CHAPTER XII.
James Dodson
1848-John T. Pressly.-In this chapter, Pressly surveys the history of the early church to discern the views of those early fathers regarding the Psalms and their appropriate use in the worship of the church.
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Conclusion.
James Dodson
1848-John T. Pressly.-The author concludes with a short apology for the use of the 1650 Scottish Psalter and a rejection of Watts' imitations of the Psalms explaining why one is not like the other.
Read MoreThe Sanquhar Declaration
James Dodson
1680-Richard Cameron (1648-1680).-A short and terse casting off of any allegiance to the unlawful magistracy of Charles II. and his courtiers and dragoons with some reasons why on behalf of the Socieites.
Read MoreOn Female Education.
James Dodson
1803-Samuel Miller.-In this extract, from his Brief Retrospect, Miller addresses the rise of the real first wave feminists led by Mary Wollstonecraft and her wicked book on the Rights of Woman. This is a fine critique which declares that feminism was anti-Christian from its inception.
Read MoreThe Appropriate Duty and Ornament of the Female Sex.
James Dodson
1808-Samuel Miller.-Mr. Miller believed that there are real differences between the sexes and that it ought to be reflected in many ways. However, just because women are not men does not mean they can do no good in society.
Read MoreWomen’s Rights Women.
James Dodson
1871-Robert L. Dabney (1820-1898).-What is it that the women’s rights movement really wanted? Dabney addresses the foolishness of feminism and predicts that it will lead the way to the acceptance of sodomy. What a strange idea!?!
Read MoreThe Public Preaching of Women.
James Dodson
1879-Robert L. Dabney (1820-1898).-Dabney brings the answer of Scripture to the rise of the feminism and faddish notion that women may be preachers of the Word of God. Along the way, he also discusses the use of headcoverings, or veils, in the public life of women.
Read MorePaul on Women Speaking in Church
James Dodson
1919-Benjamin B. Warfield (1851-1921).-What exactly did Paul mean when he prohibited women from speaking in the church? Warfield examines the Greek and the grammar to explain what he meant.
Read MoreThe Act & Apologetick Declaration of the True Presbyterians of the Church of Scotland,
James Dodson
1682-The United Societies.-This declaration is a further confirmation of their casting off the unlawful magistracy established in Scotland together with a series of charges against the injustice of the present government and its contrariety to the covenanted reformation.
Read MoreAn Informatory Vindication
James Dodson
1687-James Renwick and Alexander Shields.-This is an extensive apologetic for the course of act taken by the United Societies during the latter end of the Killing Times. It explains their beliefs and their actions in the face of the prevailing currents of apostasy and the vicious persecution that ensued on the covenant keepers.
Read MoreThe Apologetick Declaration, & Admonitory Vindication of the True Presbyterians of the Church of Scotland: Especially anent Intelligencers & Informers.
James Dodson
1684-The United Societies.-In this declaration, the Covenanters complain of their mistreat by the civil authorities and the plead the unjust of this persecution together with a statement that they will engage in self defense.
Read MoreThe Protestation, & Apologetick Admonitory Declaration,
James Dodson
1685-The United Societies.-A declaration that takes up the position of the Covenanters on certain confessional matters regarding allegiance to a king that is a covenant-breaker. It includes a very strong object to the reception of James II.
Read MoreA Preface, Introductory to the following Sheets.
James Dodson
1791-Thomas Henderson (1757-1823).-In this introductory material, Mr. Henderson rehearses the history and contendings, including defections, between the Revolution establishment, in 1688, and the first of the Declarations following, in 1692.
Read MoreThe Declaration of a Poor, wasted, misrepresented Remnant, of the suffering, Anti-popish, Anti-prelatic, Anti-erastian, Anti-sectarian, true Presbyterian church of Christ, in Scotland,
James Dodson
1692-The United Societies.-In this early declaration, the covenanting Societies lament the defection of the three ministers (Shields, Linning and Boyd) into the Revolution church but they pledge to maintain the cause of covenanted reformation to the best of their ability.
Read MoreThe Protestation & Apologetic Declaration, & Admonitory Vindication,
James Dodson
1695-The United Societies.-This paper decries the wicked confederacies and lamentable defections that had become wide spread in the Church of Scotland contrary to their covenant engagements.
Read MoreDanger of Being Over Wise:
James Dodson
1835-William B. Sprague (1795-1876).-This is the sermon in which Sprague first attacks the temperance movement and its fanatical adherents who sought the removal of wine from the Lord's supper.
Read MoreDr Sprague’s Reply to Professor Stuart’s Letter addressed to him through the American Temperance Intelligencer of August, 1835.
James Dodson
1835-William B. Sprague (1795-1876).-In this letter, Sprague responds to Moses Stuart, a professor at Andover Seminary, who objected to his sermon on religious fanaticism which demanded the use of wine, not grape juice, be retained in the Lord's supper. Sprague attacks the fanatical impulse and its undermining of the sacrament.
Read MorePreface.
James Dodson
1851-Robert J. Dodds (1824-1870).-A short preface explaining the purpose and scope of this work.
Read MoreCHAPTER I. The Literary Character of the Work.
James Dodson
1851-Robert J. Dodds (1824-1870).-Dodds begins by pointing out the grammatical errors and the pretentiousness of the style of Morton's writing on this subject.
Read MoreCHAPTER II. The Spirit in which the Author Conducts his Review.
James Dodson
1851-Robert J. Dodds (1824-1870).-In this chapter, Dodds raises a few questions about the spirit in which Morton conducts his critique of Pressly including an examination of who is more circumspect in their Christian walk, general Presbyterians or those found among dissenting bodies (e.g., Seceders and Covenanters).
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