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Songs To Be Used in the Worship of God (1848)
An easy-reading introduction to the arguments defending exclusive Psalmody.
Prepared under the authority of the Associate Synod. 21 pages.
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The Controversy Between The Puritans and the
Stage (1903, Yale Studies in English)
This book gives a detailed
account of the Puritans' opposition to theatre and the various reasons why they
opposed it. Thompson analyses the
most important Puritan writings against stage-plays, and sets them in
historical context. This includes a whole chapter on William Prynne's massive
blast against the stage, Histro-Mastic, the
Players Scourge. He also looks at how supporters of theatre,
especially the playwrights, defended plays and attacked and mocked the
Puritans. This latter part is interesting because it shows that Puritans were
the object of abuse in a number of plays in the 1600s, much like Christians
today are caricatured on television and in movies. William Shakespeare,
however, deliberately avoided offending Puritans. Shakespeare thought highly of
the Lollards, and if he was "unwilling even apparently to ridicule a
Lollard, it is not unreasonable to suppose that he would have been unwilling to
mock, even in a general way, the Puritans of his own day (pp. 252-253)."
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reason to oppose the theatre of their day. The plays were frequently obscene and immoral. Furthermore, they were
often performed on the Lord's Day, which was a clear Sabbath violation.
Thompson concludes that "we must admit that the Puritan was led to his
position by the sense of public order and morality, and that his just sentence
stopped the vileness of a rapidly deteriorating drama (p. 266)."
Ultimately, this book is useful
in demonstrating that the Puritans (broadly speaking) where not necessarily
against all stage plays per se, but rather against the abuse of them (which was common in
their day). Moreover, some Puritans
themselves, as Scholes points out (in The
Puritans and Music), approved of the opera -- and earlier
Reformers like John Foxe, the famous martyrologist,
even wrote a play himself (titled Christus Triumphans)! Furthermore, Thompson notes that
"Calvin seems to have yielded to the popular demand for stage-plays"
(p. 262n) and the Westminster Larger Catechism
(Answer 139) is careful to condemn "lascivious" stage
plays, not all stage plays in general. This
is in keeping with the rulings of the Scottish
General Assembly concerning stage plays as noted below,
For as much as it
is considered that the playing of clerk-plays, comedies, or tragedies upon the
canonical parts of Scripture, induceth and bringeth in with a contempt and
profanation of the same. Therefore it is thought meet, and ordained that no
clerk-plays, comedies and tragedies be acted of the canonical Scriptures either
of the New or Old Testament on the Sabbath day or work days in time coming; and
that the contraveeners, if they be Ministers, be deprived of their function; if
others, that they be censured and disciplined of the Kirk. And that an article
be given in to such as sit upon policy that comedies, tragedies, and other
profane plays which are not made upon authentic parts of Scripture, may be
considered before they be acted publicly,
and that they be not acted upon the Lord's Day (Edinburgh, March, 1575)... That his Grace would
discharge the plays of Robin Hood, King of May, and such others on the
Sabbath Day (Edinburgh, April, 1577)
(David Calderwood, True History of the Church of Scotland, one volume edition,
pp. 822, 823, 825, emphases added).
It should also be noted, that though the
author is not an outright friend of Puritanism, he does attempt to be objective
and has thus produced a study full of many useful
references, source documentation and otherwise hard-to-find research on this
topic. 274 pages.
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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
An amazing book compiled to show how -- and especially why (from their own
dying testimonies) -- the Covenanters suffered, bled and died. These brave
martyrs for Christ laid the foundation for liberty and truth in both church and
state. They have much to say to us today, as Satanic civil and ecclesiastical
tyranny is always ready to burst forth -- witness the state sanctioned abortion
holocaust; state encroachment into Christian and home schools; legalization of
blasphemy in movies, on TV, in newspapers, in music, etc.; Sabbath desecration;
whoremongers, liars and covenant breakers in civil office; the legalization of
sodomy; the public toleration of gross heresy, blasphemy, idolatry (especially
in the Papal antichrist), antichristian religions, satanism, etc. Though the
issues and ferocity of persecution (by the Popes, prelates, and Erastians) were
more obvious during the times covered in this book, the message to contemporary
Christians could not be clearer: we are involved in a life and death struggle.
