The Biblical View Church and State by the Westminster Divines, Bannerman, Owen, Cunningham, Gillespie, Symington, Smeaton, M'Crie, Price, Dilday, Barrow and Shaw (Free MP3s)

              

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"And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me."

- Isaiah 49:23, KJV, emphases added

The establishmentarianism of the Reformation was not limited to just individual divines, "Dr. M'Crie in his STATEMENT OF THE DIFFERENCE, shows that all the Confessions of the Protestant and Presbyterian Churches of the Reformation, both in Britain and on the Continent of Europe, held and maintained the Establishment Principle."

M'Crie goes on give extracts from THE CONFESSION OF HELVETIA; THE CONFESSION OF BOHEMIA, called the CONFESSION OF THE WALDENSES; THE CONFESSION OF SAXONY; THE FRENCH CONFESSION; THE BELGIC OR DUTCH CONFESSION; THE CONFESSION OF THE ENGLISH CONGREGATION IN GENEVA; THE SCOTS CONFESSION and THE WESTMINSTER CONFESSION, all proving that "these confessions harmoniously agree in declaring as with one mouth that civil authority is not limited to the secular affairs of men, and the public care and advancement of religion is a principle part of the official duty of magistrates."

See our publication of Theodore Beza's (Calvin's successor in Geneva) HARMONY OF THE PROTESTANT CONFESSIONS (section 19, "Of the Civil Magistrate", on the Puritan Hard Drive) and the Westminster Confession of Faith (chapter 23) to confirm M'Crie's findings.

M'Crie, in opposition to Tangelder, then rightly concludes,

"Such is the harmony of doctrine in the Protestant churches on this head, expressed in their confessions and public formularies drawn from the word of God; a harmony which deserves great attention, and from which none should rashly depart."

The only so-called Protestant group that generally opposed establishments was the anti-covenantal, anabaptists."

- Dr. Reg Barrow, Reg Barrow's Reply to Christian Renewal Regarding Their Review of Mike Wagner's Presbyterian Political Manifesto, on the Puritan Hard Drive, emphases added

A search for the word "Church", using the Master Search index on the Puritan Hard Drive, brings up 349,881 results in 1,523 documents, and a search for the word "State", using the Master Search index on the Puritan Hard Drive, brings up 157,014 results in 1,524 documents -- all of which gives you the search term in the context of one line (under each book title in which they are found), and when you click on this line the Puritan Hard Drive opens the correct book, to the correct page, and highlights your search term. There are also 317 Reformed resources under the category "Civil Government and Resistance" on the Puritan Hard Drive.

Church and State: The Biblical View, A Compilation Of Articles From Some Of The Best Christian Minds In History, Including Cunningham, Smeaton, M'Crie, Symington, Gillespie, The Westminster Divines, Bannerman, Owen, And Shaw (SWRB Digital Download PDF with new embedded and appended indices)

Church and State: The Biblical View, A Compilation Of Articles From Some Of The Best Christian Minds In History, Including Cunningham, Smeaton, M'Crie, Symington, Gillespie, The Westminster Divines, Bannerman, Owen, And Shaw (SWRB Cerlox Bound Photocopy)

Church & State: The Biblical View (1 of 10) by Cunningham, Smeaton, M'Crie, Symington, Gillespie, the Westminster Divines, Bannerman, Owen, & Shaw. (Free SWRB MP3)

Church & State: The Biblical View (2 of 10) by Cunningham, Smeaton, M'Crie, Symington, Gillespie, the Westminster Divines, Bannerman, Owen, & Shaw. (Free SWRB MP3)

Church & State: The Biblical View (3 of 10) by Cunningham, Smeaton, M'Crie, Symington, Gillespie, the Westminster Divines, Bannerman, Owen, & Shaw. (Free SWRB MP3)

Church & State: The Biblical View (4 of 10) by Cunningham, Smeaton, M'Crie, Symington, Gillespie, the Westminster Divines, Bannerman, Owen, & Shaw. (Free SWRB MP3)

Church & State: The Biblical View (5 of 10) by Cunningham, Smeaton, M'Crie, Symington, Gillespie, the Westminster Divines, Bannerman, Owen, & Shaw. (Free SWRB MP3)

