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BAILLIE, ROBERT
Anabaptism, The True Fountain
of Independency, Antinomy, Brownisme, Familisme, and the Most of the Other
Errors, Which for the Time Do Trouble the Church of England, Unsealed (1647)
The title continues: "Also the Questions of Paedobaptisme and Dipping Handled
from Scripture. In a Second Part of the Dissuasive from the Errors of the Time."
Shows the origin, progress and changing character of the Anabaptist's heresies
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the Westminster Assembly. His international perspective and insight
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his day) makes for an interesting backdrop to this title -- not often
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Baillie's Review of Bramhall's
Seditious Pamphlet Entitled Fair Warning Against the Scot's Discipline... Also
the Holy League and Covenant of these Three Nations Justified and Maintained
(1649)
Baillie was "an erudite scholar who had mastered thirteen languages,
including Chaldee and Ethiopic" (Cameron, ed., Dictionary of Scottish
Church History and Theology,
p. 51) . Shortly after the publication of this title he was deceived by the
errors of the Resolutioners (a covenant-breaking faction of Presbyterians in
his day); and seeing the failure of his policies, "he died (it was said)
of a broken heart" (Ibid.). Baillie here refutes the pretended bishop of
London-Derry dealing with many questions of contemporary interest. The
"Holy League and Covenant of these Three Nations" named in the title
is referring to the Solemn League and Covenant (a international bond between
England, Ireland, Scotland, and "all his Majesties dominions" and
God) -- which has always
been a favorite target of backsliders, malignants, Papists, Prelates, schismatics
and other scandal-mongers. 91 pages, very rare.
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BAILLIE, ROBERT
The Canterburians
Self-Conviction: or an evident demonstration of the avowed Arminianisme,
Poperie, and tyrannie of that faction, by their owne confessions; With a
postscript for the Personat Jesuite Lysimachus Nicanor, a prime Canterburian. (1641)
Baillie was one of the Scottish commissioners
to the Westminster Assembly. An exceedingly rare item, this book was written as the storms of the religious wars between
the Puritans and the Prelates were beginning to blow. These were
days when nations adopted overtly religious presuppositions and books such as
this became international defences of gospel principles against the
ecclesiastical (and political) forces of Antichrist -- and his generation of
vipers. After rehearsing some of the major incidents of Prelatical persecution
against the saints of the most high God, and calling to the English for support
of the Covenanted cause of Christ, Baillie gives this stirring summary of his
motives in writing this book, "behold I here first upon all hazard do
break my pitcher, do hold out my Lamp, and blow my trumpet before the
Commissioners of the whole Kingdom, offering to
convince that prevalent faction by their own mouth, of Arminianism, Popery, and
Tyranny." These were brave and
zealous words, for in that day such speech could eventuate in your death.
This is not only a historically relevant item, but also a fine defense against
the prevailing heresies of the flesh (heresy being a work of the flesh, cf. Gal
5:19-20). The two predominant heresies addressed by
Baillie in this book still cover much of the professing Christian world today;
these being: (1.) false, man-centered views of salvation (Arminianism and
Pelagianism) and (2.) false man-centered views of worship (Liturgical
innovationism: either high church or Charismatic). "Baillie
fought hard against Arminianism" noted Johnston (The Treasury of the
Scottish Covenant,
p. 310); making this book especially valuable for today! This is the third
edition of 128 pages, plus a 28 page postscript.
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BAILLIE, ROBERT
A Dissuasive from the Errors
of the Time: Wherein the Tenets of the principal Sects, especially of the
Independents, are drawn together in one Map, for the most part, in the words of
their own Authors, and their main principles are examined by the Touchstone of
the Holy Scriptures (1645)
Chapter titles include: The origin and progress
of the Brownists; The doctrine of the Brownists; The
origin and progress of the Independents, and of their carriage in New England;
The carriage of the Independents in Holland; The carriage of the Independents
at London; An enumeration of the common tenets of the Independents;
It is unjust scrupulosity to require satisfaction of the true grace of every
Church member; Concerning the right of prophesying; Whether the power of
ecclesiastical jurisdiction belongs to the people, or to the Presbytery?; Independency is contrary to God's Word; The
thousand years of Christ, his visible reign upon Earth, is against Scripture (contra Premillennialism--RB). 274 pages.
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An Historical Vindication of
the Government of the Church of Scotland (1646)
The title continues: "From the manifold base calumnies which the most
Malignant of the Prelates did invent of old, and now lately have been published
with great industry in two Pamphlets at London." A defense of
Presbyterianism.149 pages.
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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
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regarding this work, "His Letter and Journals furnish us with some
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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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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
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Satan the Leader in chief to
all who resist the Reparation of Sion (1643)
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Fast, Febr. 28, 1643," Baillie promotes the idea that the church must be
reformed before the state. At one point he comments, "The ordering of the
State and Kingdom, how necessary soever, ought not to precede the settling of
the Church. In this, the interest of God, in that, the interest of man is
chiefest: If any could be so impious as to avow their postponing of God to the
world, yet they would do well to be so wise as not to marre their own ends, by
the mis-order of the proceedings. Except the Lord build the house of a Kingdom,
the industry of the wisest men is for little purpose. And how shall the Lord
concurre with men in building their state, when men are so careless of his
Honour and Service, as not to build his Church? Nehemiah laid not a stone in
the wall of the City, until Zerubbabel had set the Cap-stone on the wall of the
temple." 62 pages.
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The Unlawfulness and Danger
of Limited Prelacy, or Perpetual Presidency in the Church, Briefly Discovered
(1641)
"Written during the pamphlet war in support of Henderson's (covenanted
Presbyterian--RB) position and views (against Prelacy--RB)," notes
Johnston (Treasury of the Scottish Covenant, p. 311). 21 pages.
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BAIRD, HENRY
History of the Rise of the
Huguenots of France (2 volumes, 1886, 1895)
Volume
one
covers the period from the beginning of the French Reformation to the Edict of
January, 1562. Volume two takes in the period
from the battle of Coutras to the death of Henry the Fourth (1610). The author
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and the steady growth of the Reformation in spite of obloquy and persecution,
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Protestant family.
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author has made use of manuscripts "previously known to few scholars -- if
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Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the
First Psalm; The Penitential Psalms; and Seven Consolatory Psalms
Highly praised by Charles Spurgeon.
The Establishment Principle
Defended (1873)
"The principle of Church Establishments, properly understood... is just
the principle of national religion. It has many ramifications all springing
from an acknowledgement of the universal supremacy of Christ, and bearing upon
the duty of nations and their rulers to promote the advancement of true
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responsible creatures, accountable to God in their corporate capacity, and the
proper subjects of rewards and punishments. It implies that wherever God's Word
exists, its existence and influence ought to be nationally acknowledged as the
only supreme authority and the fountain of law... All this is very powerfully
expounded and enforced in this volume" (James Begg from the Preface). In
short, this book shows how civil powers are to acknowledge Christ as King, and
to civilly sanction all those who publicly promote Satan's kingdom (whether by
cries of equality, neutrality, or toleration of lies, deception, heresy or
idolatry).
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BANNERMAN, DOUGLAS
Difficulties About Baptism (1898)
In this book
(of 86 pages) Bannerman deals with the nature of the
difficulties raised by questions arising from the Baptist view of baptism, in the
context of the Christian church generally, both Scripturally and historically.
He writes,
'Baptism,'
as has been well said by R. W. Dale of Birmingham, 'is a glorious Gospel in an
impressive rite.' In this little hand-book I have sought chiefly to meet
difficulties which young men and women may not unnaturally feel about this
ordinance, and to show on what broad and strong
foundations the common view and practice of Reformed Christendom really rest,
as regards both the mode and the subjects of Baptism.
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Bannerman's though and writing, one interesting answer to a oft asked question
from Baptists follows,
It
is objected. 'Belief should always go before Baptism. Does not the Evangelist
Mark say: 'He that believeth, and is baptized, shall be saved.'? (Mark xvi.
16.) Infants cannot believe; therefore they ought not to be baptized. Well,
that half text, so often quoted, really proves nothing whatever against Infant
Baptism. Take the text as it stands, only take the whole of it, and take the
context with it; and the meaning is perfectly plain. It refers to the Gospel
being preached 'in all the world,' the great heathen world beyond the bounds of
Israel. It is to be preached and heard under solemn sanctions. It carries with
it 'a savour of life and of death.' Everywhere it calls for faith, and
confession of faith before men. 'He that believeth and is baptized shall be
saved; but he that believeth not shall be condemned.' The promise and the
warning apply only to the case under consideration. You can no more rightly
infer from these words, it is purely a matter of inference at the most, that
the infants of believers should not be baptized, than that they cannot be
saved, because they cannot believe. Yet 'He that believeth not shall be
condemned.' You might just as well argue from the Apostle's rule: 'He that will
not work neither let him eat,' that because infants do not work they should get
nothing to eat. In both cases, the words apply to those only in reference to
whom they are spoken. And the historical situation makes it perfectly clear how
the first disciples would understand Christ's command about 'discipling the
nations.' If we are asked: 'Why baptize unconscious babes?' our answer is:
Because it is in accordance with Scripture principle, and Scripture precedent
in the Church of God from the days of Abraham to the days of Christ. If unconscious babes were circumcised, as we know,
according to the will of God, on the ground of their parents' faith, why should
they not be baptized on the ground of their parents' faith? 'If ye
be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.'
'For to you is the promise,' Peter said, speaking to devout Jews and Gentile
proselytes, 'and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many
as the Lord our God shall call unto Him.' (Gal. iii.29) The Saviour 'called the
babes unto Him, and took them up in His arms and blessed them,' when brought to
Him in the arms of believing mothers. 'He was much displeased' with the
disciples, who, with the best intentions, would have forbidden them to be
brought for the blessing, because they were but unconscious babes, who could
neither understand nor believe. Is there no danger of a like mistake being made
in our time by those who, with the best of motives, would act in a similar
way?'
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The Scripture Doctrine Of The
Church Historically and Exegetically Considered (1887)
A systematic presentation, of over 600 pages, explaining Presbyterian church
principles from Scripture. Considered a classic, it likely ranks somewhere
behind this author's father's two-volume set The Church of Christ (by James
Bannerman) -- whom he quotes freely throughout. In our day, this book is being
used in the courses of late Dr. Greg Bahnsen in what is now the Bahnsen Study
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BANNERMAN, JAMES
Church of Christ: A Treatise
on the Nature, Powers, Ordinances, Discipline, and Government of the Christian
Church (1869)
Two large
volumes. A classic on the Church and worship!
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ordinances, the instrumentality and time of public worship -- with a discussion
of holy days, Independency, and confessions). Volume
two continues where volume one left off, providing a lengthy section
on the sacraments, covering the parties in whom the right to exercise church
power is vested, examining crucial points concerning Christian liberty, comparing the Popish, Prelatic, Independent,
Congregational and Presbyterian systems, etc. Nine appendices deal with a wide range of
practical topics including union between churches, church/state relations,
ordination, and valuable notes on the literature related to this subject. If you are interested
in Church issues, it is not likely that you will find a better set.
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BANNERMAN, JAMES
Inspiration: The Infallible
Truth and Divine Authority of the Holy Scriptures (1865)
The following
treatise is,
an
attempt to vindicate the ancient and catholic
(universal--RB) faith of the Church of Christ on the subject... The
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State of the Question -- Inspiration.
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Kind of Evidence Proper to Inspiration.
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Proof of Inspiration -- New Testament.
10.
The Divine and Human in Scripture.
11.
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12.
Critical Objections to Inspiration (1).
13.
Critical Objections to Inspiration (2).
14.
Inspiration and Interpretation of Scripture.
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The Independent System of
Church Polity as Opposed to the Presbyterian
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Notes, Explanatory and
Practical, on the Book of Revelation (1872)
Having gone into the writing of this commentary with no preconceived notions,
Barnes notes how he was surprised "to find how nearly (his) views coincide
with those taken by the great body of Protestant interpreters." He further
notes that "perhaps this fact may be regarded as furnishing some evidence
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The Classical Protestant
Doctrine of the Church
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Covenanted Reformation Defended
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confessional statements of the best Reformed churches. Without the distinctions
made here you are likely to misunderstand not only the Reformation view of the
church, but also related questions (like why the Reformers accepted Roman
Catholic baptism [it was the Anabaptists that rejected the baptism of Rome,
because of errors related to these very questions]). Furthermore, as Barrow
points out, the Reformed distinction regarding the "being" and the
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will not be able to fully understand the best Reformers on any issues about or
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The Covenanted Reformation
Defended (1998)
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Comprehensive and compelling, this is a shocking
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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
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Corinthians 2:15
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Defection from Reformation teaching on
separation, unity, church membership, church government, terms of communion,
creeds, confessions, covenants, etc., exposed (in modern Presbyterian and
Reformed churches) and corrected in accordance with Scripture and the best
teachers and preachers of the (first and second) Protestant Reformations. This
is chapter four from the book The Covenanted
Reformation Defended: "Misrepresentation
#4: The Puritan Reformed Church of Edmonton (PRCE) is
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of communion that are unscriptural."
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Covenanted Uniformity: The
Protestant Remedy for Disunity
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of Scotland and the Solemn League and Covenant of England, Scotland and Ireland
bind us today, and how the renewal of these will heal the deplorable disunity
of the Church. "Cardinal doctrines of
Protestantism" (to borrow the words of Charles Hodge) such as the doctrine
of churches and nations being "moral persons" are clearly explained,
and the separationist "deep pit of covenant breaking" into which the
modern Church has fallen is laid open and a helping hand extended. A
must for those wishing to understand the biblical doctrine of covenanting, and
the principles and practice of our Protestant forefathers!
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BARROW, GREG
and LARRY BIRGER
Reformation Principles
Re-Exhibited: An Historical Witness and Brotherly Entreaty.
Summary and Analysis of
Changes within Terms of Communion of the Reformed Presbyterian Churches of
Scotland and America from 1761 to the Present, and a Particular Analysis and
Testimony Against the Present Day RPCNA. (August 5, 2002)
In
a day of spiritual confusion and complacency, what could be more welcome than a
clarion call to godly faithfulness and a clear testimony for the truth? Among the Reformed
Presbyterian community, the appearance of this new book by Elder Greg Barrow
and Dr. Larry Birger, Jr. should be like a magnificent flare lighting up a
pitch-black night sky. The terrain that is revealed by the light might not be
pretty, but the soldiers of God's Army can easily identify enemy positions and
avoid them. Some may actually discover that they are surrounded by deserters
and need to get back to the position marked out by the Lord.
One
can tell much about a church from its terms of communion, and Barrow and Birger
are able to trace the progressive defection of the Reformed Presbyterian Church
of North America (RPCNA) by analysing the changes in that denomination's terms
of communion.
Terms of communion are the formal basis for admitting people to the Lord's
Table. The RPCNA began as a Covenanter church, but later turned away from the
Covenants (National and Solemn League) and defected from the Covenanter testimony.
This is demonstrated in the evolution of its terms
of communion, from clear, faithful terms, to loose and general ones.
The
Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland (RPCS), like the RPCNA, defected from
faithful terms of communion. It did this largely to make communicant
membership easier for new members. "Rather than patiently teaching the
people, and bringing them up to 'own' and 'acknowledge' the testimony of the
past contendings of faithful witnesses (as Scripture commands), they opted to 'dumb
down' their constitutional standards which were originally designed to protect
the unwitting, ignorant, and the scandalous from partaking of the Lord's
Supper. In so doing they declined from a more pointed testimony unto one which
is more evasive, loose and general" (p. 15). This is a significant
issue raised by Barrow and Birger: over time, doctrinal standards and terms of
communion should become clearer and more precise. If
the reverse is happening, that is undeniable evidence that a church is
backsliding and progressively abandoning the Biblical attainments of previous
generations.
The defection
of these churches has included a growing doctrinal latitudinarianism. This
leads to an important question: "How can a
group of people who obviously incorporate, inculcate, and tolerate serious
differences amongst themselves regarding the doctrine contained in the
Westminster Confession of Faith, come to the Lord's Table professing themselves
to be in agreement, and of one mind, before our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
without overtly and highhandedly violating the precepts of the ninth
commandment?" (p. 28).
Barrow
and Birger conclude that the "RPCNA must be accounted guilty of extreme
spiritual adultery, and must be testified against" (p. 49).
This is an
important document for those who would avoid the doctrinal declension of our
day.
49 pages.
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Apostolic Presbyterianism
Shows from Scripture how the
Apostles practiced the divine right of Presbyterianism.
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Birth Control, Christian
Education and the Victory of Christ's Kingdom
In two parts: 1. "Godless Public Education and Sin" and 2. "Why
Satan Loves Birth Control." The first section shows from Scripture how it
is a mark of apostasy to send young children, especially during their formative
years, to schools that do not make Christ the Lord of education. It also
encourages family worship and outlines the elements of this sacred task; giving
a helpful list of resources related to both family worship and Christian
education. The second essay deals with the practical effects of the pagan
practice of birth control upon the church and the growth of the kingdom of
Christ.
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Calvin, Covenanting, Close
Communion and the Coming Reformation (1996)
Dr. Reg Barrow demonstrates how social covenanting and close communion were
practiced by John Calvin in Geneva. Furthermore, Dr. Barrow demonstrates that
John Calvin, in his desire to uphold sola Scriptura and promote further Reformation, saw the
faithful implementation of these two ordinances (social covenanting and close communion)
as the means ordained of God to extend, protect, and consolidate the work of
the Holy Spirit -- in the individual, civil, and (especially) the
ecclesiastical battle against the man of sin in his day. Modern Calvinists have
been told little about what Calvin really stood for -- concerning many
important areas of thought. The specific information included in this title,
regarding God's work through Calvin, is once again being made available (for
those with eyes to see) through the research, publications and web site of
Still Waters Revival Books. If you are interested in real Reformation and you
don't mind owning up to the hard truths of Scripture promoted by our Reformed
forefathers, then you will find this item a meaty little snack pointing you toward
the main course found in Anderson's Alexander and Rufus, which Barrow here reviews.
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A Contemporary Covenanting
Debate; Or, Covenanting Redivivus
Joe Bell (an Independent, Baptist, and professing Reconstructionist) kicked Reg
Barrow off his email discussion group because the subjects of Divine Right
Presbyterianism and the Covenanted Reformation were too hot for him to handle.
This is Barrow's final answer to Bell (which Bell censored from his list). No
one, including Bell, has yet to attempt an answer. Barrow answers many specific
questions regarding the permanence of covenant obligation, national
Reformation, historical testimony, and many other doctrines which were
prevalent during the period of the second Reformation. A wealth of original
(Reformation) texts are cited throughout and this spirited debate should help
to generate interest in many of those biblical attainments which were won
during those glorious days in which major nations openly covenanted themselves
(as moral persons) to Christ.
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Godless Public Education and
Sin
The primacy of godliness in
education is here contrasted with the sinfulness of turning young children over
to the pagans and Christ-haters for education. Shows how Christians violate the
first commandment when they send the children that God has given them
stewardship over to His enemies for"training."
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BARROW, REG
John Knox, Oliver Cromwell, God's
Law and the Reformation of Civil Government
Many
consider Knox one of the greatest Reformers ever and God used him to win the
nation of Scotland to Christ. Knox laid the foundations for the Covenanters
that followed, and they in turn gave us the clearest foretaste of the
millennium glory to come in the magnificent Solemn League and Covenant.
Speaking of these Reformation attainments McFeeters notes,
The
fathers are worthy of all praise for this unprecedented effort to build the
national government upon the true foundation of God's will, and administer it
by men in Covenant with Jesus Christ, the King of kings. This was the first
attempt to erect a Christian government, in which the fear of God should
pervade every department and characterize every official (Sketches of the
Covenanters,
p. 155-156).
This
book deals with some of Knox's most controversial political writings, demonstrating that he
was what Barrow calls hiistoric "theonomist" (like Rutherford and
Gillespie after him). It also offers some fine tuning for modern theonomists,
which aims at leading them into the "footsteps of the flock" and
closer to the classic or historic Presbyterian/Covenanter view of law (and away
from some of the anabaptist/libertarian tendencies that sometimes arise among
modern theonomists). Numerous resources, recently published, dealing with civil
disobedience and opposition to tyranny are also listed.
The first
appendix in this book contains Barrow's letter to Christian Renewal expressing his strong
disagreement with an unfavorable and inaccurate review of Michael Wagner's Presbyterian
Political Manifesto.
In it he shows how the Reformers and their
confessions of faith supported the civil establishment of the one true
Christian religion, while at the same time publicly excluding Papist's, pagans
and other heretics from places of civil rule (in countries blessed with the
light of the gospel).
The
second appendix contains a series of letters dedicated to proving why Barrow
calls Cromwell the "Judas of the Covenant." It exposes Cromwell's
reckless abandon in violating his sacred vows to the Lord in the Solemn League
and Covenant, while also showing why Cromwell's wicked, antichristian views
concerning toleration and so-called "liberty of conscience" led
people away from Scriptural standards and helped open the floodgates to modern
atheistic pluralism. In short, Cromwell was the
prototype of our contemporary pragmatic politician, adept at equivocation and
setting his own glory and government above all other concerns, including the
glory and government of God. In this vein Barrow contends that Cromwell, unaffectionately dubbed the
"late usurper" by the covenanted Presbyterians of the mid
seventeenth-century, was used of the devil to
accomplish things in the civil and ecclesiastical realm that he (i.e. Satan)
could never have accomplished with the more obviously antichristian religions
of that day (which were not pluralistic theologically, such Romanism,
Episcopalianism, etc.). For Cromwell laid his axe of ungodly
toleration and pretended liberty of conscience to the root of the tree of
covenanted Reformation in a much more subtle manner than the previous
"midwives to antichrist," and thus his sectarianism better served the
devious designs of the devil during those days. This
section also exposes Cromwell as a Erastian tyrant, a liar, and a dictator, who
(with the help of his sectarian army) executed the covenanted Presbyterian
minister Christopher Love (Cromwell's soldiers even threatened to shoot Thomas
Manton for preaching at Love's funeral), sent many other Presbyterian ministers
to jail (including Thomas Watson), disbanded the Scottish general assembly (at
gunpoint), and eventually began negotiations with Papists (with the intent of
granting them a measure of "liberty" to more freely practice their
superstitions and soul murder). This is not the view of Cromwell
that you will hear from modern historians and theologians who have abandoned
the context of covenanted Reformation (how could it be?), for as Rushdoony has
correctly pointed out, "Men cannot give a
meaning to history that they themselves lack, nor can they honor a past which
indicts them for their present failures" (A Biblical
Philosophy of History,
p. 135).