Few books are this moving or this edifying -- a real treasure! (658 pp., 1884
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The Martyr Graves of Scotland
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the martyrs, and to places closely associated with memorable events in
Covenanting history," writes the editor Matthew Hutchison. The lives and
principles of the martyrs are woven in throughout these descriptions. Includes
David Hay Fleming's "Story of the Scottish Covenants in Outline," as
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Alexander Henderson the Covenanter
"The period which followed the Union of the Crowns of Scotland and England
contains the opening of that contest between Presbytery and Episcopacy, which
occupies so much of our history, and some of its most interesting episodes took
place between 1618-1646, the years which comprise the active public life of him
who is the subject of the following pages. For this reason the life and career
of Alexander Henderson must always possess the greatest interest to any student
of Scottish history... The virtues of the great are apt to be overestimated
after they are dead and gone, but there is not one word of exaggeration in the
eulogy which Baillie delivered to the General Assembly in 1647,... 'That
glorious soul of blessed memory, who now is crowned with the reward of all his
labours for God and for us, I wish his remembrance may be fragrant among us, so
long as free and pure Assemblies remain in this land, which we hope shall be to
the coming of the Lord. You know he spent his strength, and wore out his days,
he breathed out his life in the service of God and of his Church. This binds it
on our back, as we would not prove ungrateful, to pay him his due. If the
thoughts of others be conformed to my inmost sense, in duty and reason, he
ought to be accounted by us and posterity the fairest ornament, after John
Knox, of incomparable memory, that we the Church of Scotland did enjoy'"
(pp. 5, 158). Henderson had a major hand in the writing of and international
subscription to the Solemn League and Covenant. He was also one of the Scottish
commissioners to the Westminster Assembly.
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The Scottish Covenanters 1637-1688
Contains a fair selection of constitutional documents and "a considerable
amount of space has been devoted to passages illustrating the social life of
the period." All in all this is a nice, easy-reading introduction to the
people and period it deals with -- one of the historic high points in the history
of theology and faithful Christian testimony. 120 pages.
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THORBURN, JOHN
Vindiciae Magistratus: or, the Divine Institution and Right
of the Civil Magistrate Vindicated (1773)
The
title continues: "Wherein are properly stated
and ascertained, the true nature and extent of the moral power of civil society
and magistracy, legislative and executive. The just instituted authority of
magistrates. The inviolableness of just human laws and constitutions in
general, and particularly those of Scotland. The natural and unalienable rights
of individuals in, or with respect to civil society. And the true causes from
which a moral relation flows, and upon which a moral obligation is founded,
etc. Against the truly factious and immoral doctrine of John Thomson (Burger
Associate) minister of the gospel at Donaghclony in Ireland... maintained in
his pretended confutation of the principles of the Reformed Presbytery, in a
pamphlet entitled The Presbyterian Covenanter displayed in his political
Principles, and the Imposter detected. To which is subjoined by way of
appendix, A vindication of the constitution of the Reformed Presbytery, and of
the character, ministerial mission and authority of the Rev. Mr. John M'Millan
Senior, deceased, from the groundless cavils of Mr. W.W. and Seceders. By his
son. The whole being humbly offered as an apologetical representation and
defence of the principles of the said Presbytery, and of their people, commonly
known by the names of Old Dissenters, Cameronians, etc. against the injurious
charges and false imputations cast upon them, first by the established church
of Scotland, and then by the Secession." Goold, in his The
Reformed Presbyterian Church in Scotland: Its Origin and History 1680-1876, writes of Thorburn and this book, "He was a man
of studious habits, and his 'Vindiciae Magistratus,' in defence of the
principles of his Church against the attacks of the Secession, though lacking
the popular style of the writings of some of his brethren, was not inferior to
any of them in thorough grasp of the truth, and power of argument. Lord
Kames characterized it as the 'best defences of Whig principles;' and the late
Rev. Dr. A. M'Leod, of New York, himself a man of distinguished ability,
declared that he was more indebted to Mr. Thorburn, of Pentland, than to any
other man living or dead." Upon his death
Erskine said, "And he is gone! one of our greatest divines." Goold also notes of Thorburn that "a large
amount of work developed on him in connection with the preparation of the
'Judicial Act' (i.e. The Act, Declaration and Testimony for the Whole of Our
Covenanted Reformation--RB), so large
that he had to be freed for some time from his work as a preacher." He
"was the theologian of his Church; and in 1785 he
was unanimously appointed to be Tutor in Divinity to the students of the Church."
This has been called one of the best books ever
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Antinomianism
Those "who deny that the law of God is the measure of duty" are
antinomians. This book defines antinomianism, accounts for its origin, and
demonstrates its debilitating effect historically. It shows how legalism is the
parent of antinomianism, contrasting Arminian and Calvinistic views on this
subject. Concludes, in classic Calvinistic style, by upholding the truth that
salvation "is the free gift of God in Christ."
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Analysis of Calvin's Institutes, With Notes, Questions and Comments
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The Collected Writings of James Henley Thornwell (4 volumes)
Vol. I. Lectures on the Doctrine of God and on Divine Government (672 pages)
Vol. II. The Doctrines of Grace; Sermons; Discourses on Truth (632 pages)
Vol. III. Theological and Controversial; Rationalist Controversy: Reason,
Revelation and Miracles; Papal Controversy; Baptism, Justification,
Infallibility, the Apocrypha (824 pages)
Vol. IV. Writings on the Church: Church Officers,; Church Operations; Church
Disciplines; The Southern Presbyterian Church, etc., Sermons and Appendices
(640 pages)
J.W. Alexander once wrote the following of one of Thornwell's sermons,
"His sermon was a model of what is rare, viz.: burning hot argument, logic
in ignition, and glowing more and more to the end."