Church & State: The Biblical View (6 of 10) by Cunningham, Smeaton, M'Crie, Symington, Gillespie, the Westminster Divines, Bannerman, Owen, & Shaw. (Free SWRB MP3)

Church & State: The Biblical View (7 of 10) by Cunningham, Smeaton, M'Crie, Symington, Gillespie, the Westminster Divines, Bannerman, Owen, & Shaw. (Free SWRB MP3)

Church & State: The Biblical View (8 of 10) by Cunningham, Smeaton, M'Crie, Symington, Gillespie, the Westminster Divines, Bannerman, Owen, & Shaw. (Free SWRB MP3)

Church & State: The Biblical View (9 of 10) by Cunningham, Smeaton, M'Crie, Symington, Gillespie, the Westminster Divines, Bannerman, Owen, & Shaw. (Free SWRB MP3)

Church & State: The Biblical View (10 of 10) by Cunningham, Smeaton, M'Crie, Symington, Gillespie, the Westminster Divines, Bannerman, Owen, & Shaw. (Free SWRB MP3)

A King's Obligation to Jehovah: The Biblical, Reformation and Covenanter Doctrine Of Civil Government (Establishmentarianism) by Dr. Steven Dilday (4 Free MP3s)

Biblical Civil Government Versus the Beast; and, The Basis For Civil Resistance by Greg Price (Free Online Book)

What is a Christian Nation? by Greg Price (17 FREE MP3s)

Godless Civil Rulers Exposed and Rebuked From Scripture by Greg Price (Free MP3)

The Extent of God's Law, Antichrist, Beastly Civil Governments, the Family, Christian Education by Greg Price (Free MP3)

Nation Shaking Reformation Promoted - A Classic Sermon By A Modern-Day Puritan Preacher! by Greg Price (Free MP3)

Unlawful Taxation and Unlawful Civil Government (Mark #60) by Greg Price (Free MP3)

Reformation Politics Versus the Beast by Greg Price (Free MP3)

A Defense of Covenanting & the Solemn League & Covenant by Greg Price (21 FREE MP3s)

Civil Government and Resistance (more books and quotes, on church and state, at PuritanDownload.com)

The Reformation View of Biblical Civil Government (Free MP3s, Books and Videos)

Civil Government, Civil Resistance, God's Law, etc. (Free Reformation Resources at swrb.com)

Biblical Church Government (Free Books and More!)

Church (or Ecclesiastical) Government (Free Reformation Resources at swrb.com)

PASTOR GREG PRICE REVIEWS AND RECOMMENDS THE PURITAN HARD DRIVE

"I was one of those who had profited much from using the plethora of out-of-print Reformation materials offered by Still Waters Revival Books in the 62 CDs (Puritan CDs and Reformation CDs) for a number of years in  my ministry -- works that I could only have found in select libraries (usually hundreds of miles away from my residence).

With the CDs, it took a little while to go to the index of each set, locate the documents I needed, and then find the correct CD. Of course, the time was always well spent in finding that particular document that I needed.

However, now that I have the Puritan Hard Drive, I am able to use my time much more efficiently in finding that particular document I need by quickly searching for it and finding it in a matter of seconds. It's like going from "dial up" to "high-speed" Internet!

And for all of those documents that have a font that are in block letters, I am able to simply cut and paste from the Puritan Hard Drive to my own document with ease.

Amazing surprises do come in small packages!

If you want to understand Reformed theology (i.e., the whole counsel of God) the Puritan Hard Drive is unsurpassed, outside the Bible itself. The First and Second Reformations gave us the most faithful Scriptural teaching and preaching since the time of the Apostles, and there is no other resource, outside Scripture itself, where you can find so much of God's truth as in the Puritan Hard Drive.

May the Lord continue to use this most profitable tool to promote a Third Reformation that encompasses the whole world (Isaiah 2:2-4)!

- Greg L. Price (Author, Theologian and Covenanted Presbyterian Minister, USA). Many free online books, MP3s and videos by Greg Price are at https://www.swrb.com/newslett/freebook/gprice.htm and at https://www.sermonaudio.com/go/61470.

The Biblical View Church and State by the Westminster Divines, Bannerman, Owen, Cunningham, Gillespie, Symington, Smeaton, M'Crie, Price, Dilday, Barrow and Shaw (Free MP3s)