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Pornography, the Anabaptists,
and Doug Wilson's Civil Antinomianism
Pointed but irenic, Barrow decisively refutes the view of Doug Wilson (cf.
"Cyberporn: A Case Study" [Credenda/Agenda, vol. 7, no. 5, p. 11]), many modern
Theonomists and the civil libertarians, that the production and distribution of
pornography is not a crime (and thus not subject to negative penal sanctions by
the civil magistrate). Barrow demonstrates that Wilson's view of civil
government (which logically results in such a monstrous conclusion) is actually
a overly strict view of the regulative principle. This "hyper-regulativism"
(denying lawful inferences, or what Samuel Rutherford calls "logical
consequence") is then wrongly applied to the civil magistrate, rather than
to worship (when rightly interpreted). He also points out the link between
Wilson's view and the principles of the Anabaptists, Libertines and other
antiestablishmentarian forces. With an impressive array of historical citations
(primarily John Calvin, George Gillespie, Samuel Rutherford, and the
Westminster Confession of Faith), and a cogent analysis and application of
relevant Scripture passages, Barrow shows clearly that Wilson's view of civil
government "gives birth to illegitimate offspring in the case of
pornography, contradicting as it does common sense (the light of nature), our
reformed fathers in the faith, and the express commands and approved examples
of Scripture. In short, it is anything but the 'classical Protestant' position,
and anything but biblical." Expressing his belief that many hold to this
erroneous notion of the magistrate out of ignorance, he concludes his essay
with a heartfelt call to his modern Theonomic brethren (and others) to study the reformation
source documents now available (and adopt the historic Theonomy of the
Reformation). He also
provides a brief list of questions that readily manifest the socially
destructive outworkings of Wilson's teaching. This is a much-needed treatment
of a topic neglected for far too long. Barrow's valuable contribution is an
excellent introduction to the historical theonomy of the Westminster divines and is sure to prime the reader for much
productive study of the view of civil government "once delivered unto the
saints" (Jude 3). This is appendix "B" excerpted from Saul in the Cave of Adullam: A Testimony Against the
Fashionable Sub-Calvinism of Doug Wilson (Editor of Credenda/Agenda Magazine; and, For
Classical Protestantism and the Attainments of the Second Reformation (this and some other summaries in this
catalogue were written by Larry Birger).
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Publisher's Preface to The
Covenanted Reformation Defended Against Contemporary Schismatics (1998)
An overview of the landmark work The Covenanted Reformation Defended Against
Contemporary Schismatics,
focusing on some of the most controversial points found therein. Contrasts the
many differences between the faith of the original Reformers with that which
goes by the name of the Reformed faith today -- with many examples from source
documents exhibiting the differences between the neopresbyterians (RPCNA, OPC,
PCA, BPC, etc.) and the paleopresbyterians (like those at the Westminster
Assembly). Informs the reader, in summary form, why the The Covenanted
Reformation Defended
"conclusively and irrefutably demonstrates that those churches which today
call themselves Presbyterian (and even many which claim a more general Reformed
heritage) have grievously departed from the Scriptural standards and principles
of these previous Spirit led Reformations (i.e. the great Reformations of the
16th and 17th centuries--RB)." Also shows that "when the testimony
and evidence is weighed in light of Scriptural verities, it is entirely safe to
say that the original Reformers would not only have sought negative ecclesiastical
sanctions against our modern pseudo-Reformers, but in many cases negative civil
sanctions as well." 23 pages, 8.5" X 11". (This preface is also
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Reformation Civil Government
Demonstrates the great unity of thought
on the topic of civil government among Reformers of the past. Deals with truths
almost totally forgotten among those who call themselves "Reformed"
today.
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Reformation Worship and
Separation from Idolatry
In two parts: 1. "The Regulative Principle of Worship in History" and
2. "Psalm Singing in Scripture and History." Part one explains,
defends and chronicles the Reformation use of the regulative principle as the
basis of all faithful public worship. Part two defends exclusive Psalmody,
demonstrating that this position is nothing less than our Reformation heritage,
based on the second commandment. It argues, on the foundation of a biblically
close communion, that Christians should separate themselves ecclesiastically
from those who do not practice exclusive Psalmody. Hard teaching, but faithful
to Scriptures and the original intent of the Westminster Standards.
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BARROW, REG & DOUG WILSON
Saul in the Cave of Adullam:
A Testimony Against the Fashionable Sub-Calvinism of Doug Wilson (Editor of Credenda/Agenda
Magazine); and, for Classical Protestantism and the Attainments of the Second
Reformation
Demonstrates in an email
debate (of 170, 8.5 inch by 11 inch, pages) between Doug Wilson (editor of Credenda/Agenda magazine) and Reg Barrow (president of Still Waters
Revival Books) how violations of the regulative principle of worship (i.e. the
second commandment) are grounds for excommunication. Also gives specific examples of how modern
"Reformed" Christians (e.g. John Frame) and denominations are in
violation of the second commandment and are tolerating false and idolatrous worship
contrary to their own Confessional standards and vows. Contains many quotations from major Reformation works
and confessions in defense of the regulative principle of worship representing
the classical Protestant position on worship.
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Steve
Schlissel Versus Reformation Worship
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A Warning Against the False
and Dangerous Views of James Jordan Concerning Worship: A Book Review of Kevin
Reed's Canterbury Tales
This book review demonstrates how James Jordan's views on worship are seriously
flawed and how his writings "often show more charity toward Papists, than
toward the Reformed faith" (Kevin Reed, Canterbury Tales, p. 28).
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Would John
Calvin Excommunicate John Frame?
In this short letter Reg Barrow
replies to an inquirer [on Knox Ring] asking for comments concerning John
Frame's claim [in his book on worship] that the traditional Puritan view of the
regulative principle is a "minimalist" view of worship. Also noted in
the this post was James Jordan's assertion that the classic view of the
regulative principle is sectarian. Barrow, in the short space allotted on KR,
begins to demonstrate how both Frame and Jordan have turned away from
Reformation teaching regarding worship -- and would have been rejected (as
unfaithful teachers) by the Presbyterian and Reformed wing of the Reformation.
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The Sin and Danger of Union
Between the Church of Christ and an Immoral or Antichristian Civil Government
(1841)
A subject few will touch today, illustrated from reason, Scripture and
experience. This lecture is excerpted from the book Lectures on the
Principles of the Second Reformation,
edited by Andrew Symington.
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The Complete Works of William
Bates (4 volumes)
William Bates was one of the
foremost Puritans.
He was contemporary with Thomas
Manton and Richard Baxter.
His works were eagerly studied
by Queen Mary, and his preaching always attracted great crowds.
He was a spiritual man, whose
chief aim in life was to glorify God, and please Him.
There is no biography of him
other than that by the Rev. W. Farmer in 1815, but his funeral sermon, preached
by another great Puritan, John Howe, also reveals much about his character.
http://www.newblehome.co.uk/bates/biography.html
"The act of uniformity
passed in the year sixteen hundred and sixty-two, when Dr. Bates was
thirty-seven years of age, by which he was deprived of the valuable living of
St. Dunstan's in the West. On this trying occasion he displayed heroic firmness
of mind in lovely union with that mildness and candour which breathe in his
writings. Terms were imposed by this act, with which he could not
conscientiously comply, though every thing in his nature strongly disposed to a
compliance, and made him deeply lament the circumstances that imposed the
absolute necessity of secession from the established church."
"Though he was never cast
into prison, which was the lot of numbers of his brethren, he had once a very
narrow escape. A Mrs. Beale being near death, several pious persons were
solicited to meet in her room and pray for her, Dr. Bates and Mr. Baxter were
to be of the number, of which information being given, two justices of peace
with the parliament serjeant-at-arms, came at the appointed time to apprehend
them and lay them in prison.-
Providence preserved them, for
they did not attend, though ignorant of the design of their persecutors. The
justices and serjeant-at-arms rushed into the room, where the gentlewoman lay
ready to die, but missing their prey returned greatly disappointed. 'What a
joy,' observes Mr. Baxter on this occasion, 'would it have been to them that
reproached us as Presbyterian seditious schismatics to have found but such an
occasion as praying with a dying woman to have laid us up in prison!'"
http://www.newblehome.co.uk/bates/biog-memoir.html
Bates' writing was among the
most practical of the Puritan Divines.
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BAXTER, RICHARD
A Christian Directory
Over 950 (8.5
inch by 11 inch) pages long, Dr. Timothy Keller calls this "the greatest manual on Biblical counseling ever produced."
John MacAurthur writes, "We have long waited
for a purely Biblical treatment of the spiritual ills and cures of men which is
untainted by the views of psychology. Since Baxter lived about 200 years before
psychology arrived, his deep work is completely void of its encroachment --
thankfully!"
The sub-titles
gives a good summary of the book, being, "A
Sum of Practical Theology and Cases of Conscience. Directing Christians How to Use
Their Knowledge and Faith; How to Improve all Helps and Means, and to Perform
all Duties; How to Overcome Temptations, and to Escape or Mortify Every Sin. In
Four Parts: 1.) Christian Ethics (or Private Duties); 2.) Christian Economics
(or Family Duties); 3.) Christian Ecclesiatics (or Church Duties); 4.)
Christian politics (or Duties to Our Rulers and Neighbors)."
Ptacek, in Family
Worship
(pp. 51-52), supplies the following information in regard to Baxter and this
book. He notes that after the Episcopalians ejected numerous
"nonconformists," in what is know as the "great ejection,' in
1662,
Baxter
pastored from house to house, visiting families of his parish in their homes.
These visits contributed to Baxter's A Christian Directory, a large and still very relevant manual of pastoral care."
Focusing on just one area of great importance, Ptacek demonstrates how this
book's relevance is not limited by time or culture, though sometimes the use of
specific words are. "Published in 1673, but written 1664-65, a large book-length part of Baxter's Christian
Directory is devoted to the family.
It is entitled 'Christian Economics' based on the archaic usage of the word,
which reflects the proper sense of the Greek root oikonomos as the manager of a
household, in the Christian case, the spiritual leader of the family. The
family head is essential to Baxter's view of family
worship and instruction. Baxter asserts that it is God's will that
this instruction be carried out by 'the rulers of the families.' For a male head
of the household to fail to do so, or to have another instruct in the family,
is contrary to his position of authority.
This is the
kind of book that can be passed on from generation to generation and still find
much use in the service of the kingdom of God. Great price too!
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The following three samples from the above book, The
Duties of Parents For Their Children (From: Baxter's Practical Works, Vol. 1, A
Christian Directory, on Christian Economics, Chap. X., pp. 449-454), The Special Duties Of Children Towards Their Parents
(From: Baxter's Practical Works, Vol. 1, A Christian Directory , on
Christian Economics,
Chap. XI., pp. 454-457), and The Special
Duties Of Children And Youth Towards God (From: Baxter's
Practical Works, Vol. 1, A Christian Directory, on Christian Economics, Chap. XII., pp.
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RICHARD
The Practical Works of
Richard Baxter
(4 volumes, Soli Deo Gloria
hardcovers)
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BAXTER, RICHARD
A Christian Directory
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One of The Practical Works of Richard Baxter)
This classic work gives extensive directions for
applying the Scriptures to all areas of life. Dr. Tim Keller calls this "the greatest manual on biblical counseling ever produced."
J.I. Packer says that, next to the Bible, this is the greatest Christian book
ever written. Here is Christianity made practical for every area of life. 1023
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Call to the Unconverted
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Two of The Practical Works of Richard Baxter)
This is one of the great Puritan
evangelistic works (1063 pages).
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Saints' Everlasting Rest
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Three of The Practical Works of Richard Baxter)
This volume (1068 pages) also
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~ The Crucifying of the World by the Cross of
Christ
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~ Obedient Patience
~Dying Thoughts
~Divine Appointment of the Lord's Day Proved
~ Meditations on Romans 5:1-5
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BAXTER, RICHARD
The Reformed Pastor
(Volume
Four of The Practical Works of Richard Baxter)
This volume (1047 pages) contains the
unabridged edition of the Reformed Pastor as well as:
~ Compassionate Counsel to All Young Men
~ Catechising of Families
~ The Vain Religion of the Formal Hypocrite
~ The One Thing Necessary
~ eleven other treatises and various sermons
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The Reformed Pastor
In his fervent plea for the discharge of the spiritual obligations of the
ministry, Baxter, in the words of his contemporary, Thomas Manton, "came
nearer the apostolic writings than any man in the age." A century later
Philip Doddridge wrote, " The Reformed Pastor is a most extraordinary
book... many good men are but shadows of what (by the blessing of God) they
might be, if the maxims and measures laid down in that incomparable Treatise
were strenuously pursued." From the Puritan Paperback series published by
Banner of Truth.
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A Treatise of Self-Denial
This item "is the work of
Baxter that has been translated into the most number of different
languages" (Kettler, Sept./97 letter).
It is also a great antidote to
the prominent spirit (of antichrist) preached by psychologist and psychiatrists
which focuses on self (self-esteem, self-actualization, etc.) and/or hedonism,
in an idolatrous manner, rather than self-sacrifice and service in obedience to
God.
"Knowing this first, that
there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,...
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall
be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers,
disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection,
trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are
good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn
away." (2 Pet. 3:3, 2 Tim. 3:1-5).
Though relatively weak on
corporate sanctification, corporate faithfulness and some important areas of
doctrine (such as justification), Baxter's work on subjects related to personal
piety can be of good practical use to the Christian -- if one is careful to
separate out his aberrant doctrinal views and any practical errors they may
lead to. He certainly practiced what he preached on self-denial as he was
willing to suffer for what he believed: though at times his weakness and
compromising spirit is most evident, as seen in this account by Barker:
"He was invited by the
officers of Oliver Cromwell's newly raised cavalry troop at Cambridge to be
their pastor, as of a gathered (i.e. independent--RB) church, but he rejected
the invitation with a reproof against what he considered as unlawful. After the
Battle of Naseby in June 1645 Baxter visited Cromwell's camp and was appalled
at the 'hot-headed sectaries' he found in leading positions in the Army.
Cromwell himself received him cooly and confronted him with his refusal to
serve his now victorious regiment. As a result he agreed to become a chaplain
to Colonel Whalley's regiment and continued with the Army through several siege
operations" (Puritan Profiles,
pp. 290-291).
Further perfidy is exhibited in
that "he opposed the Solemn League and Covenant even though he had rashly
signed it" (Ibid.). He also compromised by obtaining a licence to preach
-- with ninety other backsliding ministers -- under the sinful Indulgence of
1672; but was later imprisoned under James II.
Nevertheless he "praised
the Westminster Confession as 'the most excellent for fullness and exactness he
had ever read from any Church'" (Ibid.) and this book is must reading for
all Christians who would like to progress in personal sanctification, godliness
and holiness.
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BAYLY, LEWIS
The Practice of Piety (c.
1611, 1842)
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries this work was the
most universally read English book on devotion next to Pilgrim's Progress. Bunyan
himself ascribes the commencement of his spiritual life in some measure to the
perusal of this practical handbook on piety... First published in the
early 1600's... by 1792, (it was in) its seventy-first English edition... (It has) appeared in most European languages, including
Dutch (1620), French (1625), German (1692), and Polish (1647). New England
Puritans even translated it into the Indian language used in Massachusetts
(1665)... Bayly's puritan convictions brought him into frequent
conflict... in 1621 he was imprisoned for some months for his aversion to the infamous
Book of Sports,
and for other minor charges... Bayly's Practice
of Piety is replete with practical,
Puritan guidelines on the pursuit of holy living. The author
commences his work with 'a plain description of God [in] his essence, person,
and attributes.' He treats the doctrines of God as a basis for piety and divine
grace as a ground for every grace which we sinners need. The remainder of the
volume deals with the reasons for, and the conditions and objectives of
piety... In short, this is a book about how to live well and how to die
well...
Read The Practice of Piety slowly, meditatively, prayerfully, and, I would
recommend annually. Ask yourself repeatedly, 'Am I putting this wise spiritual
director's scriptural advice into practice? Am I pursuing holiness -- that
holiness without which no man shall please God or be received into the eternal
glories of a holy heaven?' (Joel Beeke).
Here is a
sample of Bayly's writing,
But God was more displeased with Cain for despairing of his
mercy, than for murdering his brother; and with Judas for hanging himself, than
for betraying his master: in that they would make the sins of mortal men
greater than the infinite mercy of the eternal God; or as if they could be more
sinful, than God was merciful: whereas the least drop of Christ's blood is of
more merit to procure God's mercy for thy salvation, than all the sins that
thou hast committed can be of force to provoke his wrath to thy damnation (The Practice of
Piety, pp.
294-295).
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The Diocesans Tryall (1621)
Baynes, a Puritan divine, succeeded William Perkins "in the lecture at St.
Andrews, Cambridge" (Darling, Cyclopaedia Bibliographica, p. 216). Here he answers three major
questions concerning church government. First, Whether Christ did institute or
the Apostles frame any Diocesan form of Churches, or parishional only? Second,
Whether Christ ordained by himself, or by the Apostles, any ordinary Pastors,
as our Bishops, having both precedence of order, and majority of power above
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united multitude of Presbyters?
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BAZLER, RYAN
& LISA
Psychology Debunked
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practices of secular and Christian psychology. She not only exposes fallacies
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fulfillment. Whether you're searching for personal solutions, or know someone
who needs help, this book offers practical and effective counsel based on sound
biblical principles.
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for materials to help learn of this subject is slim indeed, but this book more
than fills the bill. The authors are not only very knowledgeable in the field
of Psychology, but their understanding of the Bible is impressive to say the
least. This is a must read for anyone who cares enough to want to know the truth.
I cannot recommend it high enough" (from Stearns,
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Some Foundation Truths of the
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A short introduction to the Reformed faith touching on justification, the five
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BEEKE, JOEL & Randal Pederson
Meet The Puritans: With a
Guide to Modern Reprints (2006)
"Joel Beeke and Randall
Pederson have produced a tremendous gift to and resource for all who want an
entryway into the study of the Puritans. They not only provide accurate
biographical and theological introduction to every Puritan whose works have
been reprinted in the last fifty years, but also combine with their helpful
summaries an insightful analysis. If this
were not enough, they've added major appendices that include the so-called
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the Puritans--this is it."
- DR. LIGON DUNCAN
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more. The student of Puritanism will often
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persuade you that giants for Christ did once exist. Here are their stories.
They will make you want to grow tall spiritually, too."
- DR. SINCLAIR B. FERGUSON
"Joel Beeke and Randall Pederson have given us a
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distilled here in a simple, readable, understandable, and wonderfully useful
compendium. For the novice lay person who wants a reliable introduction to the
Puritans, this is the perfect handbook. And for the seasoned scholar seeking a
catalogue of the best available Puritan literature, this is also an
indispensable tool. My prayer is that it will help spark a new wave of interest
in the Puritans, a new appreciation for their theology, and especially a
revival of their passion for careful biblical exposition."
- DR. JOHN MACARTHUR
"Finally, the resource we've always needed! Meet the
Puritans is one of those books that raises the question: Why has this not been
done before now? We are in Joel Beeke and Randall Pederson's debt for giving
us the best introductory book on the Puritans ever made available. Meet the Puritans is nothing less than a who's-who of the
Puritan tradition."
- DR. R. ALBERT MOHLER, JR.
"As furnaces burn with
ancient coal and not with the leaves that fall from today's trees, so my heart
is kindled with the fiery substance I find in the old Scripture-steeped sermons
of Puritan pastors. A warm thanks to the
authors of Meet the Puritans for all the labor to make them known."
- DR. JOHN PIPER
"The recent revival in interest in and commitment to
the truths of Reformed theology is due in large measure to the rediscovery of
Puritan literature. The Puritans of old have become the prophets for our time.
This volume is a treasure for the church."
-
DR. R. C. SPROUL, President of Ligonier Ministries
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A Reader's Guide to Reformed
Literature: An Annotated Bibliography of Reformed Theology
If you have ever wondered where to begin reading on a given topic of Reformed
theology or wished for a succinct guide to the best books in Reformed
literature, this is
exactly what you need. Sound, practical advice from a writer who has read,
collected, and distributed Reformed books for more than thirty-five years. Dr.
Joel Beeke, using the Belgic Confession as a framework, has provided a helpful
guide to several hundred books in the Reformed tradition, from the sixteenth
century to the present day. 98 pages.
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Puritan Reformed Spirituality
Spirituality is a subject much on the minds of people today. With its
prevailing secularism and materialism, modern culture has failed to satisfy its
consumers. The result is a new interest in discovering and nurturing the
inward, spiritual dimensions of human life.
This book promotes biblical
spirituality through a study of the Reformed and Puritan heritage. Dr. Sinclair
Ferguson writes:
"In
these pages Dr. Joel R. Beeke provides us with a first class tour of some of
the great sites of Reformed theology and spirituality. Here we meet John Calvin, reformer extraordinaire; then we
encounter the learned Dr. William Ames and the insightful Anthony Burgess. Soon we travel north to meet the
Scotsmen, John Brown of Haddington,
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and the remarkable brothers, Ebenezer and Ralph Erskine. Predictably, but happily, our guide
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FERGUSON
Reformed Confessions
Harmonized: With an Annotated Bibliography of Reformed Doctrinal Works
"For the first time, seven important confessional
statements produced in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries have been
harmonized in a single volume. Three strands of Reformed churches in
Europe are represented:
Dutch-German: the Belgic Confession of Faith (1561), the
Heidelberg Catechism (1563), and the Canons of Dort (1618-19)
Swiss: the Second Helvetic Confession of Faith (1646-47)
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
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BEEKE, JOEL
The Quest for Full Assurance:
The Legacy of Calvin and His Successors (1999)
In-depth studies and comparisons of William
Perkins, Willem Teellinck, the Westminster Confession, John Owen, Alexander Comrie,
and Thomas Goodwin convincingly demonstrate, with fresh insights, that the
differences between Calvin and English/Dutch Calvinism on assurance arose
primarily from a newly evolving pastoral context -- rather than from
foundational variations in doctrine. "The first
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(Richard Muller, back cover). "A long-needed and outstanding work on the
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(Iain Murray, back cover). "An erudite treatise� a valuable study in
pastoral theology. It will therefore repay careful reading by scholar, pastor
and lay people alike" (Preface, p. xvi, Sinclair Ferguson). "It is a
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the neglected doctrine of Assurance as developed from the Reformers through the
Puritans to Alexander Comrie of the Dutch Second Reformation. What
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merely the clarity, simplicity, ease and familiarity with which Dr Beeke moves
through his chosen field, but also his evident love for the Lord's people --
both those who have been formative influences on his own spiritual life and
studies and those who continue to struggle with the great question 'Am I His or
am I not?' May the God of all comfort richly apply to others our good friend's sensitive
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Second Reformation." One of the best
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Contains a 68-page bibliography, an 11-page index of names and subjects and a
3-page index of biblical references. 407 pages.