Henry Ward Beecher, the famous Northern liberal minister, wrote after
Thornwell's death, "By common fame, Dr. Thornwell was the most brilliant
minister in the Old School Presbyterian Church, and the most brilliant debater
in the General Assembly. This reputation he early gained and never lost.
Whenever he was present in the Assembly, he was always the first person pointed
out to a stranger."
Dr. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones said of him, "Thornwell was one of the
greatest preachers that America has ever produced."
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Election and Reprobation (1870)
With keen logic, Thornwell answers the usual objections that are hurled against
the doctrines of absolute and unconditional election and reprobation. He shows
that the Biblical teaching is consistent with both the moral character of God
and the moral agency of man. A Southern Presbyterian treatment of this subject.
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The Personality of God
Thornwell answers the tough question of "what it is to be a person,"
elaborating on the inescapable conclusions that flow from his definition, as
they apply to God, man and morality.
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The Relation of the State to Christ
This is the petition of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the
Confederate States of America to the Congress of the Confederate States of
America, then sitting in Richmond, Virginia. It argues that though the newly
formed Confederate Constitution was admirable in many respects, it still
laboured "under one capital defect," that being that it was not
"distinctively Christian." It asks the Confederate Congress to
"express the precise relations which the Government of these States ought
to sustain to the religion of Jesus Christ." Suggests "the following
or equivalent terms, to be added to the section providing for liberty of
conscience: Nevertheless we, the people of these Confederate States, distinctly
acknowledge our responsibility to God, and the supremacy of His Son, Jesus
Christ, as King of kings and Lord of lords; and hereby ordain that no law shall
be passed by the Congress of these Confederate States inconsistent with the
will of God, as revealed in the Holy Scripture."
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Thornwell Refutes Charles Hodge's Church Polity and Views on Worship
"When one thinks of the theologians produced by the American Presbyterian
Church, the name of James Henly Thornwell must be listed among the most
gifted," noted Morton Smith. Thornwell, regarding Hodge, writes,
"Whether it be that Dr. Hodge has never been a Pastor, and knows little of
the actual working of our system, or whether his mind is of an order that
refuses to deal with the practical and concrete, it so happens that he has
never touched the questions connected with the nature and organization of the Church
without being singularly unhappy." This book shows why.
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Covenanting Pilgrimages and Studies (1911)
This title was written after the two volumes, The Homes, Haunts, and
Battlefields of the Covenanters. It represents the author's
continuing studies and contains some new information regarding incidents and
people noted in the earlier volumes. This is especially true concerning the
portrayal of Alexander Peden. Others covered include Renwick, Cargill, Sharp,
the Howies, and many more. The story regarding Samuel Rutherford's "two
witnesses" is classic Scottish lore. Official acts (e.g. the proceedings
surrounding the signing of Covenants), martyrdoms, Declarations, battles, etc.,
are all covered.
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The Homes, Haunts, and Battlefields of the Covenanters (Volume 1, 1888)
Describes the more memorable places mentioned in connection with the great
Covenanting struggle in Scotland during the seventeenth century; and in doing
so weaves in much Covenanter history. Events and circumstances surrounding
Cameron, Peden and many others all come to life in this interesting and unique
volume.
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The Homes, Haunts, and Battlefields of the Covenanters (Volume 2, 1894)
Much the same as volume one noted above, but including different locations and
history.
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Arminianism: The Road to Rome
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A Letter to John Wesley Relative to His Pretended Abridgment of Zanchius
on Predestination
John Wesley's immorality can be clearly seen in that he once said that the
Biblical doctrine of predestination "represents our blessed Lord... as a
hypocrite, a deceiver of the people, a man void of common sincerity. This is
the blasphemy clearly contained in the horrible decree of predestination. And
here I fix my foot. On this I join issue with every assertor of it. You
represent God as worse than the devil: more false, more cruel, more
unjust." In addition to doctrinal degeneracy, 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. Of this high-handed sin, Wesley is never known to have repented. A
public sin, such as this, would warrant excommunication from any faithful
communion. Wesley received no Church censure, just the replies of Toplady --
who was faithful in this matter. This book also exposes Wesley as a plagiarist,
pointing out his pro-monarchy and anti-American sentiments.
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The Works of Augustus Toplady
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TRAILL, ROBERT
Justification Vindicated
Robert Traill (1642-1716), the son of a Scottish covenanting minister and exile
on the Bass Rock during the "Killing Times," wrote this masterful
defense of the doctrine of justification by faith alone in 1692. He defended
the biblical doctrine of justification by faith against antinomians who said,
"If justification is by grace alone, 'let us sin that grace may
abound.'" He also wrote against the teaching which viewed faith as the
ground of justification rather than Christ's righteousness. A Puritan Paperback
published by Banner of Truth.
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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.
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TRAILL, ROBERT
The Works of Robert Traill (1810, 4 Volumes)
Robert Traill was born in Scotland in 1642.
