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Reformation Worship, the
Regulative Principle (RPW), Iconoclasm, etc.
"If it be asked, then, by what things chiefly the
Christian religion has a standing amongst us, and maintains its truth, it will
be found that the following two not only occupy the principal place, but
comprehend under them all the other parts, and consequently the whole substance
of Christianity, viz., a knowledge first, of the right way to worship God; and secondly of
the source from which salvation is to be sought.
When these are kept out of view, though we may glory in the name of Christians,
our profession is empty and vain."
-
John Calvin as cited in War Against the Idols (book
on sale at http://www.swrb.com/catalog/e.htm), p. 198 (emphases added). Carlos Eire is citing
from John Calvin's On the Necessity of Reforming
the Church, which is FREE ONLINE at: http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/NRC_ch00.htm
+ More FREE ONLINE BOOKS and FREE MP3s by John Calvin are listed at:
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FREE RESOURCES
(Calvinistic Books and Articles on Reformation
and Puritan Worship)
Biblical Worship by Kevin Reed (Written with a clear view of upholding the
biblical tradition of Reformation worship -- with the life and death struggle
that was a backdrop to the Reformers war against the idols clearly in mind.
Touches on a number of controversial issues that have arisen as human
innovations in worship have become commonplace in contemporary church life --
even among those that still fancy being known as Reformed.)
Foundation For Reformation: The Regulative
Principle Of Worship - Greg L. Price
Free at:
http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/REFORMATION-RPW-GP.htm
Regulative Principle of Worship in the New
Testament by Greg Price (Puritan Worship series)
- FREE MP3 at: http://tinyurl.com/346pb or at
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?currSection=sermonssource&sermonID=380119184
Regulative Principle of Worship in the Old
Testament by Greg Price (Puritan Worship series)
- FREE MP3 at: http://tinyurl.com/2moyh or at
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?currSection=sermonssource&sermonID=380103046
FREE PURITAN WORSHIP SERIES (57 free MP3s!) by Greg
Price, Greg Barrow and R. J. George at:
http://tinyurl.com/26fgn or at
http://www.sermonaudio.com/search.asp?speakerWithinSource=&keyword=swrb&keyworddesc=Still+Waters+Revival+Books&currsection=sermonssource&AudioOnly=false&SourceOnly=true&keywordwithin=puritan+worship
(includes seven sermons on exclusive Psalmody).
HYMNS, THE
REFORMATION, THE WESTMINSTER ASSEMBLY & EXCLUSIVE PSALMODY (PURITAN WORSHIP
& FREE MP3s)
SINGING PSALMS AND
THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH FROM THE PSALMS IN WORSHIP EDITED BY JOHN MCNAUGHER,
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DAILY FAMILY WORSHIP YOUR ELDERS SHOULD SUSPEND AND DEBAR YOU FROM THE LORD'S
SUPPER
24 Proofs that Family-Worship is a Duty Required by
the Law of God by John Brown of Wamphray
Family Worship - From the Minutes of The Reformed
Presbyterian Church, 1914.
Family
Worship by Brian Schwertley
CALVIN ON
SEPARATION FROM FALSE WORSHIP (non RPW WORSHIP) and WORSHIPPING PRIVATELY IN
YOUR HOME
War Against The
Idols: The Reformation of Worship From Erasmus to John Calvin (Separation,
Idolatry)
JOHN CALVIN On
Worship, The Regulative Principle & Reforming the Church - Still Waters
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JOHN CALVIN on
PSALM SINGING... we shall not find better... songs... than the Psalms of David
HYMNS, THE
REFORMATION, THE WESTMINSTER ASSEMBLY & EXCLUSIVE PSALMODY (PURITAN WORSHIP
& FREE MP3s)
Hymns and
Heretics: The Dangers of Uninspired Hymnody by Brian Schwertley
Are You Singing Heresies In Songs By
Heretics? Find out in this sermon.