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Holiness: God's Call to
Sanctification
This is an easily read and modern treatment of one of the most important
teachings in Scripture. It shows that holiness is primarily a matter of
relationship, that its power lies in the Holy Spirit within the believer, and
that its fruit is of supreme importance for the progress of all true
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Justification By Faith Alone
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the remaining four chapters, each of the words in the phrase
"Justification by Faith Alone" is emphasized and examined. At the end
is an appendix by Dr. Gerstner in which he responds to the book Rome Sweet
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Anarchy In Worship or Recent
Innovation Contrasted with the Constitution of the Presbyterian Church and the
Vows of Her Office-Bearers (1875)
The principles upheld in this book are extremely important today, for as the
title page notes "When nations are to perish in their sins, 'Tis in the
Church the leprosy begins." Begg lays his foundations in the second
commandment and deals with all man-made innovations in the worship of God. The
four types of innovators exposed are especially interesting, being: 1.) the
presumptuous and blasphemous innovator; 2.) the popularity-hunting innovator;
3.) the politic and scheming innovator; 4.) the asthetic innovator. Women
preachers, drama, dance and numerous other modern inventions in public worship
would all be rejected outright if these Biblical principles were faithfully followed.
Herein we also see why those holding to the Scriptural law of worship and the
Westminster Confession of Faith must reject musical instruments in public
worship as just another Popish and Judaizing innovation - a resurrecting of the
abrogated ceremonial law - and thus a denial of the finished work of Christ.
The discussion of vows taken by office holders to the Westminster Confession of
Faith, as they relate to worship, is also extremely important and should be
read not only by all elders who have bound themselves to uphold the WCF, but
also by all Christians who love the truth and want to maintain the church in
purity.
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BEGG, JAMES
Purity of Worship in the
Presbyterian Church, as Set Forth in the Westminster Standards, &
Illustrated by Our History Since the Reformation (1876)
"These questions (concerning the regulative
principle--RB) go to the very root of the Presbyterian
system of worship, as one that can be practically defended and
maintained, and they have a most important bearing on the future of Scotland
and of the Presbyterian Church throughout the world. If
the principles of Presbyterian worship, as asserted by John Knox and by the
Westminster Divines, are to be abandoned, either in theory or in practice,
there are no principles of Presbyterian worship at all, and it is difficult to
see what the end must be. The matter, therefore, is well worthy of
the immediate and earnest consideration of Christian and patriotic men,"
writes Begg. This book helps illustrate the almost complete defection of
modern Presbyterians from classic Presbyterian worship -- as set forth in the
Westminster standards.
Notwithstanding the book's many merits, one major drawback should be noted.
Begg (as a Free Church of Scotland minister) speaks far too uncritically of the
Revolution settlement of Presbyterianism in Scotland and the constitutionally
defective acts of the churches that have sprouted from that bad
(constitutional) tree. The Revolution settlement was clearly an unsound,
covenant breaking, substandard return to "Presbyterianism" --
something most Free Church ministers are not aware of. Nevertheless, Begg's
citations concerning this period illustrate that even Revolution Presbyterian
worship (and what followed it for some years) was far more faithful to the
original Presbyterian vision for public worship (i.e. the vision of Calvin,
Knox and the Covenanters at Westminster) than most Presbyterians today can even imagine
-- the modern defection having become encrusted and solidified in its hardness
by repeated and aggravated disregard (over many years) for the moral duties
contained in the second commandment. 103 pages.
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BEGG, JAM ES
The Use of Organs & Other
Instruments of Music in Christian Worship Indefensible (1866)
"In
Popery... they employed organs and many other such ludicrous things, by which
the Word and worship of God are exceedingly profaned," noted John
Calvin.
"For my
part," commented Candlish, "I am
persuaded that, if the organ be admitted, there is no barrier in principle
against the sacerdotal system in all its fulness."
Chapters in
this work include:
The Scriptural principle which should regulate Christian
Worship.--This inconsistent with the use of Musical Instruments in the House of
God, under the New Testament
Art and Religion--or, gorgeous worship antagonistic to
spiritual religion and Christian progress
Dancing in Worship
The Westminster Divines and the New Testament
Greek--Objections to the foregoing argument (regarding Dancing--RB)
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BEHE, MICHAEL J.
Darwin's Black Box: The
Biochemical Challenge to Evolution (1996)
Berlinski writes of this work, "Mike
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long since demonstrated the validity of Darwinian theory, [Behe's] observations
are apt to be a source of astonishment" (back cover). Though quite
technical at times, this book is purposely written with the non-scientist in
mind. It is also filled with a number of diagrams which are aimed at helping
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BENNETT,
RICHARD
The Alignment of New Evangelicals With
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on the backsliding of men like Chuck Colson, J.I. Packer, John Stott, Pat
Robertson, Bill Bright (Campus Crusade) and others (like the two Jesuits) who
signed the Evangelicals and Catholic Together (ECT) documents, Bennett shows
how these men are upholding Antichrist (the Papacy) and the teaching of the
Council of Trent. This message will also help to refute the Romanist heresies (on
justification, assurance, baptism, etc.) of the New Perspectives on Paul (NPP)
movement as recently proclaimed through the Auburn Avenue Pastors Conference
(AAPC), which included Doug Wilson, Steve Schlissel, Steve Wilkins, & John
Barach.
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BENNETT,
RICHARD
The Antichrist Unveiled (2000)
Richard Bennett was a Roman Catholic
priest for 23 years before he turned to Christ (and left Rome) in 1985. He has
been growing in the faith since and he has recently adopted the classic
Reformation postion that the Papacy is the Antichrist or "Man of Sin"
(cf. WCF 25:6). In providing us with his defense of this position for
publication he wrote,
The
article attached is quite up to date as it deals with the consecration of the
world to Mary (October 8th, 2000), and the September 5th (2000) document (Dominus
Iesus) of Rome. It is
one of the most difficult items that I have written. I am utterly convinced of
its truth and I pray that brothers and sisters will see what those in Christian
history before so clearly saw. If any article could bring persecution and
hatred it is this one.
Mr. Bennett (who is now a
Calvinist) also writes,
The
historic (and biblical--RB) interpretation has been embodied in the most solemn
confessions of the Biblical world. It forms a leading part in the testimony of
martyrs and reformers. Like the prophets of old, these holy men bore a twofold
testimony, a testimony for the truth of God, and a testimony against the
Apostasy of those professing to be Christian. Their testimony was that Papal
Rome is the Babylon of prophecy, "that great city, which reigneth over
the kings of the earth," and that its head, the Roman pontiff, is
the predicted "Man of Sin," or Antichrist.
"This paper deals
particularly with II Thessalonians 2:3-12, one of the many texts that unveils
the Antichrist and serves as an introduction to the other texts," writes
Bennett. It also covers the historical origins of Antichrist, the cloud of
witnesses from church history, who and what held back the Man of Sin, the place
where the Man of Sin appears, the purposes and intent of the Man of Sin, and
the final end of the Man of Sin.
Much more on this topic,
including Wylie's _The Papacy is the Antichrist_ (which is also in free audio
at http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?sermonID=111502234113 and as a free PDF at http://www.historicism.net/readingmaterials/thepapacy.pdf ) can be found on Reformation Bookshelf
CDs 13-21 at http://www.swrb.com/Puritan/reformation-bookshelf-CDs.htm.
Richard Bennett also includes an
irrefutable refutation of Jesuit-inspired futurism, from the Greek, using a key
passage in 2 Thessalonians, in this presentation.
The final portion of the free
MP3 audio file of this work (at http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?sermonid=8303235349 ) contains Richard Bennett's comments on
what he considers the most important point of separation between Rome and the
Reformation: THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION!
This is timely teaching
considering that the newest attacks on the biblical (Reformation) doctrine of
justification by faith alone are coming from the Auburn Four (Doug Wilson,
Steve Schlissel, Steve WIlkins, and John Barach), as these men claim, at least
at selected points, to embrace the Reformed Faith (see "What's So
Controversial About the Present Controversy?" http://www.rpcus.com/Controversial.pdf for more on this topic).
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BENNETT,
RICHARD
From Catholicism to Christ: The Testimony of a
Former Roman Catholic Priest About Salvation in Christ Through God's Sovereign
Grace & Mercy
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Richard
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sanctification ranges across many continents.
Subjects
include:
Reformation
Truth vs. Romish darkness
God's
Sovereignty in Salvation (nicknamed Calvinism)
How Billy
Graham & Arminianism stumbled Richard
Errors of
Evangelicals and Catholics Together (Charles Colson, Bill Bright, et al.)
Errors of
decisional Regeneration (Arminianism)
Arminianism
as a road to Rome
Justification
by faith alone in Christ alone
Richard's
love for Roman Catholics
Richard's
experience at Tiananmen Square & with Communism (Marxism)
Charismatic
errors & excesses
Free Grace
(Calvinistic thought is Scriptural)
Liberation
Theology
Attempts on
Richard's life
Errors of
Aristotle & Thomas Aquinas in Roman Catholic thought
The Jesuits
False
religious traditions & rituals
IRA
Papal
(Antichrist) Infallibility
Voodoo
Separation
Neoevangelicalism
(neo-evangelicalism)
Riches
& poverty in South America
Penance,
confession, etc.
Romanists
death threats against Richard
Graven
Images & Idolatry of Rome
Grace over
works
The joy of
the Lord
Greek
orthodoxy
Hinduism
The Wonder
of who God is "God our Righteousness"
Reliance on
alcohol
How hell
awaits the unrepentant
Mary and
Mariolatry
Sacramentalism
Luis Palau
Biblical
separation
Repentance
Ministry to
Roman Catholics
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Richard Bennett - Papacy is the
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The Antichrist Unveiled
Richard Bennett - Papacy is the
Antichrist - 84 min.
Alignment of New Evangelicals With
Apostasy
Richard Bennett - Calvinistic Foundations
- 73 min.
Roman Catholic Sex Scandals and the Glory
of Christ's Priesthood Contrasted With the Immorality of the Roman Catholic
Priesthood
Richard Bennett - Papacy is the
Antichrist - 63 min.
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The Papacy is the Antichrist (1888)
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Reformation, we might add -- as all the Reformed creeds and confessions
attest). The easy-reading format and style make this book an ideal introduction
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BENNETT,
RICHARD
Dominus
Iesus: Rome Exalts Her Throne, A Verbal Reappearance of the Inquisition & A
Kiss of Death for the Ecumenists (2000)
Former Roman
Catholic priest Richard Bennett writes,
It
has been but a short time since Charles Colson, like some modern day
Chamberlain alighting from his aircraft, held aloft "Evangelicals and
Catholics Together" and declared, "Peace in our time." It has
been a mere six years; yet the folly of their deeds, apparent to many before,
has now been made apparent to all. We can only conclude that if the
"evangelicals" who signed that notorious document do not denounce the
Vatican, then their act was not one of wishful thinking, but willful betrayal.
Rome has dropped her mask; the empty ecumenical charade has ended, and
therefore it is time for those who love God's word to sound the alarm in
earnest. Let us play the man, for our people, and for the cities of our God.
On
September 5th 2000, the RC document "DOMINUS IESUS" (DI) was issued
by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the
Faith (formerly known as the Office of the Inquisiton, then the Holy Office, it
is still housed in the same building in Rome as it had been during those
horrendous centuries of torture and death when it carried out the papal
decrees). Carrying the full authority of an official Vatican decree, it
declares the Roman Catholic Church to be the only "instrument for the
salvation of all humanity." DI has been "ratified and confirmed"
by "The Sovereign Pontiff John Paul II."
In this article
Bennett deals with Rome's worldwide (malevolent) intentions, as well as what
the new pronouncements from Rome mean to individuals both inside and outside
the clutches of Antichrist, as the following quotes illustrate in part,
As
the Roman Catholic Church's influence increasingly shapes civil law in the
European Union, Biblically based churches there are being legally classified as
sects; already there are reports of this from Europe. The Sunday Telegraph, 25th August 1991, noted,
"If European federalism triumphs, the EC [European Community] will indeed
be an empire. It will lack an emperor: but it will have the Pope...it is
difficult not to think that Wojtyla [John Paul II] realises this." In Can.
1404, the Pope claims immunity from all moral and civil authority, "The
First See is judged by no one." In DI he stipulates complete Primacy of
"grace and truth" for himself and his Church. In #882 of the new Catechism, the Pope purports to
take for himself the Lord Jesus Christ's divine position: "For the Roman
Pontiff, by reason of his office as Vicar of Christ, namely, and as pastor of
the entire Church, has full, supreme and universal power over the whole Church,
a power which he can always exercise unhindered." He is the worst enemy of
Christ who under the pretense of service to Christ, presumes to undermine His
unique offices by covertly usurping His position and power. The table is set
for a most interesting response to DI. Rome declares that there are "just
penalties" for those who will not bend the knee to her.
And,
These
things are written with deep respect and care, because the salvation of many is
involved. The Lord faced the sincere and devout Pharisees with a very strong
word. They like many present day Catholics were making Tradition equal to the
authority of the Written Word and "establishing their own
righteousness,"
they were not counting on God's grace alone. The Lord said to those Pharisees
of His own day, "if you believe not that I am He, you shall die in your
sins."
If anyone continues to hold to the Roman Catholic Church's teaching authority,
and her "salvific" righteousness he likewise will die in his sins.
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BENNETT,
RICHARD & BUCKINGHAM, eds.
Far
From Rome, Near to God: Testimonies of Fifty Converted Roman Catholic Priests (1994,
Banner of Truth edition 1997)
"This
book contains the moving testimonies of fifty priests who found their way, by
the grace of God, out of the labyrinth of Roman Catholic theology and practice
into the light of the gospel of Christ. But this is not a narrowly polemical work, nor is its
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the Reformation. The love and concern felt by the
former priests for those they left behind, and their fervent desire that they
too should experience the joy and peace of salvation in Christ are seen
throughout. The wider relevance of the experiences described will
also be felt in many contexts remote from Roman Catholicism where human pride
and presumption have erected rival sources of authority between people and the
Word of God, so obscuring the way of salvation by grace alone, through faith
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BENNETT,
RICHARD
Catholicism:
East of Eden (Insights Into Roman Catholicism for the 21st Century)
Author, lecturer and former
Roman Catholic Priest Richard Bennett releases his new book, Catholicism: East
of Eden. Worldwide interest in all things Catholic mixes with consternation
over recent disclosures from within the Catholic Church. Amid doctrinal and
moral confusion, most issues remain unanalyzed and unexplained, leaving both
Catholics and non-Catholics wondering where the Roman Catholic Church really
stands. This book leaves no doubt about the truthful answer.
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Book Review
March 2006
Title: Catholicism:
East of Eden (Insights Into Roman Catholicism for the 21st Century)
Author: Richard Bennett
Publisher: Berean Beacon
Press
Format: Paperback, 340 pages
Some books are so well-done and
generally useful they become regarded as standard treatments of their topic and
gain a wide readership, like Lorraine Boettner�s Roman Catholicism (1962).
Whether Bennett�s book will become so recognized awaits to be seen, but it
stands in this great tradition and its merit is unquestionable. In fact,
Catholicism: East of Eden (CEE) is superior in several respects.
First, CEE is born of an
intimate and first-hand knowledge of its topic, for Richard Bennett was himself
a Roman Catholic priest for 22 years, representing the very errors he now
exposes. Beginning with his testimony of being delivered by Christ from Roman
apostasy, Mr. Bennett�s book is rendered more interesting throughout by this
personal touch. His deep compassion for Roman Catholics in general and sympathy
with those agonizing between loyalty to Roman Catholicism and Scripture is
palpable and winsome.
Second, CEE is even more focused
and concentrated than Boettner�s classic, and therefore more succinct and
readable. Mr. Bennett clearly discerns the crux of the vital spiritual and
theological issues between Roman Catholicism and biblical Christianity, and
addresses it forthrightly, without giving this weighty matter short shrift.
Beginning with a chapter on the unique authority of Scripture, Mr. Bennett
skillfully views through a biblical lens the topics of the Roman Catholic
priesthood, the papacy, the sacraments (especially the mass), mysticism,
iconographic idolatry, and Mariolatry. These are his core concerns. He also
includes very helpful treatments of the Roman Catholic doctrine of marriage
with its disturbing implications for non-Catholics, and the unstable life of
nuns in convents.
Third, CEE is more convincingly
authoritative. Mr. Bennett constantly appeals to Scripture for truth. Further,
he documents profusely Roman Catholicism�s tenets and history with primary
sources. Checking many of these revealed them to be accurate and fair.
Boettner�s book suffers from the lack of primary source citations. Therefore,
the reader is left to wonder whether his serious charges are really true in all
cases, and this has been disputed by antagonists. Mr. Bennett leaves Romanists
no place to hide, scrutinizing their own words in the light of Scripture.
Fourth, CEE is up-to-date.
Important documents like Vatican Council II (1965), the Catechism of the
Catholic Church (1994), the Evangelicals and Catholics Together statements
(starting in 1994), and other contemporary books and articles are woven into
the fabric of his discussion, including official Vatican documents now
available online. Bennett reviews the clergy sex abuse scandal with its
implications, writes much of Pope John Paul II, and some of Pope Benedict XVI.
Obviously Boettner did not have access to these things, and modern readers may
imagine that his accusations are dated and irrelevant. Bennett shows this is
not the case; to some degree Roman Catholicism is truly and tragically semper
idem (always the same).
Fifth, CEE is strongly
applicatory in evangelism, reformation, and confirmation. Toward Roman
Catholics, Bennett frequently makes earnest appeals to forsake Roman Catholicism
and come in true faith to Christ the only Mediator between God and men, and to
trust in His finished work on the cross. Bennett also calls worldly,
compromising evangelicals to hearty repentance and a high, biblical standard of
faith and practice. Finally, this book challenges committed biblical Christians
to imitate its bold and compassionate testimony to the Savior and His
doctrines. We are exhorted to hold the gospel banner high for the rescue of
sinners, the instruction of saints, and the promotion of God�s glory.
Catholicism: East of Eden is a
worthy successor to Boettner�s venerable work. Bennett�s book may well be the
very best we can recommend on this topic to the general reader.
D. Scott Meadows, Pastor
Calvary Baptist Church
(Reformed)
Exeter, New Hampshire USA
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De Haereticis: A ciuili
magistratu puniendis libellus (1554)
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this as the civil magistrate's God-given duty). In this work, Whether the
Civil Magistrate Ought to Punish Heretics, "Beza argued... [m]agistrates in Christian states are
representatives of God and are bound by the Word of God in spiritual
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Reformation [Christian
University Press, 1980, p. 153]). Beza is completely in accord with Reformation
thinking on this point. For "of all errors, toleration is the most
dangerous and damnable, in so far as other errors do only overturn those
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and Monfortius, in a
peculiar Treatise De Hareticus a Magistratu puniendis" (Wholesome Severity Reconciled
With Christian Liberty,
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BEZA, THEODORE
The Life of John Calvin
Beza was Calvin's friend, student and
successor at Geneva.
As an eye-witness to Calvin's conduct and an intimate
friend, this work (of 100 pages), of necessity, retains a special quality that
other treatments of Calvin's life will lack. Notwithstanding, the best modern treatment of Calvin's views and work is found in Carlos Eire's War Against the Idols: The
Reformation of Worship from Erasmus to Calvin ($US39.96).
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BEZA, THEODORE
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The Psalms: Their History,
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Predestination and Providence
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that "very few writers please me more." Here he deals with God's
decree, explaining how God has revealed that He "works all things after
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BINNING, HUGH
The Works of Hugh Binning (1858,
1992)
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"Treatise on Christian Love." Binning is
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the (Scottish-RB) Church, but in that controversy as well as in that with the
Independents maintained a conciliatory spirit; in that context he wrote his Treatise
of Christian Love (Dictionary of Scottish Church History and
Theology,
p. 77).
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Worshipping God in Spirit and
Truth
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bring the vain ceremony and pomp of their own minds into worship of God. These
innovations in worship are shown to be nothing more than the practical denial
of God's sovereignty. They deny God's right to rule in his own house and bring
with them manifold curses upon their practitioners. Faithfully maintains the
Reformation standard for public worship, viz., "if God does not require
it, He abhors it." There is no neutrality! Excerpted from the 1858 edition
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A Useful Case of Conscience,
Learnedly and Accurately Discussed and Resolved, Concerning Associations and
Confederacies with Idolaters, Infidels, Heretics, Malignants, or Any Other
Known Enemies of Truth and Godliness
Dr. McCrie said of Binning, "few writers please me more." Binning was
appointed Regent and Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow
in his nineteenth year. An extremely popular preacher, his works continue to be
highly esteemed to this day. He died in 1654 at the age of 29. Here he warns
against joining oneself with any known enemies of truth and upholds the
Biblical injuction, concerning secondary separation, to abstain from even the
apperance of evil. Specifically, "written to expose and counteract the
purpose and proceeding of the Resolutioners. Binning was one of the band of
Covenanters (i.e. a Protester-RB) who deemed they would not be justified in
fighting for Charles, without additional security being provided for the
maintenance of their religious privileges, and unless some adequate restraint
were imposed upon the exercise of the royal authority" (Johnston, Treasury
of the Scottish Covenant,
p. 328).
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The Biblical and Logical
Necessity of Uninspired Creeds
A humorous and instructive
dialogue between Hans [a paleopresbyterian] and Franz [a neopresbyterian],
demonstrating the absolute necessity of uninspired creeds. Hans shows Franz
that Franz's rejection of uninspired creeds is itself an uninspired creed.