He attended the University of Edinburgh where he displayed considerable talent.
He studied divinity since he had decided to pursue the ministry. The brief biography
at the beginning of this set contains the following notable information:
"He
was intimate with the Rev. William Guthrie of Finwick, and several others of
the Presbyterian ministers; and was present when Mr. James Guthrie suffered
death for his adherence to the peculiar principles of the Scottish church"
(p. iv).
Traill's father, also a minister, had to flee
to Holland to escape prelatical persecution. Traill, himself, also suffered.
"In
1666, he was obliged to lurk for some time, together with his mother and elder
brother, because some copies of a book, entitled, 'An Apologetic Relation,
&c.' which the privy council had ordered to be publicly burnt, were found
in Mrs Traill's house"
(p. iv).
After the battle of Pentland Hills, where King
Charles II's forces defeated the Covenanters, Traill had to temporarily leave
Britain. "Our author was suspected of being among those that were in arms;
and a proclamation was issued by the council for apprehending him, which
obliged him to retire to Holland, to his father, where he arrived in the
beginning of the year 1667" (p. v).
Traill returned to Britain around 1670, and
was ordained by some Presbyterian ministers in London. Eventually he made his
way back to Scotland, where in July, 1677,
"he was
apprehended and brought before the privy council. To them, he acknowledged he
had kept house-conventicles; being interrogate, if he had preached at
field-conventicles, he referred that to proof, and declined to answer, it being
criminal by law; upon which he was ordered by the council to purge himself, by
oath, of preaching or hearing at them. This he peremptorily refused, as what,
in justice, he could not be obliged to do in his own cause. He owned he had
conversed with Mr. John Welsh, on the English border" (p. v).
As a result, Traill was put in
prison with other Covenanters, including the famous minister, Alexander Peden. He was released later that year, and returned to
England to continue as a pastor in London. He died in 1716.
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Letter from the late Mr.
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Recommendation to the Sermons
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Preface - by Robert Traill
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By What Means May Ministers
Best Win Souls?
Vindication of the Protestant
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Unjust Charge of Antinomianism
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Preface - by Robert Traill
Concerning the Lord's Prayer
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Steadfast Adherence to the
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Sermons on Important Subjects
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Sermons on Important Subjects
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Letter from Mr. Traill to his
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Letter from Mr. Traill to his
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Trapp's
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TRAPP, JOHN
Commentary
on GENESIS TO SECOND CHRONICLES (Volume 1 of 5, 1650, 1865-1868 edition)
A Clavis to the Bible, or a New
Comment upon the Pentateuch, or five books of Moses, wherein are: 1. Difficult
texts explained; 2. Controversies discussed; 3. Common places handled; 4. Cases
of Conscience cleared; 5. Many remarkable matters hinted, that had by other
interpreters been omitted; 6. Besides, divers texts of Scripture, which
occasionally occur, are fully opened. 7. And the whole so intermixed with
pertinent Histories, as will yield both pleasure, and profit to the judicious,
pious reader. Also includes commentaries and/or expositions upon the books of
Joshua, Judges, Ruth, I & II Samuel I & II Kings, I & II
Chronicles. Indexed.
TRAPP, JOHN
Commentary
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Love-Tokens and the Afflicted Man's Lessons
A Commentary or Exposition upon
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explained, some controversies are discussed, sundry cases of conscience are
cleared, and many remarkable matters hinted, that had by former interpreters
been pretermitted. In all which divers other texts of Scripture, which
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TRAPP, JOHN
Commentary
on PROVERBS TO DANIEL (Volume 3 of 5, 1650, 1865-1868 edition)
A Commentary upon the Books of
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations,
Ezekiel, and Daniel wherein the text is explained, some controversies are
discussed, divers common-places are handled, and many remarkable matters
hinted, that had by former interpreters been pretermitted, Besides sundry other
texts of Scripture (which occasionally occur) are fully opened, and the whole
so intermixed with pertinent histories, as will yield both pleasure and profit
to the judicious reader. Indexed.
TRAPP, JOHN
Commentary
on HOSEA TO MALACHI (Volume 4 of 5, 1654, 1865-1868 edition)
A Commentary, or Exposition Upon
the 12 Minor Prophets (Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum,
Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi), wherein the text is
explained, some controversies are discussed, sundry cases of conscience are
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Digged Up and Drawn Out Of That Incomparable Mine of Unsearchable Mystery,
Hebrew 1: 1-3". In all which diverse texts of Scripture which occasionally
occur, are fully opened, and the whole so intermixed with pertinent histories,
as will yield both pleasure and profit to the judicious reader. Indexed.
TRAPP, JOHN
Commentary
on MATTHEW TO REVELATION (Volume 5 of 5)
A Commentary or Exposition upon
all the books of the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, I
and II Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, I & II
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Arts, and Atheism. 1656 (1865-1868 edition). Indexed.
