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Turretin on the civil magistrate
A godly magistrate can call a council, for magistrates are nurse-fathers to the church (Isa. 49:21-23, p. 308). On The Civil Magistrate Thirty Fourth Question: What is the right of the Christian magistrate about sacred things, and does the care … Continue reading
Posted in Scholasticism
Tagged capital punishment, establishmentarianism, ethics, francis turretin, heresy, politics
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Review and Outline of Lex, Rex
This is Samuel Rutherford’s response to the prelate Maxwell who advocated absolute obedience to monarchs in all respects. This book is a point by point refutation (and reads like it). Rutherford’s Key argument: “I reduce all that I am to … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Scottish Reformation
Tagged david field, natural law, outlines, politics, samuel rutherford
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Working outline of Lex, Rex
I still have 100 pages to go in my outline. Most of my critical help has come from Rev. David Field. I found Rev David Field’s analyses of Rutherford very helpful and invaluable. http://davidpfield.com/other/rutherfordccs.pdf http://www.davidpfield.com/published-articles/Rutherford-resistance.pdf Rev Field’s key point, taken … Continue reading
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Tagged david field, lex rex, outlines, politics, samuel rutherford
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Politics, Religion, British Revolution (Review)
By John Coffey. John Coffey has filled in a woeful lacuna in Reformed historical scholarship: the absence of a good, critical, and thorough biography of the Covenanter Samuel Rutherford. In fact, Coffey goes on to say that there is not … Continue reading
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Tagged arminianism, gustavus adolphus, politics, predestination, samuel rutherford
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