Available on
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A Brotherly Testimony Against
the Use of Instrumental Accompaniment In Public Worship
Birger notes, "This letter was written to my friend's former pastor. It
was subsequently forwarded to the elders of his former church, a small
congregation in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. This friend had initially
absented himself from corporate worship due to their use of instrumental
accompaniment, and (like me: see Why the PCA is Not a Duly Constituted Church
and Why Faithful Christians Should Separate From This Corrupt
"Communion")
upon further study of the matter of the lawful constitution requisite for a
church to claim lawful authority from Christ (see Calvin's Institutes, Book IV, Chapter 2, Section 12, and my
piece against the PCA), determined that no such lawful authority exists in the
Orthodox Presbyterian Church. The use of instrumental accompaniment in the
corporate worship of God's people was recognized unanimously by historic
reformed writers as a return to the Judaizing ceremonies of the Roman Catholic
and Episcopal (i.e. Prelatic) Churches. This was also the opinion of the
ancient church, and even Aquinas is cited as excluding their use for this
reason. Thus, Dabney comments [in his review of John Girardeau's book on the
subject], 'Christ and His apostles ordained the musical worship of the New
Dispensation without any sort of musical instrument, enjoining only the singing
with the voice of psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Hence such instruments
are excluded from Christian worship. *Such has been the creed of all churches,
and in all ages*, except for the Popish communion after it had reached the
nadir of its corruption at the end of the thirteenth century, and of its
prelatic imitators (my emphases).' It is a sad commentary on the disposition of
the church and its leaders when those who glory in the name, 'reformed', wish
to argue us back into the principles and practices of the Romish whore, and of
her illegitimate offspring (Rev. 17 & 18). May God bless this little work
to encourage the faithful to the recovering of our ecclesiastical heritage, to
a return to the old paths wherein is rest for our souls (Jer. 6:16)."
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BIRGER,
LARRY and GREG BARROW
Reformation
Principles Re-Exhibited: An Historical Witness and Brotherly Entreaty.
Summary
and Analysis of Changes within Terms of Communion of the Reformed Presbyterian Churches
of Scotland and America from 1761 to the Present, and a Particular Analysis and
Testimony Against the Present Day RPCNA. (August 5, 2002)
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Terms of Ministerial and
Christian Communion in the Reformed Presbyterian Church, and In Our Day, In the
Puritan Reformed Church; With Explanatory Dialogue (Including "The
Biblical and Logical Necessity of Uninspired Creeds")
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neo-turned-paleopresbyterian), deals (in a very clear, easy-to-understand way)
with a number of the more controversial and misunderstood teachings adopted by
the Puritan Reformed Church of Edmotnon and promoted by SWRB in their return to
the biblical attainments of the Second, or Covenanted Reformation on the
British Isles. The conversation begins with "The Biblical and Logical
Necessity of Uninspired Creeds", where Hans shows Franz that Franz's
rejection of uninspired creeds is itself an uninspired creed. After several
months of study Franz is now interested in joining Hans' Covenanter church, but
has been confused and unsettled by the charges of his friend (a member of the
RPCNA). This RPCNA friend alleges that Hans' church is a continuation of the
"schism" of the "Steelites", and that they are
"basically Papists, putting uninspired works on a par with the Bible and
then abusing (their) church authority by requiring faith in the church, rather
than in the word of God." Hans then goes through and explains pertinent
aspects of each term of communion, demonstrating that the RPCNA friend's
charges and objections are entirely inaccurate, vindicating in the process
precious and vital truths of the Reformation. This easy-reading and
mild-mannered dialogue includes an index of topics discussed and objections
raised, and is an excellent introduction to the true Covenanter position
(i.e. the position of the Westminster Assembly and the Church of Scotland
during the Second Reformation).
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Why the PCA is Not a Duly
Constituted Church and Why Faithful Christians Should Separate from this
Corrupted "Communion"
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the PCA, with an historical introduction. Birger states, "This work is
emitted by way of testimony against the defections from the reformation of the
true religion granted by God in ages past, in hopes of playing some small part
in the edification of God's people currently languishing under such defected
and defecting denominations." It spotlights the differences between
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BIRGER, LARRY
Problems in the Presbyterian
Church in America (PCA)
Birger was excommunicated for
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the Westminster standards.
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BISCEGLIA, JOHN B.
Italy's Contribution to the
Reformation (1928)
This
book describes the ways in which Italy played an important role in
the Reformation.
Italy,
of course, contains Rome, the headquarters of the Man of Sin. The Papal
Antichrist has defiled this country with his evil ways for hundreds of years. "The Roman papal
court was proud of a Sergius the II who sold the ecclesiastical offices; of a
Sergius the III; of a John the XI; and of a John the XIII (904-956), who were
celebrated in the ecclesiastic annals for their illicit loves, depucelations
and incests; of a Benedict the IX, pope at 18 (1058), who, according to
Desiderius Abbe of Montecassino was such a scoundrel and so depraved that his
life cannot be told; of a Gregorius the VII (1073), legislator of the celibacy
of the priests and lover of the Countess Matilde, whom St. Peter Damiano calls
'not Holy father but Holy devil'; of a Nicolus the III (1277), so demoniac that
Dante places him in hell with his head downward; of a John the XXII (1316),
inventor of the taxes for dispensations and the forgiveness of sins; of a
Benedict the XI (1334), who violated Selvaggia, the beautiful,
eighteen-year-old sister of Petrarch; of a Martin the V (1451), who ordered the
assassination of Jerome of Prague, and John Huss; of an Adrian the IV, who,
supported by Frederick Barbarossa, burned alive Arnaldo da Brescia on the
bridge of Castel S. Angelo; and of an Alexander the VI (pope Borgia), who
towers above all the others for vice and corruption; who made of the Vatican a
house of prostitution and a den of assassins and who commanded the burning
alive of Savonarola and his companions" (p. 16).
The
Renaissance, a momentous rebirth of scholarship (though mostly unsanctified),
originated in Italy and, according to Bisceglia, laid much of the important
groundwork for the Reformation. A number of Renaissance scholars were alarmed
at the gross immorality that was prevalent in the Church of Rome. The famous
Dante, for example, "wrote words of fire against despotism and the
ambition of the Church, compared her to the beast described in the book of
Revelation, placed popes, prelates and prominent church supporters in Hell, and
denounced sin and idolatry" (pp. 40-41).
The Renaissance
created excitement throughout Europe, and many
scholars traveled to Italy from other European countries "not only that
they might sit at the feet of the great masters of art and science, but that
they might study Latin, Greek and Hebrew to better understand the Holy
Scriptures" (p. 48). Among
these scholars was the famous Erasmus, who, upon returning to Germany from
Italy, "published the Greek New Testament and became the enlightening
power of the countries beyond the Alps" (p. 50).
During the
1500s, a number of Italian scholars were brought to England to teach. "Peter Martyr was by far the greatest theologian of the
age given by Italy to England" (p. 52). As well, a number of
Englishmen went to study in Italy. "When these men returned home a new era
dawned upon England. The new learning moulded the whole life of England"
(p. 53). Of course, other European countries were affected by the Italian scholarship
as well.
Although
the printing press was not invented in Italy, "it was perfected in Italy
by Aldus of Venice, and Italy reaped the richest fruits in the rapid diffusion
of the new learning. The printing presses of Florence, Venice, Brescia and Rome
were the most important in Europe, and Venice alone printed more books than all
the rest of the world put together" (p. 69).
In
spite of Italy's significant contribution to the Reformation, the Reformation
itself failed in Italy. While a number of factors may have contributed to this
failure, persecution by the Roman Antichrist is likely a prominent one.
"Being so near the papal court, the seat of Inquisition, the power of the
Cross and the Sword, all attempts were smothered as soon as they were hatched,
the very soul of Protestant reformatory aspiration was suffocated" (p.
75).
78 pages.
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A Catechism on Praise (1854)
"In brief space, and a clear, calm, scriptural way, this little manual covers,
we conceive, the entire ground of the Psalmody question, and will meet a
cordial reception from all the friends of the inspired songs and a simple
worship" (Christian Instructor magazine).
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Church Union and Communion
(1819)
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the minds of Christians respecting the Scriptural basis of church fellowship,
about which they are, at present, far from being agreed," is the earnest
prayer of the author. A sermon preached at the opening of the Synod of the
Reformed Presbyterian Church in 1816, it is a much needed look at true
ecumenism. It also opposes false ecumenism and the ungodly unions (based not on
agreement in truth, but on other pragmatic considerations) that are so common
in our day.
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David Brown a Memoir (1898)
Brown was Professor and Principal of the Free Church college in Aberdeen. His
most famous book was Christ's Second Coming: Will It Be Premillennial?
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BLAKENEY, R.P.
Manual of Romish Controversy:
Being a Complete Refutation of the Creed of Pope Pius IV
A massive refutation of the
superstition and heresy of the Roman harlot. Contains 24 chapters dealing with all
the major (and many of the minor) points at issue between Rome and the
Protestants. Contains much research that is
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Popery In Its Social Aspect
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Protestant Catechism or
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Psychoheresy: The Psychological Seduction of Christianity
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return to biblical foundations for Christian living" (back cover). Jay
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Prophets of Psychoheresy I
"Exposes the fallacies and failures of psychological counselling theories
and therapies for one purpose: to call the church back to ministering to souls
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man-made means and opinions. Psychological systems of understanding and
treating people are displacing, diluting, and distorting the Word of God in
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The Millennium
Looks at the three major systems of millennialism: Postmillennialism,
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415 pages.
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The Reformed Doctrine of
Predestination
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Reformed Doctrine of Predestination but of all the great distinctive doctrines
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The Reformed Faith
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Arminianism.
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Roman Catholicism
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as the practical effects these two systems have had in people's lives. He shows
that Protestantism was not a new system to arise at the time of the
Reformation, but a return to New Testament Christianity and the simplicity of
the apostolic Church. Constant reference is made to scriptural teaching, and
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Our Political Protest and Why
Covenanters Do Not Vote (1872)
Though written by a later American "Reformed Presbyterian" -- and
thus showing signs of some waffling from the original Covenanted position --
Boggs raises many good points that all Christians should take into
consideration. Working from, "Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship
with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?" (Ps. 94:20), Boggs shows how
the US government fails three crucial biblical tests for claiming legitimacy as
civil authorities; noting that "for these reasons we dissent and protest,
and carry our dissent so far as not to touch the government at any point where
an oath to the constitution is required or implied" (p. 11). He also
distinguishes between the rights of citizenship and the owning of any
particular civil regime and closes with a stirring call to look for the day
when "they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the
nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem:
neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil
heart" (Jer. 3:17). 15 pages.
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Does the Regulative Principle
Matter to the PCA? This message was delivered for Concerned Presbyterian Day
(March 23, 1993)
It deals with problems in the Presbyterian Church in America concerning
differing views of worship as they relate to Scripture and the vows ministers
take to the Westminster Confession. Bogue's reviews of A Defense of Liberty
Against Tyrants by Junius Brutus and Messiah the Prince by William Symington
are both appended to this lecture.
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General Directions for a
Comfortable Walking With God (1837)
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Heart-Surgery
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The True Bonds of Christian
Freedom
This Puritan Paperback (from the Banner of Truth) sets forth the place of the
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the following six questions:
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2. Does our being made free by Christ deliver us from all punishments or
chastisements for sin?
3. Is it consistent with Christian freedom to be under obligation to perform
duties because God has commanded them?
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Westminster Assembly of Divines which met in 1643 to introduce a second
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Commentary on Leviticus
Children of the Promise: The
Biblical Case for Infant Baptism
Booth, as ex-Baptist, while gentle and sympathetic to those on the other side,
is nonetheless relentless in making his case. This book is Biblical and
precise.
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Amiable Professors Falling
Short Of Heaven
Based on the Messiah's words in Mark 10:21, "Then Jesus beholding him,
loved him, and said unto him, one thing thou lackest." 83 pages on
assurance.
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The Art of Man-Fishing
A faithful soul-winners' guide to Calvinistic evangelism. Recommended by John
MacAuthur. Thomas Boston (1676-1732) was an eminent Scottish Presbyterian
minister. He is already well-known by serious Christian book buyers as his
writings have been republished often in the years since his death. Boston's
writing can be characterized as easy to understand and straightforward, while
yet remaining true to a strong Calvinistic doctrinal testimony. His books
contain profound spiritual truth and are very searching concerning a vital and
living relationship with the Lord Christ Jesus.
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Christ Jesus Duly Prized
This 70-page book is based on, Phil. 3:8 "Yea doubtless, and I count all
things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord:
for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung,
that I may win Christ." Boston writes, "if you would give evidence of
your interest in imputed righteousness, you must do it by inherent
righteousness. Shew your faith by your works. Faith without works is dead,
being alone."
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The Christian Life Delineated
in Several Practical Discourses
Five sermons (147 pages) dealing with Christ in His ordinances, the sin of
unbelief, obtaining the favour of the Lord, and ultimately reaching heaven etc.
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Christians Strong In The
Grace That Is In Christ Jesus
Communion sermon (Sept. 9, 1722). Shows that "those who feed at his table
must arise and fight their way to Immanuel's land, to which they have professed
themselves to be travelling," in virtue of their statement of covenant
renewal at the Lord's table.
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BOSTON, THOMAS
Commentary on the Shorter
Catechism
(2 volumes)
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legion of catechisms (The Westminster Assembly: Its History and Standards).
The Shorter
Catechism is the "king of the catechisms" for shear power of
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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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A Crook in the Lot
Includes several sermons on the sovereignty and wisdom of God as it is displayed
in the afflictions of men, together with instruction on maintaining a strong
Christian testimony under hardship, pain and trouble.
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Discourses on Prayer
Here we have encouragement, edification, and the Biblical/Puritan view of
prayer. Prayer is one of the Christian's great privileges, one of our greatest
weapons, and fertile ground for cultivating assurance. Boston is a master of
devotional writing.
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The Distinguishing
Characteristics of True Believers
Seventeen sermons (254 pages) relating to nine major areas pinpointing the
marks of salvation. Includes loving your enemies, conduct in times of general
declension, keeping Christ's commandments, the use of the tongue, friendship
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Duties of Husband and Wife
Based on Ephesians 5:33, "Nevertheless let every one of you in particular
so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her
husband."
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BOSTON, THOMAS, JAMES HOG,
EBENEZER and RALPH ERSKINE, and OTHERS (Collected by John Brown of Whitburn)
Gospel Truth Accurately
Stated and Illustrated... Occasioned by the Republication of the Marrow of
Modern Divinity (1827)
"Considered to be the best
account in a small compass of the Marrow controversy," stated Cairns (cf.
Johnston, Treasury of the Scottish Covenant, p. 486). Gives a
history, from original documents, of the Marrow controversy (which centered
around the book The Marrow of Modern Divinity), along with
biographical notices of the main disputants. John Brown of Whitburn (the son of
John Brown of Haddington) has compiled pertinent extracts "from the works
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defence of those views of evangelical truth which they had espoused. This
forms perhaps the most valuable portion of the book, and will probably be
equally new with the other divisions, to most of its readers, as many of the
extracts are taken from books which are now in the hands of very few" (p. iv). One
interesting appendix gives a very helpful side-by-side table illustrating the
"Contrast between the Doctrines of the
Marrowmen and Anti-Marrowmen."
Topics which were disputed during this controversy include God's sovereignty
and human responsibility in salvation and sanctification, the nature of the
Gospel, the free offer of the Gospel, covenant theology, assurance, the
atonement, the place of the law in the life of the believer and much more.
"The theological divisions in the Marrow controversy reflected similar
divisions in Reformed thought, with the Marrow and its defenders being more in
harmony with the Reformed orthodoxy of the sixteenth and early seventeenth
centuries and, on balance, with the Westminster Confession of Faith and
Catechisms. Their opponents, though representative of the great majority of
ministers in the early eighteenth-century Church of Scotland, reflected the
legalizing tendencies of late seventeenth-century developments in Reformed
theology, rather than Reformed thought as a whole," writes David Lachman
(Cameron, ed., Dictionary of Scottish Church History and Theology, p. 547) -- in summary
of the historical and theological context surrounding the issues dealt with in
this book. 375 pages.
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Faith, Hypocrisy and Discipleship
Includes "The Statute-Law of Discipleship," "The Acceptable
Manner of Drawing Near to God," "God's Gracious Call and Precious
Promise Considered," and much more. Seventeen sermons in 208 pages.
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Jesus Christ His Preaching,
Work, and Ministry
Liberty and good tidings from the King of kings! Ten sermons from Boston at his
best.
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Human Nature in its Fourfold
State (1841)
The title continues: "Of Primitive Integrity, Entire Depravity, Begun
Recovery, and Consummate Happiness or Misery; Subsisting in the Parents of
Mankind, the Unregenerate, the Regenerate, and All Mankind in the Future State.
In Several Practical Discourses." Macleod writes, "If there is one
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published book originated in a course of sermons preached in Simprin and again
in Ettrick. After a series of mishaps, Human Nature in its Fourfold State (E, 1720) was published anonymously. His most influential work, it has been reprinted perhaps
100 times and translated into a variety of languages. The Bible aside, it had an influence second to none in the
religious life of Scotland for well over 100 years"(Dictionary
of Scottish Church History and Theology, p. 89).
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BOSTON, THOMAS (and Edward Fisher)
The Marrow of Modern Divinity
Jeremiah Burroughs states,"If thou wilt
pursue this little book, thou shalt find great worth in it." First printed
in 1645, this controversial book was read in 1700 by Thomas Boston and had a
profound influence on his ministry. Boston added copious notes to this edition,
which was reprinted in 1718. His notes, which are often longer than the text by
Fisher, are an invaluable addition to this work. Its
contents are largely taken from the works of the Reformers and English Puritans.
Three members of the Westminster Assembly wrote recommendations to the
Marrow. Part one of the book, "The Covenant of Grace and
the Covenant of Works," is one of the best explanations of covenant
theology in the English language. Part
two is "An Exposition of the Ten Commandments." "The
marrow of the second bone (part)," said Caryl, "is like that of the
first, sweet and good. The commandments of God are
marrow to the saints, as well as the promises; and they shall never taste the
marrow of the promise who distaste the commandments. This little
treatise breaketh the bone, the hard part of commandments, by plain exposition,
so that all, even babes in Christ, yea, such as are yet out of Christ, may suck
out and feed upon the marrow by profitable meditation." This section on
the commandments is practical and powerful -- guarding against the antinomian
heresy. The whole book (of 400 pages) is in beautiful condition and this
edition contains the appendix by John Brown of Haddington.
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The Names and Attributes of
Christ
Greatly edifying! 355 pages, 18 sermons.
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On The Government of the
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them.
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Overcoming Unbelief and
Numerous Other Practical Sermons
Feast on this practical Puritan preaching pertaining to numerous important
topics concerning personal victory over the world, the flesh and the devil!
Nine sermons in 146 pages.
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BOSTON, THOMAS
Questions About Practical
Christian Living Answered
Answers whether or not repentance is necessary
in order to obtain the pardon of sin, who has the right to baptism, why sin
remains in believers and much more. 277 pages containing 10 articles.
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Personal and Family Fasting
and Humiliation
A much neglected topic in our day.
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Sins of Sinners Finding Them
Out
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The Pleasure of Real Religion
As seen in the book of Proverbs, no earthly "joy" can match the
beauty and blessedness of following Christ.
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BOSTON, THOMAS
Repentance, Christian Warfare
and Sanctification
Over 400 pages containing 15
exceedingly practical articles from the pen of a
Puritan master. Includes "The Old and New Man in Believers,"
"The Danger of Delaying Repentance," "The Sinfulness and Hazard
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BOSTON, THOMAS
A Rich Feast for Hungry Souls
Concerning the duty, privilege and wonder of
being the object of Christ's love (11 sermons, 123 pages).
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Serving the Lord in Holiness
On covenant responsibilities and blessings.
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The Shortness of Human Life
Redeem the time because the days are evil!
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The State and Character of
Believers
Nine sermons by Boston (330 pages), pointing out the benefits and marks
exhibited in the lives of those who have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit of
God.
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View of the Covenant of Grace
from the Sacred Records
Herein you will find distinct consideration given to the parties involved in
the covenant of grace, the making of it, its parts (conditionary and
promissory), and the administration thereof; together with the trial of a
saving personal inbeing in this covenant and the way of instating sinners
therein - unto their eternal salvation.
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View of the Covenant of Works
from the Sacred Records
Spurgeon said that if you understand the covenants you are a theologian indeed,
and well on your way to understanding God's revelation in Scripture. This book
serves as a good companion volume to the above title and as an antidote to the
hyper-covenantal errors found in groups such as the Protestant Reformed.
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BOSTON, THOMAS
The Works of Thomas Boston
(12 volumes, 1853)
"One
of the most valuable sets of all time, Boston's Works have been read and
re-read ever since their first publication in the 18th century" (Joel Beeke's
Reformation Heritage Books email of Aug. 27, 2002).
By common consent Boston takes rank in the highest class of our
practical religious writers; and in respect of spiritual usefulness his works
have largely followed him. Except the Shorter Catechism and the Pilgrim's Progress, no book, perhaps, has contributed so much to mould the
religious character of Scotland as his Fourfold State (F.C.
Magazine, VI, p. 256 as cited in Johnston, Treasury of the Scottish Covenant, p. 479).
Ian Tallach, in
the Foreword to The Beauties of Thomas Boston (p. xii) states,
Of
the many great divines who have adorned the ecclesiastical and theological
scene in Scotland, Thomas Boston must be reckoned as among the greatest. Dr.
Andrew Thomson who wrote Thomas Boston: His Life and Times, asserts that 'if Scotland had been searched during the earlier part
of the eighteenth century there was not a minister of Christ within its bounds
who, alike in personal character and in the discharge of his pastoral
functions, approached nearer the apostolic model than did this man of God.'
Dr. James
Hamilton writes,
Thomas
Boston whose peaceful walk with God is not yet forgotten in Ettrick Forest, and
whose writings, originally designed for his own shepherds, are now praised in all the churches, and most prized by those
Christians who have farthest grown in grace (cited in Johnston, Treasury
of the Scottish Covenant, p. 477).
McGowan, in the
Encyclopedia of the Reformed Faith (p. 38), also notes,
Boston
was an orthodox federal Calvinist committed to the theology of the Westminster
Confession. His federal theology was neither legalistic nor conditional in its
understanding of grace.
On Boston's
notes in the Marrow of Modern Divinity, James Henry (author of Theron and
Aspasio)
comments,
I
never read the Marrow, with Mr. Boston's Notes, until this present time (1755)
and I find, by not having read it, I have sustained considerable loss. It is a most valuable book; the doctrines it contains
are the life of my soul, and the joy of my heart. Might my tongue or
my pen be made instrumental to recommend and illustrate, to support and
propagate such precious truths, I should bless the day wherein I was born. Mr. Boston's Notes on the Marrow are, in my opinion, some of the most judicious and
valuable that ever were penned (cited in Brown's Gospel Truth
Accurately Stated and Illustrated, by... James Hog, Thomas Boston, Ebenezer and
Ralph Erskine, and Others; Occasioned by the Republication of the Marrow of
Modern Divinity,
p. 7).
Furthermore, in
Brown's Gospel Truth (pages 107-110) we find a very useful sketch of the
character and capabilities of Thomas Boston, as drawn by some of his closest
friends (the three ministers, Colden, Wilson and Davidson). These pages are an
edifying read in themselves; and we will supply you with a few short comments
from this section,
Mr.
