In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai. For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.
And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel; Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. -- The Word of The Lord (Exodus 19:1-6)

Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof. (Leviticus 25:10a)

The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant. (Psalms 25:14)

For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us. (Isaiah 33:22)

If ye continue in my word, [then] are ye my disciples indeed;
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. -- Jesus Christ (John 8:31b,32)

If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. -- Jesus Christ (John 8:36)

I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. -- Jesus Christ (John 17:4)

Great and marvellous are thy works,
Lord God Almighty;
just and true are thy ways,
thou King of saints.
Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name?
for though only art holy:
for all the nations shall come and worship before thee;
for thy judgments are made manifest. (Revelations 15:3b,4)

The Treasury of David, Psalm 99, C.H. Spurgeon
"This may be called THE SANCTUS, or, THE HOLY, HOLY, HOLY PSALM, for the word 'holy' is the conclusion and the refrain of its three main divisions. Its subject is the holiness of the divine government, the sanctity of the mediatorial reign." -- C.H. Spurgeon
http://www.spurgeon.org/treasury/ps099.htm

The Treasury of David, Psalm 93, C.H. Spurgeon
"It is the Psalm of Omnipotent Sovereignty: Jehovah, despite all opposition, reigns supreme. Possibly at the time this sacred ode was written, the nation was in danger from its enemies, and the hopes of the people of God were encouraged by remembering that the Lord was still King. What sweeter and surer consolation could they desire?" -- C.H. Spurgeon
http://www.spurgeon.org/treasury/ps093.htm

Saul [Israel's first king, demanded by the people and appointed by Samuel -- sk] proved his valour by defeating Nahash king of the Ammonites, whereupon the people assembled to establish him more fully in his kingdom. Samuel took advantage of this to end his official life and to warn the people.
1 And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.
2 And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day. 3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand. 5 And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.
6 And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt. 7 Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers.
8 When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place. 9 And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. 10 And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. 11 And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan (or, as some read it, Barak), and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.
12 And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king.
13 Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.
14 If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God:
15 But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers.
16 Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.
17 Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.
18 So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. (It seldom or never rains at that period in Palestine. Samuel's prayers were as mighty as those of Elijah.)
19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.
20 And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart; 21 And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain. 22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
(A precious passage indeed. Election ensures to its objects immutable love, but where the reason for election lies none can tell.)
23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way: 24 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king. -- Spurgeon's Devotional Bible 1 Samuel 12

See the Theological Notes, "God Reigns: Divine Sovereignty," at Daniel 4:34, page 1339, in The Reformation Study Bible

And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. (Matthew 21:9)
This was the Lord's public claiming of authority over Israel. He was the son of David, and so He was by natural right the King of the Jews. If He had taken possession of His own, He would have been sitting on the throne of the chosen dynasty of David by right of birth. Also as the Messiah, the Christ, He was the King of His people Israel. Concerning Him it had been said by the prophet, "Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold! thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass" (Zechariah 9:9). Our Lord Jesus literally came to Zion in this way. As King He rode to His capital and entered His palace. In His priestly royalty the Son of God went to His Father's house, to the temple of sacrifice and sovereignty. Among the tribes of Israel He is seen to be "One chosen out of the people," whom the Lord had given to be a leader and commander for the people. They might afterwards choose Barabbas and cry that they had no king but Caesar, yet Jesus was their King, as Pilate reminded them when he said, "Shall I crucify your king?" And also His cross declared, it, bearing the legal inscription, "This is Jesus the King of the Jews." Before His trial and condemnation He had put in a public claim to the rights and prerogatives of Zion's king, whom God has set on His holy hill. Would to God all fully recognized our Lord's kingdom, yielding to His sway! Oh, that you would bow before Him, and put your trust in Him! Part of His intent in riding through Jerusalem was that we also who dwell in the isles of the sea might know Him and reverence Him as King of kings and Lord of lords." -- C.H. Spurgeon commenting on Matthew 21:9 in Devotional Classics of C.H. Spurgeon, p. 86

But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. (Hebrews 1:8)

We have now reached that wonderful part of Holy Scripture which is found in the epistle to the Hebrews. Fully to understand it we ought to study closely the Book of Leviticus. Diamonds only will cut diamonds; the Word of God is its own expositor; the New Testament is the key of the old.
The epistle opens with the declaration that whatsoever was communicated by the prophets was spoken by God. He spoke whatsoever was uttered by his prophets. The Scriptures are very jealous on this subject; how different from the language of many who seem desirous to exclude God from being the author of his own word!
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Ours is the clearest of all revelations. In Jesus we see far more of God than in all the teachings of the prophets.)
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; The priest stood while he performed service, and only sat down when his work was done. Jesus enthroned in glory enjoys the honours of his finished work.)
Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? But he does say this to Christ in the second Psalm.) And again, (speaking to Solomon as the type of Christ in the Second Book of Samuel vii. 14), I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
And again, (in the ninety-seventh Psalm), when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. (Or "worship him all ye gods," Jesus is by nature infinitely superior to the noblest created beings, for he is essentially God, and to be worshipped as Lord of all.)
And of the angels (in Psalm civ. 4) he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. But unto the Son he saith, (Psalm xlv. 6,7), Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. (Angels are servants and not kings, they fly upon the divine errands like flames of fire, but they do not sway a sceptre, neither have they a throne existing for ever and ever. Jesus is the anointed king, and though we share in the anointing yet is he far above us. Christ is infinitely greater than Christians. We are right glad to have it so.)
And (again we read in Psalm cii. 25-27), Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. (Since the Messiah is thus described as immutable and eternal he must be divine, and to deny the Godhead of the Saviour is a deadly error. Dr. Owen most comfortingly remarks: -- "Whatever our changes may be, inward or outward, yet Christ changing not, our eternal condition is secured, and relief provided against all present troubles and miseries. The immutability and eternity of Christ are the spring of our consolation and security in every condition. Such is the frailty of the nature of man, and such the perishing condition of all created things, that none can ever obtain the least stable consolation but what ariseth from an interest in the omnipotency, sovereignty, and eternity of Jesus Christ.") (Hebrews 1:1-12) -- Spurgeon's Devotional Bible

But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. (Hebrews 12:22-24)

"Whereas, we all came into these parts of America with one and the same end and aim, to advance the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to enjoy the liberties of the Gospel in purity and peace." -- The New England Confederation, May 19, 1643

The roots of liberty and limited government are in the Protestant Reformation. We believe the key to the maintenance of liberty and limited government are to be found in the Scottish covenanting struggle.

"I do sincerely desire to put together a formidable legal team in the future, Lord willing, that will not only seek to show in the international courts of law that America has broken this SLC (Solemn League and Covenant), but that the damages have been enormous to the Cause of Christ. My hope, and prayer, is that our lawyers will show the validity and binding nature of this covenant upon America and other dominions of the King, once executed by him, in his official binding capacity, and that the Declaration of Independence (among other treaties) were covenant breaking documents." -- A member of the RPNA

The Treasury of David, Psalm 106
http://www.spurgeon.org/treasury/ps106.htm

The question of Paul, Is Christ divided? is one to which professing Christians have not given sufficient heed, and the evil consequences are abundantly apparent.
It was deemed essential to the salvation of men that their Redeemer should possess the powers at once of a prophet, a priest, and a king. These offices, while essentially distinct, are necessarily and inseparably connected with one another. Such a union has been by some utterly denied; and its denial has laid foundation for some capital errors, which have exerted a pernicious influence on the Christian church. By others it has been criminally overlooked; and the neglect with which it has been treated has occasioned vague and conflicting conceptions regarding the great work of man's deliverance from sin and wrath by the mediation of the Son of God.
If, as we presume will be readily admitted, the whole of Christ's offices are necessary to the salvation of fallen man, it follows that they are all essential to the character of the Saviour, and that, of course, we can not suppose him to have existed for a moment without any one of them, as this would suppose him to have been, for the time at least, no Saviour. -- William Symington

Briefly stated, where Christ is demoted or limited, His Kingdom and crown rights are limited and demoted. There is then a shift of sovereignty from God to man, which means the triumph of the state. The state as the new sovereign becomes god walking on earth, and the result is the rapid death of all freedom. -- R.J. Rushdoony

Traditionally, law was never construed as legalist. It was always construed as a result of covenant. If we can define the word covenant as bond, that lovely four letter word, b-o-n-d, then it's a relationship, it's a solidarity with God or with another person. And from that relationship flows duty. So we can think of convent as that marvelous combination of promise and duty. And so I really see law as a response to a relationship. -- Joseph Kickasola

