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Resource 1.
WESTMINSTER DIVINES
The Westminster Confession of
Faith
"The product of Puritan
conflict," stated Shedd, reaching "a perfection of statement never
elsewhere achieved."
"All that learning the most
profound and extensive, intellect the most acute and searching, and piety the
most sincere and earnest, could accomplish, was thus concentrated in the
Westminster Assembly's Confession of Faith, which may be safely termed the most
perfect statement of Systematic Theology ever framed by the Christian
Church," writes Hetherington in The History of the Westminster Assembly
of Divines (p. 345, emphasis added).
"These are worth an hundred
victories on the battle field. We do not fear to say of them that they are the
finest transfusion into uninspired language of the sublime, awful, blessed truths
of the Word of God which the Church has as yet been honored to make... Never
can the Covenanters be robbed of the immortal honor of having, while at the
summit of their power, published this great principle to the world" noted
J.A. Wylie, in praise of the Westminster Standards (cited in Johnston's Treasury
of the Scottish Covenant, p. 101).
"As truly as in the cases of the Nicene
and Chalcedonian formularies, the Westminster Standards mark an epoch in the
history of human reflection on the truths of the gospel--an epoch in the
attainment and registry of doctrinal truth; and as truly in the one case as in
the other the statements they give of the truths that fall in their sphere are
scientifically final. All attempts at restatement must either repeat their
definitions or fall away from the purity of their conceptions or the justness
of their language." (Benjamin B. Warfield, "The Significance of the
Westminster Standards as a Creed," 1897)
Concerning the Westminster
Shorter Catechism, which is one of the items also included in this book,
Mitchell, in his Westminster Assembly: Its History and Standards, notes:
"...it is a thoroughly Calvinistic and Puritan catechism, the ripest fruit
of the Assembly's thought and experience, maturing and finally fixing the
definitions of theological terms to which Puritanism for half a century had
been leading up and gradually coming closer and closer to in its legion of
catechisms" (p. 431).
Richard Baxter said of Westminster
Shorter Catechism, "It is the best Catechism I ever saw -- a most excellent
sum of the Christian faith and doctrine, and a fit test to try the orthodoxy of
its teachers."
The Westminster Confession of
Faith (WCF) is the greatest of all the creeds of the Christian church.
The church of Christ cannot be creedless and
live. Especially in an age of doubt and confusion, it is her duty to define and
proclaim the one true Reformed faith. Nowhere has the Reformed church done
this so effectively as in the Westminster family of documents.
This book represents Reformed
thinking at its purest and best. It was intended, as part of the covenanted
reformation taking place during its compilation, to be adopted as the binding
confessional standard for every individual, family, school, court, church, and
legislature in the British Isles -- and all the King's dominions (including
Canada, the United States, Australia, etc.). The Westminster standards were
produced in fulfilment of the Solemn League and Covenant, an international
covenant with God and some of the most powerful nations on earth at the time of
its publication. This covenant and these
standards were produced to provide the blueprint for all levels of society to
come into obedience to the Word of God in its fullness. Study the
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this same goal should be covenanted to by all serious minded followers of the
Lord Jesus Christ.
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Reader," "The Larger Catechism," "The Shorter
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Covenant (1638)," "The Solemn League and Covenant (1643),"
"Acknowledgment of Publick Sins and Breaches of the Covenant (1648),"
"The Directory for the Publick Worship of God (1645)," "The Form
of Presbyterial Church Government (1645)," "The Directory for Family
Worship (1647)," an extensive index and more! "Every effort has been
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state! Next to the Bible itself, no other book
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Resource 2.
CARRUTHERS, S. W.
The Preparation and Printing
of the Westminster Confession of Faith
An account of the preparation and
printing of the WCF's seven leading editions, to which is appended a
critical text of the Confession, with notes thereon. Dedicated to Warfield,
Mitchell and others. 157 pages.
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Resource 3.
WESTMINSTER ASSEMBLY
The Westminster Standards: An
Original Facsimile (on CD-Rom)
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Resource 4.
WESTMINSTER ASSEMBLY OF DIVINES
The Directory For
Family-Worship (1647) and The Directory for the Publick Worship of God (1645)
It doesn't get any better than
this!
These are the documents approved by the General Assembly of the Church of
Scotland in her purest days. Reproduced in large print for easy reading. The
Directory for Family Worship lays out the Biblical path to piety and
uniformity in secret and private (family) worship, for godly edification. The
Directory for Public Worship aimed at fulfilling the Reformation goals of
covenanted uniformity in religion between the churches of Christ in the
kingdoms of Scotland, England and Ireland.
"Behind its production lay
extensive discussion of the proper application of the Puritan regulative
principle reducing elements of acceptable worship to what is prescribed or necessarily
deducible from Scripture alone... It contains perhaps the finest brief
description of expository preaching to be found in the English language"
(Cameron, ed., Dictionary of Scottish Church History, p.
864).
During the days of the second Reformation
Gillespie notes that "(t)he parliament hath also, by their ordinance dated
the 23d of August 1645, imposed the Directory of Worship under certain mulcts
and penalties to be inflicted upon such as do not observe it, or preach or
write against it" ("Miscellany Questions" in Gillespie's
Works,
p. 87). Oh, for the days of comprehensive, full-orbed, God honoring Reformation
like that again! An indispensable document for those who are Presbyterian's.
However, it can also be very helpful to all those who seek to worship the LORD
in spirit and in truth, regardless of denominational affiliation. These two fine historic documents have yet to be
equalled in terms of the intent and purpose for which they were originally
produced.
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Resource 5.
MITCHELL, ALEXANDER F.
Minutes of the Sessions of
the Westminster Assembly of Divines While Engaged in Preparing Their Directory
for Church Government, Confession of Faith, and Catechisms (November 1644 to
March 1649) (1874 edition)
Warfield states, "The
fundamental authority for the study of the work of the Assembly for the period
covered by it is, of course, the volume of its Minutes edited by Drs. A.F.
Mitchell and John Struthers." This work was also called the best book
concerning the Assembly by Gregg Singer. It was compiled from transcripts
originally procured by a committee of the General Assembly of the Church of
Scotland. An invaluable aid for all those who love creedal
Christianity, as it is revealed in the Holy Scriptures. A very rare
resource that should contribute much to the ongoing Reformation. Indexed, 643
pages.
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Resource 6.
GILLESPIE, GEORGE
Notes of Debates and
Proceedings of the Assembly of Divines and Other Commissioners at Westminster.
February 1644 to 1645 (1846 edition)
"It condenses,
and with considerable skill, the purport of long wordy debates, giving their
very essence in hard criticism on the Scriptures in the original Greek and
Hebrew, as lending support to either side in the controversies about articles
of belief and of Church government" wrote Burton (as cited in
the Treasury of the Scottish Covenant, p. 304 [ http://www.swrb.com/catalog/j.htm ]). Excerpted from
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Resource 7. OLIVER
CROMWELL
JUDAS OF THE COVENANT
OLIVER CROMWELL'S ungodly intolerance,
hatred and persecution of Christians, as well as his actions to overthrow the
work of the godly party at the Westminster Assembly, are documented in a free
debate at:
http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/Crom.htm
William Hetherington's History of the Westminster Assembly of Divines (1856, see below) also deals with Cromwell and his
wicked deeds to overthrow the Second Reformation. And remember that it was Cromwell's government that had the covenanted English
Presbyterian pastor, Christopher Love, executed (cf. A Spectacle Unto
God: The Life and Death of Christopher Love by Don Kistler,
$US34.95, hardcover), and the same government jailed
Thomas Watson and other godly ministers of the time.