A fascinating look at how Satan has used various heretics (like Isaac Watts, a
Unitarian, Roman Catholics, etc.) to introduce man-made hymns into the
church (to push God's Word out of
public praise) and the destruction this has wrought. Also see Greg Price's spectacular series on
exclusive Psalmody at http://www.sermonaudio.com/go/36916.
Seven free MP3 sermons on EXCLUSIVE PSALMODY by
GREG PRICE:
1. Exclusive Psalmody 1/7 (Inspired Song vs.
Uninspired Song) by Greg Price
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?currSection=sermonssource&sermonID=4300122819
2. Exclusive Psalmody 2/7 (God's Covenant Songs in
Worship) by Greg Price
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?currSection=sermonssource&sermonID=530119268
3. Exclusive Psalmody 3/7 (Sufficiency of the Psalter)
by Greg Price
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?currSection=sermonssource&sermonID=52101194038
4. Exclusive Psalmody 4/7 (Exclusive Psalmody &
the Regulative Principle) by Greg Price
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?currSection=sermonssource&sermonID=52501212814
5. Exclusive Psalmody 5/7 (Exclusive Psalmody in
Church History) by Greg Price
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?currSection=sermonssource&sermonID=6180103919
6. Exclusive Psalmody 6/7 (& the Westminster
Standards) by Greg Price
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?currSection=sermonssource&sermonID=6180151425
7. Exclusive Psalmody 7/7 (Objections to Exclusive Psalmody
Answered) by Greg Price
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?currSection=sermonssource&sermonID=62501134616
PSALM SINGING MP3s (COMPLETE SET)
Psalters, Psalm Singing and Music
Psalms of David in
Metre (FREE PSALTER, PSALMS FOR SINGING) With Notes by John Brown of Haddington
Worship: The Regulative Principle of Worship in
History by Dr. Reg Barrow
(Discusses the very foundation of all faithful public worship. Dovetails
splendidly with Calvin's Necessity of Reforming the Church. Cites numerous examples from Reformation history
(Calvin, Knox, Owen, the
Westminster Divines, etc.) exhibiting the Reformation consensus regarding
the basis of biblical faithfulness in this area. A good short, easy-reading
introduction to this topic.)
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.)
The Puritan View of
the Scottish Metrical Psalter: Owen, Manton, Watson, Poole, Westminster Divines
+++ FREE The Psalms of David in Metre (being the Scottish Metrical Psalter, first
authorized by the Westminster
Divines and then also by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland [in
1650], with notes by John Brown of Haddington.)
Psalm
Tunes (Audio MP3s) Categorized By Common Metre
The Puritan View of the Scottish Metrical Psalter
�The translation that is now put into
thy hands cometh nearest to the original of any that we have seen.�
Thomas Manton, John Owen, William Jenkyn,
Thomas Watson, Matthew Poole, and other Puritans in London at the time of the Westminster
Assembly in a preface to the first edition of the Scottish Metrical
Version.
Robert Murray McCheyne on the Scottish Metrical Version
�It is truly an admirable translation
from the Hebrew, and is frequently more correct than the prose version.�
Robert Murray
McCheyne (�No mean Hebrew scholar�), quoted in The Exclusive Claims of
David�s Psalms, by William
Sommerville, p. 183.
Puritan Testimony
to the Accuracy of the 1650 Scottish Psalter (Manton, Owen, Watson, Poole, et
al.)
FREE: Puritan & Reformation Worship, Regulative
Principle of Worship (RPW), Iconoclasm, Idolatry...