4. The magistracy is ordained by God
With regard to the function of magistrates, the Lord has not only declared that he approves and is pleased with it, but, moreover has strongly recommended it to us by the very honourable titles which he has conferred upon it. To mention a few. When those who bear the office of magistrate are called gods, let no one suppose that there is little weight in that appellation. It is thereby intimated that they have a commission from God, that they are invested with divine authority and, in fact, represent the person of God, as whose substitutes they in a manner act. This is not a quibble of mine, but is the interpretation of Christ. "If Scriptures" says He, "called them gods to whom the word of God came." What is this but that the business was committed to them by Gods to serve him in their office, and (as Moses and Jehoshaphat said to the judges whom they were appointing over each of the cities of Judah) to exercise judgement, not for man, but for God? To the same effect Wisdom affirms, by the mouth of Solomon, "By me kings reigns and princes decree Justice. By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth," (Prov. 8: 15, 16.) For it is just as if it had been said, that it is not owing to human perverseness that supreme power on earth is lodged in kings and other governors, but by Divine Providence, and the holy decree of Him to whom it has seemed good so to govern the affairs of men, since he is present, and also presides in enacting laws and exercising judicial equity. This Paul also plainly teaches when he enumerates offices of rule among the gifts of God, which, distributed variously, according to the measure of grace, ought to be employed by the servants of Christ for the edification of the Church, (Rom. 12: 8.) In that place, however, he is properly speaking of the senate of grave men who were appointed in the primitive Church to take charge of public discipline. This office, in the Epistle to the Corinthians he calls "kuberneseis", governments, (1 Cor. 12: 28.) Still, as we see that civil power has the same end in view, there can be no doubt that he is recommending every kind of just government. He speaks much more clearly when he comes to a proper discussion of the subject. For he says that "there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God;" that rulers are the ministers of God, "not a terror to good works, but to the evil," (Rom. 13: 1, 3.) To this we may add the examples of saints, some of whom held the offices of kings, as David, Josiah, and Hezekiah; others of governors, as Joseph and Daniel; others of civil magistrates among a free people, as Moses, Joshua and the Judges. Their functions were expressly approved by the Lord. Wherefore no man can doubt that civil authority is in the sight of God, not only sacred and lawful, but the most sacred and by far the most honourable, of all stations in mortal life. [Emphasis added. Current events ((September 11)) evidence that "all stations in mortal life" includes the Evangelist and the Gospel Minister.] -- John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion (Beveridge translation) IV:20:4

In the final analysis, all modern ills, spiritual and temporal, are traceable to our continuing departure from the principles of the Second Reformation. . . . In particular, I am convinced that the Lord will not bless a church at peace with his enemies. Our departure from truth has led to our undernourished condition as a church; truth, as Thornwell argued, is the only food that the soul can digest.
It does no good to blame society or the church for our deficiencies before the Lord because Christ holds men, not churches and states, accountable. In the words of Hugh Miller, "Churches, however false and detestable, are never to be summoned to the bar of judgment. . . . To Christ, as his head and king, must every man render an account."
The great heresy of our times is that all men are children of God. Those within the church have lost their identity as a people of God, united in spirit and purpose. We have adopted the half-truths of our fathers for which Judah faced punishment: "Because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after which their fathers have walked" (Amos 2:4b). Nevertheless, Christ loves his church, and he will see to it that his bride is prepared (Ephesians 5:27) for the great banquet. Base on the history of God's people, the needed corrections will result from either prayer or persecution, leading the people to renew their covenant promises. Let us pray that God's kingdom come, and let us covenant to fulfill our obligations to be his people. When persecution comes, let us pray that we would stand as firm as did the Scottish Covenanters. When covenanting comes, let us praise the Lord, for only in him will we stand firm. Let us ever strive to make it possible for our children to utter one of James Nisbet's praises, "O my soul! Bless and praise the Lord that I was born in a land where the glad tidings of the everlasting gospel are published and pressed with so much purity and plainness." This should be our prayer, "Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved" (Psalm 80:3). -- Edwin Nesbit Moore, from the conclusion to Our Covenant Heritage

Charles Spurgeon on the apostasy in the Presbyterian Church in Scotland in 1870:

"In the same establishment may be found believers in nearly every dogma of the Popish creed, who nevertheless have declared their faith in articles which are distinctly Calvinistic; and now last, and, to our minds, most sorrowful of all, it comes out that there are men to be found among Caledonia's once sternly truthful sons who can occupy the pulpits and the manses of an orthodox Presbyterian church, and yet oppose her ancient confession of faith. Our complaint is in each case, not that the men changed their views, and threw up their former creeds, but that having done so they did not at once quit the office of minister to the community whose faith they could no longer uphold; their fault is not that they differed, but that, differing, they sought an office of which the prime necessity is agreement. All the elements of the lowest kind of knavery meet in the evil which we now denounce. Treachery is never more treacherous than when it leads a man to stab at a doctrine which he has solemnly engaged to uphold, and for the maintenance of which he receives a livelihood. The office of minister would never wittingly be entrusted by any community to a person who would use it for the overthrow of the principles upon which the community was founded. Such conduct would be suicidal. A sincere belief of the church's creed was avowedly or by implication a part of the qualification which helped the preacher to his stipend, and when that qualification ceases the most vital point of the compact between him and his church is infringed, and he is bound in honor to relinquish an office which he can no longer honestly fulfill." -- Charles Spurgeon, "Ministers Sailing Under False Colours", Sword and Trowel, February 1870, quoted by John W. Robbins, February 10, 2006

Sin is transgression of the law, but it is never merely that. Since the purpose of law is grace as indicated by the fact that it was given to Israel within a covenant situation (Galatians 3:17) and by the law's own introductory preface, sin is always an act against the goodness and grace of God.
This quality of sin as an act against the grace of God, emphasizes that sin is never an individual, but always a social matter. Grace is an expression of God's will to be with and for man in a community in which man is both for God and for his neighbor. This social character of grace corresponds to the demand of the law that we love both God and our neighbor; and he who hates his neighbor cannot love God (1 John 2,3). Sin as the rejection of this gracious divine will to community is, therefore, not an individualistic act. It is rather a social act -- even in its negative, anti-social form. Further, for the reason that sin is a social act, sin is committed not only by the single individual, but by social groups and can be embodied in social structures. A nation can sin no less than an individual; there are national sins and nations, no less than individuals, are called to repentance and amendment of life. Similarly, the Church can sin and be called to confession and amendment of life, though it must be admitted that rarely do churches do what they require of their individual members.
This communal, social character of sin which reflects the communal, social character of divine grace, helps one to understand why justice is never an individual, but always and inherently, a social concept. There is no individual, as distinct from a social justice. All justice is social justice, because justice is the expression of God's holiness as it maintains God's gracious purpose to be with and for man against man's sinful assault against that purpose.
It must also be observed that because of the social character of sin, the distinction between a "personal" and a "social" ethic is grounded in a misunderstanding of the nature of sin. A 'personal" ethic always turns out to be an ethic of the individual in contrast to a social ethic. All sin is, indeed, personal, whether that of the individual or of the corporate personality of the Church or nation -- as is also all love and right doing. But there is no individualistic personal ethic, as there is no individualistic grace or individualistic justice. The Biblical ideas of grace, love, justice, as the Biblical teaching that Adam's origin sin is also man's sin and Christ's one act of obedience can be man's righteousness, are in theory surrendered when sin is individualistically defined by reference to a legalistic understanding of the law, without reference to the social character of God's grace.
This corporate quality of sin is also clearly seen in the New Testament teachings that one can be forgiven by God only as he forgives others (Matthew 6:14,15), can worship God at the altar only when in right relationship with his brother (Matthew 5:23,234), and can pray properly only when he addresses God as "our" Father and requests daily bread, forgiveness of sins, and deliverance from evil as he prays in plural personal pronouns ("us" and "our"). -- James Daane

It is a poor and pitiful kind of knowledge, to know many loose parcels, and broken members of truth, without knowing the whole, or the place and the relations which they have to the rest. To know letters and not syllables, or syllables and not words, or words and not sentences, or sentences and not the scope of the discourse, are all but an unprofitable knowledge. -- Richard Baxter (I:269)

Apparently, in Richard Baxter we have an example of the Armenian being unable to stand publicly for Covenanted Reformation, yet his private persona wrote A HOLY COMMONWEALTH, and his unpublished papers show that he continued to recommend the work to associates after his public repudiation.

Examples of notable theologians who were, or are, unable to attain to covenanted reformation in their public persona. It is not to be inferred that they did not prescribe to the covenanted reformation in their private persona, or that their work is not of value to Covenanted Reformation. To the contrary, some of their work is of exceptional value to those working toward a Third Reformation. Nor is it to be inferred that they did not honor the Reformed Presbyterian Testimony of Covenanted Reformation in their private persona. We feel that in most cases they decided, in historical perspective, that Covenanted Reformation was unattainable and unacceptable in a fallen world. -- sk):
Richard Baxter (had a blind spot in his understanding of the Doctrine of Justification and was not selected to the Westminster Assembly of Divines, yet wrote A HOLY COMMONWEALTH)
John Owen
Jonathan Edwards
James Thornwell
C.H. Spurgeon
Charles Hodges
Gordon Haddon Clark (subscribed to the "American Version (1789)" of the Westminster Confession of Faith.)
John W. Robbins
D. James Kennedy
R.C. Sproul
D.L. Moody
Billy Sunday
Billy Graham

If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the Word of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at that moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Him. Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proven; and to be steady on all the battlefront besides is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that point. -- Martin Luther (quoted by The Trinity Foundation)

"A Theological Interpretation of American History"
http://www.lettermen2.com/bcrr9chc.html#stiahis

The thing to be done? Apparently, pickup where David Steele (1803-1887) left off with the Reformed Presbytery (America).