Boston was... of a strong and faithful genius, of a lively imagination, such as
affords what is called a ready wit, (which, instead of cultivating, he laid
under a severe restraint,) of tender affections, a clear and solid judgment...
There were few pieces of learning that he had not some good taste for... He had
an admirable talent at drawing a paper, which made a statesman, a very able
judge, say, (when Mr. Boston was clerk of the Synod of Merse and Teviotdale,)
that he was the best clerk he had ever know in any court, civil or
ecclesiatic... as a minister, he had on his spirit
a deep and high sense of divine things, was mighty in the Scripture...
His knowledge and insight in the mystery of Christ was great, though a humbling
sense of the want of it was like to have quite sunk and laid him by, after he
began to preach. He had a peculiar talent for going
deep into the mysteries of the gospel, and at the same time making them plain,
particularly in making intelligible their connection with, and influence upon,
gospel-holiness; notable instances of which may be seen in his most valuable
treatise, "Of the Covenant of Grace," and in his sermons on Christ in
the form of a servant... No wonder his ministrations in holy things
were all of them dear and precious to the saints. He was fixed and established
upon solid and rational grounds in the Reformation principle, in opposition to
Popery, Prelacy, superstition, and persecution... Far from serving the Lord
with that which cost him nothing, it was his delight to spend and be spent in
the service of the gospel... zeal and knowledge
were in him united to a degree rarely to be met with... He was
exceedingly cautious and scrupulous of any thing new or unprecedented, until he
was thoroughly satisfied of its necessity and grounds... He was a scribe
singularly instructed into the kingdom of God, happy in finding out acceptable
words -- a burning and shining light.
Davidson
further states,
The
acquaintance I had with him, and the frequent opportunities I had of hearing
him preach, I look upon as one of the greatest privileges I was favoured with
in my early days, and which I still reflect on with great pleasure. He was one of the most powerful preachers I ever heard
open a mouth... There were few men (if any) in his day, who courted
popularity less than he did; nay, he rather shunned it, but, like his shadow,
it followed him wherever he went, for his
ministrations were savoury and acceptable to all who had a relish for the truth
as it is in Jesus, and a love to that holiness of heart and life which the
belief of it never fails to influence in the minds of all the children of God
(Gospel Truth,
p. 110).
In concluding
his memoir of Boston in Gospel Truth, Brown notes,
Few
writings, if any, are more acceptable and useful. The following epitaph
was written by Mr. R. Erskine:
"The great, the grace, judicious Boston's
gone,
Who once like Athanasius bold stood firm alone;
Whose golden pen to future times will bear
His fame, till in the clouds his Lord
appear."
Regrettably, however
profitable most of Boston's writing is to all Christians, we would be remiss
not to mention that in some small sections of his works he clearly sides with
the backslidden Revolution church (against the Covenanters). This is a sad
defect and to counteract it we will include a FREE (cerlox bound
photocopy) of Andrew Clarkson's masterful Plain Reasons for Presbyterians
Dissenting from the Revolution Church of Scotland. Also Their Principles
Concerning Civil Government, and the Difference Betwixt the Reformation and
Revolution Principles (1731, a
$29.99 value!) with every order of this
full eight volume set.
Finally, of
Boston, David Lachman writes,
He
took an active part in the Marrow Controversy, having 'relished [the Marrow] greatly' since first finding
a copy in a cottage while engaged in pastoral visitation in Simprin... John (Rabbi) Duncan aptly characterized Boston as a
'commonplace genius'... he infused it
(Reformed Orthodoxy) with fresh life and warmth, influencing first his parish
and eventually all of Scotland.
His
theology can be characterized as what came to be known as 'Marrow theology'.
From early in his ministry he emphasized a free offer of the gospel, an assurance focused on Christ and not in the believer
himself, and the power of grace in the life of the believer rather than the
threatenings of the law. These and the like emphases are evident throughout his
works. His first published book originated in a course of sermons
preached in Simprin and again in Ettrick. After a series of mishaps, Human
Nature in its Fourfold State (E, 1720) was published anonymously. His most
influential work, it has been reprinted perhaps 100 times and translated into a
variety of languages. The Bible aside, it had an
influence second to none in the religious life of Scotland for well over 100
years.
A
fine linguist, Boston taught himself Hebrew... His Memoirs is a classic (less his
confusion about the Covenanters--RB); primarily a spiritual autobiography, it
recounts his life with an endearing candour... The
Complete Works (12 vols, A, 1848-52
[i.e. the SWRB reprint edition--RB]) is the definitive edition (Dictionary
of Scottish Church History and Theology, pp. 88-89).
Volumes
in this set are divided along the following lines:
Volume
1
Commentary on the
Shorter Catechism (volume one)
Volume
2
Commentary on
the Shorter Catechism (volume two)
Volume
3
Sermons,
Chiefly on Communion Occasions
The Crook in
the Lot
Volume
4
Sermons on
Various Practical Subjects
Volume
5
The Art of
Man-Fishing
The Distinguishing
Characteristics of True Believers
The State and
Character of True Believers
Volume
6
Miscellaneous
Questions
Miscellaneous
Tracts
Paraphrase on
the Epistle to the Galatians
Practical
Discourses
Volume
7
A Brief Explication
of the First Part of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism
The Marrow of
Modern Divinity (On the Covenants, the Gospel and the Law)
Everlasting
Espousals
The Mystery of
Christ in the Form of a Servant
The Peculiar
Mercy and Business of Life Opened Up and Applied
The Evil and
Danger of Schism (see Clarkson's Plain Reasons for a refutation)
The Necessity
and Foundations of a Throne of Grace for the Behoof of Poor Sinners
The Evidences
and Causes of the Decay of Religion in the Soul Discovered (and Its Cure)
Volume
8
Human Nature in
Its Fourfold State
A View of the
Covenant of Grace from the Sacred Records
Volume
9
Sermons on
Various Practical Subjects
Volume
10
Sermons on
Various Practical Subjects
Sermons on the
Name and Attributes of Christ
The Christian
Life Delineated in Several Practical Discourses
Volume
11
Discourses on
Prayer
A View of the
Covenant of Works from the Sacred Records
A Memorial
Concerning Personal and Family Fasting and Humiliation
Volume
12
The Author's
Address to His Children
Memoirs
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BOWDEN, S.
Debarring
and Inviting Service at the Administration of the Lord's Supper, 1871
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BOWLES, OLIVER
Zeal for God's House
Quickened (1643)
A sermon preached, by one of the Westminster
Divines,
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7, 1643, in the Abbey Church at Westminster, expressing the eminence of zeal
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Confutation of Four Romish
Doctrines
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of Mary, attributed primarily to the martyr Bradford. Shows how the Papists
defend their major articles, for which they chiefly persecuted the Protestants,
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The Hurt of Hearing Mass
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Reed's John Knox the Forgotten Reformer, p. 79). Reed has also pointed out that
"when the queen wished to reinstate the papal Mass, Knox vehemently
opposed such measures. He said, �that one mass... was more fearful to him than
if ten thousand armed enemies were landed in any part of the realm, of the
purpose to suppress the whole of religion. For (said he) in our God there is
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not make to thee...,' this precept forbiddeth all kind of outward idolatry, as
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inwardly and outwardly be observed. But now the mass is an outward idol, and
the service of God there used is idolatry. Therefore they which are present at
the mass, honoring it with their corporal presence (as they do which being
there do not in open and exterior fact publicly disallow the same), they, I say
are open and manifest idolaters, and incur the danger of idolatry, that is
God's heavy wrath and eternal damnation: which thing I trow be no trifle, but
to fools which make sin a thing of nothing." Application to forms of
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as in the public preaching of women, the use of dance, the singing of
uninspired songs, the use of musical instruments, and whatever else is not appointed
by God for public worship), can be made to the degree that one has light upon
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The Writings of John Bradford
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The Influence of Theaters
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Presbyterian Government Not a
Hierarchy, But a Commonwealth
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The Christian Ministry with
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ineffectiveness, and goes on to examine comprehensively preaching and pastoral
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A Commentary on Ecclesiastes
A Commentary on Proverbs
A Lifting Up For the Downcast
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"The Whole Manner of
Worship..." Worship and the Sufficiency of Scripture in Belgic Confession
Article 7 (1997)
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"the regulative principle is in fact found... in Article 7 of the Belgic
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the regulative principle falls flat" (p. 21). Additionally, the author
encourages the reader to hearken back to the old Reformed confessional
standards (as they are agreeable to Scripture) and to "remove not the
ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set" (Prov. 22:28). This is an
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also, in many cases, from those (like Steve Schlissel, John Frame, Doug Wilson,
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How is Hypocrisy Discoverable
and Curable? (1661, reprinted 1844)
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The Lives of
the Puritans: Containing A
Biographical Account of Those Divines Who Distiguished Themselves In The Cause
of Religious Liberty, From the Reformation Under Queen Elizabeth, To The Act of
Uniformity, In 1662. (3 Volumes, 452 pp., 507 pp., 556 pp., Indexed).
Concerning Brook's three
volume set, The Lives of the Puritans, Dr. Joel Beeke writes,
"It is astonishing that for 180 years no one
has reprinted this classic three-volume work of Benjamin Brook which
sketches the lives of more than 450 Puritans.
Brook's work has much to commend it�. Much
fascinating historical detail and many edifying anecdotes are sprinkled
throughout these pages. Brook is particularly gifted in surfacing incidents in
the lives of the Puritans that serve as windows through which we observe divine
grace transforming the inner man to walk in the footsteps of Christ.
Brook's work is versatile. It feeds the layman and
informs the scholar. It excels in bringing to light God's grace in the lives of
numerous Puritans whose names would otherwise have been buried in oblivion. These
volumes serve the role both of a devotional and an encyclopedia--something that
can be attributed to few other titles!
...[This book includes] an able opening sketch
of one hundred pages on basic Puritan history of nonconformity from the
Reformation to the Act of Uniformity (1662)....
There is much to learn from and about the
Puritans through the able hand of Brook.
By emulating the Puritans, we may learn how to cultivate a closer walk with
God, as well as how to endure hardness as good soldiers of Jesus Christ (2
Timothy 2:3). Moreover, Brook's work ought to help counteract the half-truths
and distortions which marked Puritan studies only a few generations ago. Though
it is true that the Puritans unabashedly aimed for conversion-centered
preaching, wholehearted allegiance to the totality of Scripture, and a
distinctive piety, anyone who reads these volumes seriously will no longer
embrace the caricatures that Puritanism was to be associated with inhuman morals
and religious demands, intolerance in the social and political arena,
barrenness and stagnation in intellectual life, and a negative and pessimistic
outlook on life in general....
In this age of revived interest in Puritanism,
Brook's biographical sketches ought to find a home in many personal and public
libraries. I have long sought these
volumes myself, but was able to locate only one of three volumes. Now they will
finally be readily accessible to those who love the Puritans and their
teachings!
It is obvious that the writing of these volumes
was a labor of time-consuming love for Benjamin Brook....
Brook's life passion was to stimulate Christians to
walk in the paths of their godly Puritan forebearers. He hoped to especially
influence the young people of various Protestant denominations to be prodded by
Puritan biography--hence his dedication to the "rising generation."
May God bless the reading of these short biographies to young and old yet today
in the manner Brook intended, that is, in the vein of Hebrews 12:1-2, "Wherefore
seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us
lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us
run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author
and finisher of faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the
cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of
God (emphases added)."
In the "Dedication" (October 6, 1813) Benjamin Brook states,
"Of all books which can be put into your
hands, those which relate the labours and sufferings of good men are the most
interesting and instructive. In them you
see orthodox principles, Christian tempers, and holy duties, in lovely union
and in vigorous operation. In them you see religion shining forth in real life,
subduing the corruptions of human nature, and inspiring a zeal for every good
work. In them you see the reproaches and persecutions which the servants of God
have endured; those gracious principles which have supported their minds; and
the course they have pursued in their progress to the kingdom of heaven.
Such books are well calculated to engage your attention, to affect your feelings,
to deepen your best impressions, and to invigorate your noblest resolutions.
They are well calculated to fortify you against the allurements of a vain
world; to assimilate your characters to those of the excellent of the earth; to
conform your lives to the standard of holiness; and to educate your souls for
the mansions of glory.
The Puritans were a race of men of whom the
world was not worthy. They devoted their
days and nights to hard study; they cherished devotional feelings; and they enjoyed
intimate communion with God. The stores of their minds were expended, and the
energy of their souls was exerted, to separate the truths of the
gospel from the heresies of the times in which they lived; to resist the
encroachments of arbitrary power; to purify the church from secularity and
corruption; and to promote the power of religion among the people. They persevered in this course amidst a host of
difficulties, and in defiance of the most powerful opposition. The rulers of
those times persecuted them with wanton cruelty, in total contempt of every
sacred law, of every just principle, and of every humane feeling.
From these volumes you will learn, that the
glorious cause of Nonconformity has been adorned by the holy lives of a
multitude of good men; has been consecrated by the blood of martyrs; and has
been sanctioned by the approbation and protection of heaven.
For their exalted attainments in piety, their assiduous researches in literature
and divinity, and their unwearied exertions in the cause of God and their
country, the Puritan divines are entitled to the admiration and
reverence of every succeeding age....
For the sacred cause of religion, the Puritan
divines laboured and prayed, wrote and preached, suffered and died; and they
have transmitted it to us to support it, or to let it sink. With what feelings
will you receive this precious inheritance? Will you lightly esteem what they
so highly valued? Will you stand aloof from the cause which they watched with
jealous vigilance, and defended with invincible courage? If the blood of these
men run in your veins, if the principles of these men exist in your souls, most
assuredly you will not.
That you may learn the wisdom, and imbibe the
spirit of the Puritans;--that you may take them as patterns, imitate them as
examples, and follow them as guides, so far as they followed Christ;--that you
may adhere to the cause of religion with the same firmness, adorn it with the
same holiness, and propagate it with the same zeal, is my fervent prayer (emphases added)."
In the "Preface" Brook also notes,
"At no period has biographical history been so
much esteemed and promoted as in these days of Christian freedom. The memoirs
of wise and good men, especially such as have suffered for the testimony of a
good conscience, afford interesting entertainment and valuable instruction. To
rescue from oblivion impartial accounts of their holy actions, their painful
sufferings, and their triumphant deaths, will confer a deserved honour upon
their memory: and there is, perhaps, no class of men whose history better
deserves to be transmitted to posterity than that of the persons stigmatized by
the name of Puritans.
The cruelties exercised upon them were indeed very
great. THEY SUFFERED FOR THE TESTIMONY OF A GOOD CONSCIENCE, and an AVOWED
ATTACHMENT TO THE CAUSE OF CHRIST. The proofs which they gave of their zeal,
their fortitude, and their integrity, were certainly as great as could be
given. They denied themselves those honours, preferments, and worldly
advantages by which they were allured to conformity. They suffered reproach,
deprivation, and imprisonment; yea, the loss of all things, rather than comply
with those inventions and impositions of men, which to them appeared extremely
derogatory to the gospel, which would have robbed them of liberty of
conscience, and which tended to lead back to the darkness and superstitions of
popery. Many of them, being persons of
great ability, loyalty, and interest, had the fairest prospect of high
promotion; yet they sacrificed all for their nonconformity. Some modestly
refused preferment when offered them: while others, already preferred, were
prevented from obtaining higher promotion, because they could not, with a good
conscience, comply with the ecclesiastical impositions. Nor was it the
least afflictive circumstance to the Puritan divines, that they were driven
from their flocks, whom they loved as their own souls; and, instead of being
allowed to labour for their spiritual and eternal advantage, were obliged to
spend the best of their days in silence, imprisonment, or a state of exile in a
foreign land....
The author of these volumes has spared no labour
nor expense in the collection of materials, and has used the utmost care to
retain whatever appeared interesting, curious, and useful. Not writing to
please any particular sect or party, he has endeavoured to observe the
strictest impartiality. In the lives of
these worthies, he has not suppressed their imperfections, nor even the
accusations of their adversaries; but has constantly stated their faults, as
well as their excellencies, without reserve....
His sole object has been to give a lucid and
impartial statement of facts.
Indeed, the documents are frequently transcribed in the very words of the
authors; and, wishing to retain the genuine sense and originality of the whole
as entire as possible, he has constantly avoided dressing them in any garb of
his own.
Through the whole, he has invariably given his
authorities. These might easily have been multiplied; but, when two or more
authors have given accounts of the same facts, he has invariably chosen that
which appeared the most authentic: or, when they have at any time contradicted
each other, he has always given both, or followed that which appeared most
worthy of credit. In the Appendix, a correct list is given of the principal
books consulted; and, for the satisfaction of the more critical reader, the
particular edition of each is specified.
In numerous instances, reference will be found to single lives, funeral
sermons, and many other interesting articles, of which the particular edition
is mostly given. In addition to the numerous printed works, he has also been favoured with the use of
many large manuscript collections, a list of which will be found at the close of
the Appendix. From these rare documents he has been enabled to present to the
public a great variety of most interesting and curious information never before
printed....
The lives of these worthies are arranged in a
chronological order, according to the time of their deaths. By such
arrangement, the work contains a regular series of the History of
Nonconformists during a period of more than a hundred years....
It was requisite, in a work of this nature, to give
some account of the origin and progress of Nonconformity, together with a
sketch of the numerous barbarities exercised upon the Puritans. This will be found in the Introduction, which may
not prove unacceptable to the inquisitive and pious reader. If its length
require any apology, the author would only observe, that he hopes no part of it
will be found superfluous or uninteresting; that he has endeavoured
to give a compressed view of the
cruel oppressions of the times; and that it would have been difficult to bring
the requisite information into a narrower compass....
The work contains an authentic investigation of the
progress and imperfect state of the English reformation.... Those reasons
which induced the worthy Protestants to seek for the reformation of the church
of Rome, constrained the zealous Puritans to labour for the reformation of the
church of England. The
Puritans, who wished to worship God with greater purity than was allowed and
established in the national church, were the most zealous advocates of the
reformation; and they used their utmost endeavours to carry on the glorious
work towards perfection.
They could not, with a good conscience, submit to the
superstitious inventions and impositions of men in the worship of God; on which account, they employed their zeal,
their labours, and their influence to promote a more pure reformation. And
because they sought, though in the most peaceable manner, to have the church of
England purged of all its antichristian impurities, they were stigmatized with
the odious name of Puritans, and many of them, on account of their nonconformity, were
suspended, imprisoned, and persecuted even unto death. These
volumes, therefore, present to the reader a particular detail of the arduous
and painful struggle for religious freedom, during the arbitrary reigns of
Queen Elizabeth, King James, and King Charles I., to the restoration of King
Charles II.
The reader will here find a circumstantial account
of the proceedings of the High Commission
and the Star Chamber, the two
terrible engines of cruelty and persecution.... The tyrannical oppressions
and shocking barbarities of these courts are without a parallel in any
Protestant country, and nearly equal to the Romish inquisition. The
severe examinations, the numerous suspensions, the long and miserable
imprisonments, with other brutal usage, of pious and faithful ministers, for
not wearing a white surplice, not baptizing with a cross, not kneeling at the
sacrament, not subscribing to articles without foundation in law, or some other
equally trivial circumstance, were among the inhuman and iniquitous proceedings
of those courts....
That the Puritans in general were men of great
learning, untarnished piety, and the best friends to the constitution and
liberties of their country, no one will deny, who is acquainted with their true
character and the history of the times in which they lived (emphases
added)."
Heaven on Earth: A Treatise
on Christian Assurance
Brooks "scatters stars with both his hands" wrote C.H. Spurgeon. His
teaching is clear, thorough and greatly needed in the present spiritual
climate. Brooks explains what true assurance is and guides the reader in how it
may be fully experienced. This is one of the volumes in the Puritan Paperbacks
series from Banner of Truth.
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BROOKS, THOMAS
The Mute Christian Under the
Smarting Rod; With Sovereign Antidotes for Every Case (1811)
Subtitled: "A
Christian with an Olive Leaf in His Mouth, When Under the Greatest Afflictions,
Trials, Troubles, and Darkest Providences; With Answers to Questions and
Objections, Calculated to Promote Submission and Silence Under All the Changes
that May Be Experienced in this World." A Puritan look at the perplexing and sometimes disconcerting subject of
dealing in a godly manner with those trials and afflictions which frequently
beset the saints. This is an important book for all Christians who seek
to maintain a faithful testimony by adding patience and godliness to moderation
(cf. 2 Peter 1:6-7); and who constantly wage war with the world, the flesh and
the devil. If you have ever complained, become angry, or let the flame of
your first love grow dim because of the trials of this life, this book should
be a great encouragement and help. Brooks also wrote Precious Remedies Against
Satan's Devices
($9.95 from SWRB). In the preface to Precious Remedies it is noted that he was
among the leading Puritan preachers/authors and that "some few might even award him a topmost niche among the
choicest spirits of the seventeenth century." 250 pages.
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Precious Remedies Against
Satan's Devices
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Smeaton, that the best Christian authors of former times treated the seductive
influence and terrible power of Satan in a way "greatly more full and
suggestive than in the literature of the present day." This is one volume
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Sins Which Bring God's Fiery
Judgement Upon Cities and Nations
Spurgeon said Brook's writings were "marvelously rich" and his
"wealth of imagery surpasses all others of his age." He continued,
"Of all the Puritans he is the most readable... and if he cannot display
the depth of Owen or the raciness of Adams, he leaves them far behind in
excessive sweetness and sparkling beauty of metaphor." This item is taken
from Brooks' "London's Lamentation on the Late Fiery Dispensation."
Some of the sins catalogued comprehend Atheism, Sabbath-breaking, lying,
fornication and sodomy, the mocking of God's servants, a lukewarm ministry and
refusal to repent (even under severe judgements). A good look at what causes
God to pour out His wrath, of which our cities and nations can expect an
ongoing escalation of, baring a major revival soon.
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What a Hypocrite Cannot Do
Expounds on 13 spiritual things that hypocrites cannot do. Includes among
these: "A hypocrite's inside is never answerable to his outside;"
"No hypocrite under heaven is totally divorced from the love and liking of
every known sin, so neither is his heart thoroughly subdued to a willingness to
perform all known duties;" "No hypocrite can live wholly and only
upon the righteousness of Christ, the satisfaction of Christ, the merits of
Christ, for justification and salvation" (Romanism and the cults being
prime examples of institutionalized hypocrisy, RB); "No hypocrite ever
makes it his business, his work, to bring his heart into religious duties and
services;" "No hypocrite in the world loves the word, or delights in
the word, or prizes the word, as it is a holy word, a spiritual word, a
beautiful word, a pure word, a clean word;" and much more. Basically, as
Brooks states, "Some have shewed the several rounds in Jacob's ladder,
that an hypocrite may climb up to; but my business and work... is to shew you
the several rounds in Jacob's ladder that no hypocrite under heaven can climb
up to."
