the Christian Religion
Herein Calvin maintains the sinfulness of
outward conformity to false worship. Dealing with a major problem of his day, Calvin
answers the question, "Is it lawful for a person who has renounced Popery
in his heart to conform outwardly to its rites, for the purpose of avoiding
persecution, or for any other cause?" He shows
that false worship should never be tolerated or participated in (even by your
bodily presence), no matter what the cost -- whether it be persecution, exile,
or death. For his faithfulness in this matter, he was greatly
scorned. Obvious parallels to our day abound, not the least of which include
the Lordship controversy, false ecumenism, rampant idolatry in the false rites
maintained in the public worship of apostate Protestantism, and in the rise of
Roman Catholic harlot. A good related item is Bradford's The Hurt of Hearing
Mass
($US2.94).
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Resource 8.
BUSHELL, MICHAEL
The Songs of Zion: A
Contemporary Case for Exclusive Psalmody
Contains one of the best explanations of the
Scriptural law of worship (also known as the regulative principle of worship)
in print today.
For this and a number of other reasons this is one
of the most significant books published this century concerning worship!
Furthermore, it demonstrates and defends (from Scripture, history and the
creeds) the Reformation practice of exclusive Psalmody. It dovetails splendidly
with Eire's celebrated War Against the Idols, setting forth foundational
principles that lay at the very heart of Reformation thought, theology and
practice.
For as Bushell points out, "Purity of worship and uniformity of worship go
hand in hand because they are both founded upon the assumption that the
Scriptures contain clear, sufficient and authoritative directions as to the
proper way of worshiping God. The diversity of worship practice that we see in
our churches arises ultimately from a denial of this assumption, and it
constitutes, therefore, a denial of a central aspect of the doctrine of the
sufficiency of Scripture. There is much more at stake, then, in this whole
discussion than the mere observance or non-observance of a few external
rites" (2nd edition, 1993, p. 3). If you are a
Calvinist and have not read this book, you are missing a real treat!
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Resource 9. OWEN,
JOHN
The Chamber of Imagery in the
Church of Rome Laid Open; or, An Antidote Against Popery
A veritable masterpiece, not only as literature
and thought, but as an antidote to the puerile and shallow conceptions of
worship that abound today (in Romanism and among all forms of sectarianism).
Independents, Anglicans, Baptists, Charismatics, and even sadly many so-called
"Reformed" churches today need the strong spiritual tonic dished out
by Owen, to free themselves (by God's grace) from their present Babylonian
captivity. The pretensions of worldly splendor, sensual experience, mystical
"movings of the spirit," and the corruption of fleshly minds (that is
always ready to burst forth from the cesspools of novelty) is laid low by Owen
as he brings Biblical standards to bear against the beggarly elements of
imagery, idolatry and innovation. Demonstrating the
odiousness of the shadowy abominations "portrayed on the walls of the
Chamber of Imagery," Owen shows the futility of "ceremonies,
vestments, gestures, ornaments, music, altars, images, paintings and bodily
veneration," as proceeding from the will of man, and not God, in His own
worship! A real spiritual feast defending the Reformation's
regulative principle of worship; don't miss it! 43 pages.
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Resource 10. PRICE,
GREG
Christmass Condemned By
Christ (1998)
Price shows how the teaching of the Lord Jesus
Christ condemns all man-invented holy days. Scripture and history are brought
to bear most specifically on the celebration of Christ-mass, demonstrating why
it is a sin to celebrate this day. It is also noted that Scripture never
commands the celebration of this day and that there is no evidence that Christ
and the Apostles ever celebrated this day -- in fact, this sycretism of
paganism and "Babylonian" Christianity was not first celebrated until
354 A.D. (when December 25 was chosen, in accord with the Pagan feast of
Saturnalia, as the day of "celebration"). Price also clearly shows
that to call yourself Reformed while you hold on to this Roman Catholic/Pagan
monument of idolatry makes for a serious contradiction in your testimony -- as
the best Reformed churches have always disciplined those (in accord with
Scriptural teaching) who broke the second and fourth commandments by keeping
antichristian festival days like Christ-mass, Easter, etc.. Citations from
Luther, Calvin and the company of Geneva Pastors, the Church of Scotland's
First Book of Discipline, the 1620 Dutch Synod, the Civil Government of Holland
(1625), the U.S. Colonies and the Westminster Assembly all speak with one voice
against this Romish corruption. Common objections against the classic Reformed
position are also answered. "Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the
heathen" (Jer. 10:2). For more information see Christmas: A Biblical
Critique by Kevin Reed and M. Schneider free at: http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/Xmas_ch0.htm.