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Resource 8.
HETHERINGTON, WILLIAM
History of the Westminster
Assembly of Divines (1856)
This book is one of the best easy reading
historical accounts published concerning this unsurpassed Assembly.
Hetherington's purpose for writing this book is stated in the preface as
follows:
In common with all true Presbyterians, I have
often regretted the want of a History of the Westminster Assembly of Divines...
Especially in such a time as the present, when all distinctive Presbyterian
principles are not only called in question, but also misrepresented and
condemned, such a want has become absolutely unendurable, unless Presbyterians
are willing to permit their Church to perish under a load of unanswered, yet
easily refuted, calumny. And as the best refutation of calumny is the plain and
direct statement of truth, it is by that process that I have endeavored to
vindicate the principles and the character of the Presbyterian Church (p. i.).
The Puritan history leading up to the Assembly
(which this book takes a in-depth look at) is especially important and not only
set the context for what became the major debates among the ministers present,
but even dictated who was selected to this august body of scholars. Civil wars,
national upheavals, emigration to the "new world" and a host of other
epoch making events surrounded this momentous period of history. These debates and their resolutions have defined and
directed Christian thought and national cultures ever since their original
ratification -- and Hetherington is not shy about noting the
significance of this Assembly when he writes,
But the man who penetrates a little deeper into
the nature of those unrevealed but powerful influences which move a nation's
mind, and mould its destinies, will be ready to direct his attention more
profoundly to the objects and deliberations of an assembly which met at a
moment so critical, and was composed of the great
master-minds of the age; and the theologian who has learned to view
religion as the vital principle of human nature, equally in nations and in the
individual man, will not easily admit the weak idea, that such an assembly
could have been an isolated event, but will be disposed earnestly to inquire
what led to its meeting, and what important consequences followed. And although
the subject has not hitherto been investigated with such a view, it may, we
trust, be possible to prove, that it (the
Westminster Assembly--RB) was the most important event in the century in which
it occurred; and that it has exerted, and in all probability will yet exert, a
far more wide and permanent influence upon both the civil and the religious
history of mankind than has generally been even imagined (p. 17).
Hetherington covers the period from 1531 to
1662. Many consider this era a historical high
water mark for doctrinal and practical Puritan precision. Also
included is a chapter on the theological productions of the Westminster
Assembly and six valuable appendices (one containing six biographical notices of
the Scottish Commissioners including Rutherford, Gillespie, Henderson and
Baillie).
This work is indispensable for
understanding the work accomplished by the Westminster Assembly, Presbyterian
and Independent history, Oliver Cromwell and much more. For example, consider
the lofty and Christ honoring goal of the Assembly as summarized by
Hetherington:
There was one great, and even sublime idea,
brought somewhat indefinitely before the Westminster Assembly, which has not
yet been realized, the idea of a Protestant union
throughout Christendom, not merely for the purpose of counterbalancing Popery,
but in order to purify, strengthen, and unite all true Christian churches, so
that with combined energy and zeal they might go forth, in glad compliance with
the Redeemer's commands, teaching all nations, and preaching the everlasting
gospel to every creature under heaven. This truly magnificent, and
also truly Christian idea, seems to have originated in the mind of that
distinguished man, Alexander Henderson. It was suggested by him to the Scottish
commissioners, and by them partially brought before the English Parliament,
requesting them to direct the Assembly to write
letters to the Protestant Churches in
France, Holland, Switzerland, and other Reformed Churches. . . . and along with these letters were sent copies of
the Solemn League and Covenant, a document which might itself form the basis of such a
Protestant union. The deep thinking divines of the Netherlands apprehended the idea, and in their answer, not only expressed their approbation of the Covenant, but also
desired to join in it with the British kingdoms. Nor did they content themselves with the mere
expression of approval and willingness to join. A letter was soon afterwards
sent to the Assembly from the Hague, written by Duraeus (the celebrated John
Dury), offering to come to the Assembly, and containing a copy of a vow which
he had prepared and tendered to the distinguished Oxenstiern, chancellor of Sweden, wherein he bound
himself 'to prosecute a reconciliation between Protestants in point of
religion'. . . . [O]n one occasion Henderson procured a passport to go to
Holland, most probably for the purpose of prosecuting this grand idea. But the intrigues of
politicians, the delays caused by the conduct of the Independents, and the
narrow-minded Erastianism of the English Parliament, all conspired to prevent
the Assembly from entering farther into that truly glorious Christian
enterprise. Days of trouble and darkness came; persecution wore out the great
men of that remarkable period; pure and vital Christianity was stricken to the
earth and trampled under foot. (pp. 337-339).
Further demonstrating his grasp of the most
important events of the second Reformation, Hetherington comments on the Solemn League (the epitome of second Reformation
attainments),
"no man who is able to
understand its nature, and to feel and appreciate its spirit and its aim, will
deny it to be the wisest, the sublimest, and the most sacred document ever
framed by uninspired men" (p. 134).
Anyone interested in the work of the Westminster
Assembly -- and the men, teaching and events which were at the heart of the Puritan revolution against the forces
of antichrist -- should read this book at least once. Third edition,
413 pages.
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Resource 9.
COVENANTED GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
(Alexander Peterkin, editor)
Records of the Kirk of Scotland,
Containing the Acts and Proceedings of the General Assemblies, From the Year
1638 Downwards, As Authenticated by the Clerks of Assembly; With Notes and
Historical Illustrations, by Alexander Peterkin (1838 edition)
"The object of the present work is to
present to the public, in a form that may be generally accessible, the history
of one of the most interesting periods in the annals of our National Church, by
the republication of the Acts and Proceedings, at, and subsequent to, the era
of her second Reformation; and, combined therewith, such historical
documents and sketches as are calculated to preserve the memory of an
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Westminster Assembly is most fascinating and instructive -- affording many
insights into the production and development of the Westminster Standards! It also contains some
indispensable information on the Protester/Resolutioner controversy (which reveals many
valuable lessons for Reformed Christians today), including excerpts from some
lost books and papers written by the Protesting Covenanters. The excerpts from
James Guthrie's The Waters of Sihor, or the Lands Defectione, in which Guthrie
enumerates the errors of the Resolutioners, as well as the marks of malignancy,
is one prime example. Other rare Protester
documents (inveighing against the "pretended Assemblies" of the
Resolutioners), signed by the likes of Samuel Rutherford and Robert Traill are
also included.
Very rare and very valuable -- a gold mine for the serious student of the
covenanted Reformation! 684 pages.
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Resource 10. MITCHELL,
ALEXANDER F.