OF THE SECOND COMMANDMENT. by Thomas Boston (excerpted from Thomas Boston's Commentary on the Shorter
Catechism)
Free at: http://www.truecovenanter.com/sermons/bostoncommand2.html
The Puritan Principle of Worship by Dr. William
Young
http://apuritansmind.com/PuritanWorship/YoungWilliamPuritanRegulativePrinciple.htm
The Regulative
Principle of Worship and Christmas by Brian
Schwertley (FREE BOOK)
History
Of Holy Days: Part 7 - Dr. Steven
Dilday
A FREE MP3 OR VIDEO: CHRISTMAS CONDEMNED BY CHRIST
(EASTER & OTHER PAGAN HOLY DAYS TOO) - GREG PRICE
Christmas Is Part Of Roman Catholic (Papacy/Antichrist)
Missionary Strategy And High-Handed Idolatry
DO DEMONS LOVE CHRISTMAS? - Mather, Calvin's
Geneva, the Westminster Assembly, American Puritans ...
CHIRSTMASS,
REFORMED ICONOCLASM, THE SCRIPTURAL LAW OF WORSHIP & WE NEED A NEW WAR
AGAINST THE IDOLS
HISTORY OF HOLY
DAYS (CHRISTMAS, EASTER, CHRISTIAN SABBATH, JEWS, etc.), IDOLATRY, ICONOCLASM,
etc.
Against Man-Made Holy Days & Ceremonies by George Gillespie (Scottish Commissioner to the Westminster
Assembly)
MERRY CHRISTMAS
SAYS THE ANTICHRIST... THE POPE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR CELEBRATING...
Increase Mather's Testimony Against that
Prophane and Superstitious Custom of Christ-mass Keeping.
CHRISTMAS: FREE BOOKS, MP3s & Videos By The
Best Reformers, Puritans and Covenanters
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
JAMES JORDAN'S LITURGICAL ANTINOMIANISM - THE
ROMANIZING VIEWS OF JAMES JORDAN (John Frame, Doug Wilson, Jeff Meyers, Steve
Schlissel, et al.) ON WORSHIP
AND HIS INTERPRETIVE MAXIMALISM REFUTED
http://www.sermonaudio.com/new_details3.asp?ID=15302
An Essay on Psalmody by Dr. William Romaine
The Psalms: the Divinely Authorized and Exclusive
Manual of Praise by Dr. W.I. Wishart
�The main subject of these songs [are] the glorious things of
the gospel, as is evident by the interpretation often put upon them, and the
use that is made of them in the New Testament. For there is no other book of
the Old Testament that is so often quoted in the New Testament as the book of
Psalms. Here Christ is spoken of in multitudes of songs.�
- Jonathan Edwards (Puritan)
Answers to Steve Schlissel's
Denial of Reformation Worship at:
Steve Schlissel Versus Reformation Worship (Super
Sale) by Reg Barrow
http://www.swrb.com/Puritan/steve-schlissel.htm
Rev.
Steve Schlissel's Flawed Conception of the Regulative Principle of Worship
Corrupts His Arguments: A Letter To A Ruling Elder (PCA) From A Ruling Elder
(Formerly PCA) by Bill Mencarow
A Brief Critique of Steven M.
Schlissel's Articles Against the Regulative Principle of Worship by Brian
Schwertley
- Full article at http://reformedonline.com/view/reformedonline/schlissel.htm
+ FREE MP3s
(Must listening!):
A. Steve Schlissel on the Regulative Principle, Part 1
- Brian Schwertley
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?currSection=sermonssource&sermonID=1290617213
B. Steve Schlissel on the Regulative Principle, Part 2
- Brian Schwertley
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?currSection=sermonssource&sermonID=2506182929
The Regulative Principle of Worship and Christmas
by Brian Schwertley
(This book is must reading if you are a Christian [especially if you are a
Calvinist, as this book deals with the sovereignty of God over worship] and you are studying Christmas or any of the
worship issues! Schwertley also makes the application of Sola Scriptura to worship in this important work.)