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Resource 11. THE
PSALMS OF DAVID IN METRE (i.e. the Scottish Metrical
Psalter of 1650): Allowed By the Authority of the Kirk of Scotland, and of
Several Branches of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. With Notes,
Exhibiting the Connection, Explaining the Sense, and for Directing and
Animating the Devotion (1844 edition published by Robert Carter [New York])
John Brown of Haddington (annotations). Psalter by Francis Rouse, the
Westminster Divines, and the Scottish General Assembly (from 1646-1650)
This is the Psalter (less Brown's notes, which
were added later) mandated, approved and used (for public and private
worship) by the Westminster Assembly and all those who covenanted to uphold the
Biblical Reformation that these Divines proclaimed. The text of the Scottish
Metrical Psalms
was authorized by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1650. The
notes added by Brown are suitable for explaining the Psalm before singing and are
a great aid to understanding and worship (whether public, family or private). Every song leader (especially fathers for family worship)
should have a copy of this edition of the Scottish Psalter with Brown's notes. If
money is a factor, the smaller, inexpensive hardcover, containing just the
Psalms (see below) should suffice for other members of the family--or the
father (or other song leaders) can simply line out the Psalms (as Moses, David,
the Apostles, etc. did). All the Psalms, excepting one,
are rendered into common metre (with some alternate versions added) and thus
can be sung by even those with almost no knowledge of music. For
example, the tune to "Amazing Grace" is one of the many tunes that
fits with all common metre renderings. And even Psalm 136, the one Psalm not in
common metre, can be sung to any common metre tune, as it adds only one extra
syllable to the end of every second line. Maybe not the delight of the
accomplished musician, but certainly calculated to make the Psalms easily accessible
to young and old alike (an attainment surely pleasing to the Lord Jesus Christ)
-- as this Psalter was purposely produced to foster international (and
covenanted) Reformation. The Scottish Metrical Psalter is a faithful translation and without a doubt remains the
best Psalter in existence today. We have added (at no extra cost to
our customers) a copy of the Westminster Shorter Catechism to this printing. This
has been done to assist parents in catechizing their children during family
worship. Also included in this edition (from the original publisher) is "A
Table of the Psalms Classed Under Several Subject Heads" and an
"Alphabetical Index of the First Line of Each Stanza." These sections
comprise 48 pages of small print alone, while the complete book (not including
the Shorter Catechism we've added) is made up of 424 pages. This is a primary
source document of Reformation; not to be missed by those serious about the
Reformed faith -- and worshipping God in spirit and in truth. There are few
things in life as pleasing and enjoyable as communing with Christ through the
singing of His Psalms!
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Resource 12. PRICE,
GREG
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Resource 13. BEGG,
JAM ES
The Use of Organs & Other
Instruments of Music in Christian Worship Indefensible (1866)
"In Popery... they employed organs and
many other such ludicrous things, by which the Word and worship of God are
exceedingly profaned," noted John Calvin. "For my
part," commented Candlish, "I am persuaded that, if the organ be
admitted, there is no barrier in principle against the sacerdotal system in all
its fulness." Chapters in this work include, "The Scriptural
principle which should regulate Christian Worship.--This inconsistent with the
use of Musical Instruments in the House of God, under the New Testament,"
"Art and Religion--or, gorgeous worship antagonistic to spiritual religion
and Christian progress," "Dancing in Worship," "The
Westminster Divines and the New Testament Greek--Objections to the foregoing
argument (regarding Dancing--RB)" and much, much more! 271 pages.