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TWISSE, WILLIAM
The Selected Works of William Twisse (6
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"Few men in the history of the world have displayed a
greater combination of intellect, piety, and Christ-centered polemics than
William Twisse (1578-1646), an earnest defender of God's absolute sovereignty... a man so eminent in
school-divinity, that the Jesuits have felt, and for ought I see, shrunk under his strength"
(Joel R. Beeke and Randall J. Pederson, Biographical
Introduction, pp. 1, 5).
"All writers against arminianism have made honourable
mention of his works, and acknowledged him to have been the mightiest man that age produced on
these controversies; and
the most learned of his adversaries have acknowledged, that there was nothing extant, on the arminian
controversy, more full and accurate than what is to be found in his works" (Thomas Smith, Select Memoirs,
p. 442, http://www.swrb.com/catalog/S.htm ).
"...he was recognized abroad as the most scholarly opponent of Arminian
theology... Twisse was
regarded as the most able disputant in England, his strength coming from his
courtesy and thorough understanding of his opponent's position... John Owen... referred to Twisse with great
respect: 'This great man... the learned Twisse... this renowned man; the very
illustrious, and the accurate Twisse'..." (William Baker, Puritan Profiles,
pp. 20-21).
This set includes the following six volumes.
Volume
One: The
Riches of God's Love, unto the vessels of mercy, consistent with His absolute
hatred or reprobation of the vessels of wrath, or an answer unto a book entitled God's Love unto
Mankind, manifested by disproving his absolute decree for their damnation, in
two books. The first being a refutation of the said book, as it was presented
in manuscript by Mr. Hord, the second being an examination of certain passages
inserted into M. Hord's discourse, formerly answered, by an author that
conceals his name but was supposed to be Mr. Mason, in London. 1653. With an
introduction by John Owen. 557 pages. ("This book contains an elaborate
defense of supralapsarianism, a doctrine Twisse considered 'a theological
nicety'" [Beeke/Pederson, Biographical Introduction, p. 7]).
Volume
Two: A
Treatise of Mr. Cotton's, clearing certain doubts concerning predestination together
with an examination written by W. Twisse. 1646. 304 pages.
Volume
Three: The
Doctrine of the Synod of Dort, and Arles, reduced to the practice with a consideration thereof and
representation with what sobriety it proceeds, divided into a preface and a
treatise. 198 pages.
Volume
Four: The
Christian Sabbath Defended Against
a Crying Evil in these Times of the Antisabitarians of our Age: Wherein it is
Shown that the Morality of the Fourth Commandment is Still in Force to Bind
Christians Unto the Sanctification of the Sabbath Day.
1652. 380 pages. (Along
with all the Scriptural and historical arguments, Twisse includes an
interesting section on Calvin and the Sabbath. William Twisse was the first
moderator at the famous Westminster Assembly of the mid-seventeenth century.)
Volume
Five: A
Brief Catechetical Exposition of Christian Doctrine, divided into four catechisms: Comprising the
doctrine of the two sacraments, the Lord's Prayer, the Ten Commandments, and
the Creed. 1645. 52 pages.
Volume
Six: A
Discovery of D. Jackson's Vanity, or a perspective glass, whereby the admirers of D. Jackson's profound
discourses, may see the vanity and weakness of them, in sundry passages, and
especially so far as they tend to the undermining of the doctrine hitherto
received. 1631. 719 pages. ("Twisse wrote against Dr. Thomas Jackson's (1579-1640)
A Treatise of the Divine Essence and Attributes [1628], but Jackson did not respond"
[Beeke/Pederson, Biographical Introduction, p. 6]).
On William Twisse:
"Parliament appointed the Prolocutor, or
presiding officer, of the Westminster Assembly. The choice of Dr. William
Twisse was unanimous in both the House of Lords and the House of
Commons. This no doubt reflected two things: his
international reputation as an orthodox Reformed scholar and his moderate
spirit...
(H)is Calvinistic credentials were
clear from his published opposition to Arminianism, and his strong sabbatarian
views marked him as a Puritan... he refused in 1618 to read the King's 'Book of Sports'
because of his sabbath convictions... Twisse's
reputation had indeed grown through his publications...
In 1646 he published An Examination of Mr.
Cotton's Treatise concerning Predestination, a response to the views of John Cotton, a close friend... he was recognized abroad as the most scholarly opponent of
Arminian theology... Twisse was regarded as the most able disputant in England,
his strength coming from his courtesy and thorough understanding of his
opponent's position. As a controversialist, however, he preferred to
carry on disputations in writing: And, for this he gives the following reasons:
-- Because, these things may be done more quietly by writing; the managers of
the controversy will then be kept free from foreign discourse;
the arguments on each side may be more properly and deliberately weighed;
answers returned with due consideration; and the holy things of God may be more
decently handled... But Twisse's intellectual reputation, his even-handed
style, and his good humor helped the Assembly to start aright. Reid comments
concerning his writings:
"He often
affords considerable entertainment to his reader, by the vivacity of his
genius, and the sharpness and elegance of his wit. He sometimes uses jocose or
historical diversions, to animate the spirits of his readers, and to preserve
them from weariness..." John Owen... referred
to Twisse with great respect: 'This great man... the learned Twisse... this
renowned man; the very illustrious, and the accurate Twisse'...
