A Testimony to the Truth of Jesus Christ.
James Dodson
1659-Ministers of Perth and Fife.-A joint testimony against the various corruptions and defections plaguing the once reformed Church of Scotland by a group of Protestor ministers.
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A Solemn Testimony Against Toleration,
James Dodson
1649-Commissioners of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.-This is a testimony against the principles of toleration that were afoot in England at that time with arguments against it and a description of the divine doom such toleration incurs.
Read MoreA Testimony of the Ministers in the Province of Salop, to the Truth of Jesus Christ and to the Solemn League and Covenant,
James Dodson
1648-Ministers of the Province of Salop.-One of many testimonies issued around this time in support of the Solemn League and Covenant, it was signed by many English ministers who opposed the toleration and heresies of the various Independents and Sectaries of their day.
Read MoreA Testimony to the Truth of Jesus Christ, and to our Solemn League and Covenant;
James Dodson
1648-London Ministers (many of whom were Westminster Divines).-A somewhat lengthy testimony against the numerous heresies and errors which were circulating contrary to the doctrine of the Westminster Confession making these against the Solemn League and Covenant.
Read MoreConcerning Close Communion. An Investigation.
James Dodson
1930-William J,. McKnight (1865-1951).-An easy to understand introduction to the reason and practice of close communion explaining why the Lord's supper should be restricted only to confessional and communicant members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, i.e., Covenanters.
Read MoreReformed Presbyterians and Open Communion.
James Dodson
William Sommerville.-A tract defending close communion against the false charity of open communionists and ecumenists.
Read MoreAn Inquiry into the Principles of Church Fellowship
James Dodson
1865-John T. Pressly.-An examination of the scriptural principles of church fellowship which explains why the communicant fellowship of the church ought to be restricted to those who hold the creed of that body. It also indicates why the practice of open communion is neither helpful not truly ecumenical.
Read MoreOccasional Hearing
James Dodson
1852-Anonymous.-An article which appeared in the Covenanter Magazine, edited by J.M. Willson, which explains why confessional communicant members of the RP church should not attend the ministry of the Word by sectarian ministers outside of the church.
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James Dodson
1852-Anonymous.-An article which appeared in the Covenanter Magazine, edited by J.M. Willson, which defends the practice of confessional communion against the lax and latitudinarian practices creeping into the church.
Read MoreOn the Proper Time for the Admission of Recent Converts to the Full Communion of the Church.
James Dodson
1833-Anonymous.-An article taken from the Princeton Review, edited by Charles Hodge, explaining the danger to the souls of recent converts by letting them participate in the sacrament of the Lord's supper and why catechism should precede communion.
Read More1761 Terms of Christian and Ministerial Communion
James Dodson
1761-Reformed Presbytery, of Scotland, Ireland and America.-These are the terms of communion as they were adopted by the Reformed Presbytery, in 1761. The American church abandoned them in 1806; the Scottish church in 1822; the Irish church later.
Read MoreA Third Reformation Necessary:
James Dodson
1880-James Kerr.-A sermon calling for Christians to follow in the footsteps of the flock by adopting the piety, enlightened views and Christian patriotism of the Scottish martyrs.
Read MoreThe Discretionary Power of the Church.
James Dodson
1875-John L. Girardeau (1825-1898).-This sermon expounds upon the Regulative principle and its necessity in the life of the church especially in the exercise of ecclesiastical power.
Read MoreThe Loyal Archite; or the Attributes of Legitimate Civil Government.
James Dodson
1875-Thomas Sproull.-A sermon addressing three chief requirements for a legitimate constitution of civil government.
Read MoreAttachment to Zion.
James Dodson
1852-James W. Shaw.-A communion sermon that addresses matters of ecclesiastical fellowship and the use of terms of communion.
Read MoreThe Subjection of Kings and Nations to Messiah.
James Dodson
1820-James Renwick Willson.-An excellent presentation of the doctrine of the Mediatorial reign of Christ and its implications for all nations and kingdoms. This is the Covenanter postmillennial vision.
Read MoreDr. Watts, an Anti-Trinitarian: Demonstrated
James Dodson
1821-James Renwick Willson-This begins with a very pointed response to the rejection of this Review by the editors of the Presbyterian Magazine. What follows Willson’s exposure and critique of Isaac Watts as an antitrinitarian and the implications for church psalmody.
Read MoreSermon on Civil Government.
James Dodson
1821-James Renwick Willson.-A sermon showing that the obligation to civil government as well as the obligations of the civil magistrate are founded and grounded in the Moral Law particularly as it is to be discovered in the Fifth Commandment.
Read MoreChurch Fellowship.
James Dodson
1819-John Black.-A synodical sermon that explains why the false charity of intercommunion amongst various sects of Christians is contrary to a sound profession and practice of the true religion.
Read MoreThe Duty of Nations.
James Dodson
1810-Gilbert McMaster.-A sermon on national covenanting together with the duty of nations that are favored with the light of the Gospel to engage in this ordinance.
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