The Westminster Assembly: Its
History and Standards
In the first three lectures, the
author has given a succinct account of English Puritanism from its origin to
the meeting of the Westminster Assembly, and in the tenth lecture, he has given
a similar account of the history of doctrine in the British Churches during the
same period. The seven intervening lectures were prepared in accord with the
author's desire to complete his researches on the Westminster Assembly.
Throughout this work, Mitchell has endeavored to
give prominence to aspects of this magnificent period in Puritan history which
have hitherto been generally overlooked and to treat more briefly of those
which have been previously dwelt on -- making this the ideal companion volume
to Hetherington's History of the Westminster
Assembly and Gillespie's notes
taken at this assembly (found in his Works).
Moreover, Mitchell writes in an irenic manner,
making this a perfect introductory volume to
Puritanism and the work of the Assembly.
Mitchell notes the importance of the Westminster
Assembly in the following manner,
Richard Baxter, who was perhaps as
competent as any of their contemporaries to give an impartial verdict, does not
hesitate to affirm that ëthe divines there congregated were men of eminent
learning and godliness, ministerial ability and fidelity; and being not
worthy,' he modestly adds, 'to be one of them myself, I may the more freely
speak that truth which I know, even in the face of malice and envy, that so far
as I am able to judge by the information of all history... the
Christian world since the days of the apostles had never a Synod of more
excellent divines.' (p. 118).
Thus, it has been noted by many,
that next to the Scripture itself, there is probably more to be gained from the
study of this segment of history (and the works of the men God called to
produce the Puritan intellect and the Westminster family of documents) than any
other single period of history -- right up to the present era. Mitchell's
account of this age of brilliance is a veritable information cornucopia in
which all lovers of Puritanism, the Westminster Assembly, and especially the
truth of Christ (which these our forefathers in the faith so boldly proclaimed)
can readily take delight! "The Westminster Assembly, if it does not
form a landmark in the history of our common Protestantism, must at least be
admitted to constitute an epoch, and a notable one, in the history of
Puritanism," notes Mitchell. Don't miss this fine historical account. 519
pages.
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Resource 11.
MITCHELL, ALEXANDER F.
Catechisms of the Second
Reformation (1886)
Part 1: The Shorter Catechism and
its Puritan Precursors.
Part 2: Rutherford's and other
Scottish Catechisms of the same epoch.
Includes a historical introduction and biographical
notices. Explains the composition and sources of
the Catechisms of the Westminster Assembly. Gives specimens of
the Catechisms which were previously in use among the doctrinal Puritans in
England and Scotland and those laid before the Assembly. Mitchell was Professor
of Ecclesiastical History at the University of St. Andrews. 410 pages.
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Resource 12.
BAILLIE, ROBERT
Letters and Journals of
Robert Baillie (3 volumes, 1841 edition)
David Laing, ed. (three large volumes, 1841
ed.). Baillie was one of the Scottish delegates to
the Westminster Assembly and these volumes cover the period from 1637 to 1662
-- some of the most momentous days in the history of the Reformed faith. These letters contain an intimate
insider's look at these days of international religious drama,
national covenants, and the writing of the greatest religious Confession ever
given to men, the Westminster Confession of Faith ($US29.95 hardcover;
$US24.95 softcover). A major source for 17th
century Church history and a totally unique compilation -- peering into the
very heart of Reformation! "Baillie
was a keen Resolutioner, but lived to see his mistake. To this he refers
in the last of his Letters, 'We are in the most hard taking we have seen at any
time. It is the matter of my daily grief, and I think it has brought all my
trouble on me, and I fear it shall do me more harm.' The
work is of immense historical value" (Johnston, The
Treasury of the Scottish Covenant, p. 312). Cunningham is also cited by Johnston
regarding this work, "His Letter and Journals furnish us with some
pictures, as lifelike as photographs, of the principal actors then on the stage
of affairs, and not unfrequently gives us a peep of what was passing behind the
scenes. It is the book of all others to be read
by those who would understand the period of the Covenant."
About 1700 pages.
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of names and the memoir of the life and writings of Robert Baillie. Of special
note are pages 525-557, which contain "Notices Regarding the Metrical
Version of the Psalms Received By the Church of Scotland," where we see the historical validity of the Reformed practice
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in 1556, right up to the "Psalter debates" that took place during
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Resource 13.
McFEETERS, J.C.
Sketches of the Covenanters (1913)
Stirring accounts of sacrifice and
martyrdom for the Reformed Faith that will bring tears to eyes of all but the
most backslidden.
Follows the chain of events which gave Scotland
two Reformations and a Revolution. John Knox, the
National Covenant, The Solemn League and Covenant, the Westminster Assembly,
the Field Meetings and the "Killing Times," and much more are all
covered. The history of many great battles for Christ and His royal
rights are accurately recounted in this moving chronicle of Reformation
struggles and martyrdom. This book also sheds much light upon the warfare of
Christ's bride (with the dragon) for true Scriptural liberty, while telling the
story of some of the most prominent Christians (Rutherford, Renwick, Henderson,
et al.)
since the days of the Apostles. This is one of our
best history books, and is highly recommended! It is great for home schooling,
history classes and various other learning situations, as it contains
convenient review questions at the end of each chapter. Furthermore,
it is written in an easy-to-read and engaging
style, which makes it one of the best introductions to the
Covenanters and the periods of the first and second Reformations in the British
Isles. 412 pages.
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Resource 14.
DICKSON, DAVID
Truth's Victory Over Error (1684,
1784 edition)
The title continues, "The True Principles of the Christian Religion, Stated and
Vindicated against the following Heresies, viz, Arians, Arminians, Anabaptists,
Antinomians, Brownists, Donatists, Epicurians, Eutychians, Erastians,
Familists, Jesuits, Independents, Libertines, Manicheans, Pelagians, Papists,
Quakers, Socinians, Sabellians, Sceptics, Vaninians, etc. The whole being a Commentary on all the Chapters of the
(Westminster -- RB) Confession of Faith, by way of Question and Answer: In
which, the saving Truths of our holy Religion are confirmed and established;
and the dangerous Errors and Opinions of its Adversaries detected and
confuted... To this Edition is prefixed, A short Account of the
Author's Life, by the late Mr. Robert Wodrow..."
One of the best commentaries on the Westminster Confession of Faith.
This item is part of the elder's reading/training list in the Puritan Reformed
Church (the church of the Covenanted Reformation). 296 pages.
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Resource 15. SHAW, ROBERT
An Exposition of the
Confession of Faith of the Westminster Assembly of Divines (1845)
"All that learning the most profound and
extensive, intellect the most acute and searching, and piety the most sincere
and earnest, could accomplish, was thus concentrated in the Westminster
Assembly's Confession of Faith, which may be safely termed the most perfect
statement of Systematic Theology ever framed by the Christian Church,"
writes William Hetherington in The History of the Westminster Assembly of Divines. The Westminster Confession of Faith (WCF) is without a
doubt the greatest human confession ever written, "being the
chiefest part of that uniformity in religion, which by the Solemn League and
Covenant" bound the British Isles (and all his majesty's dominions) to
obedience to the Word of God.