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Resource 14.
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, you won't find a
better set.
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BACK IN PRINT AFTER MORE THAN
300 YEARS!
"I will punish them that serve
me otherwise than I have commanded, not sparing the chief that the people may
fear and praise my judgements." (Note from the Geneva Bible on Lev. 10:3,
after "fire went out from the Lord" and killed Nadab and Abihu for
violating the regulative principle of worship).
Resource 15. KING JAMES
BIBLE WITH THE GENEVA BIBLE NOTES (1672)
The best Reformation translation (King James
Version) combined with the best Bible notes of the first Reformation (the
Geneva Bible notes)! A great tool for public, family and private worship and
study.
Printed from a marvelously clean original copy, surpassing the quality of all
other printings (of the Geneva Bible notes in particular) we have seen.
Contains almost 1000 (8.5 X 11 inch) pages with notes on the complete Bible
(Old & New Testaments) -- making this a
veritable library of study and classic Protestant commentary in just one book!
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Resource 16.
GILLESPIE, GEORGE
A Dispute Against the English
Popish Ceremonies Obtruded on the Church of Scotland (1637,
reprinted from the 1660 edition)
George Gillespie was one of the Scottish
commissioners to the Westminster Assembly, the youngest member there, and
undoubtedly one of the most influential. William Hetherington observes "The
effect produced by this singularly able work may be conjectured from the fact
that within a few months of its publication, a proclamation was issued by the
Privy Council, at the instigation of the Bishops, commanding that all copies of
the book that could be found be called in and burned by the hangman. Such was
the only answer that all the learned Scottish Prelates could give to a treatise
written by a youth who was only in his twenty-fifth year when it appeared"
("Memoir," from the Works of George Gillespie, p. xviii.). James
Bannerman notes, "This was Gillespie's first
work, and it may be truly said to have settled the controversy which called it
forth, so far as argument was concerned. No answer to it was ever attempted by
the Prelatic party; and no answer was possible. It displays singular acuteness,
learning, and force of reasoning; and the thoroughness of the discussion is as
remarkable as the power with which it is conducted" (The Church of
Christ,
vol. 2., p. 435). Possibly the best uninspired book
ever written on biblical worship, an extensive and thorough masterpiece that
leaves no stone unturned. For advanced study.
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Resource 17.
BARROW, REG & DOUG WILSON
Saul in the Cave of Adullam:
A Testimony Against the Fashionable Sub-Calvinism of Doug Wilson (Editor of Credenda/Agenda
Magazine); & , for Classical Protestantism & the Attainments of the
Second Reformation
Demonstrates in an email
debate (of 170, 8.5 inch by 11 inch, pages) between Doug Wilson
(editor of Credenda/Agenda magazine) and Reg Barrow (president of Still
Waters Revival Books) how violations of the regulative principle
of worship (i.e. the second commandment) are grounds for excommunication. Also gives specific
examples of how modern "Reformed" Christians (e.g. John Frame) and
denominations are in violation of the second commandment and are tolerating
false and idolatrous worship. Contains many quotations from major Reformation
works and confessions in defense of the regulative principle of worship
representing the classical Protestant position on worship.
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Resource 18. MANY
AUTHORS
The True Psalmody; or, The
Bible Psalms the Church's Only Manual of Praise (1878)
This book was originally "issued at
Philadelphia in 1859 by a committee of ministers from the Reformed Presbyterian
and United Presbyterian church of that city. A judicious compilation of the finest
argumentation from a number of 19th century writers, the volume went through at least six American editions, the last in 1870. It was also printed in Belfast, Ireland in 1867, and in 1878
at Edinbugh, Scotland" (Isbell, Presbyterian Reformed magazine, vol. IX, No.