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The Works of Thomas Brooks (6
volumes)
Considered the definitive edition of the Works of Brooks, this set was
published by James Nichol in 1866. It was edited by A. B. Grosart. At that
time, Charles Spurgeon commented in The Sword and the Trowel,
"The
volumes now before us are by that marvelously rich author Thomas Brooks, whose
wealth of imagery surpasses all others of his age. The mere marginal notes of
Brooks are more valuable than pages of ordinary writers; we take pleasure in
the stones of his temple, and the very dust thereof we favor. Of all the Puritans
he is the most readable, if we except John Bunyan; and if he cannot display the
depth of Owen or the raciness of Adams, he leaves them far behind in excessive
[unusual] sweetness and sparkling beauty of metaphor. There is a clear,
silvery, refreshing sound in the name 'Brooks', and as is the name, such is the
man. Every reader who can afford the money should purchase this incorrupt,
unmutilated, unchanged, well-printed and perfectly edited copy of Brooks."
VOLUME 1
Memoir of Brooks by A. B.
Grosart
Precious Remedies against
Satan's Devices
Apples of Gold
The Mute Christian under the
Smarting Rod
A String of Pearls
VOLUME 2
An Ark for All God's Noah's
The Privy Key of Heaven
Heaven on Earth
VOLUME 3
The Unsearchable Riches of
Christ
A Cabinet of Jewels
VOLUME 4
The Crown and Glory of
Christianity, or, Holiness the Only Way to Happiness (58 sermons on Hebrews
12:14)
VOLUME 5
The Golden Key to Open Hidden
Treasures
Paradise Opened
A Word in Season
VOLUME 6
London's Lamentations
The Glorious Day of the Saints'
Appearance
God's Delight in the Progress of
the Upright
Hypocrites Detected
A Believer's Last Day His Best
Day
A Heavenly Cordial
The Legacy of a Dying Mother
Glossary and Indexes
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BROOME, J.R.
To Glory in a Blaze: The
English Martyrs of the 16th Century (1998)
Originally written for a young people's magazine, this book is also a good
easy-to-read introduction to reformation history for adults. It covers William
Tyndale, Thomas Cranmer, the Marian martyrs (Nicholas Ridley, Hugh Latimer,
John Hooper and John Bradford), the Genevan exiles and the Elizabethan Church
settlement. There is an appendix on John Jewel. 111 pages.
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BROWN, C.J.
Christ's Kingship Over the
Nations Maintained and Defended in the Establishment Principle, or, The
Principle of the National Recognition of Religion
Maintains the universal supremacy of Christ as King of the nations, as well as
King of the saints, with the consequent duty of nations as such, and civil
rulers in their official capacity, to honor and serve Him by recognizing His
truth and promoting His cause. Demonstrates that this position was "the
unanimous testimony of the Reformers" and proves this truth from both the
OT and the NT. Answers common objections, which are often arguments from abuse,
while refuting the opposing error of Voluntaryism showing its sectarian nature.
A marvelous little book that is much needed in our day! As the author notes,
"Let us keep to the King's highway trod by the martyrs and Reformers, and
in the name of our God display our banners that Christ is the Prince of the
kings of the earth, and that the nation and the kingdom that will not serve Him
and His Cause shall perish, yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted."
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BROWN,
DAVID
The Apocalypse: Its Structure and Primary
Predictions (1891)
Nearly 50 years
after he penned one of the most devastating refutations of premillennialism
ever seen (Christ's Second Coming: Will It Be Premillennial?), this ex-premil (after repeated
solicitations to do so) penned this book. It deals specifically with the book
of Revelation from a historicist, postmillennial position.
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A Commentary Critical, Experimental, and
Practical on the Old and New Testaments (3 volumes)
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BROWN, DAVID
Christ's Second Coming: Will
It Be Premillennial? (1882, 1990)
One
of the most devastating books ever written against premillennialism.
Ken Gentry says
of it,
As
The New Schaff-Herzog Religious Encyclopedia observed, this work is widely
regarded "a classic." And classics, especially evangelical classics,
well deserve a new hearing by a new generation of Christians... The present
work is Brown's postmillennial argument against premillennialism (which he once
endorsed). In Part One of the work he presents a devastating nine fold argument, organized around
nine propositions, against the premillennial system as it was presented
in the early and mid-1800's. In Part Two he presents a postmillennial view of the spirituality
of the millennium against the backdrop of the carnal, political millennium of
premillennialism. In the final Part of the book
he considers seven of the leading objections
to his views and very capably responds to them... Having
read it I wondered how premillennialism survived its penetrating analysis...
Consequently, I am delighted at the republication of this classic,
especially this particular edition, which is a later one than that published by
Baker Book House in 1983. It should be noted that Brown's
work went through several editions during his lifetime... The
republication of this work is particularly important today... I commend Reg
Barrow and Still Waters Revival Books for offering this edition of David
Brown's Christ's Second Coming: Will It Be Premillennial? May the Lord of Glory
be pleased to give a renewed vision to his Church of a conquering Christ, Who is
both Savior and Lord!
Credenda
Agenda
(No. 7, vol. 5), in their review of this title noted, "Brown is not a preterist. For this reason, convinced
Preterists should read him... this nineteenth-century reprint is a welcome
classic."
484 pages,
indexed.
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The Four Gospels: A Commentary, Critical, Experimental and Practical
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BROWN, DAVID
(Contemporary introductions by Reg
Barrow & Steve Schlissel)
Hal Lindsey and the
Restoration of the Jews (1861, 1990)
And
so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion
the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: For this is my
covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. As concerning the
gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are
beloved for the fathers' sakes. For the gifts and calling of God are without
repentance (Romans 11:26-29).
O
to see the sight, next to Christ's coming in the clouds, the most joyful! Our
elder brethren the Jews and Christ fall upon one another; they will be kind to
one another when they meet. O day! O longed for and lovely day-dawn! O sweet
Jesus, let me see that sight which will be as life from the dead, thee and thy
ancient people in mutual embraces (Samuel Rutherford, Letters, 1635).
This book
echoes Rutherford's biblical sentiment throughout. It includes a short
testimony by Reg Barrow describing his rejection of
Dispensationalism as a young Christian and noting why he brought this book
into print.
A 44 page
preface (by Schlissel) recounts the historic
Reformed position concerning Israel (which was written before
Schlissel himself rejected the historic Reformed view of worship and
justification) -- citing many quotations (like Rutherford's above) in exposing
Hal Lindsey's outrageous inaccuracies and gross misrepresentations of the
Reformation position (regarding the restoration of the Jews).
Finally,
the bulk of the book consists of David Brown's classic work focusing on Romans
11, The Restoration of the Jews (1861). This is the same David
Brown that had a hand in the Jamieson, Fausset and Brown Commentary and whose "most
enduring work... Christ's Second Coming: Will It Be Premillennial? ... remains the classic evangelical polemic against
premillennialism" (Dictionary of Scottish Church History and
Theology,
p. 97).
In
short, this book demonstrates that Scripture teaches (and the best Reformation
theologians concur) that the future will be most glorious for the Jews -- when
they, as a people, are drawn by God's irresistible grace to the Lord Jesus
Christ.
200 pages -- the photocopy editions do not include either contemporary preface
or any of the contemporary appendices, and are thus 113 pages long.
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Puritan Preaching in England
(1900)
Study of major Puritan preachers including Bunyan, Baxter, Binney, Goodwin,
Spurgeon, Dale, and more.
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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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BROWN, JOHN (of Haddington)
A Brief View of the Figures;
and Explication of the Metaphors, Contained in Scripture (1812)
Macfarlane called Brown "perhaps the most remarkable divine that our country has
produced" (cited in Johnston, Treasury of the Scottish
Covenant,
p. 485). In this book, which is divided into three sections, Brown gives a
"general view of the figures of Scripture language," an
"explication of metaphors respecting persons" and an
"explication of metaphors respecting things." He also notes that "the ensuing work contains a whole system of
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The Christian Journal; Or, Common
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Brown seeks to "exhibit in every journal, not the exercise of a single
day, but a particular form of the Christian life; and to adapt the style to the
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A Compendious History of the
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A Compendious View of Natural
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A Dictionary of the Holy
Bible (1818)
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account of the places; a literal, critical, and systematical description of
other objects, whether natural, artificial, civil, religious or military; and
the explication of the appellative terms mentioned in the writings of the Old
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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
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more clearly elucidate and confirm different points of doctrine and practice.
356 pages.
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BROWN, JOHN (of Haddington)
General History of the
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volumes)
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etc. To which is subjoined, A List of Errors, especially since the Reformation."
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of his word; -- and as an excitement to faith in, gratitude towards, and
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The Gospel Ministry: An
Address to Ministers and Students of Theology (1864)
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degree deserving the study of every minister, and of every candidate for the
sacred office," writes Aydelott, in the preface. He continues, "I
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renewing his vows, by God's grace, to be more faithful in the time to
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BROWN, JOHN (of Haddington)
A Harmony of Scripture
Prophecies and History of Their Fulfillment (1784)
Contains a harmony and history of the Scripture
prophecies concerning: Adam, Noah, and their families; the Canaanites;
Egyptians; Philistines; Ethiopians; Edomites and Amalekites; Moabites and
Amonites; Syrians; Assyrians; Chaldeans; Medes and Persians; Greeks; Romans;
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New Testament Church. The final pages give a brief chronology of noted events
from the creation (about 6000 years ago according to Brown) to the author's
day.
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Topology; or A Brief View of the Figures and Explication of the Metaphors
Contained in Scripture, "form a kind of
systematic explication of the whole Old and New Testament."
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read and translate in 10 different languages, being entirely self-taught,
though his language studies "were subordinate to his favourite study of
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ecclesiastical and civil" (Darling, Cyclopaedia Bibliographica, p. 451). 411 pages.
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MACKENZIE, ROBERT
John Brown of Haddington (1918)
This
book of 320 pages covers the life of one of the most important Scottish Presbyterian
ministers of the eighteenth century, John Brown of Haddington. He was born in 1722,
and by the age of thirteen he was an orphan, living in poverty. He became a
herd-boy, watching sheep to earn his living. However, he had a deep interest in
the things of God, and set out to educate himself in the original languages of
the Bible. He taught himself Greek, and
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didn't think Brown could read it, and some University professors who were in
the shop asked Brown about himself. "Then one of them, not unlikely
Francis Pringle, then Professor of Greek, asked the bookseller to bring a Greek
New Testament, and, throwing it down on the counter, said, 'Boy, if you can
read that book, you shall have it for nothing.' He took it up eagerly, read a
passage to the astonishment of those in the shop, and marched out with his
gift, so worthily won, in triumph" (pp. 34-35).
Brown
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Brown
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became a schoolmaster, and finally a divinity student in the Secession church.
After successful completion of his studies, he was called to be a pastor in the
town of Haddington. It was there that he spent much
of his time writing the books for which he became famous.
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better known works are The Self-Interpreting
Bible, The Christian Journal,
A Dictionary of the Holy Bible,
A General History of the Christian Church,
The Psalms of David in Metre (his notes on the
Psalms), The Absurdity and
Perfidy of all Authoritative Toleration of Gross Heresy, Blasphemy, Idolatry,
and Popery in Britain (including his defense of the continuing obligation of
the Solemn League and Covenant), and
The Harmony of Scripture Prophecies.
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how God can take a poor, uneducated farm boy, and make him into one of the
great spiritual leaders of his day.
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Letters on the Constitution,
Government, and Discipline, of the Christian Church; Humbly Submitted to the Ensuing
Venerable Assembly, of the Church of Scotland (1767)
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Christ's headship over the visible church; the qualifications of
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Of the Nature, Formation, and
Fellowship of the Christian Church (1796)
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THE PSALMS OF DAVID IN METRE (i.e. the
Scottish Metrical Psalter of 1650): Allowed By the Authority of the Kirk of
Scotland, and of Several Branches of the Presbyterian Church in the United
States. With Notes, Exhibiting the Connection, Explaining the Sense, and for
Directing and Animating the Devotion (1844 edition published by Robert Carter
[New York]) John Brown of Haddington (annotations).
Psalter as translated by Francis
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Metrical Psalms
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Select Remains of the Rev.
John Brown, Late Minister of the Gospel at Haddington (1810)
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Divinity. Brown's own sons edited this book and sent it into the world with
these words, "If some secure hypocrites are awakened, some profane sinners
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souls are comforted; we have fully gained our end in the publication." 187
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BROWN, JOHN (of Haddington)
The Self-Interpreting Bible:
With Commentaries, References, Harmony of the Gospels and Many Other Helps
Needed to Understand and Teach the Text (4 volumes, 1914
edition)
Brown's
renown rests chiefly on The Self-Interpreting Bible
...
and to a lesser extent on A Dictionary of the
Holy Bible ($29.95 P; $39.00 HP). 'Brown's Bible' was repeatedly
reprinted
(in America as well as Britain, as were all his more popular works), with
improvements by later editors, even into the twentieth century (and now into
the 21st century!--RB). Its numerous aids... included a system of marginal
cross-references novel in its extensiveness. This
'library in one volume' became as common as Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress ($14.98 P; $29.00 HP; $47.96 H) and Thomas Boston's Fourfold State ($9.99 P; $18.00 HP; $39.00 H). It incorporated material
from the Dictionary, which unlike
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useful for homeschooling--RB), and often went beyond making the Bible
intelligible (to interpreting it, for example the entry on--RB)... 'Antichrist'
surveys papal history... (the complete work--RB) is exemplary in its directness
and accuracy (DSCHT, p. 99).
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book, John Brown of Haddington, a whole chapter is
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No
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success from the first was extraordinary... It will
be evident that an extraordinary amount of valuable material was thus placed at
the command of the ordinary reader. It was the information that a
student of the Scriptures hungered for, who had not access to the learned works
dealing with such subjects... Brown states that his avowed aim in his
publication is not to depreciate the valuable commentaries of these writers
(referring to some of the most famous Reformed commentators of the past--RB),
but 'to exhibit their principal substance with all possible advantage... and in
referring particularly to the New Testament, he adds that 'there the
explication is peculiarly extensive, and attempts to exhibit the substance of
many learned and expensive commentaries.' ...The last edition of Brown's Bible
is undoubtedly the best (which is the same as the edition we have used--RB)
(pp. 177, 178, 185, 186).
The
issue of this Bible Commentary brought Brown into correspondence with many
notable persons, among them the saintly Charles Simeon of Cambridge... It was
Simeon's habit... to rise every morning at 4AM... after lighting a fire, he
devoted the first four hours of the day to private prayer and the devotional
study of the Scriptures. The favorite companion of these devotional hours was
Brown's Self-Interpreting Bible...
Simeon prized the Self-Interpreting Bible above
all others, and made acknowledgment of the spiritual enlightenment and
quickening which he received from its daily perusal... (writing) "Your Self-Interpreting Bible seems to
stand in lieu of all other commentaries; and I am daily receiving so much
edification and instruction from it, that I would wish it in the hands of all
serious ministers" (pp. 187-188).
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enjoyed by Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress
and Boston's Fourfold State. It supplied what was lacking in these great soul classics,
providing a clear path to the fount from which they derived their vitality and
strength. The three were considered the necessary literary and
religious equipment of the household. They furnished pabulum for serious
reading; and they produced strong men (p. 190).
Over 2200
(8.5" X 11") pages in the complete set -- this Bible contains more
features and additions (from sections on prophecy fulfillment and hermeneutics
to a chronological index to Scripture history, Jewish festivals and the
significations of obsolete words [and much more!]-- with 448 photographs
showing places of Bible events) than we have space to note here!
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Hebrews
Human Authority in Religion
Condemned
A rebuke to all hypocrites who deny the Word and law of God, only to substitute
some man-made tradition or idea in its place. Argues against the Pharisaical
and "absurd rabbinical casuistry, by which" ignorant and blind souls
"confounded the plainest moral distinctions, and make sin duty and duty
sin... teaching for doctrines the commandments of men." Preached
immediately after the disruption in the Established church of Scotland, this
sermon lead to the formation of the Free Church in May 1843.It pinpoints an undue
regard to human authority as a major cause of impurity in doctrine, worship,
and discipline, and a principle cause of sectarianism, independency, and
Popery.
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Keeping Christ's
Commandments: A True Manifestation of Love to Him
Shows how true love for God is demonstrated by obedience to his revealed will,
which is summarized in the ten commandments. Gnostic and Anabaptist tendencies
(seen primarily in Charismatic circles), which rely on extra-biblical sources
of guidance (such as mystic impressions, emotions, tongues, and so-called
"prophecies"), all ultimately deny sola Scriptura and undermine the
Reformation. This work is based on the words of our Lord, "If ye love me,
keep my commandments."
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Parting Counsels: An Exposition of 2 Peter 1
The Sufferings and the Glories of the Messiah
BROWN (of Wamphray), JOHN
An Apologetical Relation of
the Particular Sufferings of the Faithful Ministers and Professors of the
Church of Scotland Since 1660, Wherein Several Questions, Useful for the Time,
Are Discussed, etc., etc.
Brown was
ejected in the "great ejection" of 1662 and thereafter imprisoned for
speaking out against acknowledging the newly-appointed Archbishop of Glasgow.
Later released from prison, upon condition of banishment, he left for the
Netherlands in 1663. During these years he devoted himself to writing.
"Early in the year 1666 the Council was staggered by the
dissemination of a little epoch-making book entitled 'An Apologetical
Relation'... It was printed abroad in 1665... This treatise in twenty-three
sections deals trenchantly with every aspect of the dispute, and powerfully
maintains the righteousness of the principles and actions of the Covenanters,
even to justifying their resistance to their unconstitutional governors.
Acknowledging its dangerous import the Council at once proclaimed it seditious,
ordered the hangman to burn it at the Cross, and attached a fine of 2000 pounds
Scots to any possessor of it," notes Hewison (The
Covenanters,
vol. 2, p.189 [$US29.99 P; $US59.00 HP]).
Furthermore,
"His (Brown's) Apologetical Relation, or historic defence of the Church,
and exposition and vindication of its principles, was much disliked by the
Prelatic party in Scotland, and found a place in their Index Espurgatorius" (Carslaw, Exiles
of the Covenant,
p. 106 [$US8.73 P; $US22.00 HP]).
The Reformed
Presbytery adds further historical context to this famous work when they write,
"new measures were again fallen upon for the oppression,
suppression and extirpation of the true reformed religion, and the professors
of it. The council being very diligent and careful to deprive the Lord's people
of every thing which might contribute to their establishment and confirmation
in the righteousness and equity of the cause and covenant of God for which they
suffered, and which tended to expose their tyranny and treason against God,
ordered the famous Mr. Brown's Apologetical Relation to be burnt in the high
street of Edinburgh, on February 14th, 1666... such was their hellish enmity
and and spite against our covenanted reformation, and every thing written in
defense thereof, and in vindication of those that suffered for their adherence
to it" (Act, Declaration and Testimony for the Whole of Our
Covenanted Reformation, p. 28 [$US5.99 P; $US19.00 HP]).
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such as these that Johnston (in The Treasury of the Scottish Covenant, p. 339 [$US19.99 P;
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been regarded (as) the most important theologian of the second period of
Scottish Presbyterianism."
It has been
further noted (by A.N.) regarding Brown (and this book in particular) that
"his singular judiciousness and honesty, in being a
faithful witness and wrestler for the purity of Reformation, appears very
obvious in his piece entitled An Apologetical Relation, wherein he holds forth the dreadful and heinous
nature of national perjury and covenant-breaking, and convincingly discovers
that it is not in the power of the nations to shake themselves loose of their
sacred obligations, either as to the matter or the manner of them; tho' to the
great shame and unspeakable loss of these nations, the bulk and body of them
have not only once or twice discovered their contempt in an open course of
backsliding upwards of these hundred years past (See Apologetical
Relation
pages 328, 343. History of the Indulgence, page 132)" (cited in the preface
to Brown's Exposition of the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans, p. v [$US24.99 P;
$US34.00 HP]).
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the nature of the conflagration emanating from the pits of hell, to suppress
the knowledge of the battle for Christ's Crown and Covenant, the history of
this fight (which included the sufferings of many faithful martyrs), and why a
new and similar struggle is ensuing, some 331 years after the initial writing
of this book, pick up this indispensable weapon (extracted from the Presbyterian
Armoury,
vol. 3), and "ride to the sound of the gun."
Brown
deals with "the lawfulness of defensive wars," the divine right of
church government, the divine right of kings (and related political questions),
the "Supreme Magistrate's Power in Church Matters," "the Rise,
Reign and Ruin of the Former Prelates in Scotland," and much, much more!
212 pages.
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BROWN (of Wamphray), JOHN
Christ: the Way the Truth and
the Life
(1839 edition)
"John Brown of Wamphray (1610-1679) has been rightly called
the most important Scottish theologian of his day. He was especially gifted at merging profound doctrinal
truth with warm Christ-centered zeal and godly piety. Samuel
Rutherford wrote
of him, 'I always [had]... a great love to dear Mr. John Brown because I
thought I saw Christ in him more than in his brethren.' Brown's blending of
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the Way the Truth and the Life. This is biblical,
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for every spiritual need. Use it as a devotional gem, and pray for
the Holy Spirit to grant you a growing, daily 'making use' of Christ by
faith" (Joel Beeke).
This book was
written during Brown's time of banishment in Holland. Among its 29 chapters we
find Brown dealing with justification, but especially focusing on
sanctification. Chapters are given to
"crucifying the old man," "How to make use of Christ, as Truth,
for comfort, when truth is oppressed and bornedown," "for
steadfastness," "for encouragement," and much more. A classic on practical godliness if there ever was one.