Shaw's Exposition is the
standard work on the WCF, for he admittedly states "that he has not found it
necessary to differ from the compilers of the Confession in any one point of
doctrine" (though this is a bit of an overstatement). This edition includes an introductory essay by
Hetherington defending the use of Confessions in general and the WCF in
particular. Hetherington also gives a
brief outline of the historical context of the period in which the WCF was
composed while demonstrating the harmonious nature of the Reformational Creeds
and Confessions.
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Resource 16. PRICE,
GREG
Terms of Communion:
The Westminster Standards
This series explains and defends the second term
of communion in Covenanted Reformed Presbyterian churches, which is,
That the whole doctrine of the Westminster
Confession of Faith, and the Catechisms, Larger and Shorter, are agreeable
unto, and founded upon the Scriptures.
Price not only explains why we need
creeds and confession (answering the question: Isn't the Scripture
sufficient?), but he shows how everyone has a creed and how such statements of
faith are actually inescapable -- for as soon as one says what he believes the
Bible means, he has (by definition) put forth his creed ("credo" in
Latin means "to believe"). There is no neutrality possible here.
Creedalism is an inescapably biblical concept -- or else you could not even
preach (with the hope that anyone would believe your preaching), which the
Bible commands!
Price also gives a summary of the
Westminster standards and the history of this august assembly, demonstrating
why these standards are agreeable to the word of God. After showing how
faithful creeds and confessions (i.e. human testimony) have brought untold
blessings to the church he gives a history of the Westminster Assembly (setting
the context for the study of the Standards themselves). The doctrines contained
in the confessional standards are then summarized.
Price also exposes and rebukes
much false teaching and false practice (contrary to the standards) using the
specific names associated with each heresy refuted. Here is a list of some of
the doctrines covered in this extensive and fascinating set:
1. Sola Scriptura (refuting popery,
neo-orthodoxy, liberalism and the charismatics).
2. The doctrine of God (refuting
Unitarianism, Oneness theology [Modalism, Sabellianism], and tritheism).
3. God's decrees and predestination (refuting
Arminianism, fatalism [Islam]).
4. Creation (refuting Evolutionism, Pantheism
and New Age and Eastern mysticism).
5 The covenant of works.
6. Providence (against "luck" and
"accidents").
7. The fall of man (refuting Arminianism and
Pelagianism).
8. The covenant of grace (refuting
dispensationalism).
9. Christ our mediator (refuting Arianism
[JW's], Apollinarianism, Nestorianism, Eutychianism [which led to the
transubstantiation and consubstantiation heresies].
10. The free offer of the gospel.
11. Effectual calling (contra Arminianism)
12. Justification by faith alone through
Christ alone (contra Rome and the Arminians).
13. Sanctification and good works (condemning
antinomianism and legalism).
14. Assurance of faith.
15. Perseverance of the saints
16. The law of God.
17. Christian liberty (against pretended
liberty of conscience and the imposition of legalistic standards outside of the
law of God)
18. Worship (against the anti-regulativists
and promoters of will-worship)
19. The regulative principle (condemning
Arminianism in worship).
20. The Sabbath (taking the high Scottish
view)
21. Lawful oaths and vows (condemning
covenant breaking [churches and nations included], perjury, etc.).
22. The civil magistrate (against pluralism,
false toleration, Erastianism, and for biblical establishments).
23. Marriage.
24. The church (contra popery, prelacy and
independency [all of which are forms of sectarianism]).
25. The resurrection and general judgement.
This is the best taped set
dealing with the Westminster Confession of Faith that we
are aware.
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Resource 17.
MCKNIGHT, W.J.
Covenanting, Communion and
Confessions: With a Short Summary of the Westminster Confession of Faith
Deals with the terms of communion
as they relate to the Reformation Creeds and the Westminster Confession.
Defends creedalism and the historic progress
evident in the faithful creeds. Touches on covenanting. Contains a useful summary of every chapter of the Westminster
Confession of Faith. In classic Reformed Presbyterian style, the
author notes the testimony of the martyrs in leaving "a noble example for
us and our posterity to follow, in contending for all divine truth, and in
testifying against all contrary evils, which may exist in the corrupt
constitutions of either church or state."
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Resource 18.
MORRIS, EDWARD D.
Theology of the Westminster
Symbols A commentary -- historical, doctrinal and practical, on the Confession
of Faith and Catechisms and the related formularies of the Presbyterian
Churches
Published in 1900, this massive 857
page commentary has a later American flavor to it. The author
has desired not merely to set forth the
Presbyterian theology of the seventeenth century as embodied in these Symbols,
but as well to indicate (though only in outline) the interesting evolution of
that theology from the historic germ, to describe its normal growth through the
succeeding ages, and to exhibit as far as
practicable its remarkable effect and fruitage as seen in the belief and
teachings of living Presbyterianism.
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Resource 19.
WILLIAMSON, G.I.
The Westminster Confession of
Faith for Study Classes
This study manual explains the
meaning of the Confession chapter by chapter. Williamson gives Biblical support for
the meaning of what the Confession teaches and distinguishes the truth from
overtly conflicting opinions. Each section is
followed by study questions, which are answered in full at the back of the
volume. Portions of this work contain neopresbyterian thought, but
much that is useful is also included. For a thoroughly paleopresbyterian alternative,
see Greg Price's cassette series (of five tapes) titled "Terms of
Communion: Westminster Standards" at: http://www.swrb.com/catalog/P.htm (or resource 16 above).
G.I. Williamson is a minister in the Orthodox
Presbyterian Church (OPC); Greg Price left the OPC because of its
unfaithfulness to the original intent of the original Westminster standards.
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Resource 20.
BOSTON, THOMAS
Commentary on the Shorter
Catechism
(2 volumes)
Two large volumes of over 1300 pages! Boston's work is the most comprehensive reference set ever penned on the Westminster
Shorter Catechism.
Concerning the Shorter Catechism, A.F. Mitchell states,
...it is a thoroughly
Calvinistic and Puritan catechism, the ripest fruit of the Assembly's thought
and experience, maturing and finally fixing the definitions of theological
terms to which Puritanism for half a century had been leading up and gradually
coming closer and closer to in its legion of catechisms (The Westminster
Assembly: Its History and Standards).
The Shorter Catechism is the "king of the
catechisms" for shear power of expression, combining logical cogency with
succinctness. Boston's exposition is unrivalled;
there is nothing else like it. Here you have
the cream of Puritan catechisms married to the cream of clear Puritan
exposition! This is likely Boston's
most important work. A
set that will meet numerous needs, ranging from use in family worship,
Christian education and personal study, to sermon preparation -- and for help
in settling debated questions on the Presbytery floor. A
one-of-a-kind set of books that will serve your family for generations to come!
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Resource 21. FISHER
, JAMES, EBENEZER & RALPH ERSKINE and OTHERS
The Westminster Assembly's
Shorter Catechism Explained, By Way of Question and Answer (1753, 1911 edition)
The title continues: "Wherein it is essayed to bring forth the truths of God
contained in that excellent composure, more fully than has been attempted in
any one of the explicatory Catechisms hitherto published...."