It has been true from the beginning of the world, that obedience is better than any sacrifice (1 Samuel 15:22,) and is the parent of all virtues. -- John Calvin commenting on Genesis 4:2, Calvin's Commentary on Genesis, p. 118

Contents

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The Scottish Covenanting Struggle, Alexander Craighead, and the Mecklenburg Declaration

THE COVENANTED REFORMATION OF SCOTLAND SHORT TITLE LISTING

Chapter 9 (part 5) Related WebLinks

Contents: Chapter 9, "Corporate Faithfulness and Sanctification" (parts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5), interactive
http://www.lettermen2.com/bcrr9cha.html#index9

Combined Interactive Contents for The Web Edition of Biblical Counsel: Resources for Renewal
http://www.lettermen2.com/combtoc.html

Chapter 9 (part 5)
Corporate Faithfulness and
Sanctification

But seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you. (Matthew 6:33 YLTHB)

But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. -- Jesus Christ (Matthew 20:25-28)

Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place. (2 Samuel 23:1-7), The Last Words of David (See also the "Praise for God's Deliverance" in 2 Samuel 22, Psalms 2, and 72. Psalm 72 is thought to be the last Psalm of David because of verse 20.)

And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. (Matthew 21:9)
This was the Lord's public claiming of authority over Israel. He was the son of David, and so He was by natural right the King of the Jews. If He had taken possession of His own, He would have been sitting on the throne of the chosen dynasty of David by right of birth. Also as the Messiah, the Christ, He was the King of His people Israel. Concerning Him it had been said by the prophet, "Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold! thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass" (Zechariah 9:9). Our Lord Jesus literally came to Zion in this way. As King He rode to His capital and entered His palace. In His priestly royalty the Son of God went to His Father's house, to the temple of sacrifice and sovereignty. Among the tribes of Israel He is seen to be "One chosen out of the people," whom the Lord had given to be a leader and commander for the people. They might afterwards choose Barabbas and cry that they had no king but Caesar, yet Jesus was their King, as Pilate reminded them when he said, "Shall I crucify your king?" And also His cross declared, it, bearing the legal inscription, "This is Jesus the King of the Jews." Before His trial and condemnation He had put in a public claim to the rights and prerogatives of Zion's king, whom God has set on His holy hill. Would to God all fully recognized our Lord's kingdom, yielding to His sway! Oh, that you would bow before Him, and put your trust in Him! Part of His intent in riding through Jerusalem was that we also who dwell in the isles of the sea might know Him and reverence Him as King of kings and Lord of lords." -- C.H. Spurgeon commenting on Matthew 21:9 in Devotional Classics of C.H. Spurgeon, p. 86

To me it is enough to say that black is not white, and man's tyranny and foolishness is not God's perfect ordinance. -- John Knox

God hath work to do in this world; and to desert it because of its difficulties and entanglements, is to cast off His authority. It is not enough that we be just, that we be righteous, and walk with God in holiness; but we must also serve our generation as David did before he fell asleep. -- John Owen

"The best course for nations and states is to `kiss the Son' (Psa. 2:12), and to embrace Christ and his religion; to side with Christ, and to own his cause in the world. His side will prove the stronger side at last. Happy are we if Christ honours us so much as to use our help to fight his battle `against the might' (Judg. 5:23). True religion in a state is as the main pillar of a house and the post of a tent that upholds all. So also for families, let Christ be the chief governor of the family. And let every one be as a house of Christ, to dwell familiarly in, and to rule. Where Christ is, all happiness must follow. If Christ goes, all will go. Where Christ's government, in his ordinances and his Spirit, is, there all subordinate government will prosper. Religion inspires life and grace into all other things. All other virtues without it are but as a fair picture without a head. Where Christ's laws are written in the heart, there all other good laws are best obeyed. None despise man's law but those that despise Christ's first. Nemo humanam auctoritatem contemnit, nisi qui divinam prius contempsit (No none despises human authority unless he first despises divine authority). Of all persons, a man guided by Christ is the best; and of all creatures in the world, a man guided merely by will and affection, next to the devil, is the worst. The happiness of weaker things stands in being ruled by stronger. It is best for a blind man to be guided by him that has sight. It is best for sheep, and other feckless creatures, to be guided by man. And it is happiest for man to be guided by Christ, because his government is so victorious that it frees us from the fear and danger of our greatest enemies, and tends to bring us to the greatest happiness that our nature is capable of. This should make us rejoice when Christ reigns in us. When Solomon was crowned, the people rejoiced so that the city rang (1 Kings 1:45). Much more should we rejoice in Christ our king....
"If Christ's judgment shall be victorious, then popery, being an opposite frame, set up by the wit of man to maintain stately idleness, must fall. And it is fallen already in the hearts of those on whom the light of Christ has shone. It is a lie, and founded on a lie, on the infallible judgment of a man subject to sin and error. When that which is taken for a principle of truth becomes a principle of error, the more reliance on it, the more danger there is." -- Richard Sibbes

Briefly stated, where Christ is demoted or limited, His Kingdom and crown rights are limited and demoted. There is then a shift of sovereignty from God to man, which means the triumph of the state. The state as the new sovereign becomes god walking on earth, and the result is the rapid death of all freedom. -- R.J. Rushdoony

If I profess with loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at the moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christ. Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved and to be steady on all the battlefield besides is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that one point. -- Martin Luther

I have seen an end of all perfection.
He had seen its limit, for it went but a little way; he had seen its evaporation under the trials of life, its detection under the searching glance of truth, its exposure by the confession of the penitent. There is no perfection beneath the moon. Perfect men, in the absolute sense of the word, live only in a perfect world. Some men see no end to their own perfection, but this is because they are perfectly blind. The experienced believer has seen an end of all perfection in himself, in his brethren, in the best man's best works. It would be well if some who profess to be perfect could even see the beginning of perfection, for we fear they cannot have begun aright, or they would not talk so exceeding proudly. Is it not the beginning of perfection to lament your imperfection? There is no such thing as perfection in anything which is the work of man. "But thy commandment is exceeding broad." When the breadth of the law is known the notion of perfection in the flesh vanishes: that law touches every act, word, and thought, and is of such a spiritual nature that it judges the motives, desires, and emotions of the soul. It reveals a perfection which convicts us for shortcomings as well as for transgressions, and does not allow us to make up for deficiencies in one direction by special carefulness in others. The divine ideal of holiness is far too broad for us to hope to cover all its wide arena, and yet it is no broader than it ought to be. Who would wish to have an imperfect law? Nay, its perfection is its glory; but it is the death of all glorying in our own perfection. There is a breadth about the commandment which has never been met to the full by a corresponding breadth of holiness in any mere man while here below; only in Jesus do we see it fully embodied. The law is in all respects a perfect code; each separate precept of it is far reaching in its hallowed meaning, and the whole ten cover all, and leave no space wherein to please our passions. We may well adore the infinity of divine holiness, and then measure ourselves by its standard, and bow before the Lord in all lowliness, acknowledging how far we fall short of it. -- C.H. Spurgeon, commenting on Psalm 119:96

Put them in fear, O Lord, that the nations may know themselves to be but men.
One would think that men would not grow so vain as to deny themselves to be but men, but it appears to be a lesson which only a divine schoolmaster can teach to some proud spirits. Crowns leave their wearers but men, degrees of eminent learning make their owners not more than men, valour and conquest cannot elevate beyond the dead level of "but men;" and all the wealth of Croesus, the wisdom of Solon, the power of Alexander, the eloquence of Demosthenes, if added together, would leave the possessor but a man. May we ever remember this, lest like those in the text, we should be put in fear. -- C.H. Spurgeon commenting on Psalm 9:20

And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him. (Acts 28:30,31)

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means, and my people love to have it so: and what will we do in the end thereof? (Jeremiah 5:30,31)

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. (2 Chronicles 7:14)

The Scottish Covenanting Struggle, Alexander Craighead, and the Mecklenburg Declaration

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My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or [whether] I speak of myself.
He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
Did not Moses give you the law, and [yet] none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me? -- Jesus Christ (John 7:16b-19)

"The Christ is the only One truly called. . . . The flesh has always struggled against Him, as we see when we survey the history of God's people. The struggle was especially acute at Golgotha." -- S.G. De Graaf