The Royalist army had deprived him of his
living from Newbury, and therefore Parliament had to make a special provision
for him... He was buried in Westminster Abbey, and his funeral was attended by
the whole Assembly... when he died he was a widower with four sons and three
daughters... Following the Restoration, on September 9, 1661 his remains, along
with others, were dug up and thrown into a common pit in St. Margaret's
churchyard. Having never sought preferment, Twisse would not have minded.
Shortly before his death he had uttered these words as nearly his last: 'Now,
at length, I shall have leisure to follow my studies to all eternity'"
(William Baker, Puritan Profiles,
pp. 18-21).
"...at the age of eighteen, he was sent
to New college, Oxford, where he was chosen fellow. Here he spent sixteen
years, and by the most assiduous attention to his studies, acquired an
extraordinary proficiency in logic, philosophy, and divinity. His profound
erudition was manifested in his public lectures and learned disputations, but
more especially by his correcting the works of the celebrated Bradwardine... He
was an admired and popular preacher; and though some considered his sermons too
scholastic, he was greatly followed both by the students and townsmen... On his arrival in England, he took his final leave of the
court, and retired to a country village, and mean house, where he devoted
himself to those profound studies, by which he laid the foundation of those
rare and elaborate works, which will be admired by pious and learned men to the
latest posterity...
He had no taste for worldly riches, nor
ambition for ecclesiastical preferment, but modestly refused them when offered
him. Few ecclesiastics have ever been more anxious to obtain church preferment
than Dr. Twisse was to avoid it...
With a view to arrest the progress of
puritanism and serious religion, which were making alarming encroachments on
the church, King James introduced a Book of Sports, for the amusement of his
loving subjects on the Sabbath-day, either before or after divine service...
His son, Charles I., pursuing similar views, again proclaimed an enlarged copy
of the said book, which he ordered to be read from the pulpits of every parish
in the kingdom, under the pain of suspension and deprivation. Regardless of the
penalty, Dr. Twisse refused to read it, and even ventured to declare himself
decidedly against all such Sabbath profanation. Other faithful ministers did
the same; for which they suffered the penalty. The doctor, however, came off
better than many of his brethren, who were suspended from their ministry,
driven out of the kingdom, or committed to prison... Dr. Twisse was poor, and
lived in an obscure situation, his fame was great
in all the reformed churches, and that therefore nothing severe could be done against him without
becoming a public reproach to themselves. Dr. Twisse continued to exhibit his
public testimony against the Book of Sports, till it was finally ordered to be
burnt by the hands of the hangman, on the 5th of May 1643. He spared neither
king nor parliament, but, with great ingenuity, turned this their own act
against themselves...
From the books he had published,
particularly his controversial works, he obtained an amazing celebrity. Here
his talents and erudition were employed on his favourite subjects, without the
least [government -- RB] control, and with unrivaled success. Amongst his numerous antagonists were Dr. Thomas
Goodwin, a man of great learning, and celebrated for his knowledge in
antiquities... Mr. John Goodwin, the celebrated
advocate for arminianism, whom he is said to have refuted with great learning
and judgment. His next contest was with Dr.
Cotton... He also successfully combated
the famous Arminius, and others, in defence of the doctrines of grace. His
answers to Dr. Jackson and Arminius, and his Riches of God's Love, when first published, were all suppressed by the
arbitrary appointment of bishop Laud...
In 1643 he was nominated, by
an order of parliament, prolocutor to the assembly of divines, who met at
Westminster, by an ordinance of
parliament, to settle religion and the government of the church... Dr.
Twisse... often expressed a wish that the fire of contention might be
extinguished, if it were even with his blood... through age his body had become
heavy and rather burdensome... During his long illness, he was visited by
people of all ranks, who were lovers either of religion or learning, to whom he
gave remarkable evidence of his faith, patience, and Christian resignation
under affliction. By the civil war he had been driven from his curacy and the
people of his charge at Newbury, and deprived of all his property by the royal
army; insomuch that when a deputation from the assembly visited him, they
reported that he laboured under great affliction and extreme poverty...
Mr. Clark says, "He was greatly admired
for his learning, subtle wit, and correct judgment, integrity, modesty, and
self-denial." Fuller calls him a divine of great abilities, piety,
learning, and moderation; and Wood says his plan
of preaching was good, his disputations were accounted better; but his pious
life was esteemed the best of all.
All writers against arminianism
have made honourable mention of his works, and acknowledged him to have been
the mightiest man that age produced on these controversies; and the most learned
of his adversaries have acknowledged, that there was nothing extant, on the
arminian controversy, more full and accurate than what is to be found in his
works."