Dr. M'Crie writes, "(t)his well-known
work was very generally employed by ministers as their test-book at the public
examinations of their people, when both old and young were duly catechised.
This was, in fact, a profound system of divinity, and was especially devoted to
an explanation of the Marrow doctrines" (cited in the Treasury of the
Scottish Covenant,
p. 474).
Mackay notes that it "displays a rich fund of sound theological practical
erudition; and it soon became, and still continues to be, the favorite
religious manual in thousands of Scotland's religious families, and had
associated his name (i.e. Fisher--RB) with the Erskines especially as a
household word" (Ibid.).
We have also added in the
original sections of this book that were taken out by the backsliding
(American) Presbyterians that published this later edition. And what
they left out is very telling about their defection from Reformation
attainments.
Among other things they deleted sections dealing with worship (iconoclasm),
national covenanting, civil government, toleration, capital punishment (as
proved from Old Testament case law), baptism, etc. We
have placed all these previously excluded questions and answers in a separate
section at the front of the book so that it will be easy for you to see what
these unfaithful editors did not want you to see. Thus, you still
get the benefit of the superior typesetting of this later edition, with the
full text as the original (more Reformed) authors intended it. 485 pages,
indexed.
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Resource 22. BROWN,
JOHN (OF HADDINGTON)
Essay Towards an Easy, Plain,
Practical and Extensive Explication of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism (1859, from the sixth
Edinburgh edition)
The author has taken great care to correct,
enlarge, and improve this edition of his catechism, particularly by adding a great
number of Scripture texts in order to more clearly elucidate and confirm
different points of doctrine and practice. 356 pages.
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Resource 23.
WATSON, THOMAS
A Body of Divinity Contained
in Sermons Upon the Westminster Assembly's Catechism
The first book published by the
Banner of Truth Trust, this has been one of the best sellers and consistently
the most useful and influential of their publications. There are several
reason for this:
1. The subject of the book. It
deals with foremost doctrinal and experimental truths of the Christian Faith.
2. The means of instruction used.
It is based on the Westminster Assembly's Shorter Catechism, in
which the main principles of Christianity that lie scattered in the Scriptures
are brought together and set forth in the form of question and answer. This
Catechism is unsurpassed for its 'terse exactitude of definition" and
logical elaboration' of the fundamentals.
3. The style of the author.
Watson conveys his thorough doctrinal and experimental knowledge of the truth in
such an original, concise, pithy, pungent, racy, rich and illustrative style
that he is rightly regarded as the most readable of the Puritans (backcover).
For "part two" of Watson's work on the
Shorter Catechism
see The Ten Commandments below.
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Resource 24.
WATSON, THOMAS
The Ten Commandments
In this book Watson (c. 1620-1686) continues his
exposition of the Shorter Catechism drawn up by the Westminster Assembly. Watson
was one of the most popular preachers in London during the Puritan era... The series of three volumes, of which this is the second
(the Body of Divinity is first and
The Lord's Prayer third), makes an
ideal introduction to Puritan literature. There
are few matters about which the Puritans differ more from present-day
Christians than in their assessment of the importance of the ten commandments.
The commandments, they held, are the first thing in Christianity which the
natural man needs to be taught and they should be the daily concern of the
Christian to the last. In this book Watson examines the moral law as a whole
as well as bringing out the meaning and force of each particular commandment. In view of the important function of the law in
Christian life and evangelism, this is a most valuable volume (backcover).
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Resource 25.
WATSON, THOMAS
The Lord's Prayer
Watson's three works on the Westminster
Shorter Catechism
are concluded by his exposition of the Lord's Prayer. In
this book he analyses in detail the Preface to the prayer and the six petitions
which make it up. His treatment of the second petition ("thy
Kingdom come') is exceptionally full and illuminating, This book affords
instruction and practical help to praying Christians (backcover).
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WILLIAMSON, G.I.
The Shorter Catechism for
Study Classes
The Westminster Shorter
Catechism is unrivalled as a faithful and concise expression of God's
revelation in Scripture. For decades G.I. Williamson's study manuals have served as
useful tools for instruction in the system of doctrine summarized in this
amazing catechism. The format of these books is the same as that explained
below in GIW's WCF for Study Classes. Portions of these works contain neopresbyterian
thought, but much that is useful is also included.
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Resource 27.
RIDGELEY, THOMAS
Commentary on the Larger
Catechism
(2 volumes)
Originally entitled: A Body of Divinity:
Wherein the Doctrines of the Christian Religion are Explained and Defended.
Being the Substance of Several Lectures on the Assembly's Larger Catechism, we have re-titled it
to better reflect its contents for contemporary readers. Consisting of over 1300 pages, this massive and extensive
two-volume commentary on the Westminster Larger Catechism is unrivaled in scope or extensiveness.
Ridgeley himself notes, in "The Author's
Preface" (p. ix),
The work is large, but the vast variety of subjects
will render it more tolerable.... especially since it is rather designed to be
read in families than committed to memory...
The editor of this edition, John Wilson,
pronounces Ridgeley's work as "the best book
of its class," stating,
no book in the English language,
or, so far as I know, in any other, will serve so efficiently the purposes of a
daily companion to a reflecting Christian in his inquiries into Divine truth,
or a guide to a candidate for the Christian ministry in introducing him to his
theological studies (p.
xi)... In 1731 appeared the first edition of Mr. Ridgeley's great work -- that
in connection with which chiefly his name lives in history, and whose
influence, as an instrument of good, will probably render him celebrated and useful
for generations to come... (p. xxii).
Moreover Wilson writes,
a taste, however, for the racy
and substantial theological writings of the days of Britain's moral giants has
of late revived; and it will scarcely fail to adopt, as one of the richest
dishes of its multifarious banquet for the intellect and the soul, Dr.
Ridgeley's Body of Divinity (p. xxi).
Additionally, Wilson concludes his "Life of
the Author" with these words,
His method of reasoning he has adapted to the
capacities of those who are unacquainted with the abstruse terms made use of by
metaphysicians and schoolmen, and when introduced into subjects of theology,
have a tendency rather to perplex than to improve the mind. His scheme of divinity is evidently Calvinistic; but; then, he has explained his subjects with so much
moderation and latitude, as to obviate many of the objections raised against
the system of doctrines that passes under that name. Upon the whole, it is probable that the English language
does not furnish a work of this nature that, for perspicuity of language,
extent of research, accuracy of judgement, and judicious description of the
numerous subjects that fall under examination, any way equals this work of Dr.
Ridgeley... he was accounted one of
the most considerable divines of his age (emphasis added, p. xxiii).
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Resource 28.
WAGNER, MICHAEL G.
A Presbyterian Political
Manifesto: Presbyterianism and Civil Government (1995)
Using citations from great Presbyterians of the
past such as Rutherfurd, Gillespie and Knox, and the thoughts of modern day
Reformers and Reconstructionists, Wagner demonstrates how the impossibility of
neutrality in civil matters leads inescapably to established religion. He then
builds the Biblical case for establishmentarianism and deals with some of the
hard questions regarding religious liberty and toleration (in such a state). He also shows how the Westminster Confession of Faith should be the doctrinal basis for the state, as well as
the church (as it is a faithful summary of biblical teaching). Contains a great bibliography. This is the best
short introduction dealing with this subject. Wagner has completed his
Doctorate in political science at a major Canadian University.
