CHAPTER V. Mr. Morton’s remarks upon the History of Psalmody.
James Dodson
1851-Robert J. Dodds (1824-1870).-In this chapter, Dodds gives a succinct answer to Morton's charge against Pressly for falsifying historical data on psalmody.
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CHAPTER VI. Mr. Morton’s last chapter.
James Dodson
1851-Robert J. Dodds (1824-1870).-Dodds notes, in his criticism upon the last chapter of Morton, that the opposition to exclusive psalmody, whatever its claims, has almost always ended in the practice of using exclusively an uninspired hymnody.
Read MoreA Condensed Argument for the Exclusive Use of an Inspired Psalmody.
James Dodson
1851-Robert J. Dodds (1824-1870).-Dodds reduces the arguments for exclusive psalmody to a series of propositions which he believes are really at the center of the issue and argues from them for exclusive psalmody.
Read MoreAre They Few that be Saved?
James Dodson
1918-Benjamin B. Warfield (1851-1921).-A masterful essay which explains why it is wrong to conclude from a few passages taken out of context that the final number of the saved will be meagre in comparison to the number of the lost.
Read MoreThe Dancing Question.
James Dodson
1879-Robert L. Dabney (1820-1898).-Without fear of being branded a "legalist" or "puritanical," Dabney examines the modern dance and its several attendant circumstances and not only finds it wanting but declares it to be positively prohibited to serious Christians, especially Presbyterians.
Read MoreThe Sabbath-Day.
James Dodson
1896-W.F.V. Bartlett (1831-1903).-An excellent overview of the doctrine of the Christian Sabbath together with admonitions and encouragements for its right keeping.
Read More1876 Terms of Communion.
James Dodson
1876-Reformed Presbytery "Steelite."-These are the terms of communion reflecting the need to stress certain features of these terms due to the declining tendenies of the age.
Read MoreCatholic Communion, In The Present State Of The Christian Church Inconsistent With A Due Regard For Truth:
James Dodson
1836-John T. Pressly.-A lecture warning against the increasing practice of intercommunion due to its harm to the interests of true religion and its disregard for creeds and ecclesiastical standards.
Read MoreJohn T. Pressly (1795-1870)
James Dodson
John Taylor Pressly was born in Abbeville District, South Carolina, March 28, 1795. He graduated from Transylvania University, Kentucky, in 1812 and then went on to study theology, in New York, under the highly esteemed John M. Mason. In 1815, he was licensed by the Second Presbytery of the Carolinas (Associate Reformed Presbyterian). In July, 1816, he was ordained as pastor of Cedar Springs, South Carolina A.R. Church. From 1825 to 1831, he was professor of theology in the Synod of the South.
Read MoreWilliam White, of Haddington (1811-1871)
James Dodson
William White was born in Harthill, near Whitburn, Scotland, December 17, 1811. He entered the Seceder Divinity Hall, in 1831, where he studied under George Paxton. In 1834, the Seceder congregation, in Haddington, which adhered to the Constitutional Presbytery (formed in 1806), petitioned for an assistant and successor for their aging minister, Robert Chalmers. Mr. White was licensed by the Presbytery of Edinburgh, in 1834, and received two calls, one of which was to the congregation of Haddington. In 1835, Mr. White was ordained in a service presided over by Thomas McCrie. In 1836, Mr. White was appointed his assistant minister and, upon the death of Mr. Chalmers, in 1837, Mr. White became his successor as minister of that congregation....
Read MoreStephen Marshall (1594-1655)
James Dodson
Stephen Marshall was born in Godmanchester, in Huntingdonshire, England, in 1594. He was educated in Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Afterward, he became minister at Wethersfield, in Essex, and, finally, minister at Finchingfield, also in Essex. During his ministry at Finchingfield, he was silenced for non-conformity, which placed him under a suspension form preaching for some time. Although he was greatly despised by the conforming party, he was a favorite of the Long Parliament. Upon approach of trouble, in 1640, Mr. Marshall was among those preachers, who, in their conventicles, did openly proclaim that “for the cause of religion it was lawful for the subjects to take up arms against their lawful sovereign.”...
Read MoreWhether it be Lawful, Just, & Expedient, that there be an Ordinance of Parliament for the Taking of the Solemn League & Covenant, By All Persons in the Kingdom, Under a Considerable Penalty.
James Dodson
1649-George Gillespie.-An essay designed to explain both the necessity of enforcing the Solemn League and the duty of requiring all persons who are capable in the kingdom to take this as their own vow under threat of civil penalties.
Read MoreFaithful Witness-Bearing Exemplified.
James Dodson
1783-John Howie (1735-1793).-In this volume, Mr. Howie has collected several notable works that pertain to the issue of toleration and pretended liberty of conscience. It is notable how he draws these issues together with entering into unlawful voluntary associations.
Read MoreThirty-Fourth Question: The Political Government of the Church
James Dodson
1685-Francis Turretin (1623-1687).-In this section, there is a comprehensive overview of the issues, limits and duties of the civil magistrate in all matters circa sacra together with a defense of punishing obstinate heretics.
Read MoreAct of the Reformed Presbytery in North America for a Public Fast with the Causes thereof.
James Dodson
1795-Reformed Presbytery, in America.-This act contains the lament of the scattered Covenanters in the wilderness of North America after many of their erstwhile brethren, together with their ministers, united with two bodies of Seceders to form the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church, in 1782. Mssrs. King and M’Kinney were sent to America to revive the cause of covenanted reformation as outlined in this act.
Read MoreArgument on the Arminian Controversy.
James Dodson
1836-Reformed Presbyterian Church, in America.-This Overture, prepared by Rev. Moses Roney, a member of the Synod, presents an excellent overview of the Arminian controversy in its history and doctrine. It presents a vigorous defense of Calvinism following the order of the "five points" as discussed at Dort. His discussion on the Arminian assertion of "common grace" is particularly helpful.
Read MoreArgument On The Magistrate’s Power Circa-Sacra.
James Dodson
1834-Reformed Presbyterian Church, in America.-This Overture, written by Rev. William Sloane, who was a member of the Synod, defends the Reformed position the power of the magistrate circa sacra. It does so contrasting this view against that of Erastians and those who hold to religious toleration.
Read MoreTestimony-Bearing Exemplified.
James Dodson
1791-Thomas Henderson (1757-1823).-This volume consists of a number of valuable documents holding forth the doctrine and practice of testimony-bearing and its contrary practice of entering into unlawful voluntary associations.
Read MoreThe Protestation, Apologetic Declaration, & Admonitory Vindication
James Dodson
1703-The United Societies.-A testimony issued against the unlawfulness of the present magistrate, the fruit of covenanting breaking, and a plea for a return to covenanted reformation.
Read MoreReview of Ralston’s Inquiry
James Dodson
1848-John T. Pressly.-This is Pressly’s spirited response to Ralston’s attack on those who only sing Psalms in the worship of God. Pressly examines his claims to a divine warrant for making and using hymns of human composure in worship.
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