When blindness and boldness, ignorance and arrogance, weakness and willfulness, meet together in men, it renders them odious to God, burdensome in society, dangerous in their counsels, disturbers of better purposes, intractable and incapable of better direction, miserable in the issue. Where Christ shows his gracious power in weakness, he does it by letting men understand themselves so far as to breed humility, and magnify God's love to such as they are. He does it as a preservative against discouragements from weakness, to bring men into a less distance from grace, as an advantage to poverty of spirit, rather than greatness of condition and parts, which yield to corrupt nature, fuel for pride. Christ refuses none for weakness of parts, that none should be discouraged, but accepts none for greatness, that none should be lifted up with that which is of so little reckoning with God. It is no great matter how dull the scholar be when Christ takes upon him to be the teacher, who, as he prescribes what to understand, so he gives understanding itself, even to the simplest." -- Richard Sibbes

Pride setteth up the wisdom of a foolish man against the infinite wisdom of God; it makes men presume to judge their Judge, and judge his laws, before they understand them; and to quarrel with all that they find unsuitable to their own conceits; and say, How improbable is this or that! and how can these things be? . . . Proud men think they could mend God's word, and they could better have ordered matters in the world, and for the church, and for themselves, and for their friends, than the providence of God hath done. -- Richard Baxter

Take heed of pride, which will make you dote upon your own conceits, and cause you to slight the weightiest reasons that are brought by others, for your conviction. And if once you have espoused an error, it will engage all your wit, and zeal, and diligence to maintain it; it will make you uncharitable; and furious against all that cross you in your way; and so make you either persecutors (if you stand on the higher ground,) or sect leaders, or church dividers, and turbulent and censorious, if you are on the lower ground. There is very great reason in Paul's advice for the choice of a bishop, 1 Tim. iii. 6, "Not a novice; lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. . . ." -- Richard Baxter

It is amazing to observe how vast a man's intellectual attainments may be, and yet how little he may know of the grace of God. -- J.C. Ryle "The Fallibility of Ministers" in Warning to the Churches, pp. 93-121.

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. (1 Peter 4:8)

Where two or three have gathered together in My name, there I am in their midst. -- Jesus Christ (Matthew 18:20)

A society that ignores Absolute Truth (Life), will become a victim of Falsehood (Destruction and Death) -- will experience its choice. Selfishness may blind the mind to the obvious mechanism that simple logic should forewarns us of -- the inevitable consequence. We get exactly what we choose. Tragedy did not befall us on September 11, 2001. We have been choosing Falsehood in the nation for many years, and we got a graphic experience of what we have chosen.
Individuals can not avoid accountability for the actions of the Corporate Body of State. They (the One) must vote Truth and Self-Denial, or the Corporate Body of State (the Many) will fall victim to Destruction and Death.

ABERNETHIE, THOMAS (Jesuit turned Covenanter), Abjuration of Popery (1638). See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #15)

Acton, John E., History of Freedom, and Other Essays, 1907.

Aiken, A.S., J.M. Adair, A Biographical Sketch of the Rev. John Cuthbertson, the first Reformed Presbyterian minister in America, from 1751 to 1791 1878 (Cuthbertson was sent out from Scotland in 1751 and ministered as a Reformed Presbyterian until 1782, when he joined the union with the Associate Presbyterian Church, which formed the Associate Reformed Church. He ministered in the ARC until his death in 1791.)

Aikman, James, Annals of the persecution in Scotland: from the restoration to the revolution, 1842 (Edinburgh: Hugh Paton, 1842).

Aikman, James, An historical account of covenanting in Scotland, 1848, ATLA 1990-1293

Aiton, J., The life and times of Alexander Henderson, 1836

Alethes, Anesiomastix: vindication of the principles and position of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, 1859

ALEXANDER, JAMES W., Family Worship: A Biblical Duty, 1847. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #2).

ALEXANDER, JAMES W., Family Worship: Its Influence Over All of Life. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #2).

Alexander, John, History of the National Reform Movement, 1893

Alexander, Robert, A Covenanter's reply to a jury summons
http://www.covenanter.org/CivilGovt/alexanderjurysummons.htm

Allen, Frank E., The place of the Christian in present day politics 1916

Allen, John, State churches and the Kingdom of Christ, 1853, Puritan Bookshelf CD #9) ( WorldCat: 52539330.) and (Reformation Bookshelf CD #19.) WorldCat: 52539330.

ANDERSON, GEORGE, The Use and Abuse of Diversions (1733). See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #22), (ECCO) Gale Document Number CW121133839)

ANDERSON, JAMES, Ladies of the Covenant, 1851. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #10).

ANDERSON, JOHN, A Catechism, Setting Forth the Principles of Public Covenanting, 1889. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #27).

Anderson, John - A Sermon Against Occasional Hearing. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #1-30).

ANDERSON, JOHN, Alexander and Rufus; or a Series of Dialogues on Church Communion, 1862. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #19).

ANDERSON, JOHN, Calvin, Close Communion and the Coming Reformation (a book review of Alexander and Rufus . . . by John Anderson [1862])
http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/CalvinCC.htm

ANDERSON, JOHN, Overcoming Division and Unifying the Visible Church: A Rebuke Against the Sin of Occasional Hearing, 1794

ANDERSON, JOHN, Precious Truth; Or Some Points in Gospel Doctrine Vindicated, 1806. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #20).

Anderson, John, The Bass Rock: martyrs of the Bass, 1847

Anderson, John, The footsteps of the flock, 1843,

ANDERSON, JOHN, The Scripture Doctrine of the Appropriation Which is in the Nature of Saving Faith, 1793, 1849. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #20).

ANDERSON, JOHN, Vindiciae Cantus Dominici: Or, A Vindication of the Doctrine Taught in a Discourse on the Divine Ordinance of Singing Psalms, 1793. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #19).

Anderson, William, 1805-1866. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland (Edinburgh [etc.] Thomas C. Jack, 1882).

ANDERSON, WILLIAM, The Voice Of Renwick, The Last of the Scottish Martyrs, 1882

ANONYMOUS, Against Arminian Views of the Lord's Supper (Calvinistic Close Communion Versus Arminian Open Communion). See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #19)

Anonymous, Among the Martyrs of the Covenants (National and Solemn League), and the Covenanted Reformation
http://members.aol.com/Puritanone/martyrs.html

ANONYMOUS, Annals of the persecution in Scotland from the Restoration to the Revolution, 1842

Anonymous?, An answer to the Scotch Presbyterian eloquence, 1693
Ridpath, George (?). An answer to the Scotch Presbyterian eloquence. In three parts. ... London, 1789. (ECCO) Gale Document Number CW3320383857

ANONYMOUS, Antichrist's Armour-Bearer Disarmed, 1733
Antichrist's armour-bearer disarm'd: or, the Christian people's answers and remarks on a pamphlet, intituled, The Christian people's testimony made more publick, &c. Containing a short vindication of the sacred grounds of their right to chuse and call their own pastors; ... Edinburgh, 1733 (ECCO) Gale Document Number CW3303790762

ANONYMOUS, Article on The New Constitution of Pennsylvania, 1874
http://www.covenanter.org/CivilGovt/constappndx.htm

ANONYMOUS, Articles of Military Discipline, Edinburgh, 1639

Anonymous, An Attestation to the testimony of our reverend brethren of the province of London to the truth of Jesus Christ, and to our Solemn League and Covenant as also against the errours, heresies, and blasphemies of these times, and the toleration of them, resolved on by the ministers of Cheshire, at their meeting May 2, and subscribed at their next meeting, June 6, 1648, 1648, EEBO.

Anonymous. A brief account of the moral and political acts of the kings and queens of England, from William the Conqueror to the Revolution in the year 1688. ... London, 1793. (ECCO) Gale Document Number CW3300035777

ANONYMOUS, The Case of the Accommodation, 1671. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #27).

Anonymous, The concurrent testimony of the ministers in the county of VViltes, with their reverend brethren the ministers of the province of London, to the truth of Jesus Christ, and to the solemn league and covenant: as also, against the errors, heresies, and blasphemies of these times, and the toleration of them, 1648, EEBO.

Anonymous. The declarations of the witnesses that survived the late persecution. Published at Sanquhair. ... Paisley, 1778. (ECCO) Gale Document Number CW3325451748

Anonymous, A dissenting presbytery. The Vindication of Mr. James Gilchrist, Minister of the Gospel at Dunscore.
http://www.truecovenanter.com/kirkgovt/gilchrist_james_vindication.html

ANONYMOUS, Ecclesiastical Fellowship Versus Free Communion

ANONYMOUS, Eschol grapes or, some of the ancient boundaries, and covenanted march stones, set up by kirk and state, in the days when they acted for the Lord, ... betwixt 1638 and 1649. ... ([Edinburgh?] : Printed in the year, 1708).

ANONYMOUS, Good news from the Assembly in Scotland now sitting in consultation concerning their ecclesiastical government in the church, 1642
Anonymous. Good newes from the assembly in Scotland, novv sitting in consultation, concerning their ecclesiasticall government in the church.: Exhibited to this Parliament in England, concerning this present reformation in England, with their heartie desires this ensuing treatise may be forthwith enacted; for the satisfaction of all good subjects, here or elsewhere. From Edenburgh, August 4. 1642. Scotland. (London: printed for J. W., 1642).

