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Calvin, Covenanting,
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Rufus... by John Anderson [1862]) by Dr. Reg Barrow (Shows how Calvin practiced close communion and
how the biblical view of this ordinance is intended to purify the individual,
church and state. Refutes the Popish and paedocommunion heresies (regarding
this sacrament), as well as all views of open communion. Also argues that
Arminians, anti-paedobaptists, anti-regulativists, and all those who openly
violate the law of God [and are unrepentant] should be barred from the Lord's
table -- as a corrective measure ordained of God for their recovery. This is Reformation
History Notes number two.)
Steve Schlissel Versus Reformation Worship
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Publisher's Preface to The Covenanted
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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." This resource, of 23 [8.5" X 11"]
pages, is also offered as a cerlox bound photocopy [$1.98 US funds] or a
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Pornography, the
Anabaptists, and Doug Wilson's Civil Antinomianism (1997) by Dr. Reg Barrow (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." This item is also available as a bound
photocopy for $1.99 [US funds]) and 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.
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 by Dr. Reg Barrow
Doug Wilson and others at Credenda/Agenda used their magazine to publicly attack and slander
Reg Barrow (President of Still Waters Revival Books) in a column that they call
the "Cave of Adullam." This invective was Credenda's response to Barrow's comments on Knox Ring (where
Barrow noted that John Calvin would have excommunicated John Frame for the
apostasy that he manifests in his new book on worship). Numerous private
attempts were unsuccessfully made (by Barrow and others) to call Wilson to
repentance for this slander. Ultimately, charges for violation of the ninth
commandment were brought (in accord with Matt. 18:15-17) against Wilson by
Barrow. This book recounts the salient points of the controversy (and the
Matthew 18 proceedings) between Wilson and Barrow -- in their actual email
debates! Also included is Barrow's demonstration of why Calvin would have
excommunicated Frame and Greg Price's Testimony Against The Unfounded
Charges of Anabaptism. These
debates are a classic example of the differences that exist today between
paleopresbyterians (Barrow) and neopresbyterians (Wilson). Wilson's charges against Barrow, of Anabaptism,
separatism, etc. are all refuted under a mountain of quotations from
Reformation source documents. Barrow's refutations of Wilson's spurious charges
bring to light many aspects of Reformation thought that have been lost or
forgotten in our day. Besides the initial controversy (over Frame and worship)
and the restoration process (set forth in Matthew 18:15-17), this book should
be of special interest to all of those who love the "old paths" of
truth -- trod by our forefathers in the Reformed faith -- for some of the most
pressing issues of our day (regarding the individual, church and state) are
addressed herein. Classic statements, cited by Barrow, not only exhibit the
wisdom which God granted the best Reformers of both the first and second
Reformations, but also specifically demonstrate how Wilson and many other
modern Protestants actually reject the Reformation at many points (all their
protests not withstanding). "And they that shall be of thee shall build
the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations;
and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to
dwell in" (Isa. 58:12). This item is also available as a bound photocopy
for $3.98 (US funds).
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Would John Calvin
Excommunicate John Frame? by Dr. Reg Barrow
(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 apostatized and would have
been rejected by the Presbyterian and Reformed wing of the Reformation.)
Doug Wilson's Five
Questions on the Regulative Principle of Worship Answered by Dr. Reg Barrow
(Barrow answers five questions that
Wilson has been repeating in opposition to the classic, creedal, Presbyterian
and Reformed understanding of the regulative principle of worship. 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.)
Worship: The
Regulative Principle of Worship in History by Dr. Reg Barrow
Psalm Singing in
Scripture & History by Dr. Reg Barrow (Discusses Reformed worship-song in the context of the regulative
principle of worship [Sola Scriptura in Worship]. Defends exclusive Psalmody from Scripture and the
writings and testimony of the most prominent Reformers.)
A Warning Against the
False and Dangerous Views of James Jordan Concerning Worship: A Book Review of
Kevin Reed's Canterbury Tales by Dr. Reg
Barrow
Debate on the US
Constitution Andrew Sandlin Versus Dr. Reg Barrow (The following debate on the US Constitution,
between Andrew Sandlin [editor of the Chalcedon Report] and Reg Barrow [President of Still Waters Revival
Books], took place on the Knox Ring email discussion group in January of 1997.)
Reformation Civil
Government by Dr. Reg Barrow
Letters to the
"Theonomy-L" email newsgroup regarding Crowmell, the Protesters, the
Resolutioners and the covenants of the second Reformation by Dr. Reg Barrow
(http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualNLs/crom.htm)
A Contemporary
Covenanting Debate; Or, Covenanting Redivivus by Dr. Reg Barrow (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.)
Evangelicals and
Catholics Together: Resources for Refutation by Dr. Reg Barrow
Apostolic
Presbyterianism by William Cunningham and Dr. Reg Barrow
Shows from Scripture how the Apostles
practiced the divine right of Presbyterianism.
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Calvin,
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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
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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). 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
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Pornography,
the Anabaptists, and Doug Wilson's Civil Antinomianism by Reg Barrow
Calvinistic
Tract Pack by John Calvin, John Knox, Westminster Divines, Reg Barrow, et al
John
Knox, Oliver Cromwell, God's Law and the Reformation of Civil Government by Reg
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Books
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