1779-John McMillan II.-An ordination sermon for John McMillan III, setting forth the duties of the faithful minister.
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1644-Alexander Henderson.-A sermon detailing the great need and method of reforming both the church and the nation together with a dire warning to magistrates that will not be reformed.
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1817-James Renwick Willson.-An informative, if uneven, treatment of the history of the doctrine of the atonement. This portion of the book contains Willson’s historical insights together with a wealth of information about numerous early American Reformed and Presbyterian bodies complete with an outline of their controversies.
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1648-George Gillespie.-Gillespie’s dying testimony and belief that the covenanted cause will ultimately prevail.
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1883-David Steele.-This section discusses the steps of defection from reformation principles (the first of which is always occasional hearing), the subjection of the church to worldly principles and the need for historical testimony in all proper testimony-bearing.
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1644-Alexander Henderson and some brethren.-This is an apologetic work designed to exhibit Presbyterianism as it really was in Scotland not as it was portrayed by its detractors.
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1648-George Gillespie.-Two days before he died, Gillespie was concerned to leave a dying testimony against voluntary associations with malignants and other opposers of the covenanted Reformation.
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1708-John McMillan I.-A clear and earnest testimony by the Cameronian Apostle, John Macmillan, against the various defections amongst Presbyterians in Scotland together with his plain reasons for dissenting from the Revolution establishment of 1690.
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1883-David Steele.-In these concluding remarks, Mr. Steele expresses no regrets for remaining steadfast in the old paths and he understands all of the persecuting of him to be the result of his faithful contendings, as it always has been with the people of God. Those departing always persecute those who stand fast.
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1648-Geoge Gillespie.-Gillespie’s dying testimony warning the Church of Scotland against compliance with and engagement to malignants and others hostile to the covenants. From his death bed, he warned about the very measures that would split the church into Protestors and Resolutioners. Gillespie was decidedly on the side of the Protestors.
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1883-David Steele.-In this Appendix, Mr. Steele defends his commitment to ministry and the support of the covenanted cause of Reformation even in the United States. He gives a sense of what it took to ride the circuit to scattered adherents in the 19th century Mid-west.
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1802-Alexander McLeod.-A sermon on the unlawfulness of holding men in perpetual slavery through man-stealing.
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1649-George Gillespie.-A volume which gathers many of Gillespie’s smaller works on various topics of church government, sacraments, confederacies and the nature and extent of the atonement.
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1781-John McMillan III.-This letter defends the Reformed Presbyterian position on civil magistracy in opposition to the various misunderstandings and misrepresentations of Seceders.
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1883-David Steele.-This Appendix addresses charges and concerns about his finances. He defends his own labor, austerity and frugality as means to advance the end of maintain a ministry to those of his charge. This he contrasts with the case of ministers with settled charges who play the ecclesiastical politics.
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1883-David Steele.-This Appendix addresses numerous charges leveled by his opponents in an exercise of self-defense together with a defense of undertaking self-defense against unjust charges. One of the most significant revelations he makes has to do with charges that he had personal animus toward James R. Willson.
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1883-David Steele.-This Appendix discusses the difference between testimony and law both as a necessary understanding for distinguishing the Gospel from the Law as well as providing insight into why we need historical testimony if we would maintain our ecclesiastical identity as Covenanters.
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1839-William Symington.-In this essay, Symington warns youth against the vanity of amusements. He singles out several, including theatre, fairs and games of chance. He admonishes Christians to consistency of behavior and circumspection in walk.
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1655-Samuel Rutherfurd.-This is the first volume written by Rutherfurd on the subject of Covenant Theology. In it, he masterfully develops the doctrine of both the Covenant of Works and the Covenant of Grace. In addition, he expounds upon the Covenant of Redemption from eternity between the Father and the Son. He also deals extensively with the concept of Federal holiness and its implications for infant baptism.
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