ANONYMOUS, The grand indictment of high-treason exhibited against the Marques of Argyle, 1661, EEBO.

Anonymous, The Hearty concurrence of divers citizens and inhabitants of the city of London with the ministers of the province thereof to their testimony, to the truth of Jesus Christ and to our solemn League and Covenant: as also against the errours, heresies and blasphemies of these times, and the toleration of them, 1648, EEBO.

ANONYMOUS, A Letter from a Parochial Bishop to a Prelatical Gentleman in Scotland, Concerning Church Government, 1714

Anonymous. The life and death of the Reverend Mr. Alexander Peden; ... Who died January 28, 1686, about sixty years of age. ... London, 1774. (ECCO) Gale Document Number CW3321112882

ANONYMOUS, Life of George Wishart: The Most Distinguished Martyr for the Reformation in Scotland . . . , 1829

Anonymous, A List of the Banished and Enslaved Presbyterian Christians, A.D. 1678-1688, for the Cause of the Reformation as Attained in the British Isles, A.D. 1638-1650.
http://members.aol.com/Puritanone/banished.html

Anonymous. Mene tekel: or separation weighed in the ballance of the sanctuary and found wanting. ... In answer to that insolent and malitious libel, entituled, Protesters vindicated. To which is added an appendix, ... Drumfries [sic], 1717. [Vindication of Mr. James Gilchrist?] (ECCO) Gale Document Number CW3318623127

ANONYMOUS, A Modest Apology for the Conduct of Seceders, in Refusing to Join in Christian Communion with Sectarians, Latitudinarians, etc. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #27).

ANONYMOUS, The Mystery of Magistracy Unveiled: or, God's Ordinance of Magistracy Asserted, Cleared, and Vindicated, 1708. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #25).
http://www.covenanter.org/CivilGovt/Mystery/themysteryofmagistracyunvailed.htm
Unworthy Servant and Subject of Jesus Christ. The mystery of magistracy unvailed: or, God's ordinance of magistracy asserted, ... By an unworthy servant and subject of Jesus Christ, ... Edinburgh, 1708. (ECCO) Gale Document Number CW3320128824

Anonymous, A Phanatique league and covenant solemnly enter'd into by the assertors of the good old cause, 1659, EEBO.

Anonymous, Popery, a great enemy to truth, no friend to peace, or civil-government which is fully made good by the ensuing discovery of the methods and ways whereby the papists promote popery in the world ..., 1679, EEBO.

Anonymous, Reasons for refusing the Book of Common Prayer
http://www.truecovenanter.com/worship/reasons_against_book_of_common_prayer.html

Anonymous, Reformation principles. &c. re-exhibited. A collection; containing, I. The national covenant and solemn league and covenant, ... II. Plain reasons for Presbyterians dissenting from the revolution-church in Scotland. ... Now corrected and enlarged. Glasgow, 1787. (ECCO) Gale Document Number CW3320532820

Anonymous?, The reformed dissenter, or a conference between a conformist and a separatist concerning communion with the Church of England, 1684

Anonymous, A remonstrance to the Presbyterians, concerning the government established in the Church of England. And a vindication of Episcopacy from its first original, and divine institution. Published by order, 1660, EEBO.

Anonymous, Sentiments of the Rev. Samuel B. Wylie, A.M. in 1803, Respecting Civil Magistracy and the Government of the United States; contrasted with sentiments of the Rev. Samuel B. Wylie DD in 1832, on the same subjects, 1832 (Montgomery, N.Y.: Thomas & Edwards, 1832).

Anonymous. Scotland's opposition to the popish bill. A collection of all the declarations and resolutions, published by the different counties, cities, towns, parishes, incorporations, and societies, throughout Scotland, ... Edinburgh, 1780. (ECCO) Gale Document Number CW3317943704

Anonymous. Some predictions or prophesies, of ... Mr. Thomas Lundie, Mr. Samuel Rutherford, Mr. John Welsh, Mr. Richard Cameron, Mr. Alexander Peden, Mr. James Renwick, and others; ... To which is added, a letter written by Mr John MacClelland, ... to John Lord Kirkcudbright: as also a note of a sermon preached by said Mr. John MacClelland, ... With an Epitaph upon Mr. John MacClelland, written by himself ... Likewise, an account of an apparition in the castle of Edinburgh, in the year 1651 or 1652. Edinburgh, 1739. (ECCO) Gale Document Number CW3321645009

Anonymous?, Some reasons humbly offered why the English Oath of Abjuration should not be imposed upon the subjects of north-Britain, especially the ministers of Gospel there
Divine of the Kirk of Scotland. Some reasons by a divine of the Kirk of Scotland, proviug [sic] that their clergy there cannot with a safe conscience swear the English Oath of Abjuration. [Edinburgh?], [1707?]. (ECCO) Gale Document Number CW3318373778

Anonymous?, Some remarks on a pamphlet entitled "The Oath of Abjuration Displayed in its Sinful Nature and Tendency, etc.," Matt. 7:1; Rom. 14.4, 1713
A vindication of the ministers and ruling elders, in the Church of Scotland, who have refused the oath of abjuration. ... In two parts. ... [Edinburgh?], 1713. (ECCO) Gale Document Number CW3319900280

Anonymous, Steps of Defection in the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America. (1913)
http://www.truecovenanter.com/reformedpresbyterian/steps_of_defection_1913.html

Anonymous, Ministers of Perth and Fife, Ministers of Perth and Fife. A testimony to the Truth of Jesus Christ.
http://www.truecovenanter.com/anti_toleration/testimony_against_cromwells_toleration.html

Anonymous, A Testimony to the truth of Jesus Christ to the doctrine, worship, discipline and goverment of the Kirk of Scotland and to the national covenant of Scotland and to the Solemn league and covenant of the three nations, England, Scotland and Ireland and to the work of uniformity in religion and against the errors, heresies, blasphemies and diverse practices of the times, especially against the vast toleration now on foot in these nations / by sundry ministers of the Gospel in the provinces of Perth and Fife, Ephes. 6:14,15; 2 Tim. 1:7,8, 1648, Additional Title: A testimony to the trueth of Jesus Christ, and to our Solemn League and Covenant, 1660 EEBO.
"A letter from several ministers homologating the former testimony"

Anonymous, Testimony of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland
http://www.rpc.org/beliefs/testimony/index.htm

Anonymous (probably Mcmillan, John), True narrative, 1704

ANONYMOUS, Promiscuous Communion in the Public Ordinances of Worship

ANONYMOUS, Protesters Vindicated: Or, A Just and Necessary Defense of Protesting Against, and Withdrawing from This National Church of Scotland, 1716, rp 2513 no. 3. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #27).
Protesters vindicated: or, a just and necessary defence of protesting against, and withdrawing from this national Church of Scotland; on account of her many gross and continued defections. ... [Edinburgh?], 1716. (ECCO) Gale Document Number CW3319668642

Anonymous, Scottish catechisms of the Second Reformation

ANONYMOUS, Tales and Sketches of the Covenanters

Anonymous, Tercentenary of the National Covenant, 1939

Anonymous, A vindication of the presbyteriall-government, and ministry: together, with an exhortation, to all the ministers, elders, and people, within the bounds of the province of London, whether joyning with us, or separating from us. Published, by the ministers, and elders, met together in a provinciall assembly, Novemb. 2d. 1649. Wherein, amongst other things, these ensuing particulars are contained; 1. That there is a Church-government, by divine right. 2. That the magistrate, is not the fountain of Church-government. 3. That the presbyterial-government, is by divine right. 4. The inconveniencies of the congregationall-way. 5. That the ruling-elder is by divine right. 6. That it is the will of Jesus Christ, that all sorts of persons should give an account of their faith, to the minister, and elders, before admission to the Lords Supper; ... 7. Directions to the elders, for the right managing of their office. 8. Directions to such as are admitted to the Lords Supper, ... 9. Rules to preserve people, from the errours of these times. 10. That separation from our churches, is justly charged with schisme. 11. That ministers formerly ordained by bishops, need no new ordination. 12. The necessity and usefulness of catechizing. Licensed, entred, and printed according to order, 1649, EEBO.

Anonymous?, Who are the Covenanters?, 1900

Armour, John M., Atonement and Law, or Redemption in harmony with law as revealed in nature 1885

Arrowsmith, John, England's Ebenezer, 1 Sam. vii. 12, 1645

Arrowsmith, John, The Best Refuge for the Most Oppressed. See (Puritan Bookshelf CD #23). WorldCat: 52539330.

Arrowsmith, John, The covenant-avenging sword banished . . . Matt. 10:34, 1643. See (Puritan Bookshelf CD #2). WorldCat: 52539330.

Arrowsmith, John, God-man. See (Puritan Bookshelf CD #1). WorldCat: 52539330.

Ashe, Simeon, God's incomparable goodness unto Israel unfolded and applied . . . Deut. 33:27; Deut. 4:7; Esa. 27:3, 1647. See (Puritan Bookshelf CD #23). WorldCat: 52539330.