FREE ebook at:
http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/CHRISTMAS.htm
��a form and order of a reformed church
limited within the compass of God�s Word, which our saviour hath left unto us
as only sufficient to govern all our actions by; so that what so ever is added
to this word by man�s device, seem it never so good, holy, or beautiful, yet
before God� it is evil, wicked, and abominable.�
- The Puritan Exiles at Geneva, The
Form of Prayers and Ministrations of Sacraments, etc., Used in the English
Congregation at Geneva
MANY FREE PURITAN and REFORMED RESOURCES
(Books, MP3s and Articles)
Against Pagan and Roman Catholic Holy Days (Holidays)
Like Christmas and Easter.
Free at http://www.swrb.com/newslett/freebook/holyday.htm
The Canterbury Tales by Kevin Reed
(Refutes James Jordan and others who
reject the regulative principle of worship.)
EXCLUSIVE PSALMODY by GREG PRICE (PSALM SINGING,
WORSHIP, SECOND COMMANDMENT, REGULATIVE PRINCIPLE)
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.)
Gradual Reformation Intolerable: A Brief Inquiry
into the Actions of Luther and the Writings of Calvin in Reforming the Church
Against False Worship by Dr. C. Matthew McMahon (at "A Puritan's Mind")
Free at: http://tinyurl.com/y60i or at
http://www.apuritansmind.com/Reformation/McMahonGradualReformationIntolerable.htm
Martin Luther and Psalm Singing by David Steele
(Did Luther and the Reformation
Lutherans practice exclusive Psalmody? What about Luther's hymns? Where and
when were they used? ANSWERS HERE.)
Martin Luther on the Regulative Principle of
Worship by Martin Luther
The Geneva Bible, Psalmody and More Credenda/Agenda Inaccuracies Answered by Dr. Larry Birger
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.)
Presbyterian Worship: Old and New by Kevin Reed (A Review and Commentary upon Worship in Spirit
and Truth, a book by John Frame.
Reed shows how Frame has abandoned the Reformation, both scripturally and
confessionally, in regard to worship. He also gives an excellent summary of
historic Reformed views and then contrasts them with the novel ideas now being
touted by Frame.)
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
FREE PDF FILE: Saul in the Cave: A Debate between
Doug Wilson and Reg Barrow on Worship, Church Government, etc.
Calvin, Close Communion and the Coming Reformation 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.)
FREE MP3s &
VIDEOS: EXCLUSIVE PSALMODY by GREG PRICE (COVENANTER WORSHIP & THE SECOND
COMMANDMENT)
(Richard Bennett, an ex-Roman Catholic
priest who is now a Calvinist,
provides a strong biblical warning against Gibson's new Roman Catholic/Jesuit
movie, The Passion of the Christ [which is based on the visions of the Catholic
mystic Anne Emmerich].
Bennett shows how this movie violates
the second commandment and is an
idolatrous, blasphemous and deceitful film, fully in keeping with Antichrist's
[the Papacy's] aims to replace the authority of the Word of God [and salvation
by sovereign grace] with the authority and idolatrous images of the Papacy ]and
its false religion of works, which God hates].
This film also renews the classic battle
between the historic Reformed Faith [on the side of the Word of God and Sola
Scriptura] and Romanism [and this
harlot's images, idols and superstitions].
Moreover, Bennett notes,
"In Catholicism and in the Passion
movie, willfully putting together the sacrifice of the cross with the sacrifice
of the Mass produces a dramatic and a theatrical lie.") OFFSITE
FREE MP3 AT: http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?sermonid=22304205957
Pictures of Christ and Idolatry by Greg Price (Defends the position of the Protestant
Reformation against the use of pictures and images of Christ, in opposition to
Roman Catholicism and the first century Gnostics.) OFFSITE
FREE MP3 AUDIO at: http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?sermonid=32401164443
Understanding the Scriptural Principle of Worship by Henry Sikkema
(Something for our Continental Reformed brethren, with plenty of Scriptural
proof for the regulative principle of worship.)