3, p. 111). In our opinion, this is the best older American defense of
the Reformed practice of exclusive Psalmody, as it covers some
aspects of this debate not covered in any other publication. 212 pages.
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Resource 19. AMES,
WILLIAM
A Fresh Suit Against Human
Ceremonies in God's Worship (1633)
A rare facsimile from this Calvinist divine who
was one of the most acute controversialists of his age. This highly
influential Puritan theologian was assistant to the president of the Synod of
Dort
and Professor of Divinity at Franecker. He died in 1633. In this massive work, Ames aims at vindicating the Lord's
sovereign Kingship in matters of worship. The summary and general
thrust of the detailed and precise argumentation found in this book is
beautifully encapsulated by the words inscribed on its title page, "I hate
vayn inventions: but thy law doe I love" (Ps. 119:113). Almost 700 pages.
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Resource 20.
CUNNINGHAM, JOHN
The Ordinance of Covenanting (1843)
This book (of over 400 pages) is considered by
many as the classic work on covenanting. Here Cunningham exhaustively deals with
the manner, duty and nature of covenanting (including personal and social
covenanting), the obligation covenanting confers, how
covenanting is provided for in the everlasting covenant, how it is
adapted to the moral constitution of man and how it is according to the
purposes of God. If you are interested in the ordinance of covenanting
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Resource 21. OWEN,
JOHN
A Discourse Concerning
Liturgies & Their Imposition
First published anonymously in 1662, this edition
is from the mid 19th-century printing. In it Owen
argues against the liturgy, the imposition of which caused (to the astonishment
of the Prelatical hierarchy) nearly two thousand Puritan ministers of the
Church of England to resign from their pulpits rather than sacrifice a clear
conscience concerning the commanded worship of God. These men sacrificed their
livelihood, families, and even their own lives rather than offend God by
propagating false worship. In conjunction with this, Girardeau, in
his Instrumental Music in the Public Worship of the Church (pp. 24-25 [$8.99 bound
photocopy; $19.00 Hardcover photocopy) notes, "The words of the great
theologian, John Owen -- and the British Isles have produced no greater -- are
solemn and deserve to be seriously pondered: 'The principle that the church
hath power to institute any thing or ceremony belonging to the worship of God,
either as to matter or manner, beyond the observance of such circumstances as
necessarily attend such ordinances as Christ Himself hath instituted, lies at
the bottom of all the horrible superstition and idolatry, of all the confusion,
blood, persecution, and wars, that have for so long a season spread themselves
over the face of the Christian world.'" Bannerman, in his Church of Christ, summarizes this book
as "giving the Scriptural argument against
the imposition of liturgies as well as of other humanely devised elements in
Divine worship, with great clearness and force"(p. 435).
Furthermore, the Westminster Theological Journal (55, 1993, p. 322, 3n)
notes, "Owen discusses the true nature of NT
worship, especially focusing on the challenge made to it by the Church of
England. His discourse regarding the imposition of liturgies is one of the most
thorough and forceful arguments for the regulative principle of worship as the
only principle which safely guards the Christian conscience from the abuse of
church power." 55 pages.
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Resource 22.
PTACEK, KERRY
Family Worship: Biblical
Basis, Historical Reality, Current Need
A splendid contemporary examination, full of
encouragement and help in regard to this sacred duty of daily family worship. Covers God's covenants
with families, looks at house churches in history, the Reformation period,
American history, causes for decline in family worship, etc. 85 (8.5 inch X 11
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Resource 23.
MCNAUGHER, JOHN, ed.
The Psalms in Worship
Dr. David Freeman (who was John Murray's pastor
in Philadelphia) said that the Psalms in Worship was the most
comprehensive treatment of this subject to be found anywhere. This volume (of almost
600 pages) consists of material presented at two conventions in 1905, promoting
the claims of the Psalms in worship. Two articles covering each of 27 related
topics comprise this volume, making a total of 54 separate papers (all
thoroughly indexed and including a new appendix added by the publisher).