Ashe, Simeon, Religious covenanting directed and covenant-keeping, 1645

Ashe, Simeon, Self-surrender Unto God. See (Puritan Bookshelf CD #21). WorldCat: 52539330.

Ashe, Simeon, Religious covenanting directed and covenant-keeping, 1645

Ashe, Simeon, The church sinking, Isai. lxiii. 5, 1645

Ashton, William, A Seasonable Discourse Against Toleration. See (Puritan Bookshelf CD #18). WorldCat: 52539330.

Ashton, William, Toleration Disapproved and Condemned. See (Puritan Bookshelf CD #18). WorldCat: 52539330.

Assembly of the Covenanters' Union, First report of the Annual Assembly of the Covenanters' Union, 1894

ASSOCIATE PRESBYTERIAN MAGAZINE, The Ancient and Modern Mode of Singing the Psalms (Sept., 1863), 1863. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #3, 18, 19).
http://www.covenanter.org/Worship/ancientmodeofsinging.htm

ASSOCIATE SESSION OF XENIA, OHIO, Occasional Hearing and Church Discipline, 1841. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #27).

ASSOCIATE SYNOD OF SCOTLAND, A Solemn Warning . . . Wherein the Great Sin, Danger, and Duty of the Present Generation in these Lands, Are Pointed Out and Declared, 1758

Associated Reformed Presbytery, The Constitution of the Associate Reformed Synod in America considered, disowned and testifyed against
http://www.covenanter.org/RefPres/testagainstassocpres.htm

AUGUSTINE, A Treatise on Grace and Free Will, c.426

AUGUSTINE, A Treatise on the Gift of Perseverance, c. 428

Augustin, Aurelius, A Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints
http://www.truecovenanter.com/gospel/augustin_predestination.html

AUGUSTINE, A Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints, c. 428. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #19).

Augustine, The Writings Against the Manichians and Against the Donatists (Augustine on the Civil Magistrate)
http://www.ccel.org/s/schaff/ecf/npnf104/htm/i.htm

B.W., To the faithfull and true-hearted covenanters, vvhich are the noble Philadelphians. A diurnall, of the desires and indeavours of one that earnestly desires the advancement of the cause of Christ. B.W. of Darbie. Reade all or none, 1644, EEBO.

Baillie, Robert, 1599-1662, Anabaptism, the trve fovntaine of independency, Brownisme, Antinomy, Familisome, and the most of the other errours, which for the time due trouble the Church of England, vnsealed, 1647. See (Puritan Bookshelf CD #18.) WorldCat: 52539330. EEBO.

BAILLIE, ROBERT, 1599-1662, A Dissuasive from the Errors of the Time, 1645. See (Puritan Bookshelf CD #18.) WorldCat: 52539330. EEBO.

BAILLIE, ROBERT, 1599-1662, Adamson, Patrick, 1537-1592, and Welch, John, 1568?-1622, An Historical Vindication of the Government of the Church of Scotland, 1646, EEBO and (Reformation Bookshelf CD #23).

BAILLIE, ROBERT, 1599-1662, Baillie's Review of Bramhall's Seditious Pamphlet . . . Also the Holy League and Covenant of these Three Nations Justified and Maintained, 1649

BAILLIE, ROBERT (David Laing, editor), Letters and Journals of Robert Baillie, 3 volumes, 1841 edition. Included in (Reformation Bookshelf CD #17). A Christian classic.

BAILLIE, ROBERT, 1599-1662, Satan the Leader in chief to all who resist the Reparation of Sion, 1643, EEBO and (Reformation Bookshelf CD #23).

BAILLIE, ROBERT, 1599-1662, The Canterburians Self-Conviction . . . . , 1641. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #19).

BAILLIE, ROBERT, 1599-1662, The Unlawfulness and Danger of Limited Prelacy, or Perpetual Presidency in the Church, 1641, Additional Title: The unlavvfulnesse and danger of limited episcopacie, EEBO and (Reformation Bookshelf CD #23).

BAIRD, HENRY, History of the Rise of the Huguenots of France (2 volumes, 1886, 1895). See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #30).

Balfour, Alexander Hugh Bruce, An historical account of the rise and development of Presbyterianism in Scotland, 1911, ATLA 1988-0320

Balfour, Robert G., Presbyterianism in the colonies, 1899, ATLA 1988-0426

BALFOUR, WILLIAM, The Establishment Principle Defended, 1873. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #25).

Ball, John, A Defence of the Answer Made Unto the Nine Questions or Positions Sent From New England. See (Puritan Bookshelf CD #18.) WorldCat: 52539330.

Ball, John, A Friendly Trial of the Grounds Tending to Separation. See (Puritan Bookshelf CD #5.) WorldCat: 52539330.

Ball, John, A treatise of the Covenant of Grace, 1645. See (Puritan Bookshelf CD #2.) WorldCat: 52539330.

Ball, John, A treatise of Faith. See (Puritan Bookshelf CD #5.) WorldCat: 52539330.

BANNERMAN, D. DOUGLAS, The Scripture Doctrine Of The Church Historically and Exegetically Considered, 1887. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #24).

BANNERMAN, JAMES, Church of Christ: A Treatise on the Nature, Powers, Ordinances, Discipline, and Government of the Christian Church, 1869. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #24).

BANNERMAN, JAMES, The Independent System of Church Polity as Opposed to the Presbyterian

BANNERMAN, JAMES, The Independent Theory of the Ministry

BANNERMAN, JAMES, Inspiration: The Infallible Truth and Divine Authority of the Holy Scriptures (1865). See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #2 and 15).

Barker, Matthew, A Christian standing and moving upon the true foundation . . . Isa. 30:7; Cant. 3:6, 1648

Barnett, T. Ratcliffe, b. 1868, The story of the covenant: fifty years of fighting faith, 1928

BARROW, GREG, The Covenanted Reformation Defended Against Contemporary Schismatics, 1998. See (Puritan Bookshelf CD #32.) WorldCat: 52539330.
http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/CovRefGB.htm

BARROW, GREG and LARRY BIRGER, JR. - Reformation Principles Re-Exhibited: An Historical Witness & Brotherly Entreaty. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #1-30).

BARROW, REG, A Contemporary Covenanting Debate; Or, Covenanting Redivivus. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #3).
http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/CovDebRB.htm

BARROW, REG, A Warning Against the False and Dangerous Views of James Jordan Concerning Worship: A Book Review of Kevin Reed's CANTERBURY TALES. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #1-30).
http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/BlastJJ.htm

Barrow, Reg - Calvin, Close Communion, and the Coming Reformation (a book review of Alexander and Rufus... by John Anderson [1862]). See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #1-30).

BARROW, REG, Calvin, Covenanting and Close Communion, 1996. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #3).

BARROW, REG, Debate on the US Constitution, Andrew Sandlin Versus Reg Barrow
http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/USCon.htm

BARROW, REG, Doug Wilson's Five Questions on the Regulative Principle of Worship Answered
http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/Doug5Qs.htm

BARROW, REG, International Covenanted Reformation or Schism?
http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/SchismCA.htm

BARROW, REG, John Knox, Oliver Cromwell, God's Law and the Reformation of Civil Government. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #1).
http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/Crom.htm

BARROW, REG, Psalm Singing in Scripture and History. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #1-30).
http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/CRTPsSing.htm

BARROW, REG, The Covenanted Reformation Defended Against Contemporary Schismatics. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #1-30 ).
Publisher's Preface to The Covenanted Reformation Defended Against Contemporary Schismatics
http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/pub_pref.htm

BARROW, REG, Reformation Civil Government. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #1-30).
http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/RefCG_RB.htm

BARROW, REG, Reformation Worship and Separation from Idolatry. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #19).

BARROW, REG, Saul in the Cave of Adullam: A Testimony Against the Fashionable Sub-Calvinism of Doug Wilson (Editor of "Credenda/Agenda" Magazine; and, For Classical Protestantism and the Attainments of the Second Reformation. See (Puritan Bookshelf CD #32) ( WorldCat: 52539330) and (Reformation Bookshelf CD #10-30).
http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/Saul.htm

BARROW, REG, Worship: The Regulative Principle of Worship in History. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #1-30).
http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/CRTPWors.htm

*Bastiat, Frederic, The Law (Foundation for Economic Education, October 1998). A Christian classic.
"Full of truths that are not merely relevant, but are absolutely vital to our future." -- Congressman Dick Armey
"If ever there was a concise and powerful argument for defending Liberty and the Law against every social engineer, this has to be it (only 75 pages!). Bastiat is a master of words and the analogy. Every lover of freedom who wishes to get a nutshell understanding of why Liberty and Law matters ought to read this book. . . ." -- Reader Comment
The Law by Frederic Bastiat (Part 1 of 10)
"The law perverted! And the police powers of the state perverted along with it! The law, I say, not only turned from its proper purpose but made to follow an entirely contrary purpose! The law become the weapon of every kind of greed! Instead of checking crime, the law itself guilty of the evils it is supposed to punish! " -- Frederic Bastiat, from the Introduction
http://nesara.org/articles/bastiat_the_law01.htm

BATES, STEWART, The Sin and Danger of Union Between the Church of Christ and an Immoral or Antichristian Civil Government, 1841. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #25).