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Christ,
The Way, The Truth, & The Life by John Brown of Wamphray (offsite)
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BROWN (of Wamphray), JOHN
An Exposition of the Epistle
of Paul to the Romans, With Large Practical Observations; Delivered in Several
Lectures (1766 edition)
This commentary has been called, "perhaps the best exposition of the Epistle yet to be found" (J.W.C., cited in the
Johnston's Treasury of the Scottish Covenant, p. 341). Charles Spurgeon comments, "By a Calvinist of the old
school. Heavy, perhaps, but precious." At the very least it should
be considered a classic Covenanter's commentary. John Brown of Wamphray was one of Samuel Rutherford's favorite
students. He was ejected in 1662, imprisoned and cruelly treated
until he suffered exile to the Netherlands -- all for steadfastly maintaining
the principles of the Covenanted Reformation. In fact, A.N. in the preface to
this volume notes that, among other things, "the particular grounds and
causes why he was thus inhumanly and barbarously treated, was his strict attachment
to, and maintaining the binding force and perpetual obligations of the nation's
solemn vows and covenants; his refusing acceptation of the then sinful
Indulgences; ... his public and zealous testifying against licentious
tolerations," etc. While in exile he wrote thirteen books. Johnston notes
that Brown "has been regarded the most
important theologian of the second period of Scottish Presbyterianism"
(Treasury of the Scottish Covenant, p. 339). This commentary gives us a good
indication as to why Brown is so highly regarded among faithful Calvinists,
godly historians and numerous commentators. 614 pages.
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BROWN, JOHN
(of Wamphray)
Corporate
Sanctification: Holding Fast the Attainments of Reformation
An overview of the Covenanter
doctrine of reformation attainments by one of the great Covenanter theologians.
Helpful in dispelling false charges of Anabaptism and perfectionism laid at the
feet of faithful Covenanters by schismatics. John Brown was one of Samuel
Rutherford's best students.
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BROWN, JOHN (of Wamphray), Hugh
Binning, John Howie, the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland &
Sundry Ministers of Perth and Fife
Faithful Witness-Bearing
Exemplified
(1783 edition)
A
collection containing:
1.
An Useful Case of Conscience, concerning
Associations with Idolaters, Infidels, Heretics, Malignants, or any other known
Enemies of Truth and Godliness by Hugh
Binning.
2.
A Solemn Testimony Against Toleration, and the
present proceeding of Sectaries and their Abettors, in England, in reference to
Religion and Government by the
Commissioners of the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland (With the Answer,
of Parliament, to the said Testimony) and also a Testimony to the Truth of Jesus Christ; or, To the Doctrine,
Worship, Discipline and Government of the Kirk of Scotland; and to the National
Covenants, Against the prevailing Errors, Heresies Blasphemies, etc. (with a
specific testimony against Cromwell's Toleration) by the Ministers of Perth and Fife.
3.
The History of the Indulgence. Showing Its
Rise, Conveyance, Progress, and Acceptance. Together with a Demonstration of
the Unlawfulness Thereof, and an Answer to Contrary Objection. Also a
Vindication of Such as Scruple to Hear the Indulged by John Brown of Wamphray.
4.
To which is prefixed, a Preface Concerning
Association, Toleration, and what is now called Liberty of Conscience
by John Howie (author of Scots Worthies).
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any better than this! 360 pages.
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BROWN, JOHN (of Wamphray)
The Life of Justification
Opened (1695)
The title continues: "Or, a Treatise
grounded upon Gal. 2.11. Wherein the Orthodox Doctrine of Justification by
Faith, & Imputation of Christ's Righteousness, is clearly expounded,
solidly confirmed, & learnedly vindicated from the various Objections of
its Adversaries. Whereunto are subjoined some Arguments against Universal
Redemption." In 1828 Dr. Burns wrote, "Mr.
John Brown was unquestionably one of the most eminent divines Scotland has yet
produced, as his numerous writings, still carefully sought after by solid and
judicious Christians, fully evince" (Johnston, Treasury of
the Scottish Covenant,
p. 339). Regarding this book Dr. Walker noted, "By
far our most thorough exposition and discussion of the doctrine it handles; and
all the more to be prized because of the particular bearing it has on the new
views which Baxter and others had begun to propagate, and which in some shape
are ever returning upon ourselves" (Ibid., p. 341). Interestingly,
Brown, in the preface, after warning against Arminianism "as the immediate
way to introduce Popery" states, "Yea even those who were purer in
appearance, pressing the moral duties and practical doctrine of piety (I mean
the followers of that famous Minister Mr. Richard Baxter) did corrupt the true
doctrine of justification, because they adopted universal grace and
redemption." One of the best, if not the
best, books ever written on the topic of justification! 563
pages.
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BROWN, JOHN (of Wamphray)
A Pious and Elaborate
Treatise Concerning Prayer; & the Answer of Prayer (1745
edition)
"The clear and Scriptural ardency of his
piety from this well-know treatise is apparent" wrote Burns, concerning
this title (Johnston, Treasury of the Scottish Covenant, p. 342. The
publisher's preface notes that this was the mature
work of one who had suffered much for Christ. They state it "is among his last works; which he wrote at the close of a
long walk with God; and in exile; while he was in Holland about 20 years, from
his banishment (Anno 1661) until he ended his days, and entered into the joy of
the Lord... Moreover the gentleman, now a minister, who procured
this practical treatise of prayer, in Holland, and brought it home, can attest
that it is genuine; and though many pieces on the
subject be come abroad before this, yet the intelligent Reader may find it is
inferior to none, and in some respects, preferable to any of them."
Sample chapters include: "The greatness of the sin of neglecting prayer,
manifested, in 39 particulars;" "The Unregenerate are obliged to
pray;" "The necessity and usefulness of family prayer,
manifested:" "Some encouragements to prayer mentioned;" and much
more. It is for works such as these that Johnston (in The Treasury of the
Scottish Covenant,
p. 339) says of Brown that "(h)e has been
regarded (as) the most important theologian of the second period of Scottish
Presbyterianism." Joel Beeke concurs, writing, "John Brown
of Wamphray (1610-1679) has been rightly called the most important Scottish
theologian of his day. He was especially gifted at
merging profound doctrinal truth with warm Christ-centered zeal and godly piety. Samuel Rutherford
wrote of him, 'I always [had]... a great love to dear Mr. John Brown
because I thought I saw Christ in him more than in his brethren.'" 308
pages.
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BROWN, JOHN (of Wamphray)
Quakerisme the Path-way to
Paganisme (1678)
In refuting this "impendent pestilentious
cloud of heathenish and hellish darkness, which the devil by the ministry of
these locust (i.e. the Quakers--RB) hath now exhaled out of the bottomless
pit," Brown has almost put together a kind of
systematic theology and commentary on the doctrines of the Westminster
Confession combined. This veritable cornucopia of theological
delights -- full of stinging lashes to the doctrinal backs of the servants of
Antichrist -- includes sections on: the Quakers
themselves, human learning (and the anti-intellectualism of Quakerism), the
Scriptures, God, the Trinity, the Holy Ghost, Christ, Adam, the fall, original
sin, the state of nature, the soul, heathens (regarding law, worship, etc.),
"Enthusiasmes" (i.e. on immediate revelation), the Gospel, the light
within (i.e. mysticism), the seed (of light claimed by the Quakers to be in
every man's heart -- Arminian tendencies), reprobation, grace, universal grace,
universal redemption, salvation, Christ's satisfaction, justification,
perfection(ism), perseverance, infallibility, the church, ministers,
ordination, ordinances, the Sabbath, worship, preaching, prayer, singing
Psalms, the sacraments, baptism, the Lord's supper, minister's maintenance,
magistrates, liberty of conscience, wars, lawful oaths, civil honor, the
resurrection, and heaven and hell.
Authoring books like this, it is easy to see why
Brown has been considered "the most important
theologian of this period" (Johnston, Treasury of the
Scottish Covenant,
p. 340). And given the weight which his writing carried we would love to see
some of Brown's Latin works translated into English -- and if anyone reading
this would like to underwrite such a project, please contact us at your
earliest convenience. For it has been noted that "the exiled minister of
Wamphray was as copious in Latin as in English" (Ibid., p. 341); just his De
Causa Dei Contra Antisabbatarios (considered his Magnum opus), wherein he defends
the Christian Sabbath, "is larger than all the published works of Dr. W.
Cunningham put together" (Ibid.). 588 pages.
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Arminian Inconsistencies and
Errors; In Which It Is Shown That All the Distinctive Doctrines of the Presbyterian
Confession of Faith are Taught by Standard Writers of the Methodist Episcopal
Church (1856)
This title focuses on the doctrine of salvation, especially the five points of
Calvinism. It contrasts Calvinism with Arminianism throughout. Wesley's distinctive
positions (aberrations) also receive much special attention -- including his
views of sanctification and original sin. One interesting anecdote, found in
the chapter "Wesley's conversion to Arminianism," reads: "The
third and only other kind of lottery practised by Mr. Wesley, appears to have
been the toss of a piece of money. This brings up the way in which it is
charged upon him, that he decided to be an Arminian. Thus in a letter from the
Rev. Augustus Toplady to Mr. Wesley, in 1792, we meet withy the following, viz.
'Why should you, of all people in the world, be so angry with the doctrines of
grace? Forget not the months and days that are past. Remember that it once
depended on the toss of a shilling whether you yourself should be a Calvinist
or an Arminian. Tails fell uppermost, and you resolved to be an Arminian"
(p. 418). Wesley is never known to have denied this charge. 430 pages.
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BROWN, P. HUME
John Knox: A Biography (1895, 2
volumes)
Brown says of
Knox,
It would, indeed, be difficult to name another historical
personage who in such degree as Knox revealed a nation's genius to itself, and
at once vitalized and dominated its collective thought and action. To present
Knox in this twofold aspect, at once as a great Scotsman, and a figure of
European importance, is the object of the present biography.
Moreover, Brown
continues, noting that in Knox,
we have precisely what distinguishes the great religious leader
from the mere religious visionary... we have seen in Knox one of the great
emancipators of humanity, whose work left undone would irremediably have
injured the highest interests not only of his own country but of the community
of civilized nations...
For the mass of his countrymen, those who have shaped the nation's destinies in
the past as they must shape them in the future, Knox
is the greatest person their country has produced, and the man to whom in all
that makes a people great they owe the deepest and most abiding debt.
'What I have been to my country,' he himself said when within sight of the end
he looked back on the long travail of his life, 'what I have been to my
country, albeit this unthankful age will not know, yet the ages to come will be
compelled to bear witness to the truth;' and the consenting testimony of three
centuries is the evidence and pledge that his assurance was not in vain.
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Annuals of the Disruption
(1893)
Chronicles the formation of the Free Church of Scotland, with extracts from the
narratives of ministers who left the Scottish establishment in 1843. This battle
over unlawful civil encroachments upon the church can be instructive today as
the same principles still apply. Church government and education (re: home
schools and private Christian schools) are most affected in our day by
tyrannical civil "authorities." Over 850 pages.
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Church and State: A Narrative
of the Struggle for Independence from 1560 to 1843
Hits all the historical high points surrounding the great Scottish struggle for
the spiritual independence of the church - against unbiblical usurpation by
statist forces. From Knox to the author's day, the cause of civil liberty and
the interests of vital (Reformed) religion, in church and state, are both set
forth.
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BRUTUS, JUNIUS
A Defense of Liberty Against
Tyrants or, Of the Lawful Power of the Prince Over the People and of the People
Over the Prince
Rushdoony states that John Adams said that this
was "one of the most influential books in
America on the eve of the Revolution." Others have also noted
the great influence this book had on the thinking of the founding fathers of
the United States. A Defense of Liberty also influenced Rutherford's Lex Rex and is an important Calvinistic defense of the legality
of biblically based revolution. It deals with civil resistance,
God's law and more! This is the 1689 translation (180 pages). See William
Symington's Messiah the Prince for an excellent companion volume to this work.
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BRUCE,
ROBERT
The
Mystery of the Lord's Supper (1614)
In five sermons: two of
preparation and three of the sacrament itself.
It was
largely under Bruce's leadership that the Scottish reformation found stability.
His sermons on the Lord's Supper brought together
Reformed doctrine and evangelical application in a way that helped
to shape and became characteristic of the Scottish tradition (DSCHT, p. 104).
These searching and informative
sermons are still much loved and sought after in our day. 150 pages.
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Sermons by the Rev. Robert
Bruce, Minister of Edinburgh (1843 edition)
"Robert Bruce... was one of the most distinguished men whom Scotland has
ever produced, and rendered invaluable services to his Church and country...
Andrew Melville, his illustrious coadjutor in that great struggle in which they
both suffered so much, describes him as a 'hero adorned with every virtue, a
constant confessor, and almost martyr of the Lord Jesus.' Livingstone says, 'Mr
Robert Bruce I several times heard, and, in my opinion, never man spake with
greater power since the Apostles' days' (Preface). The subtitle also notes that these sermons were
"Reprinted from the original edition of 1590 and 1591 with collections for
his life by Robert Wodrow." The print is reset in the common times font of
the nineteenth century and the text "Englished" for easy reading.
Calderwood, who was personally acquainted with Bruce, played a major role in
preserving the information used by Wodrow in the Life of Bruce (which consists
of 201 pages). Many startling instances of God's supernatural power at work in
Bruce are recounted in Wodrow's introductory biography, under the section
titled "Some Singular Passages of His Life". Here are four samples,
from the many given by Wodrow:
HIS STOP AT A COMMUNION TABLE
I have several other singular passages from one of his successors, Mr White,
minister of Larbert, which are handed down from persons present, and firmly
believed there. When dispensing the sacrament of the Supper to his people, Mr
Bruce was about to serve a table which was filled. When he rose up to speak he
remained silent; at length, he broke out with a very great concern, and said,
"Certainly there is some person at this Holy Table guilty of some dreadful
sin unrepented of; for my Master has shut my mouth, and I can say nothing till
he remove; and in the Lord's name, I charge him to remove from this Holy
Table;" and then sat down again. While all were musing, and waiting for
the event, a man rose from the table, and went out of the church. Mr Bruce went
on and served the table with very much freedom. The man was noticed, and
inquired after; and, when dealt with, confessed he was habitually guilty of a
most horrid sin. (pp. 147-148)
ABOUT A MAN DROWNED
The same person gives the following accounts, which it may be are some of the
things that Mr Fleming had accounts of from credible persons, and thought them
so strange that he did not publish them; and I set them down here rather for
preservation, and further inquiry, than for present publication, till they be
further considered. There was a person in his congregation at Larbert, who had
been for some time under great discouragement, and deep soul exercise. After Mr
Bruce had for some time conversed with him one day at his own house, it turned
late, and there had been great rain, and the waters were big. The man left Mr
Bruce, and would go home. Mr Bruce urged him to stay with him till to-morrow;
but by no means could prevail. When he went away, Mr Bruce declared he was
afraid there was somewhat before him. Next morning he was found drowned in a
water. Mr Bruce, when he had heard he was missing, sent out to help to seek for
him, and ordered that, when he was found, his clothes should be narrowly
marked. One would think he had got a sign from the Lord with relation to him;
for he said, if his clothes and skin were dry about his heart, he was persuaded
of his salvation; if not, he would determine nothing about his eternal state.
Accordingly, when he was found, the man's clothes upon his left side, even to
his shirt and skin, were found perfectly dry when they got him, for a
handbreadth or two about his heart, though all the rest were wet through and
through. (pp.148- 149)
HIS SAYING TO BISHOP SPOTTISWOOD
His zeal against such as he thought betrayers of the interest of the Church was
very conspicuous. From his successor above cited I have this account: That
Archbishop Spottiswood came to visit him in his own house of Kinnaird, when Mr
Bruce was pretty old and infirm. When he came in, he would not be rude to him
in his own house, yet he would not own him in any of his titles, and did not
desire him to stay. The Bishop, when he saw this, said, "Mr Bruce, do ye
not know me, and who I am?" The other answered, "Sir, I know you to
be a traitor to God, and to the Church of Scotland. I have nothing to do with
you; you may begone when you please." (p. 153)
HE IS THE INSTRUMENT OF MR. HENDERSON'S CONVERSION
Mr Bruce was one of the most powerful and authoritative preachers of his age,
and though, as to his voice, he was not a Boanarges, yet being, as Mr Fleming
observes, of a slow and grave delivery, he spake as becometh the oracles of
God, with great authority, composure, and weight, and many of the most
stout-hearted of his hearers were made to tremble, the secrets of their hearts
were made manifest, and multitudes of his hearers went away with undeniable
proofs of Christ speaking in him, and that God was with him of a truth. His
success, as Mr Calderwood, we have seen, remarks, was very great; many
thousands were gained to Christ by his labours. I shall only give one instance;
and I may say it was one of the greatest fishes caught in his net, and that was
the excellent Mr Alexander Henderson, of whom Mr Fleming gives the following
account: "Mr Henderson, at his first entry into the parish of Leuchars,
was highly Episcopal in his opinion, and brought in by the Bishop of St Andrews
against the consent of the parish; so that upon the day appointed for his
admission the people shut the church doors, and his admitters were obliged to
break up a window, and that way to procure him entrance. A little after his
settlement there, which was before the pretended Assembly at Perth, where Mr
Henderson was named to be one of the ministers of Edinburgh,--but this falling
in, which I am to narrate, I imagine, stopped his settlement there,--Mr
Henderson having heard Mr Bruce was to be at a communion at some distance from
Leuchars, was very desirous to hear him preach, and went to the place, where few
knew him, and placed himself in a corner of the church where nobody should
notice him. When Mr Bruce entered the pulpit, and rose up to preach, as his
custom was, he stood silent for some minutes, which astonished Mr Henderson a
little; but he was yet much more moved by the first words he uttered, which
were those of our Lord: 'He that cometh not in by the door, but climbeth up
another way, the same is a thief and a robber,' which words were powerfully
sent home upon his conscience, and, by the blessing of God, as he afterwards
owned, were the instrument of his conversion." (pp. 154-155)
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Good News in Evil Times For
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The Doctrine of Justification
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from Scripture. 514 pages, indexed.
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BULLINGER, HENRY (HEINRICH)
The Decades of Henry Bullinger: Fifty Sermons
Divided Into Five Decades Containing the Chief and Principle Points of
Christian Religion (2
volumes in hardcover with new introductions by George Ella and Joel Beeke, or 4
volumes on CD, 1849-1852 edition)
"Henry Bullinger (1504-1575) was one of the most widely
esteemed leaders of the Reformed churches, and The Decades was the most famous
of his 150 treatises and manuscripts. The Decades derives its name from being a
series of fifty theological sermons divided into five groups of ten sermons
each. Each sermon is a helpful, detailed exposition of an important doctrine.
Combined, they encompass the field of theology in a form readable for the typical
layman. They became more popular than Calvin's Institutes in England, and
now are reprinted for the first time since 1850. This edition has new
introductions amounting to 125 pages on Bullinger's life by George Ella and
Joel R. Beeke."
"From 1550 to 1560, there were in England 77 editions of
Bullinger's Latin "Decades" and 137 editions of their vernacular
translation "House Book", a treatise in pastoral theology (in
comparison, Calvin's Institutes had two editions in England during the same time). Some historians
count Bullinger together with Bucer as the most influential theologian of the
Anglican reformation�. Bullinger played a crucial role in the drafting of the
Second Helvetic Confession of 1566. What eventually became the Second Helvetic Confession originated
in a personal statement of his faith which Bullinger intended to be presented
to the Zurich Rat upon his death. In 1566, when the elector palatine introduced
Reformed elements into the church in his region, Bullinger felt that this
statement might be useful for the elector, so he had it circulated among the
Protestant cities of Switzerland who signed to indicate their assent. Later,
the Reformed churches of France, Scotland, and Hungary would do likewise�. Bullingers
works comprise 127 titles. Already during his lifetime they were translated in
several languages and counted among the best known theological works in
Europe�. His main work was the Decades, "a treatise in pastoral theology,
in the vernacular called "House Book"." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Bullinger).
"This reprinting of Bullinger's The Decades makes
available a seminal survey of Christian teaching by one of the most significant
of the second generation Reformers. Both in their content and in their homiletical tone, The Decades
offered the mid-sixteenth century a basic text from which Christian readers
could learn both the content of the faith and the life of Christian obedience.
Their importance is evidenced in the numerous printings both in Latin and in
the vernacular that mark out the influence of The Decades among English, Dutch,
and German-speaking Protestants. May this reprint enhance contemporary
recognition of Bullinger's contribution to the Reformation."
- Richard A. Muller
Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand
Rapids, Michigan
"Presented in theological form 'The Decades' contain
fifty sermons that expound some of the most important doctrinal themes of the
Reformation; certainly, Bullinger's most comprehensive and complete theological
work. It
holds firm to the conviction that the covenant unity of history is a
manifestation of God's Providential action in time. This work towers in scope
and depth. The Decades are the result of years of dedicated research. They
contain extensive scripture citations and quotations from early church fathers,
such as Augustine and Tertullian.
For Bullinger, the Church did not start at the dawn of Pentecost or
birth of Christ (as taught by proponents of dispensationalism) but has been in
existence since the promise made in Genesis 3:15. Such is the nature and
essence of all true covenant theology.
The Decades are the historical embodiment of Reformed theology. So
effective and articulate was their theological influence that Archbishop
Whitgift in 1568 "obtained an order in convocation that every clergyman
should procure a copy of [The Decades] and read one [sermon] once a week".
At one time these volumes (originally published in five) where required reading
for all clergy.
In his essay, Heinrich Bullinger as Theologian, Edward Dowey
comments, "Bullinger's Decades, a major reformation classic, is
unchallengeable his most full bodied and comprehensive theological work,
containing the richness of his scholarship, gathering together themes of all
his major writings up to that time, and exhibiting the churchly purpose of
being a theological source book for pastors to aid them in the preparation of
sermons."
Nicolas Elliot (Englishman of law and pupil of Bullinger) has said
regarding Bullinger's work, "Your books are well received, not only by our
king, but equally so by the lord Cromwell, who is keeper of the king's privy
seal and vicar of the church of England� May God, therefore, give you the
disposition to publish all your writings as speedily as possible, whereby you
will not only fill the coffers, of the booksellers, but will gain over very
many souls to Christ, and adorn his church with most precious jewels."
Bullinger survived the plague of 1564 and 1565, but lost his wife
and three children (events certain to cause sorrow in the strongest of hearts).
However, Bullinger's resolve in Providence was firm: "We content ourselves
in the only word of God; and do therefore simply believe and teach, that God by
his providence doth govern all things." He was a true scholar and
pastor of the Reformation; sought out by Calvin, on more than one occasion, for
his comfort, counsel and friendship. Calvin called Bullinger an
"illustrious� and highly to be revered brother in the Lord". Hence,
he was not just a theologian, but also a man of firm character and godly
reputation.
It is a great and mysterious question as to why Bullinger's
writings fell into obscurity, why his works have been neglected; not receiving
the wide recognition, as did Calvin's. Bullinger was born 5 years before Calvin
and lived 11 years after Calvin. Calvin's correspondence consists of roughly
4,300 letters while Bullinger produced some 12,000 letters. His collected
works comprise over 119 volumes, of which, The Decades represent the best that
those volumes have to offer.
