Third Reformation

"Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set." - Prov. 22:28.

"In this hour of our peril, our whole efforts should be directed to the restoration of the work of the Covenanted Reformation; this is the hope and safety of the nation... In the Reformations in the times of Luther, and Knox, and Henderson, the people awoke from their lethargies and rose up in new life to carry on the work to its completion. Be up then and doing, we beseech you, and, by the help of Almighty God, we may yet succeed in driving the battle to the gate. The restoring of the ruined temple of the Covenanted Reformation, and thereby the effecting of a Third Reformation... this is the work of the present hour, the work of every true patriot, of every lover of the Church, of every lover of Christ’s crowns... (Lord—ed.) take to Thee Thy power and reign. Reign over Scotland, and over Ireland, and over England. Reign over Europe, and over Asia, and over Africa, and over America. Take the throne of every heart, and the throne of every household, and the throne of every community, and the throne of every church, and the throne of every nation, and the thrones of all worlds; and let every knee bow and every tongue confess that Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." - James Kerr, A Third Reformation Necessary: Or, The Piety, Principles, And Patriotism Of Scotland's Covenanted Martyrs; With Application To The Present Times.

"One would have to be almost totally spiritually blind not to recognize that we have nationally 'provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger.' The result is that our cities are burned with fire, our land is devoured by strangers (covenant breakers, antichristian and pagan) and that 'the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.' But the Lord has left us a remnant for 'the work of the restoring of the ruined temple of the Covenanted Reformation, and thereby the effecting of a third Reformation' (James Kerr, as cited in Sermons Delivered in Times of Persecution in Scotland by the Covenanted Ministers of Scotland, p. 47) and, by His grace, as long as we have breath to speak and hands to write, we will be found proclaiming from rooftops: THE COVENANTS SHALL BE OUR REVIVING! For we have a sure promise from the 'LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments' (Neh. 1:5)" - Dr. Reg Barrow, 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, free at http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualNLs/saul.htm.

"Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto." - Galatians 3:15.

"In summary, after reading The Covenanted Reformation Defended, I must say that I cannot remember seeing such an utter devastation of the opponents arrayed against Reformation at any time since Gillespie wrote his Dispute Against English Popish Ceremonies (first published 1637, in defense of Reformation worship against the idolatry and innovations of the Prelates). This book is that good! In my estimation it is the most important book to be written in at least the last 310 years (since Alexander Shields wrote A Hind Let Loose, which was first published in 1687). If you want to know what the greatest international Reformation thus far in history was about (at a very fundamental level), you will not do any better than carefully studying this book. In mastering some of the more advanced positions of the second Reformation (found throughout this work), you will have the framework necessary to delve into the myriads of First and Second Reformation source documents presently being published. And when the Lord has granted enough of His dear children (our brothers and sisters in Christ) the mastery of the magnificent truths set forth in this title (a veritable treasure chest of truth being unlocked for the first time in many, many years), we can all rejoice together that we will be witnessing a token of the turning away of God's fierce anger against the nations — and possibly the coming third and greatest Reformation yet (and maybe even the dawn of the millennial day). 'And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it' (Isa. 2:2)." - Dr. Reg Barrow, Publisher's Preface to Greg Barrow's book, The Covenanted Reformation Defended, free online at http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualNLs/covrefgb.htm.

"We aim only at removing the rubbish, that the ancient landmarks may reappear, and on the principle of charity, which comprises the whole moral law (Rom. 13:8-10), we have not shunned to mention the names of leaders in public measures of defection, following the example of our Lord, prophets, apostles, and our witnessing ancestors." - Reformed Presbytery, Short Vindication of Our Covenanted Reformation, 1879, p. 48.

"That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past. - Ecclesiastes 3:15. "Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto." Galatians 3:15.

Dr. Joel R. Beeke Reviews and Recommends
the Puritan Hard Drive

DR. JOEL R. BEEKE

Dr. Joel R. Beeke, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary

The Puritan Hard Drive is a massive collection of primary Puritan resources, dozens of which are very hard to find anywhere else in the world.

Any lover of Puritan literature, which, more than any other body of literature ever written, powerfully expands our minds, convicts our consciences, allures our hearts, and moves our hands, will find a treasure trove here.

- Dr. Joel R. Beeke, President and Professor of Systematic Theology and Homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary https://puritanseminary.org/, Author of many important Reformed books (including the must read, Meet the Puritans: With A Guide to Modern Reprints, https://www.heritagebooks.org/products/Meet-the-Puritans.html), Editorial Director at Reformation Heritage Books, Editor of the Banner of Sovereign Grace Truth magazine and Pastor of Heritage Netherlands Reformed Congregation in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.