(Thomas Smith, 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), pp. 437-442, http://www.swrb.com/catalog/S.htm )
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TYNDALE, WILLIAM
An Answer to Sir Thomas More's Dialogue, the Supper of the
Lord after the true meaning of John 6 and I Cor. 11, and Wm. Tracy's Testament
Expounded c. 1536
(1850)
John Foxe called William Tyndale "the Apostle of England." Smith, in
his Select Memoirs... of the English and Scottish Divines, writes, "Mr. Tyndale
was a man of seraphic piety, indefatigable study, and extraordinary learning...
Bishop Bayle says, that 'for knowledge, purity of doctrine, and holiness of
life, Tyndale ought to be esteemed the next English reformer to Wickliff'"
(pp. 106-107).
Sir Thomas More has for centuries occupied an
illustrious and exalted pedestal among those not only of England, but
throughout the world. He has been acclaimed as
both a scholar and statesman, and in 1935 he was canonized to
"sainthood" by Pope Pius XI. Indeed, upon the news of his
death the famous Erasmus eulogized this one "whose soul was more pure than
any snow, whose genius was such that England never had and never again will
have its like." More recently he received notoriety yet again, his famous
work, Utopia, playing prominently
as a gift to protagonist, Danielle (Drew Barrymore), from her father in the
1998 movie Ever After (notes Larry
Birger).
Regrettably, however, More was also an inveterate Papist who was known to have desired
Tyndale's execution. Heaton,
in The Bible of the Reformation
writes of More,
He thirsted for
the blood of those who differed from him in matters of faith, if he did not
turn the screw with his own hands to torture them, and jest at his victim's
sufferings... Sir Thomas More cast
Bainham, a Reformer, into prison within his own house, and was commonly said to
have whipped him at a tree in his garden... after which he sent him to be
tortured on the rack at the Tower (p. 90).
In his writings against the
Reformers and in his actions and thought one beholds the disgusting spectacle
of his blind zeal as a devotee of Antichrist.
To
those who objected to the burning of the New Testaments he (More--RB) answered,
"Whoso called
these books which were burned the New Testament gave them a wrong name, since
they were rather Tyndale's or Luther's Testaments, it being so corrupted and
changed from the good and wholesome doctrine of Christ to their own develish
heresies as to be quite another thing" (The Bible of the Reformation, p. 99).
Thus, it is clear at once why the
high opinion of Erasmus was not shared by reformer and martyr, William Tyndale.
It was in 1528,
that Sir Thomas More, being already regarded as the most accomplished scholar
in England, and having before his eyes a near prospect of being invited to fill
the chief place in his sovereign's council, was induced to accept bishop
Tonstal's permission to read the works of the reformers, that he might be
qualified to refute them; nor did he
suffer the year to elapse before he had composed, as the first fruits of his
consequent researches and zeal, an imaginary dialogue between himself and the
confidential messenger of a friend desirous to know his opinions respecting the
religious questions which were then forcing themselves into general notice
(from the "Introductory Notice" of the 1850 edition).
Merle d'Aubigne, in his History of the
Reformation of the Sixteenth Century
summarizes the dispute between Tyndale and More in this way,
Tyndale soon became
informed of More's publication, and a remarkable
combat ensued between these two representatives of the two doctrines that were
destined to divide Christendom -- Tyndale the champion of Scripture,
and More the champion of the (Roman--RB) church. More having called his book a
dialogue, Tyndale adopted this form in his reply, and the two combatants
valiantly crossed their swords, though wide seas lay between them. This theological duel is not without importance in the
history of the Reformation. The struggles of diplomacy, of
sacerdotalism, and of royalty were not enough; there must be struggles of
doctrine. Rome had set the hierarchy above the faith; the Reformation was to
restore faith to its place above the hierarchy (p. 833).
The scurrility and open heresy of More's Dialogue (which, among other things, rejected Tyndale's
English translation of the New Testament [1525-1526], "spirit and
letter," cf. The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation, p. 90) evoked a proportionately stiff reply (Titus
1:11-13; 2:15) from Tyndale, making this work lively reading and giving the modern student something of an idea of the
stark antithesis perceived and promoted by both Protestants and Roman Catholics
in the days of the Reformation. In sharp
contrast to and rebuke of our own modern indifference and (alleged) tolerance,
the reformer, like the other champions of truth in those times, realized that
nothing less was at stake than the glory of God, the excellency and sufficiency
of Christ's work, and the eternal souls of men -- and his writing reflects
this.
Tyndale's work displays numerous streams of
reformational thought, including the nature of the church (see chapter two, on
the being/well-being of the church, in Greg Barrow's Covenanted Reformation
Defended, FREE at: http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/misrep2.htm), the Pope
as Antichrist, the meaning and administration of the Lord's Supper, principles
of Scripture translation, and much more. While there are points evidencing
errors in need of correction by later reformers (such as Calvin, Knox, and the
Westminster divines), this brief and animated reply to More is must reading for
the serious student of Reformational history, and will, with the blessing of
the Spirit, excite zeal for Christ and holy indignation at the Papal
blasphemies -- past and present.