Comparable to 'Calvin's Institutes' in magnitude and
comprehensiveness (at one time even outselling them) these volumes are bound to
bring theological pleasure to readers for years to come.
So, should you buy Bullinger's Decades? Yes, buy them. For in
buying The Decades, it is no exaggeration to say that we are buying a valuable
piece of the Reformation. Perhaps, we will not agree with all his positions,
but neither do we agree with every good theologian line upon line. Overall
the sermons are sound, theologically precise and delivered straight from the
heart of a man properly labeled 'pastor's pastor'.
As Jean-Marc Berthoud has said, "Much else could usefully be
said on this immensely scholarly doctor of the Church, this incomparable
pastor, this man of indomitable faith whose mighty works, though today largely
forgotten and sadly neglected, still spread, for whoever takes the trouble to
consult them, a truly heavenly light." When you posses The Decades I
am confident they will speak for themselves."
- Heinrich Bullinger "The Decades" reviewed by B. K.
Campbell
TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME I
1. The Preface (pp. 1-11)
2. Of the Four General
Synods or Councils (pp. 12-35)
3. The First Decade
of Sermons (pp. 36-192)
1. First Sermon: Of the Word of God; the cause of it; and how, and by whom, it
was revealed to the world (36-57)
2. Second Sermon: Of the Word of God; to whom, and to what end, it was
revealed; also in what manner it is to be heard; and that it doth fully teach
the whole doctrine of godliness (57-70)
3. Third Sermon: Of the sense and right exposition of the word of God, and by
what manner of means it may be expounded (70-80)
4. Fourth Sermon: Of true faith; from whence it cometh; that it is an assured
belief of the mind, whose only stay is upon God and his Word (81-97)
5. Fifth Sermon: That there is one only true faith, and what the virtue thereof
is (97-104)
6. Sixth Sermon: That the faithful are justified by faith without the law and
works (104-121)
7. Seventh Sermon: Of the first articles of the Christian faith contained in
the Apostles' Creed (122-139)
8. Eighth Sermon: Of the latter articles of the Christian faith contained in
the Apostles' Creed (140-157)
9. Ninth Sermon: Of the latter articles of Christian faith contained in the
Apostles' Creed (157-179)
10. Tenth Sermon: Of the love of God and Neighbor (180-192)
4. The Second Decade
of Sermons (pp. 193-435)
1. First Sermon: Of laws, and of the law of nature, then of the laws of men
(193-209)
2. Second Sermon: Of God's law, and of the two first commandments of the first
table (209-237)
3. Third Sermon: Of the third precept of the Ten Commandments, and of swearing
(237-253)
4. Fourth Sermon: Of the fourth precept of the first table, that is, of the
order and keeping of the Sabbath-Day (253-267)
5. Fifth Sermon: Of the first precept of the second table, which is in order
the fifth of the Ten Commandments, touching upon honour due to the parents
(267-298)
6. Sixth Sermon: Of the second precept of the second table, which is in order
the sixth of the Ten Commandments, thou shalt not kill: and of the magistrate
(298-322)
7. Seventh Sermon: Of the office of the magistrate, whether the care of
religion appertain to him or no, and whether he may make laws and ordinances in
cases of religions (323-344)
8. Eighth Sermon: Of judgment, and the office of the judge; that Christians are
not forbidden to judge; of revengement and punishment; whether it be lawful for
a magistrate to kill the guilty; wherefore, when, how, and what the magistrate
must punish; whether he may punish offenders in religion or no (345-369)
9. Ninth Sermon: Of war; whether it be lawful for a magistrate to make war.
What the Scripture teacheth touching war. Whether a Christian man may bear the
office of a magistrate. And of the duty of subjects (370-393)
10. Tenth Sermon: Of the third precept of the
second table, which is in order the seventh of the Ten Commandments; thou shalt
not commit adultery of wedlock; against all intemperance; of continency
(393-435)
VOLUME II
1. Dedication to Prince Edward VI,
King of England and France (pp. 3-16)
2. The Third Decade
of Sermons (pp. 17-432)
1. First Sermon: Of the fourth precept of the second table, which is in order
the eighth of the Ten Commandments, thou shalt not steal. Of the owning and
possessing of proper goods, and of the right and lawful getting of the same;
against sundry kinds of theft (17-48)
2. Second Sermon: Of the lawful use of earthly goods; that is, how we may rightly
possess, and lawfully spend, the wealth that is rightly and justly gotten; of
restitution, and alms-deeds (48-64)
3. Third Sermon: Of the patient bearing and abiding of sundry calamities and
miseries; and also of the hope and manifold consolation of the faithful
(64-111)
4. Fourth Sermon: Of the fifth and sixth precepts of the second table, which
are in order the ninth and tenth of the Ten Commandments, that is, thou shalt
not speak false witness against they neighbor; and, though shalt not covet they
neighbor's house, & c. (111-124)
5. Fifth Sermon: Of the ceremonial law of God, but specifically of the
priesthood, time, and place appointed for the ceremonies (125-167)
6. Sixth Sermon: Of the sacraments of the Jews; of their sundry sorts of
sacrifices, and certain other things pertaining to the ceremonial law (167-217)
7. Seventh Sermon: Of the judicial laws of God (217-236)
8. Eighth Sermon: Of the use or effect of the law of God, and of the fulfilling
and abrogating of the same; of the likeness and difference of both the
testaments and people, the Old and the New (236-300)
9. Ninth Sermon: Of Christian liberty, and of offences. Of good works, and the
reward thereof (300-357)
10. Tenth Sermon: Of sin, and of the kinds thereof; to wit, of original and
actual sin, and of sin against the Holy Ghost; and lastly, of the most sure and
just punishment of sins (358-432)
VOLUME III
1. The Fourth Decade of Sermons
(pp. 1-114)
1. First Sermon: Of the Gospel of the grace of God, who hath given his Son unto
the world, and in Him all things necessary to salvation, that we, believing in
Him, might obtain eternal life (1-55)
2. Second Sermon: Of repentance, and the causes therefore; of confession, and
remission of sins; of satisfaction and indulgences; of the old and new man; of
the power or strength of men, and the order of things pertaining to repentance
(55-114)
2. Dedication to
Edward VI, King of England and France (pp. 115-122)
3. The Fourth Decade
of Sermons CONTINUED (pp. 123-408)
1. Third Sermon: Of God; of the true knowledge of God, and of the diverse ways
how to know him; that God is one in substance and three in persons (123-173)
2. Fourth Sermon: That God is the creator of all things, and governeth all
things by his providence; where mention is also made of the goodwill of God to
usward, and of predestination (173-194)
3. Fifth Sermon: Of adoring or worshipping, of invocating or calling upon, and
of serving the only, living, true, and everlasting God; also of true and false
religion (194-238)
4. Sixth Sermon: That the Son of God is unspeakably begotten of the Father;
that He is consubstantial with the Father, and therefore true God. That the
selfsame Son is true man; consubstantial with us; and therefore true God and
Man, abiding in two unconfounded natures, and in one undivided Person (238-273)
5. Seventh Sermon: Of Christ, King and Priest; of His only and everlasting
kingdom and priesthood; and of the name of a Christian (273-297)
6. Eighth Sermon: Of the Holy Ghost, the third person in the Trinity to be
worshipped, and of His divine power (297-326)
7. Ninth Sermon: Of good and evil spirits; that is, of the holy angels of God,
and of devils or evil spirits; and of their operations (327-365)
8. Tenth Sermon: Of the reasonable soul of man; and of his most certain
salvation after the death of the his body (365-408)
VOLUME IV
1. Biographical Notice of Henry
Bullinger (pp. vii-xxxi)
2. The Fifth Decade
of Sermons (pp. 3-526)
1. First Sermon: Of the holy catholic church; what it is, how far it extendeth,
by what marks it is known, from whence it springeth, how it is maintained and
preserved, whether it may err. Also of the power and studies of the church
(3-48)
2. Second Sermon: That there is one catholic church; that without the church
there is no light or salvation. Against schismatics. Wherefore we depart from
the upstart church of Rome. That the church of God is the house, vineyard, and
kingdom of God; and the body, sheepfold, and spouse of Christ; a mother and a
virgin (49-92)
3. Third Sermon: Of the ministry, and the ministries of God's word; wherefore
and for what end they are instituted of God. That the orders given by Christ
unto the church in times past were equal. Whence and how the prerogative of
ministries sprang, and of the supremacy of the bishop of Rome (93-127)
4. Fourth Sermon: Of calling unto the ministry of the Word of God. What manner
of men, and after what fashion, ministers of the Word must be ordained in the
church. Of the keys of the church. What the office of them is that be ordained.
Of the manner of teaching the church; and of the holy life of the pastors
(128-163)
5. Fifth Sermon: Of the form and manner how to pray to God; that is, of the
calling on the name of the Lord; where also the Lord's Prayer is expounded; and
also singing, thanksgiving, and the force of prayer is entreated (163-226)
6. Sixth Sermon: Of signs, and the manner of signs; of sacramental signs: what
a sacrament is; of whom, for what causes, and how many sacraments were
instituted of Christ for the Christian church; of what things they do consist;
how these are consecrated; how the sign and the thing signified in the
sacraments are either joined together or distinguished; and of the kind of
speeches used in the sacraments (226-292)
7. Seventh Sermon: That we must reason reverently of sacraments; that they do
not give grace, neither have grace included in them. Again, what the virtue and
lawful end and use of the sacraments is. That they profit not without faith;
that they are not superfluous to the faithful; and that they do not depend upon
the worthiness or unworthiness of the minister (293-351)
8. Eighth Sermon: Of holy baptism; what it is; by whom, and when it was
instituted, and that there is but one baptism of water. Of the baptism of fire.
Of the rite or ceremony of baptism; how, of whom, and to whom it must be
administered. Of baptism by midwives; and of infants dying without baptism. Of
the baptism of infants. Against Anabaptism or re-baptizing; and of the power of
efficacy of baptism (351-401)
9. Ninth Sermon: Of the Lord's holy supper; what it is, by whom, when, and for
whom it was instituted; after what sort, when, and how oft it is to be
celebrated, and of the ends thereof. Of the true meaning of the words of the
super, "This is my body." Of the presence of Christ in the supper. Of
the true eating of Christ's body. Of the worthy and unworthy eaters thereof:
and how every man ought to prepare himself unto the Lord's supper (401-478)
10. Tenth Sermon: Of certain institutions of the church of God. Of schools. Of
ecclesiastical goods, and the use and abuse of the same. Of churches and holy
instruments of Christians. Of the admonition and correction of the ministers of
the church, and of the whole church. Of matrimony. Of widows. Of virgins. Of
monks. What the church of Christ determineth concerning the sick; and of
funerals and burials (478-526)
3. Appendix I:
Dedication to the Marquis of Dorset (pp. 528-545)
4. Appendix II:
Dedication to Masters Gualter, Simler, etc. (pp. 546-558)
5. Index of Subjects
and Persons (pp. 559-586)
6.
Index of Various Writers Quoted and Referred to (pp. 587-590)
Errata (pp. 591-592)
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BULLINGER, HEINRICH
A Wholesome Antidote or Counter-Poison Against
the Pestilent Heresy and Sect of the Anabaptists (1584)
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The Works of John Bunyan (3 volumes)
Volume One
Memoir of John Bunyan
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
Relation of His Imprisonment, and Efforts of His Wife to Obtain His Release
Continuation of Bunyan's Life
Bunyan's Dying Sayings
Bunyan's Prison Meditations
The Jerusalem Sinner Saved
The Greatness of the Soul
The Work of Jesus Christ as an Advocate
Christ - A Complete Saviour
Come and Welcome, To Jesus Christ
Justification by an Imputed Righteousness
Saved by Grace
The Strait Gate
Light for them that Sit in Darkness
The Fear of God
Doctrine of the Law and Grace Unfolded
Israel's Hope Encouraged
A Discourse Touching Prayer
The Saint's Privilege and Profit
The Acceptable Sacrifice
Paul's Departure and Crown
The Desire of the Righteous Granted
Volume Two
The Saint's Knowledge of Christ's Love
Antichrist and his Ruin
The Resurrection of the Dead, and Eternal Judgment
Some Gospel Truths Opened
A Vindication of Gospel Truths Opened
A Discourse Upon the Pharisee and Publican
A Defence of the Doctrine of Justification by Faith in Jesus Christ
Reprobation Asserted
Five Questions About the Nature and Perpetuity of the Seventh-day Sabbath
The Trinity and a Christian
The Law and a Christian
Scriptural Poems
An Exposition on the First Ten Chapters of Genesis
A Holy Life-The Beauty of Christianity
Christian Behavior
A Caution to Stir up to Watch Against Sin
The Nature, Excellency, and Government of the House of God
A Confession of My Faith
Differences in Judgment About Water Baptism - No Bar to Communion
Peaceable Principles and True
A Case of Conscience Resolved
(Women's Prayer Meetings)
Instructions for the Ignorant
Seasonable Counsel - or Advice to Sufferers
An Exhortation to Peace and Unity
Bunyan's Last Sermon
Volume Three
The Pilgrim's Progress
The Holy War
A Map Showing the Order and Causes of Salvation and Damnation
The Heavenly Footman
The Holy City - or the New Jerusalem
Solomon's Temple Spiritualized
The House of the Forest of Lebanon
The Water of Life
The Barren Fig-tree
The Life and Death of Mr. Badman
Some Sighs from Hell
One Thing is Needful
Ebal and Gerizzim
A Book for Boys and Girls
The Struggler
The Difficulty of, and the
Encouragements to a Reformation (1643)
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excellent things." (Select Memoirs... of Pious and Learned English and
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471). 32 pages.
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BURGESS, ANTHONY
The Reformation of the
Church, To Be Endeavoured More Than That of the Commonwealth (1645)
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of the civil magistrate, to the leaders of your nation? Burgess
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speedy and exact Reformation of the Church from all the corruptions that have
defiled her, and herein to attend unto God's Word, as the only starre that will
conduct unto Christ. None are too great to undertake so good a work. Gregory
said of David dancing before the Ark, Magis miror Davidum saltantem, quam
pugnantem,
David is to be more admired in his religious worship of God, than in his
courageous conquest and slaughter of the Philistines, or other enemies. Hence, Jer. 9:23,24.
where glory in wisdome, riches and might is forbidden, there is a kinde of an
holy pride allowed in the knowledge of the Lord. Let Heathens glory, that they
are saluted by the Common-wealth, Patres Pariae; but let those Christians, whom God honoureth with
dignity and place, delight to be nursing Fathers to the Church, by speaking
comfortably unto those who teach the good knowledge of God; and by commanding
the Levites to carry all the filthiness out of the Temple. Which
that your Lordships may faithfully and zealously doe, is the prayer of Your
Lordships humble Servant, Anthony Burgesse." 28 pages.
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Rome's Cruelty and Apostasy
(1645)
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servants at her hand." Thomas Smith calls Burgess a "laborious and
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BURGESS, ANTHONY
Spiritual Refining
(2 volumes, 1652 & 1654)
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"A Treatise of Grace and Assurance. Wherein
are handled: The Doctrine of Assurance; The Use of Signs in Self-examination;
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Grace, and many false ones; The Nature of Grace under divers Scripture Notions
or Titles, as Regeneration, The New-creature, the Heart of Flesh, Vocation,
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Comfort and confirm Saints and Undeceive and convert Sinners. Being 120 Sermons."
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Reigning Sins, and of Hypocrisy and Formality in Religion. Also occasionally
handling the Uprightness and Tenderness of a Gracious Heart; and therein
discovering the nature of a misguided Conscience, as also of secret and unknown
sins that the best men are guilty of, with Directions to the godly under their
fears about them. Showing withal, that a strict scrutiny into a man's heart and
ways, with a holy fear of sinning, doth consist with a Gospel-life of faith and
joy in the Holy Ghost. All tending to Unmask counterfeit Christians; Terrify
the Ungodly; Comfort and Direct the Doubting Saint; Humble Man; Exalt the Grace
of God. In 42 Sermons."1120 pages.
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BURGESS, ANTHONY
Vindiciae Legis: or, A
Vindication of the Moral Law and the Covenants, from the Errors of Papists,
Arminians, Socinians, and more especially, Antinomians (1647)
"A nonconformist clergyman," Burgess
"was a member of the (Westminster) Assembly of
Divines. Ejected at the Restoration... his works are much valued and have
become very scarce" (Darling, Cyclopedia Bibliographica, p. 439). This book
contains 30 lectures preached at London "against the antinomian errours of
the times." It is the second edition corrected and augmented. Burgess says
that he wrote to "maintain the dignitie and use of the Morall Law
against late errours about it." Taking on all the errorists listed in the
subtitle Burgess also notes that he has "endeavoured
to give the Law its due, and the Gospel its due, remembering that of Luther...
He that knoweth how to distinguish between Law and Gospel, let him give thanks
to God, and know he is a Divine" (i.e. a scholar of Scripture--RB).
An exceedingly rare item that sells for over $300 a copy on the rare book
market. This book should be read by everyone in the Protestant Reformed church
(or anyone who must deal with them) as it demolishes their (i.e. Protestant
Reformed) errors concerning covenants -- especially in regard to their denial
(and disregard for the biblical, "Westminster" view) of the covenant
of works. Some of its 62 chapter heads include: "What a man cannot do by
the power of nature;" "Whether there are any antecedaneous works upon
the heart before grace;" "What does this Image (of God in man--RB)
consist;" "Whether God did enter into a covenant with Adam;"
"How God can be said to covenant, or enter into a promise with man;"
What Law this delivered in Mount Sinai is, and what kind of laws there are, and
why it's called the Moral Law;" Whether this Law repeated by Moses, be the
same with the law of nature implanted in us;" "Why God gave the Moral
Law;" "Whether the Law be an instrument of sanctification;"
"Whether the Law be a covenant of grace;" "Wherein the Law and
Gospel do oppose or differ from each other; under which is handled the false
differences between the Law and Gospel made by Anabaptists, Papists, and
Antinomians;" "Whether the Law command faith;" "How Christ
is the end of the Law." Indexed. Over 300 pages.
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The First Sermon Preached to
the Honorable House of Commons Now Assembled in Parliament at their Public
Fast, Nov. 17, 1640
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of the British House of Commons in 1641), exhorting this Parliament to
"stand to the covenant" of God; by, "endeavouring of a further
Sanction of, and stronger Guard about our true Palladium, the true Religion,
already established among us; in the perfecting of the Reformation of it; in
the erecting, maintaining, protecting, and encouraging of an able, godly,
faithful, zealous, profitable, Preaching Ministry, in every Parish Church and
Chapel throughout England and Wales; in interceding to the Kings sacred Majesty
for the setting up of a Faithful, Judicious, and Zealous Magistracy, where yet
the same is wanting, to be ever at hand to back such a Ministry: without either
of which, not only the power of Godliness will sooner degenerate into
formality, and zeal into lukewarmness; but Popery, Arminianism, Socinianism,
Profaneness, Apostasy, and Atheism itself will more and more crowd in upon us,
and prevail against us, do You all You can by all other means." Points out
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into a godless mob, headed by one of the above named heresies � as we have seen
in our day. Presses national covenant renewal, from Jer 50:5, and explains from
scripture how and why this should take place. Cites many biblical examples of
the great Scriptural blessing that has followed previous national covenanting;
while making practical application to the situation of the day. This sermon
foreshadows chapter 23, of the celebrated Westminster Confession of Faith, on
"the Civil Magistrate," and gives much insight into this watershed
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mediator; the everlasting covenant (and covenanting); and the state, as set
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BURGON, JOHN W.
The Causes of Corruption of
the New Testament Text
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BURGON, JOHN W.
The Last Twelve Verses of
Mark Vindicated Against Recent Critical Objectors and Established (The Fatal
Blow to Manuscripts "B" and "Aleph" or The Fatal Blow to
the Vatican and Sinai Manuscripts) (1871)
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BURGON, JOHN W.
The Revision Revised: A
Refutation of Westcott and Hort's False Greek Text and Theory (and a Defense of
the Authorized Version) (1883)
"There is no one book that exposes
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John William Burgon's masterpieces. It contains, as
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ancient versions, and church fathers showing clearly three deficiencies: (1)
The deficient Greek Text of Westcott and Hort; (2) The deficient English
translation based upon it; and (3) The deficient theory underlying the Greek
text. His arguments are powerful and convincing. The appendix of
this edition shows conclusively that the false revised Greek text and theory of
Westcott and Hort are virtually identical to the false revised Greek text and
theory of Nestle-Aland and the United Bible Society. Therefore, The Revision Revised forms a strong basis for a refutation of the false Greek
texts and theories rampant today which form the basis for the modern English
versions. The way Burgon repudiates the English Revised Version of 1881 and defends the authorized King James Bible will
also form a strong basis for defending the King James Bible against the modern
versions such as the NASV, NIV, RSV, NRSV, NEB, TEV, CEV, and the others"
(Foreword and back cover). 626 pages.
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BURGON, JOHN W.
Unholy Hands on the Bible
(Volume One)
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works on textual criticism done by John W. Burgon in the end of the
last century. This book pinpoints hundreds of
corruptions that are found in the modern versions and is crammed
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GREEN, JAY, Sr. (editor)
Unholy Hands on the Bible
(Volume Two)
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Revival Sermons
An Exposition of the Prophecy
of Hosea (1643, 1843 edition)
This is the reprint edition revised and corrected by James Sherman, squeezing
what was originally published in four volumes into one volume of 707 pages
(without removing any of the content). The exposition after 13:11 (which
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with the Independents. Nevertheless, much useful practical exposition is to be
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A Commentary on the Song of Solomon
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BURROUGHS, JEREMIAH
The Rare Jewel of Christian
Contentment
We live our lives in a discontented world and it
is all too easy for the Christian to share its spirit. This book remedies this
spiritual disease in practical biblical ways. Another
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BUSHELL, MICHAEL
The Songs of Zion: A
Contemporary Case for Exclusive Psalmody (third edition, 1999)
Contains one of the best explanations
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worship) in print today. For this and a number of other reasons
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Reformation thought, theology and practice.
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hand in hand because they are both founded upon the assumption that the
Scriptures contain clear, sufficient and authoritative directions as to the
proper way of worshiping God. The diversity of worship practice that we see in
our churches arises ultimately from a denial of this assumption, and it
constitutes, therefore, a denial of a central aspect of the doctrine of the
sufficiency of Scripture. There is much more at stake, then, in this whole
discussion than the mere observance or non-observance of a few external
rites" (2nd edition, 1993, p. 3). If you
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