Bates, William, 1625-1699, and Thomas Manton, 1620-1677, A sermon preached at the funeral of the reverend and excellent divine Dr. Thomas Manton, 1678, EEBO.

BAXTER, RICHARD, A Treatise of Self-Denial. (See Reformation Bookshelf CD #21).

Baxter, Richard, William Lamont (editor) A Holy Commonwealth, 1994

Baxter, Richard. An abridgement of Mr. Baxter's History of his life and times. With an account of the ministers, &c. who were ejected after the Restauration, of King Charles II. ... The second edition: in two volumes. ... By Edmund Calamy, D.D. Vol. 1. London, 1713. 2 vols. (ECCO) Gale Document Number CW3318480724

Bay Psalm Book, 1640

Bay Psalm Book, Preface to the Bay Psalm Book, 1640
http://www.covenanter.org/Worship/prefacebaypsalms.htm

Baylie, Robert, Errors and Induration are the Great Sins and the Great Judgements of the Time. See (Puritan Bookshelf CD #15.) WorldCat: 52539330.

Bayne, Peter, The chief actors in the Puritan Revolution, 1878

BAYNES, PAUL, The Diocesans Tryall, 1621. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #8).

Beattie, James, History of the Church of Scotland during the Commonwealth, 1842, ATLA 1984-B403

BEEKE, JOEL, Assurance of Faith: Calvin, English Puritanism, and the Dutch Second Reformation

Beeke, Joel R. (editor) and Sinclair B. Ferguson (editor), Reformed Confessions Harmonized

Begg, James, A violation of the Treaty of Union, 1871

BEGG, JAMES, Anarchy In Worship or Recent Innovation Contrasted with the Constitution of the Presbyterian Church, 1875. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #3).

BEGG, JAMES, Purity of Worship in the Presbyterian Church, as Set Forth in the Westminster Standards, 1876. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #3).

BEGG, JAMES, The Use of Organs and Other Instruments of Music in Christian Worship Indefensible, 1866. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #3).

Bell, Thomas, View of the Covenants of Works and of Grace, 1814

Bernard, Edward, 1638-1696, A commentary on the prophecy of Hosea, 1685, EEBO.

Beveridge, John, The Covenanters, 1905? ATLA 1990-5196

Beza, Theodore, The Chief Points of the Christian Religion, set forth in a Table of Predestination
http://www.truecovenanter.com/supralapsarian/bezas_table.html

BEZA, THEODORE (Revised and enlarged by Peter Hall), The Harmony of Protestant Confessions

BEZA, THEODORE, "Icones" Contemporary Portraits of Reformers of Religion and Letters

BEZA, THEODORE, De Haereticis: A ciuili magistratu puniendis libellus, 1554. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #25).

*Beza, Theodore, The Life of John Calvin (Cerlox Bound Photocopy Series. Edmonton, AB, Canada: Still Waters Revival Books). Included on (Puritan Bookshelf CD #6). A Christian classic.

BINNIE, WILLIAM, The Imprecations: God's Forgotten Prayers of Power. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #19).

BINNIE, WILLIAM, The Psalms: Their History, Teaching, and Use. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #19).

BINNIE, WILLIAM, Use of the Psalms in the Christian Church

Binning, Hugh. Heart-humiliation: or, miscellany sermons preached upon some choice texts, at several solemn occasions: never before printed. By ... Mr. Hugh Binning, ... Glasgow, 1725. (ECCO) Gale Document Number CW3318289205

Binning, Hugh, Lectures on Principles of the Christian Religion
http://www.truecovenanter.com/binning/binninglectures.html

Binning, Hugh, Predestination and the Decrees of God -- Three Lectures by Presbyterian Covenanter Hugh Binning
http://www.truecovenanter.com/supralapsarian/hblect.html

BINNING, HUGH, Predestination and Providence. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #8).

Binning, Hugh. Several sermons upon the most important subjects of practical religion. By ... Hugh Binning, ... Carefully copied and revised from his own manuscript, never before printed. To which is subjoined, An essay upon Christian love: ... To which is prefixed, some account of the life and writings of the author. Glasgow, 1760. (ECCO) Gale Document Number CW3320429810

Binning, Hugh, A Treatise of Christian Love. John 13.35. "By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another"
http://www.truecovenanter.com/binning/binninglove.html

BINNING, HUGH, A Useful Case of Conscience, EEBO. See (Puritan Bookshelf CD #4) ( WorldCat: 52539330) and (Reformation Bookshelf CD #8).

BINNING, HUGH, Worshipping God in Spirit and Truth. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #8).

BIRGER, LARRY, A Brotherly Testimony Against the Use of Instrumental Accompaniment In Public Worship
http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/InstrLB.htm

BIRGER, LARRY, "A Guide for studying the Westminster Confession of Faith in suggested order of reading"
http://www.lettermen2.com/suggest.html

BIRGER, LARRY, Terms of Ministerial and Christian Communion in the Reformed Presbyterian Church, and In Our Day, In the Puritan Reformed Church. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #1-30).
http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/TermsMin.htm

BIRGER, LARRY, The Biblical and Logical Necessity of Uninspired Creeds. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #1-30).
http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/BibLogCr.htm

BIRGER, LARRY, The Geneva Bible, Psalmody and More "Credenda/Agenda" Inaccuracies Answered
http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/GBpsCA.htm

BIRGER, LARRY, The Visible church: Essence Versus Lawful Form
http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/vischu.htm

BIRGER, LARRY, Why the PCA is Not a Duly Constituted Church and Why Faithful Christians Should Separate from this Corrupted "Communion"
http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/PCAbad.htm

Black, James A., Why I am a Covenanter 1901

Black, John, 1768-1849, Church fellowship. A Sermon preached at the opening of the Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, May 16, 1816 1819
http://www.covenanter.org/JBlack/ChurchFellowship/sermon.htm

BLACK, JOHN, 1768-1849, Church Union and Communion, 1819. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #27).

Black, John, 1768-1849, The Bible against slavery

Black, John, The everlasting kingdom: a discourse on the mediatorial dominion of Jesus Christ, 1848

Black, John, A Sermon on National Righteousness and Sin... 1827 ]

Black, John, Slavery contrary to the Bible 1839

Blackwood, R., William Symington churchman and theologian 1795-1862, 1985

BLAIKE, ALEXANDER, A Catechism on Praise, 1854. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #19).
http://www.covenanter.org/Worship/Catechism/catechismofpraise.htm

BLAIKIE, W.G., David Brown a Memoir, 1898

Blair, T. James

Blake, Thomas, A Treatise of the Covenant of God. See (Puritan Bookshelf CD #2.) WorldCat: 52539330.

Blake, William, William Maitland of Lethington, 1528-1573: A Study of the Policy of Moderation in the Scottish Reformation (Studies in British History, Vol. 17)

BLAKENEY, RICHARD P., Protestant Catechism or Popery Refuted and Protestantism Established By the Word of God

BOGGS, John H., Our Political Protest and Why Covenanters Do Not Vote, 1872. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #26).

BOGUE, CARL, Does the Regulative Principle Matter to the PCA?

BOLTON, SAMUEL, The True Bounds of Christian Freedom (Carlisle, PA: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1978). A Christian classic.
Samuel Boulton was one of the Westminster Assembly of Divines. He "expounds the nature of Christian liberty and then clearly sets the bounds of that liberty. . . ." -- Publisher's Annotation

Bonar, Horatius, Catechisms of the Scottish Reformation, 1866, ATLA 1991-2507

Bond, John, Eshcol, or Grapes (among) thorns. As they were delivered in a thanksgiving sermon, to the honourable House of commons ... 1648 (London, Printed by M.F. for S. Gellibrand, 1648).

Bordwine, James, A Guide to the Westminster Standards: Confession of Faith and Larger Catechism, James Bordwine, (Unicoi, TN: The Trinity Foundation, 1996).
Includes a unique, 100-page topical index to both the Confession and the Catechism.
Westminster Shorter Catechism Project
"Click on any of the individual questions below to get the answer and Biblical references, as well as links to works by John Flavel, Thomas Watson, Thomas Boston, James Fisher, and John Whitecross, and others."
http://www.shortercatechism.com/

Boston, Thomas. Christ the saviour of the world. A sermon: preached immediately before the celebration of the Lord's Supper, at Ettrick, June 7th, 1724. By the Rev. Mr. Thomas Boston, ... Glasgow, 1790. (ECCO) Gale Document Number CW3317942398

BOSTON, THOMAS, The Works of Thomas Boston (12 volumes, 1853). See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #6).