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Resource 29.
BARROW, GREG
The Covenanted Reformation
Defended (1998)
Unsurpassed on points related to the Lord's supper, separation and covenanting as
set forth by the best Reformers and best Reformed churches. This book is
particularily strong on matters related to the original intent of the
Westminster divines! It includes great citations from
Calvin and the Westminster Assembly. Deals with many foundational
aspects of the Covenanted Reformation (which
gave us the Westminster Standards and the Solemn
League and Covenant) from numerous original
source documents (from the Westminster
Assembly's advice to the English Parliament on the Lord's Supper to the
official records of Calvin's Covenanting in Geneva).
Comprehensive and compelling, this is a shocking
(and sometimes advanced) look at what really
took place during both the first and second Reformations -- with
extensive quotations from the writings of the major Reformers (not just quotes
from what others have written about them). It conclusively and irrefutably
demonstrates that those churches which today call themselves Presbyterian (and
even many which claim a more general Reformed heritage) have seriously departed
from the Scriptural standards, principles and worship of these previous
Spirit-led Reformations.
The Covenanted Reformation
Defended is written in an easy-to-read and easy-to-understand format and
is an unsurpassed work that should not be missed by anyone interested in real
Reformation in our day. This is without a doubt the
best book to read if you want to understand what it means to be a Covenanter
and to walk in the blood-stained footsteps of the witnessing church (Christ's
Covenanted and Reformed flock) (Song 1:8)! 318 pages, 8.5"
X 11".
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Resource 30.
WESTMINSTER ASSEMBLY
The Reasons Presented by the Dissenting
Brethren Against Certain Propositions Concerning Presbyterial Government. And
the Proofs of them Voted by the Assembly of Divines, sitting by authority of
Parliament, at Westminster. Together With the Answer of the Assembly of Divines
to those Reasons of Dissent (1648)
It is interesting to note, as Hetherington
points out in his History of the Westminster Assembly of Divines (p. 220), that,
(i)n their answer, the Assembly
Divines seem almost to have been ashamed to analyze and expose the weak
sophistry of the Dissenting Brethren's argument... but by availing themselves
of the concessions made by the Independents in the course of their own
illustrations, they completely overthrow the whole Congregational theory.
Regarding the book itself Hetherington writes,
These reasons of Dissent, and the Answers by the
Assembly, occupied the attention of that venerable body during the conclusion
of the year 1644, and the early part of the year 1645; and when fully completed,
both the reasons and the answers were submitted to the consideration of the
Parliament for a considerable time, and when the discussions of the Assembly
had terminated, an order was issued by the House of Lords, on the 24th of
January 1648 (or 1647, according to their style), that these reasons and
answers should be printed from the papers in the hands of Adoniram Byfield, one
of the Assembly's scribes, after having been inspected by Messrs Goodwin and
Whittaker, to secure their genuineness and authenticity; and they were
published in the same year... In the year 1652, the same publication received a
new title-page, and was called The Grand Debate
concerning Presbytery and Independency, by the Assembly of Divines convened at
Westminster by authority of Parliament (History of the
Westminster Assembly of Divines, pp. 221-222).
In short, this is a definitive answer to the
best the Independents had to offer. This photocopy is taken from what had
previously been Samuel Miller's personal copy of this title. 314 pages.
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Resource 31. BROWN
(of Haddington), JOHN
The Absurdity and Perfidy of
All Authoritative Toleration of Gross Heresy, Blasphemy, Idolatry, Popery, in
Britain (1797,
1803 edition)
The sub-title reads: "In two letters to a friend in which the doctrine of the Westminster Confession of Faith relative to Toleration of a False Religion, and the power
of the civil magistrate about sacred matters; and the nature, origin, ends and
obligation of the National Covenant and Solemn League are candidly represented
and defended."
Here Brown deals with
three major Reformation attainments (anti-tolerationism, establishmentarianism
and the obligations of lawful covenants as they biblically bind posterity) that
Satan has always been especially concerned to overthrow -- in every major
demonic move to open the floodgates of lawlessness, anarchy and misrule.
Fletcher, in the preface to the 1797 edition, relates this truth as it comes to
bear on various religious professors, stating,
Papists were enemies to our
covenants because they were a standard lifted up against their system of
abominable idolatries. Episcopalians were enemies to them, because they were a
standard lifted up against their anti-scriptural church-officers and inventions
of men in the worship of God. Some Presbyterians are enemies to them in our day
through ignorance of their nature and ends; and others through fear of being
too strictly bound to their duty (Cited in Johnston, Treasury of the
Scottish Covenant, p. 486).
It is also interesting to note the long list of
backsliders and heretics that often oppose one or more of these points.
The ancient Donatists, a sect of Arian
separatists,
who appeared about the beginning of the 4th Century, seem to have been among
the first who held out these opinions to the Christian world. Feeling the
weight of the arm of power for their schismatical practices, by way of
reprisal, they stript the magistrate of all power in religion;--maintaining
that he had no more power about religious matters than any private person, and
refusing him the right of suppressing the propagators of doctrines different
from those professed by the Church, or the observers of a different form of
worship. From them the German Anabaptists adopted the same views. Then the Socinians (i.e. an early form of Scripture-denying
liberals--RB)
and remonstrant Arminians, whenever the magistrate ceased to patronize
their cause. The English Independents
during the time of the Long Parliament were the zealous supporters of the same
opinions. In their rage for liberty of conscience, they
formed the strongest opposition in the Westminster Assembly which the
Presbyterians had to encounter. Through their influence that
venerable body was much embarrassed (hindered-- RB) in their proceeding; and by
their means (in collusion with that "Judas of
the Covenant," Cromwell--RB), certain passages of the
Confession of Faith never obtained the ratification of the English Parliament.
The English Dissenters of the present age are generally in the same views,
especially the Socinians, the Arians, and the Quakers, who have most to dread
from the Laws of the Land against their blasphemies. And who knows not that the
high reputation of Mr. Locke as a Philosopher... has given these
opinions such an air of respectability, that many youth in the Universities
have been thereby inclined to embrace them? (Preface, pp. vi-vii).
In our day the tree of toleration (and the
anti-Scriptural principles which logically grow out of it) has spread its
branches in ways that could have never been envisioned by those that took the
first steps away from biblical and covenanted uniformity. What Brown is fighting against here is an error so
foundational that when left unchecked it permeates all of society, cutting out
the foundational roots that are necessary for all national Reformations
-- and "if the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?"
(Ps. 11:3).
Furthermore, as the preface notes
"liberty of conscience and of opinion" are "the great idols of
the day." Here Brown takes out his covenantal hammer and smashes these
idols with an inconoclastic zeal worthy of our earlier Reformed forefathers.
This book is especially useful in answering the
persistent fear and questions that always arise when these old Reformed views
are discussed: that is, the questions dealing with religious persecution. Brown
spends much time in clearing the Westminster
Divines of such false charges, while also setting these
controversial Reformed teachings on a thoroughly biblical foundation.
