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David Dickson (1589-1662) and James Durham (1622-58)

God's warrant for a sinner to come to Christ:
Warrants to Believe: Part I
Warrants to Believe: Part II


John Howe (1630-1705)

Prayer and the Decrees of God: Part I
Prayer and the Decrees of God: Part II


James Webster (1659-1720)

The offer of the gospel:
If Any Man Thirst: Part I
If Any Man Thirst: Part II
If Any Man Thirst: Part III


John Willison (1680-1750)

A catechism for young people preparing for admission to the Lord's table:
The Young Communicant's Catechism: Part I
The Young Communicant's Catechism: Part II


Robert Riccaltoun (1691-1769)

A survey of the issues in the Marrow Controversy, discussing the role of the mediator in the covenant of grace, and the instrumentality of faith:
Christ's Suretyship: Part I
Christ's Suretyship: Part II
Christ's Suretyship: Part III
Christ's Suretyship: Part IV
The Covenant of Grace: Part I
The Covenant of Grace: Part II
The Covenant of Grace: Part III
The Covenant of Grace: Part IV


Samuel Davies (1723-1761)

The Success of the Ministry of the Gospel: Part I
The Success of the Ministry of the Gospel: Part II
The Success of the Ministry of the Gospel: Part III


Thomas Beveridge (1749-1798)

Encouragements for ministers of the gospel:
As We Have Received Mercy, We Faint Not: Part I
As We Have Received Mercy, We Faint Not: Part II
As We Have Received Mercy, We Faint Not: Part III
As We Have Received Mercy, We Faint Not: Part IV


David Black (1762-1806)

The Deceitfulness of the Heart


Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847)

How to begin the practice of self-examination:
Essay on Guthrie's The Christian's Great Interest: Part I
Essay on Guthrie's The Christian's Great Interest: Part II


John Duncan (1796-1870)

Mount Sinai and Mount Zion
Prayer: Part I
Prayer: Part II
Drawing Near to God: Part I
Drawing Near to God: Part II
Drawing Near to God: Part III
Drawing Near to God: Part IV
Three treatments of the free offer of the gospel:
Behold the Lamb of God: Part I
Behold the Lamb of God: Part II
Effectual Calling
Forsaking Our Own Mercy


Robert Murray M'Cheyne (1813-1843)

The Inward Experience of Believers
The Cry for Revival: Part I
The Cry for Revival: Part II
God in Christ Reconciling the World


John H. Bocock (1813-1872)

The account of a mighty work of God's Spirit about 1850, in a Presbyterian congregation in Louisa County, Virginia:
Lights and Shadows Lang Syne: Part I
Lights and Shadows Lang Syne: Part II


Kenneth MacRae (1883-1964)

What it means to believe on Christ:
A Word to the Anxious


William Young


Historic Calvinism and Neo-Calvinism: Part I
Historic Calvinism and Neo-Calvinism: Part II
Historic Calvinism and Neo-Calvinism: Part III
Historic Calvinism and Neo-Calvinism: Part IV
Historic Calvinism and Neo-Calvinism: Part V
Historic Calvinism and Neo-Calvinism: Part VI
Historic Calvinism and Neo-Calvinism: Part VII
Theory and Theology: Part I
Theory and Theology: Part II
What Is Truth?: Part I
What Is Truth?: Part II
Conversion: Part I
Conversion: Part II
Conversion: Part III
Conversion: Part IV


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St. Andrews Cathedral yard, where Samuel Rutherford and Thomas Halyburton are buried



Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661)

From his Christ Dying and Drawing Sinners to Himself (1647):
Soul Trouble: Part I
Soul Trouble: Part II
Sorrow for Sin: Part I
Sorrow for Sin: Part II
Preparations Before Conversion: Part I
Preparations Before Conversion: Part II
Preparations Before Conversion: Part III
Depiction of the market place of St. Andrews, Scotland, as it was in the sixteenth century. On the left is the Town Church, where in 1547 John Knox preached his first public sermon. When a captive on a French galley the next year, he was cheered by the sight of the church's steeple. Rutherford frequently preached here and presided over the session, while he was professor of divinity in the city. The building to the right with arches is the Tolbooth, where David Calderwood was imprisoned in 1617, after he was called before James VI and from his knees boldly opposed the King's will and asserted the responsibility of the General Assembly to maintain the worship and church government given in Scripture. Calderwood went into exile, and wrote Altare Damascenum (1623), his masterpiece on Presbyterian worship and polity. In front of the Tolbooth is the market cross, where Rutherford's Lex Rex was burned by the hangman at the Restoration in 1660.



John Love (1757-1825)

What is the divine glory, and what does it mean for us to discern the glory of God?
I Am That I Am: Part I
I Am That I Am: Part II
I Am That I Am: Part III
I Am That I Am: Part IV



Archibald Alexander (1772-1851)

Vital Piety: Part I
Vital Piety: Part II
A wise and discriminating analysis of regeneration and its fruits in Christian experience:
A Practical View of Regeneration: Part I
A Practical View of Regeneration: Part II
A Practical View of Regeneration: Part III
Two prefaces:
Preface to the Memoirs of Thomas Halyburton
Preface to Matthew Henry's Commentary: Part I
Preface to Matthew Henry's Commentary: Part II
Preface to Matthew Henry's Commentary: Part III



William B. Sprague (1795-1876)

Treatment Due to Young Converts: Part I
Treatment Due to Young Converts: Part II
Treatment Due to Young Converts: Part III



John Kennedy of Dingwall (1819-1884)

A critique of the Arminian message and method of evangelism:
Hyper-Evangelism: Another Gospel, Though A Mighty Power: Part I
Hyper-Evangelism: Another Gospel, Though A Mighty Power: Part II
Hyper-Evangelism: Another Gospel, Though A Mighty Power: Part III
Hyper-Evangelism: Another Gospel, Though A Mighty Power: Part IV
Hyper-Evangelism: Another Gospel, Though A Mighty Power: Part V



Hugh Martin (1822-1885)

I. Christ's Presence in the Gospel History: Conjunction of the Presence and the History
II. Christ's Presence in the Gospel History: The Presence in the History
III. Christ's Presence in the Gospel History: The Perpetual Sermon
IV. Christ's Presence in the Gospel History: Inspiration of the Scriptures
Co-ordination of Grace and Duty: Part I
Co-ordination of Grace and Duty: Part II



John Murray (1898-1975)

The Contradiction of God: Part I
The Contradiction of God: Part II
On the Calvinistic doctrine of the gospel:
Arminianism in the Pilgrimage of the Soul
The Reformed Faith and Arminianism: Part I
The Reformed Faith and Arminianism: Part II
The Reformed Faith and Arminianism: Part III



Sherman Isbell

The doctrine of the Westminster standards respecting the free offer of the gospel, compared with Herman Hoeksema's reconstruction of covenant theology:
I. The Preached Covenant: Robert Rollock and His Background
II. The Preached Covenant: Samuel Rutherford
III. The Preached Covenant: The Westminster Standards, and Contemporary Antinomianism
IV. The Preached Covenant: Contemporary Antinomianism (continued)
A book review:
The Saviour