Extensive editorial notation
has been added by Rev. Henry Walter (of the Parker Society), including many
excerpts of More's replies to Tyndale, making this edition much more useful,
and bringing the doctrinal conflicts between the martyr for truth and the
vassal of the Dragon into sharper contrast. (As noted above, a
treatise on the Supper of the Lord, attributed to Tyndale, and remarks on and
defense of the Last Will and Testament of Mr. William Tracy, are also included
in this volume). This book also contains specimens of Tyndale's translations.
Tyndale's answer to More was originally
published circa 1531, this SWRB reprint is from the 1850 edition of the Parker
Society. 340 pages.
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William Tyndale: A Biography (1904)
William Tyndale was the first
man ever to attempt translating the Bible into English from the original
languages (Wycliffe had translated
from the Latin Vulgate). His work in this field was vital to the production of
English-language Bibles at the time of the Reformation. Because of his ground
breaking effort to produce a Bible in English, the editor of this biography of
Tyndale notes that "there are not lacking those
who consider him [Tyndale] to be the one man to whom modern Englishmen owe the
largest debt of gratitude (p. 5)." Thus anyone interested in
the Reformation in English-speaking countries would necessarily need to know
about Tyndale and his work. Furthermore, Robert Demaus' biography of this great
Reformer was done so well that "it was but
natural that the book should at once become the standard authority on the
subject, which it is now admitted on all hands to be (p. 5)."
The England that Tyndale was born into was
spiritually dark due to the religious dominance of the Romish Antichrist. At
that time the Bible "was practically unknown, either to clergy or to
people. The Convocation of the province of Canterbury had expressly forbidden
any man to translate any part of Scripture into the English tongue, or to read
such translation without the authority of the bishop, an authority not very
likely to be granted (p. 32)." But this was to be expected. "If the Pope was in very deed the antichrist foretold by
the apostles, then it was not surprising that he should use every effort to
keep the people in ignorance of that Divine rule which would so completely
expose the baselessness of his pretensions; it was only natural that the Holy Scriptures
should be buried in unknown tongues, and that the meaning of the passages which
occurred in the services of the Church should be obscured by whimsical,
allegorical interpretations (pp. 82-83)." Thus Tyndale decided
to undertake "the translation of the New Testament into the English
tongue, as the noblest service that he could render to his country, and an
indispensable preliminary to any possible reformation of the abuses which
abounded in the Church (p. 83)."
This book, then, recounts
Tyndale's heroic efforts to produce an English-language Bible. When he began this great project, the Reformation had
begun on the continent of Europe, but had not yet had much impact in England.
Thus opposition to his work in England would be too powerful. "It was
clearly impossible to translate the New Testament in England; but there was no
difficulty in translating it abroad, in some of those countries where the
Reformation had established itself (p. 111)." In 1524 he left England for
Germany, and never returned to his native country again.
Tyndale was able to translate the New
Testament in Germany, and it appears that the first copies arrived in England
in 1526 (p. 141). Chapter Five discusses Tyndale's New Testament, and describes
his scholarly qualifications. Tyndale had done such a good job of translation
that Demaus (writing in the nineteenth century) could say, "that the English New Testament, as we now have it, is, in
its substance, the unchanged language of Tindale's first version (p.
157)." Once the authorities in England discovered that an English
translation of the Bible was circulating in their country, they acted quickly
to stop its spread, confiscating any copies found, and arresting the
distributors. As a result, "for a time, doubtless, the circulation of the
New Testament in England was sensibly arrested (p. 188)."
After his translating of the New Testament,
Tyndale began translating the Old Testament. In 1531 the first English
translation of the Pentateuch was printed. "This was Tyndale's second
great contribution towards that sacred work to which he had devoted his life
(p. 272)." Tyndale was also writing some books of his own including
"The Practice of Prelates." In Tyndale's
"eyes the pope was Antichrist and the whore of Babylon (p.
299)." Sir Thomas More, a very prominent English Romanist, was called upon
to defend Rome, and thus a public controversy between More and Tyndale erupted.
Tyndale's book "An Answer to Sir Thomas
More's Dialogue" (also published by SWRB) was the result.
Continuing his work on Bible translation, in
1534 Tyndale reissued the Pentateuch with a few changes, and a revision of the
New Testament. Tyndale completed another revision of the New Testament in 1535,
but he was arrested before it could be printed. By this time Tyndale was in
Antwerp (the Netherlands). It was there that he was arrested, and then moved to
the Castle of Vilvorde, the state prison of the Low Countries (p. 483).
Tyndale's trial for heresy began in 1536, and he was condemned to death. But the work he had undertaken in his life continued to
bless God's people for generations to come, and thus his influence for good has
been immeasurable.
This book is a standard work on one of the
most important Reformers, who gave his life in service to Christ and the
brethren. 561 pages
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