Articles included range from argumentative discussions of a doctrinal and
critical kind (defending exclusive Psalmody), to broader discussions along
historical, literary, and practical lines. This is a
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Resource 24. HALL,
ARCHIBALD
Gospel Worship: Being An
Attempt to Exhibit the Scriptural View of the Nature, Obligations, Manner, and
Ordinances, of the Worship of God, In the New Testament (2
volumes, 1770)
Hall writes, "I am not ashamed to declare
myself a warm conscientious friend of the reformation-system of doctrine,
worship, discipline,and government, which is publicly professed in the church of
Scotland, and delineated in the Confession of faith and Catechisms, in the
Directory for the worship of God, and in the Form of Presbyterial
church-government,--all composed by the Assembly convened at Westminster
(1643-1647).
But my attachment to this system arises, neither from the authority of that
assembly, nor from a devoted regard to my connections, whom I honour and esteem
in the Lord; but from the conviction, upon enquiry,
that this system, for which our ancestors so nobly contended, is founded upon,
and agreeable to the oracles of God" (preface. iv-v). Chapters
cover: Reading the Scripture; Preaching; Hearing the Word Preached; Singing of
Praises; Prayer; Public Blessing of the Congregation; the Sacraments in
General; Baptism; the Lord's Supper; Observation of the Lord's Day; Times of
Thanksgiving; Religious Fasts; Ministerial Visitations of the Flock;
Ministerial Visitation of the Sick; Of Catechizing; Of Social Religious
Meetings; Of Family Religion; Of Personal Religion; Of Liberality to the Poor;
Of Swearing by the Name of God; Of Vowing to the Lord; Of Casting of Lots.
Appendices cover: Love-feasts; the Holy Kiss; Washing the Disciples Feet; and
Abstaining from Blood. 868 pages.
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Resource 25.
MURRAY, JOHN & WILLIAM YOUNG
The Forgotten Minority: The
Minority Report on Song in the Public Worship of God
This report, defending exclusive
Psalmody (on the basis of the classic
understanding of the regulative principle of worship), was submitted
to the fourteenth General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) in
1947.
It was subsequently buried, ignored and has, as many had hoped, become long
forgotten -- until now! It exposes how the OPC flies in the face of the
original Westminster Standards, the worship heritage of Presbyterianism and
most importantly Scripture.
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Resource 26.
M'MASTER, GILBERT
Isaac Watts' Heresies On the
Trinity and Person of Jesus Christ Exposed (1852)
Beware innovators in worship: their other
heresies are never far behind -- as this title demonstrates concerning the
heresies of Watts! This
book is extracted from the appendix of M'Master's An Apology For the Book of
Psalms, In Five Letters; Addressed To the Friends of Union In the Church of God
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"All worshipping, honouring, or service
invented by the brain of man in the religion of God, without his own express
commandment, is idolatry" (John Knox in A Vindication of the Doctrine
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Resource 27. KNOX,
JOHN
The Works of John Knox
(6 volumes)
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great Reformers of the sixteenth century. "John Knox was in fact the embodiment
of the Scottish Reformation as its preacher, theologian, liturgist, historian,
and catalyst for reform." (Hall and Hall, ed. Paradigms in Polity: Classic
Readings in Reformed and Presbyterian Church Government [Grand Rapids, MI:
Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1994], p. 219)."With
this concern for purity of worship," notes Kevin Reed regarding Knox,
"it is no wonder that the Scottish Reformation was the most thorough among
any of the Protestant nations." (From the introduction to John
Knox, True and False Worship: A Vindication of the Doctrine that the Sacrifice
of the Mass is Idolatry [Dallas, TX: Presbyterian Heritage Publications, 1550
reprinted 1994], p.14.). "I know not," states George Smeaton,
"if ever so much piety and genius were lodged in such a frail and weak
body. Certain I am, that it will be difficult to find one in whom the gifts of
the Holy Spirit shone so bright to the comfort of the church." (Cited in
Thomas M'Crie, The Life of John Knox [1831], p. 272.) The Works of John Knox listed here is the
complete six volume set collected by David Laing, 1895. Concerning this 6
volume collection, Kyle, in The Mind of John Knox (p. 14) notes, "The only real basis for a study of Knox's thought must be the
writings of the reformer himself. From 1846 to 1864, David Laing collected and
edited nearly all of Knox's extant writings. This remarkable collection, which
scholars regard highly, is indispensable for any serious study of John Knox."
