1641-Alexander Henderson.-This provides a description of the polity of the Church of Scotland on the eve of the convening of the Westminster Assembly. Herein is provided an account of one of the best examples of the exercise of church government amongst Reformed churches.
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Alexander Henderson was born in Creich, Fife, Scotland, in 1583. In 1603, he graduated from St. Andrews, with distinction. Afterward, he was appointed a regent there. In 1612, he was nearly prevented from assuming ministerial duties, at Leuchars, when the parishioners, fearing his unorthodoxy and attachment to episcopacy, secured the doors of the church building....
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1641-George Gillespie.-This is Gillespie’s masterful treatment of Presbyterianism in its several offices, courts and connections.
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1644-George Gillespie.-A tract concerning the extent and application of the laws of the Bible in the civil affairs of nations with a discussion of how this comports with liberty of conscience.
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1647-George Gillespie.-This contains a series of propositions outlining Presbyterial church government and its courts and functions, particularly as understood in its difference from civil power.
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1601-Andrew Melville (1545-1622).-An extract from Melville's commentary on Romans, translated from the Latin by J.M. Willson, showing his agreement with the Reformed Presbyterian stance on this passage.
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1555-John Calvin.-In this sermon, Calvin explains what it means for women to maintain modesty in both their inward and outward frame including a circumspect modesty in their appareling.
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1523-Martin Luther.-This explains that there exists in a Christian congregation certain radical rights pertaining to the ministry. A congregation must judge of doctrine and may, if necessary, not only call but also appoint to itself a ministry when one cannot otherwise be procured.
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1797-James McKinney.-This sermon seeks to expound the proper limits and duties surrounding civil liberties in order to avoid both tyranny and infidelity.
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James McKinney was born in Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, November 16, 1759. He entered the University of Glasgow, Scotland, from which he graduated in 1778...
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1831-Andrew Symington.-Two sermons delivered on the occasion of the death of Archibald Mason. In these, Mr. Symington discusses the nature of death and how it differs for the saints. Importantly, he stresses the resurrection of the blessed dead and their future glory.
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1779-John McMillan II.-An ordination sermon for John McMillan III, setting forth the duties of the faithful minister.
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1644-Alexander Henderson.-A sermon detailing the great need and method of reforming both the church and the nation together with a dire warning to magistrates that will not be reformed.
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1817-James Renwick Willson.-An informative, if uneven, treatment of the history of the doctrine of the atonement. This portion of the book contains Willson’s historical insights together with a wealth of information about numerous early American Reformed and Presbyterian bodies complete with an outline of their controversies.
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1648-George Gillespie.-Gillespie’s dying testimony and belief that the covenanted cause will ultimately prevail.
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1883-David Steele.-This section discusses the steps of defection from reformation principles (the first of which is always occasional hearing), the subjection of the church to worldly principles and the need for historical testimony in all proper testimony-bearing.
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1644-Alexander Henderson and some brethren.-This is an apologetic work designed to exhibit Presbyterianism as it really was in Scotland not as it was portrayed by its detractors.
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