The Covenanted Reformation Defended Against
Contemporary Schismatics by Greg Barrow (Greg Price, Dr. Reg Barrow and Dr.
Larry Birger) A
phenomenal work -- especially regarding the sacraments! This is the clearest
work on the Reformation view of the sacraments that we have ever seen. Also deals
with others aspects of worship, such as the ordinance of covenanting,
preaching, etc. This book, of over 300 [8.5" X 11"] pages, is also
offered as a cerlox bound photocopy [$14.98 US funds] or a Hardcover photocopy
[$25.00 US funds].)
"The Whole Manner of Worship..."
Worship and the Sufficiency of Scripture in Belgic Confession Article 7 by Wes Bredenhof (1997) (A great work for everyone interested in Reformed
worship, but especially for those with a continental Reformed background.
Dispels the idea that the regulative principle of worship "is something
peculiar to the so-called Presbyterian tradition." This work demonstrates
that the regulative principle of worship was an indispensable and foundational
part of the Protestant Reformation -- being connected as it was to the battle
over the sufficiency of Scripture. More specifically Bredenhof also proves that
"the regulative principle is in fact found... in Article 7 of the Belgic
Confession." Bredenhof writes, "(t)he regulative principle was a
foundational truth in the contentions of the Reformed during the 16th century,
and as such it should not surprise us to find it here in the Belgic Confession.
Moreover, the relationship between the sufficiency of Scripture and worship
further elucidates this significance, for it is the Reformational principle of sola
Scriptura which is foundational
for the regulative principle. Without the sufficiency of Scripture 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
important book for today as the old paths of Reformed worship are under attack
from not only the classic enemies of the Reformed faith [such as Rome], but
also, in many cases, from those (like Steve Schlissel, John Frame, Doug Wilson,
etc.) that pretend to the name Reformed regarding worship, when in actuality they are "teaching for
doctrines the commandments of men" [Matt. 15:9]. Also available as a
cerlox bound photocopy for $2.99 [US funds] or as a Hardcover photocopy OUT OF
PRINT for $14.00 [US funds]).
Family Worship by Kerry Ptacek (A number of citations from historic Reformed folk
[John Knox, Matthew Henry, Jonathan Edwards, etc.] covering the period from 100
AD to 1912 AD regarding family worship.)
Daily Family
Worship (A Biblical Duty for All Christians Everywhere) by Dr. Francis Nigel
Lee
Family Worship
1 of 2 by Greg Price
Family Worship
2 of 2 by Greg Price
The Necessity of Reforming the Church (1543) by John
Calvin
A Book Review of John
Calvin's Shunning the Unlawful Rites of the Ungodly and Preserving the
Purity of the Christian Religion by Wes
Bredenhof
A Faithful Admonition to the Professors of God's
Truth in England (1554) by John Knox
Of Uniformity In Religion, Worship of God, and
Church Government by George Gillespie
Knox's Call to the Ministry and First Public Debate
(1547) with an editor's note by Kevin Reed
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) by Andrew
Clarkson (The table of contents
contained in this file can serve as a kind of summary of second Reformation
thought concerning the church, state, separation, schism, worship, civil
dissent, church planting, opposition to idolatry and tyranny, and much more!)
The Warrant and Nature of Public Worship by
Benjamin Morgan Palmer
(A sermon preached on 9 October 1853 in Columbia, South Carolina.)
A Brotherly Testimony Against the Use of
Instrumental Accompaniment In Public Worship by Dr. Larry Birger (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)."
Instrumental Music in Public Worship: The Views of
John Calvin by John Calvin and John Girardeau
Instrumental Music in Public Worship: The
History Surrounding the Westminster Assembly by John Girardeau
Instrumental Music in Public Worship: The Heresy
of Instrumental Music by John Girardeau
�Singing with instruments was
typical, and so a ceremonial worship, and therefore is ceased. But singing with
the heart and voice is moral worship��
- John Cotton (Puritan), Singing
Psalms – A Gospel Ordinance
THE TRUE WORSHIP OF THE LIVING & TRUE GOD (Many free resources).