Contains much that is related to worship questions and the blessings that
God pours out upon Churches that keep the second commandment -- as well as the
curses that follow those who reject the regulative principle of worhsip.
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wherever he could, he used original sources, many of which he reproduced.
Furthermore, he proclaims that this "is still a work that no one
interested in this area can afford to neglect." As W.C. Dickinson has
commented, "it is his monument, for in it he puts
flesh and blood on the whole Reformation movement." Innes (John
Knox,
p. 45) says of this work, "[t]he author who has enabled us to see his own
confused and changing age under 'the broad clear light of that wonderful book'
the History of the Reformation in Scotland, and who outside that book was the
utterer of many an armed and winged word which pursues and smites us to this
day, must have been born with nothing less than genius -- genius to observe, to
narrate, and to judge. Even had he written as a mere recluse and critic,
looking out upon his world from a monk's cell or from the corner of a housetop,
the vividness, the tenderness, the sarcasm and the humour would still have been
there." Moreover, Burton writes, "[t]here
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on original sources and he often cited the documents in full. When Knox's
History is compared to the contemporary vernacular narratives of Bishop Leslie
and Sir James Melville, the superiority of Knox's work becomes evident. For the
most part, these writers were preoccupied with petty details and had no
conception of the momentous issues that hung on the events they recorded... Knox used history to demonstrate his single-track philosophy.
And his philosophy said: 'The hearts of men, their thoughts, and their actions
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Resource 28. DALE,
JAMES W.
BAPTIZO (in the
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his entry in his Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Zondervan, 1962),
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break out in unfeigned admiration." Moreover, Thayer noted,
concerning Classic Baptism, that "the theory that Baptizo expresses a
definite act, 'mode and nothing but mode,' is shown to be pitiably helpless
when applied to 'all the Greek literature.'" Dale definitely has had the
last word on this subject thus far in history. You can save yourself a lot
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Resource 29.
BARROW, GREG
The Covenanted Reformation
Defended (1998)
Unsurpassed on points related to the Lord's
supper and covenanting (as set forth by the best Reformers and best Reformed
churches). Especially strong on 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. It 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,
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Resource 30.
ASSOCIATE PRESBYTERIAN MAGAZINE
The Ancient and Modern Mode
of Singing the Psalms (Sept., 1863)
Historically demonstrates how the Old
Testament saints, the early New Testament Christians and almost all
Presbyterians (after adopting the Westminster Standards) sang the Psalms by
"lining them out" (e.g. see the Westminster Directory for Public
Worship). Musical instruments, a
Papal innovation, were also unheard of among faithful Reformers and
"denominated the ensigns of Baal." Basically a blast against
"all the refined idolatries of the churches" of the author's time. It
also lays out the numerous advantages of lining out the Psalms -- especially
for including younger(pre-reading age) children in the praises of God.
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Resource 31. REED,
KEVIN
Biblical Worship
"The Protestant
Reformation was a conflict over many critical issues. And of all the issues contested
between Romanists and the reformers, no issue was more crucial than the
question of true worship" (Reed, John Knox the Forgotten
Reformer,
p. 37). This book explains the two preeminent characteristics of all faithful
corporate worship, as seen both in the OT and in the NT. It also contains an
excellent section on disputed aspects of worship. This section, in
particular, is very valuable, in that it shows how many non-Romanist
communions today have actually rejected the Reformation and adopted Rome's
presuppositions regarding worship. 80 pages.
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