Athaliah—II Chronicles XXIII.
James Dodson
1850-James Renwick Willson.-This very short article calls for a renovation of covenants together with issuing a warning to public leaders using the example of Athaliah.
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Seasons of Covenanting.
James Dodson
1850-James Renwick Willson.-A short article pressing for covenant renewal, including the Solemn League and Covenant, because the signs of the times warrant such practice.
Read MoreA Sermon on Christian Love.
James Dodson
Martin Luther.-Here is Luther's exposition of 1 Corinthians 13 where he takes up the nature and virtue of Christian love.
Read MoreLetter Second to the Reverend William Fletcher, Author of a Late Publication, Intitled, The Scripture Loyalist.
James Dodson
1798-William Steven.-This Second Letter was published posthumously. Mr. Steven once more takes up the cause of the Reformed Presbytery against the accusations of the Secession church on the matter of civil magistracy. His first concern is to vindicate the position of Reformed Presbyterians on matter of paying of tribute, or taxations. The second section of the Letter contains an elaborate account of several important differences between the nature of the Reformation Church of Scotland and the Revolution Church of Scotland.
Read MoreSermon on Ephesians III.8.
James Dodson
Robert Traill.
Read MoreA Scriptural View of the Character, Causes, and Ends of the Present War.
James Dodson
1815-Alexander McLeod.-Published after the War of 1812 had ended, these sermons contain a thorough discussion of numerous issues relating to just war theory and several other elements peculiar to that second war of independence.
Read MoreReview of Gardiner Spring on Election.
James Dodson
1817-Alexander McLeod.-In this review, McLeod demonstrates the confusion of Spring’s thought on the matter of election. This muddled thinking is the result of Gardiner Spring’s closeted reception of Hopkinsian views which distort Calvinism into a strange form of Arminianized supralapsarianism.
Read MoreReview of Two Pamphlets Related to the Hopkinsian Controversy.
James Dodson
1817-Alexander McLeod.-In this review, McLeod takes on the various errors of Hopkinsianism more directly and begins to expose their errant Calvinism. It is regrettable that their pretensions to supralapsarianism made 19th century Calvinists of the high Calvinism of the earlier Reformers. Nonetheless, Hopkinsian views of the atonement smack of hypothetical redemption.
Read MoreReview of the Episcopal Controversy.
James Dodson
1817-Alexander McLeod.-This review, which ran over three issues of the periodical in which it appeared, canvases several matters that separate evangelicals from the high church party in the Episcopal church. McLeod’s foil is Thomas How, an Episcopalian of the highest sort. This review points out the ease with which Episcopalianism has tolerated even the worst heresies as long as they held to apostolic succession of hierarchical bishops.
Read MoreLetters from the West,—No. III.
James Dodson
1850-James Renwick Willson.-In this third letter, Willson explains the growth of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in the west. He speaks of the accessions from various Presbyterian bodies in England, Scotland and Ireland, especially those which used the 1650 Psalter.
Read MorePagan Evils in the Church.
James Dodson
1851-James Renwick Willson.-In this introductory lecture at the theological school of the Reformed Presbyterian church, Dr. Willson gives his catalog of the pagan and worldly elements which have entered the church. He explains how the lust of the eye and the pride of life have allowed practices, including the use of immoral pagan literature and opulent forms of worship, into the life of the church.
Read MoreLetters from the West.—No. IV.
James Dodson
1851-James Renwick Willson.-In his final letter from the West, Willson describes the state of people, including members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, as the push west of the Allegheny mountains to settle land previously unsettled. Willson’s account is blunt in describing the life of the pioneer on the American frontier.
Read MoreThe Divinity of the Saviour proved from the Nature of the Mediatorial Office.
James Dodson
1817-Alexander McLeod.-Arguing from the various facets of the exercise of the Mediatorial office, McLeod sets forth and defends the true and proper Divinity of our Lord. Though short, this article is very suggestive and explains why the mediatorial office necessitates the Godhead of Christ.
Read MoreThe Fugitive Slave Law.
James Dodson
1851-James Renwick Willson.-This address attacks the Fugitive Slave Act. Its value stands in its testimony against the practice of negro slavery, which was officially opposed by the Reformed Presbyterians in America as early as 1800. It also contains guidance on matters of civil disobedience and resistance to ungodly laws.
Read MoreGog and Magog.
James Dodson
1852-James Renwick Willson.-In this short article, Willson discusses the identity of Gog and Magog. He relates them to the battle of Armageddon and the restoration and conversion of the Jews.
Read MoreThe Flying Roll.
James Dodson
1852-James Renwick Willson.-In this short article, Willson discusses the metaphor of the flying roll and its meaning for the times. He sees it as an emblem for Gospel times, toward the end of the apostasy, when ungodly powers are being brought to their knees.
Read MoreHebrew Antiquities.
James Dodson
1853-James Renwick Willson.-In this article, Willson explores the possibility that the ten lost tribes of Israel might be found amongst the tribes of native peoples in North America. His interest is related to the belief in the future conversion of the Jews. This article was picked up by several magazines and books on the subject.
Read MoreReview of Thomas Chalmers on Astronomy.
James Dodson
1817-Alexander McLeod.-In this review, McLeod shows how Chalmers’ arguments, though designed to defend Christianity in light of modern astronomy, actually undermine its defense. This article demonstrates that adoption of the latest theories about science on the part of the ministry is worse than useless. Indeed, it often does more harm than good.
Read MoreReview of a Defense of Hopkinsianism in the Presbyterian Church.
James Dodson
1817-Alexander McLeod.-Choosing to interact with a book by Matthew La Rue Perrine, a Presbyterian pastor, in New York, McLeod discovers some of the worst reasoning and pernicious errors presented as old Presbyterian doctrine in new dress. What he has found is Hopkinsianism, an error that advocates a perverted form of supralapsarianism and weds it to a view akin to the heresy of hypothetical redemption.
Read MoreVindiciae Magistratus: or, the Divine Institution and Right of the Civil Magistrate Vindicated.
James Dodson
1773-John Thorburn.
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