Exclusive
Psalmody resources at A Puritan's Mind Web site
Introductory Essay to John Knox's True and False
Worship by Kevin Reed (Reed writes that "[t]he Protestant
Reformation was a conflict over many critical issues. Of all the issues contested
between Romanists and Reformers, no issue was more crucial than the question of
true worship. John Knox displayed a preeminent concern for worship. Throughout
his ministry, the Reformer proclaimed the scriptural law of worship: all forms
of worship [and all religious ceremonies] must possess clear scriptural
warrant, if they are to be admitted as valid means of worship. This concept has
subsequently been called the regulative principle of worship, because it
regulates our approach to God in worship." This introductory essay shows
how " [t]he example of Knox stands as a sharp rebuke to Christians in the
present day. It illustrates the need to think about our worship.")
Family Worship by Thomas Manton (The Epistle to the Reader of the Westminster
Confession of Faith.)
Spanish Metrical Psalms ("The Genevan ones are LeQuesne's translation [metrification] for
singing.")
http://www.iglesiareformada.com/Salterio_Ginebra.html
Spanish Psalms (Non-metrified Psalms as
translated by Valdes)
http://www.iglesiareformada.com/Valdes-Salterio.html
�For God is not worshiped of us, but when it is his will to
accept our worship: and it is not his will to accept our worship, but when it
is according to his will.�
- William Perkins (Puritan), A
Golden Chain, or the Description of Theology
WORKS ON
PSALMODY at covenanter.org
- Preface to the Bay Psalm Book.
- Article from the Reformed Presbyterian
Magazine on the Ancient Usage in Praising God.
- Donald C. McLaren's pamphlet The Psalms of
Holy Scripture, the Only Songs of Zion, an Appeal to the Churches in
Behalf of this Ordinance of God.
- Robert J. Dodds' Book A Reply to Morton on
Psalmody: To Which is Added A Condensed Argument for the Exclusive Use of
an Inspired Psalmody.
- Gilbert McMaster's book An Apology for the
Book of Psalms, in Five Letters.
- Alexander Blaikie's Catechism on Praise.
- Hugh Brown's Discourse on Scripture Psalmody
in Praising God.
- Article from the Associate Presbyterian
(Seceder) Magazine on the Ancient and Modern Mode of Singing the Psalms.
- Article from the Original Covenanter Magazine
entitled Are Hymns Idols?
- David Steele's Circular on Continuous Singing.
- John T. Chalmers book Ten Reasons Why the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Adheres to the Exclusive Use of the Inspired Psalter in the Worship of God.
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even a hundredth part of the material on these CDs. Truly we are without
excuse!
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book will be sufficiently popular to make it economical to reprint, or to deem
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Gospel Worship: Being An Attempt to
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linked and indexed for the first time. The ordinary Christian may here dig
into a simply staggering wealth of literature, from devotional and sermonic
material to technical and scholarly works. Even in the days of the Long Reformation itself
ordinary Christians didn't get to see this kind of library -- most couldn't
read for a start, and even those who could, would never have been able to
afford to buy even a hundredth part of the material on these CDs. Truly we are
without excuse!
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significance of this collection goes even beyond that. No longer do we have to
wait for modern Reformed publishing houses to predict that a particular
Reformation or Puritan book will be sufficiently popular to make it economical
to reprint, or to deem it "safe" enough to be let loose on the modern
evangelical church. Rather, we are now able to see for ourselves the whole
range of the Puritan and Reformed publishing enterprise, including views that
are usually suppressed by most modern devotees of "Puritan" piety!
Buy these
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Reformations were really all about! You'll be truly amazed, and, by God's
grace, will grow from being an ordinary Christian to being an extraordinary
one. What they used to say of the Puritan John Flavel's preaching, can be
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