Interestingly, in the section defending the
continuing obligation of the National and Solemn League and Covenant, we also
note that the Westminster Assembly considered the
Solemn League and Covenant an "everlasting covenant."
Brown cites the following as proof,
That the body of the English
nation also swore the Solemn League and Covenant, is manifest. The
Westminster Assembly and English Parliament, affirm, 'The
honourable house of Parliament, the Assembly of Divines, the renowned city of
London, and multitudes of other persons of all ranks and quality in this
nation, and the whole body of Scotland, have all sworn it, rejoicing at the
oath so graciously seconded from heaven. God will, doubtless, stand
by all those, who with singleness of heart shall now enter into an everlasting
covenant with the Lord' (p. 161, emphasis added).
The footnote tells us that the section Brown was
quoting was taken from "Exhortation to take the Covenant, February,
1644."
Brown also includes a helpful section on a point
some modern day malignants are once again attempting to use to overthrow the
biblical attainments of the covenanted Reformation. This section shows that the
"(t)he intrinsic obligation of promises, oaths, vows, and covenants
which constitutes their very essence or essential form, is totally and
manifestly distinct from the obligation of the law of God in many
respects"
(p. 120, emphasis added).
Finally, we cite a portion of Brown's dying testimony to his children
given in the introduction (p. xix). Such testimonies, from notable Christian
leaders, often contain singularly pertinent charges to their hearers. (For
another notable example of this see James
Renwick's dying testimony, as he was about to be martyred for his adherence to
the Solemn League and Covenant, when he recounts what was later to become most
of the terms of communion in Covenanted Presbyterian churches. This
testimony can be found in Thompson's A Cloud of Witnesses for the Royal
Prerogatives of Jesus Christ Being the Last Speeches and Testimonies of those
Who Have Suffered for the Truth in Scotland Since... 1680 [ http://www.swrb.com/catalog/h.htm ]). Here are Brown's
dying words to his children:
'Adhere constantly, cordially and
honestly to the Covenanted Principles of the Church of Scotland, and to that
Testimony which hath been lifted up for them. I fear a generation is rising up
which will endeavour silently,' (O how prophetic!) 'to let slip these matters,
as if they were ashamed to hold them fast, or even to speak of them (as with
many "reformed" publishers and preachers today, who dare not touch
the topics Brown deals with in this book--RB). May the Lord forbid that any of
you should ever enter into this confederacy against Jesus Christ and his cause!
This from a dying father and minister, and a witness for Christ' (Signed) 'John
Brown.'
If you have the moral courage to
compare the original Reformed faith with that which is often promoted under its
name today (and in many ways the old Reformed faith bears little resemblance to
the "new light" Reformers and innovators of our day), then this is an
ideal book to obtain and study. 213 pages.
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Resource 32.
REFORMED PRESBYTERY
An Explanation and Defence of
the Terms of Communion, Adopted by the Community of Dissenters, etc.
Defends the inescapable necessity of
creeds and confessions, while promoting a fully creedal church membership. Shows how the law of God
obliges all Christians "to think the same things, and to speak the same
things; holding fast the form of sound words, and keeping the ordinances as
they have been delivered to us" (Col. 3:13).
After laying some basic groundwork, this book
proceeds to defend the six points of the "Terms of Ministerial and
Christian Communion Agreed Upon by the Reformed Presbytery." These six points are the most conservative and
comprehensive short statements of consistent Presbyterianism you will likely
ever see. Besides the obvious acknowledgement of the alone
infallible Scriptures, the Westminster Standards, and the divine right of
Presbyterianism, these points also maintain the perpetual obligation of our
Covenants, National and Solemn League, the Renovation of these covenants at
Auchensaugh in 1712, and the Judicial Act, Declaration and Testimony emitted by the Reformed
Presbytery.
In short, this book sets
forth adherence to the whole of the covenanted reformation, in both church and
state, as it has been attained by our covenanting forefathers.
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Resource 33.
MORRIS, EDWARD D.
Nature and Use of Creeds (1900)
This is the first chapter from Morris' massive Theology
of the Westminster Symbols [$24.95 P; $34.00 HP]. A good
defense of the necessity of creeds, the importance of doctrine, the formulation
of creeds, historic development, theories of subscription, etc.
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Resource 34. SMITH,
THOMAS
Select Memoirs of the Lives,
Labours, and Sufferings, of Those Pious and Learned English and Scottish
Divines, Who Greatly Distinguished Themselves in Promoting the Reformation from
Popery; In Translating the Bible; and in Promulgating Its Salutary Doctrines by
Their Numerous Evangelical Writings; and Who Ultimately Crowned the
Venerable Edifice with the Celebrated Westminster Confession of Faith,
etc. etc. etc. (1828)
"The Work with
the lives of those renowned English Worthies, who introduced and effected the
glorious Reformation from popery, and concludes with those, who, unsatisfied
with the splendid ceremonial and Romish peculiarities of the church of England,
could not conscientiously conform to her superstitious ritual, and were
therefore denominated Non-conformists or Puritans. The Reformation of the church of Christ was the sole object
of both, their opinions were the same, and it will be difficult to determine
who suffered most, or acted the better part. The same reasons that
induced the former to labour for the Reformation from Popery induced the latter
to exert themselves for the Reformation of the church of England. Their
labours, their influence, and their zeal, were devoted to this desirable work,
and notwithstanding that they endeavoured, by the most peaceable means, to purge the church, of which they were members, from all
its antchristian impurities, they were branded with the name puritans, and many
of them, for their non-conformity, suffered suspension, imprisonment, and
persecution even unto death. The Work will therefore furnish the
reader with a circumstantial account of the arduous conflict of religious
liberty, from the days of John Wickliffe. Here he will find some of the
merciless proceedings of the court of High Commission and the Star-Chamber, two
terrible engine's of cruelty and injustice, whose unparalleled oppressions, and
unprecedented barbarities, in place of reconciling men to the unity of the
established religion, drove them farther and farther off, confirmed them in
their non-conformity, alienated their minds from the prelatical priesthood, and
greatly increased their own number and reputation. In a Work of this nature, it
appeared necessary to give the reader some account of the errors,
encroachments, and corruptions of the Romish church, that led to the long and
arduous struggle before us. This he will find in the Historical Sketch of the
Christian Church (From the Ascension of Christ -- RB), with which the Memoirs
are introduced." (Preface, pp. vii-viii).
Also included is a "Short
Introduction to the Lives of the Puritans." This is a major historical
work, both for scope and accuracy. It covers the
lives of 132 principal Reformers; among them: Ames, Baille, Baxter, Bolton,
Bradford, the Burgess' (both Anthony and Cornelius), Case, Cawdrey, Coverdale,
Cotton, Fox, Gillespie, Goodman, Goodwin, Henderson, Hooker, Hooper, Janeway,
Latimer, Lightfoot, Ridley, Rogers, Rutherford, Sibbs, Tyndale, Vines, and a
host of others. For the book-lover, researcher and student (of the
historical and doctrinal struggle for Reformation), a
convenient and helpful list of books by each author covered is appended to the
end of each memoir. 724 pages.