BOSTON, THOMAS, Christians Strong In The Grace That Is In Christ Jesus

*BOSTON, THOMAS, Commentary on the Shorter Catechism, 2 volumes (Cerlox Bound Photocopy Series. Edmonton, AB, Canada: Still Waters Revival Books, 1993, 1853). A Christian classic.
" `Two large volumes of over 1300 pages! Boston's work is the most comprehensive reference set ever penned on THE WESTMINSTER SHORTER CATECHISM. Concerning THE SHORTER CATECHISM, A.F. Mitchell states '...it is a thoroughly Calvinistic and Puritan catechism, the ripest fruit of the Assembly's thought and experience, maturing and finally fixing the definitions of theological terms to which Puritanism for half a century had been leading up and gradually coming closer and closer to in its legion of catechisms' (The Westminster Assembly...). THE SHORTER CATECHISM is the `king of the catechisms' for shear power of expression, combining logical cogency with succinctness. Boston's exposition is unrivalled; there is nothing else like it. Here you have the cream of Puritan catechisms married to the cream of clear Puritan exposition! This is likely Boston's most important work. A set that will meet numerous needs, ranging from use in family worship, Christian education and personal study, to sermon preparation - and for help in settling debated questions on the Presbytery floor. A one-of-a-kind set of books that will serve your family for generations to come!" -- SWRB
Boston's Commentary on the Westminster Confession
http://www.best.com/~covenant/
Westminster Shorter Catechism With Proof Texts
http://www.reformed.org/documents/WSC_frames.html
Westminster Shorter Catechism Project
"Click on any of the individual questions below to get the answer and Biblical references, as well as links to works by John Flavel, Thomas Watson, Thomas Boston, James Fisher, and John Whitecross, and others."
http://www.shortercatechism.com/

Boston, Thomas, Of the Decrees of God
http://www.truecovenanter.com/sermons/boston_decree.html

Boston, Thomas, Of Election to Everlasting Life
http://www.truecovenanter.com/sermons/boston_election.html

*BOSTON, THOMAS, Human Nature in Its Fourfold State (Carlisle, PA: The Banner of Truth Trust). A Christian classic.
"This is THE classic on human nature. It was immediately acclaimed as such, and went through several printings during the author's lifetime. The book deals with four states of human existence: the state of innocence; the state of nature; the state of grace; and, the eternal state. . . ." -- Jay P. Green, Sr. A Christian classic.
"When those who are devoid of the Spirit of God and reject revealed religion meet up with the Scriptural doctrine of original sin, their comments expose their hostility towards God and help exhibit the very principle they deny. For example, Smellie comments on one reaction to this work of Edwards as follows: 'Mr. Lechy has condemned the treatise on Original Sin as 'one of the most revolting books that have ever proceeded from the pen of man.' Edwards summarizes this book as 'a general defense of that great important doctrine,' and has skillfully answered those who would assail the revealed truth of God's Word at this point. If our doctrine is weak on man's nature and (in)ability, all manner of false 'help yourself' religion (e.g. Arminianism, Romanism, the cults, the occult, etc.), and secular seduction (e.g. psychology, socialism, etc.), based on man' inherent 'goodness' or ability to 'save himself,' will be given a wide open door to run rampant." -- SWRB

BOSTON, THOMAS, On Church Communion

BOSTON, THOMAS, Personal and Family Fasting and Humiliation

BOSTON, THOMAS, Repentance, Christian Warfare and Sanctification

BOSTON, THOMAS, Serving the Lord in Holiness

Boston,Thomas , A Sermon on Justification
http://www.truecovenanter.com/sermons/boston_justification.html

BOSTON, THOMAS, The Evil and Danger of Halting Between Two Opinions

BOSTON, THOMAS, The Marrow of Modern Divinity. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #27).

BOSTON, THOMAS, The Pleasure of Real Religion

BOSTON, THOMAS, The Shortness of Human Life

BOSTON, THOMAS, The State and Character of Believers

BOSTON, THOMAS, View of the Covenant of Grace from the Sacred Records, 1734. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #27).

BOSTON, THOMAS, View of the Covenant of Works from the Sacred Records, 1772

Bowles, Oliver, ca. 1577-1646?, Zeale for Gods house quickned, or, A sermon preached before the assembly of Lords, Commons and Divines at their solemn fast Iuly 7, 1643, John ii. 17: Gal. 4:18. See (Puritan Bookshelf CD #1.) WorldCat: 52539330. EEBO. Bradbury, Thomas, A collection of sermons by Ebenezer and Ralph Erskin, 1738-50

Bradford, Arthur B., Covenanterism. An Exposure of the Project to put a Religious Creed into the Constitution of the United States, and Convert this Government into a Persecuting Power 1882 (A vigorous critique of the RP teaching of national acknowledgment of Christ, with special attention to the second reformation period in Scotland)

BRADFORD, JOHN, Confutation of Four Romish Doctrines

Bradford, John, John Bradford's Confutation of Four Romish Doctrines
http://www.truecovenanter.com/anti_papacy/bradford_confutation_of_rome.html

BRADFORD, JOHN, The Hurt of Hearing Mass

BRADFORD, JOHN, The Writings of John Bradford

BRECKENRIDGE, ROBERT J, Presbyterian Government Not a Hierarchy, But a Commonwealth. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #24).

BREDENHOF, WES, "The Whole Manner of Worship . . . ," 1997
http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/WholeWes.htm

BREDENHOF, WES, A Book Review of John Calvin's Shunning the Unlawful Rites of the Ungodly and Preserving the Purity of the Christian Religion
http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/ShunRev.htm"

Bremer, Francis J., Puritan Crisis: New England and the English Civil Wars, 1630-1670, 1989

BRIDGES, CHARLES, The Christian Ministry with an Inquiry into the Causes of its Inefficiency

Bridge, William, Joab's counsel and King David's seasonable hearing it . . . 2 Sam. 19:5-8, 1643

Brinsley, John, The Saints Solemn Covenant. See (Puritan Bookshelf CD #2.) WorldCat: 52539330.

Bromwell, John, A fair warning to take heed of the Scottish discipline as being of all others most injurious to the civil magistrate . . . Luke 9:35; Hosea 2:7, 1649

Brook, Benjamin, Lives of the Puritans, (Soli Deo Gloria Pubns, 1997).

Brook, Benjamin, Lives of the Puritans, 3 volumes.

*Brooks, Thomas, Heaven on Earth: A Treatise on Christian Assurance (Puritan Paperback Series. Carlisle, PA: The Banner of Truth Trust). A Christian classic.

BROOKS, THOMAS, Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices

BROOKS, THOMAS, Sins Which Bring God's Fiery Judgment Upon Cities and Nations

BROWN, C.J., Christ's Kingship Over the Nations Maintained and Defended. See (Reformation Bookshelf CD #25)

Brown, David, Two Conferences between some of those called Separatists and Independents. See (Puritan Bookshelf CD #18.) WorldCat: 52539330.

Brown, J. Wood, The Covenanters of the Merse: their history and suffereings, as found in the records of that time, 1893

*Brown, John (of Edinburgh, 1784-1858) Discourses and Sayings of Our Lord Jesus Christ, 3 volumes (London, England: Banner of Truth Trust, 1990, 1967, 1852). A Christian classic.
"Spurgeon says of this great commentary: `Of the noblest order of exposition. Procure it.' Elsewhere in COMMENTING AND COMMENTARIES, he wrote, `Dr. Brown's work must be placed among the first of the first-class. He is a great expositor.' Again, `Brown is a modern Puritan. All his expositions are of the utmost value.'
"These volumes cover much of the Gospel of John, plus many portions of the other three Gospels. In them he reveals his encyclopedic mind, and a profound regard for the Bible and the very Word of God. In addition, it is seen why it was said that he had the best clerical library in the whole nation of Scotland.
"There is little doubt in the mind of this reviewer that any reader of these volumes will become possessor of myriads of new insights into the Scriptures, and what they reveal of our God and Saviour, Jesus Christ. It is indispensable to the student of the Gospels." -- Jay P. Green, Sr.
"Based upon the revised and enlarged edition of 1852. Rich in thought. Pastors will appreciate the writer's application of spiritual truths to the needs of men and women." -- Cyril J. Barber.
Recommended for daily devotions, as are all the books in the listing of "Books Considered To Be Among the Ten Greatest in the English Language."
Also available in Google Books, full view, Discourses and Sayings of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Illustrated in a Series of Expositions. ... by John Brown, published 1856 [Complete in 2 volumes. New York: Robert Carter and Brothers] original from the University of Michigan, digitized Feb. 17, 2006.
http://books.google.com/books?id=SZl9u8v0Yi8C&dq=Discourses+and+Sayings+of+Our+Lord+Jesus+Christ&ie=ISO-8859-1&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0
This University of Michigan digitized edition, that appears in Google Books, is available in paper from two publishers: (Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library, November 30, 2006 [Gardners Books, 2006]), 652 pages.
"This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program." -- Publisher's Annotation
And (Hard Press, November 26, 2007), 652 pages.

BROWN, JOHN (of Edinburgh, 1784-1858), Human Authority in Religion Condemned

BROWN, JOHN (of Edinburgh, 1784