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Resource 35.
WILLSON, JAMES M.
Some Reasons for Retaining the
Westminster Confession as the Basis of Ecclesiastical Union
Explains why the use of the
Westminster Confession is one of the best ways in which to obtain godly
ecclesiastical union.
This booklet pays special attention to the biblical teaching regarding civil
government and shows why changes to the original WCF (regarding this matter)
has resulted, not surprisingly, in much ecclesiastical disunity. It also
contains some interesting notes on the millennial power and glory that will be
exhibited in both church and state "in the day of the Lord's power".
Excerpted from the Original Covenanter and Contending Witness magazine (volumes
1:1-4).
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Resource 36.
JOHNSTON, JOHN C.
Treasury of the Scottish Covenant (1887)
A massive listing (over 671 pages) covering Covenanting literature from the period of the
Reformation to its publication in 1887. Contains not only the principal literary productions of the Covenanters
(in the course of the long-sustained and heroic resistance offered by them to
the spiritual despotism thrust against them in both church and state), but all of the chief historical documents connected
with this period of history. Inspiration and courage can be drawn
from the memories and associations of these events and writings. Here is one
example of what you will find (from page 349 in the book),
(Richard) Camerons' head and
hands, cut from his body at Airsmoss, were taken to his father, then suffering
in prison in Edinburgh for the Covenant. He was asked if he knew them. 'His
words,' says Dr. Kerr, 'were surely the most touching of all the memories of
that cruel time: 'I know, I know them! they are my son's, my dear son's! It is
the Lord: good is the will of the Lord, who cannot wrong me nor mine, but has
made goodness and mercy to follow us all our days.' After which, by order of
the Council, his head was fixed upon the Netherbow Port, and his hands beside
it, with the fingers upward -- a kind of preaching 'at the entry of the city,
at the coming in at the doors,' that told more for his cause and against the
persecutors than all the words he could have spoken.
A must for every serious
theological student, religious library, or rare book collector who has any
interest in Reformation thought and/or literature. It is a veritable
gold mine of information, facts, documents, book listings and more!
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Resource 37.
WILLSON, JAMES M.
The Distinct Denominational
Position of the Reformed Presbyterian Church (1860)
The Covenanter church and its
distinctives explained in an easy to read summary. A great short
introduction upholding the "Crown Rights of King Jesus!". Excerpted
from the Original Covenanter and Contending Witness magazine (volumes
1:7-16).
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Resource 39. WESTMINSTER
DIVINES & OTHER PURITANS (Gouge, Gataker, et al.)
The Westminster Annotations
and Commentary on the Whole Bible
(6 volumes, 1657)
The diligence given, the energy expended, the
obvious humility, and the fearful trembling before God's Word which is evident
in these commentators makes this truly a classic Puritan work -- a work of great
value! Just knowing, as Barker points out, that this commentary was "prepared mostly by Westminster divines, by order of
Parliament, at the time of the Assembly" (Puritan Profiles, p. 37), certainly
bodes well for the level of scholarship it contains. Moreover, with Gouge, one
of the most respected English Covenanters at the Assembly playing a major role,
the thoughtful student of Scripture and history ought to take note: for a theological feast of mature Puritan thought surely
awaits those that sup at this table. Esteemed, by the mid-1640's,
"as the father of the London Ministers," Gouge was elected as
Assessor for the Westminster Assembly on Nov. 25, 1647. His detractors
sometimes called him an "arch Puritan" (cf. Ibid., p. 35). Dr. Gouge's
"share of the useful work consisted of Kings, and the subsequent books
down to Esther, inclusive" (Smith, Select Memoirs of English and
Scottish Divines,
p. 534). Most of the others chosen to this work had similar credentials, though
not all exhibit equal proficiency and some later backslid from attainments
reached at this point. Nevertheless, when the commentators were first chosen,
these Annotations were produced by some of the most
qualified English Puritans -- as a historical high water mark for Puritan
scholarship was beginning to crest. Furthermore, in prosecuting this
work the divines note, "therefore we have put ourselves to much more pains
(for many months) in consulting with many more authors, in several languages,
than at first we thought of, that (for the propriety of the original text, for
pertinent and profitable variety of versions, for consonancy of parallel
Scriptures, and for perspicuity in clearing of the darkest places) we might
bring in such observations, as might not only serve to edify the ordinary
reader, but might likewise gratify our brethren of the ministry, at least such
among them, as have not the means to purchase, or leisure to pursue, so many
books, as (by order of the Committee) we were furnished with all, for the
finishing of the work, committed to our hands" (preface). As the work wore
on, however, it became apparent that the original intention (of printing these
annotations as marginal notes in the Bible) would no longer fit the scope and
length of commentary that had been produced. Thus, the notes were not added to
the Scriptures directly, but rather published as a separate commentary (which
we are offering here) -- except that we have divided the work into six volumes
rather than the original two, because of logistics.
Brook calls this a "useful work" and says
of its authors that "several of them were celebrated puritans" (Lives
of the Puritans,
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Resource 40. BEZA,
THEODORE
(Revised and enlarded by Peter
Hall)
The Harmony of Protestant Confessions
Exhibiting the Faith of the Churches of Christ, Reformed After the Pure and
Holy Doctrine of the Gospel, Throughout Europe
After 1579 (and some failed attempts at writing
a common Protestant Confession), it was decided that it would be a safer plan
to compile a Harmony, in which the Protestant
Confessions already extant could be distributed under certain heads, and by
which all parties involved might be called back to agreement and any appearance
of variation that existed might be discussed and explained. The
design was accordingly entrusted to Theodore Beza
(Calvin's student and successor in Geneva), Daneau, and Salnar. Twelve major Confessions, beginning
with Augsburg (1530) through to The Confession of Scotland (1560), are catalogued according to topics (loosely ordered along the general lines of the
headings found in the Westminster Confession) in this unique and massive volume. The Westminster
Confession (1647), The Synod of Dort (1619), The Thirty-nine Articles of the
Church of England (1571), and the Irish Articles of 1615, have all been
appended to this work, increasing its value and making it the most comprehensive compilation and topically indexed
reference tool available to creedal Christians today! Over 700 pages.
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Resource 41. BEEKE,
JOEL & SINCLAIR FERGUSON
Reformed Confessions
Harmonized: With an Annotated Bibliography of Reformed Doctrinal Works
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Scottish-English: The Westminster
Confession of Faith (1646-47) and the Larger and Shorter Catechisms (1647)
This book's practical value is further enhanced
by its arrangement. The various confessions of faith have been arranged in
parallel columns under the traditional categories and subject headings of
systematic theology.
Readers will find it easy to study and compare the formulations on particular
points of doctrine, such as the Trinity, justification, Christian liberty, and
baptism... Drs. Beeke and Ferguson also provide a
historical introduction to the confessions and the respective conditions under
which they were framed. For those
who desire to do further research, an extensive annotated bibliography (of 24
pages--RB) of Reformed theological writings is included" (back cover). 284
(8.5" X 11") pages.
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