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The Collected Writings of James Henley Thornwell

John Bunyan is best known for his famous allegorical works. He was prepared to suffer the hardship of imprisonment, in order to expound these great works. But his exposition of them was not confined to allegory, and in his many other works, like, Come and Welcome to Jesus Christ and An Exposition of

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Publisher: The Banner of Truth Trust
Date published: 1974
Print status: In print

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Binding: Cloth-bound
Dust jacket: Yes
Total pages: 2752 pages
ISBN-13: 9780851511979

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VOLUME I
Prefatory Note
Lecture I. Preliminary Observations
Lecture II. The Being of God
Lecture III. Man’s Natural Ignorance of God
Lecture IV. The Nature and Limits of Our Knowledge of God
Lecture V. The Names of God
Lecture VI. The Nature and Attributes of God
Lecture VII. Spirituality of God
Lecture VIII. The Incommunicable Attributes of God
Lecture IX. Creation
Lecture X. Man
Lecture XI. Moral Government
Lecture XII. The Covenant of Works
Lecture XIII. Original Sin
Lecture XIV. The State and Nature of Sin
Lecture XV. The Pollution and Guilt of Sin
Lecture XVI. Degrees of Guilt
-- Theology, its Proper Method and Central Principle: A Review of Breckenridge’s Objective Theology
-- The Personality of God
-- Nature of Our Relation to Adam in His First Sin: A Review of Baird’s Elohim Revealed
APPENDIX A: Discourse delivered by Dr. Thornwell, upon being inaugurated as Professor of Theology
APPENDIX B: Questions upon the Lectures in Theology
APPENDIX C: Analysis of Calvin’s Institutes, with Notes and Comments
APPENDIX D: Questions on Calvin’s Institutes
VOLUME II
Prefatory Note
I. Outline of the Covenant of Grace and Testimony to Sublapsarianism
II. Theology as a Life in Individuals and in the Church: Being a Review of Breckinridge’s Subjective Theology
III. The Necessity and Nature of Christianity
IV. Election and Reprobation
V. The Necessity of the Atonement
VI. The Priesthood of Christ
VII. Christ Tempted as the Second Adam
VIII. The Gospel, God’s Power and Wisdom
IX. The Personality of the Holy Ghost
X. The Nature of Salvation
XI. Antinomianism
XII. Christian Effort
XIII. The Sacrifice of Christ, the Type and Model of Missionary Effort
XIV. Discourses on Truth
-- Discourse I.—The Ethical System of the Bible
-- Discourse II.—The Love of Truth
-- Discoruse III.—The Love of Truth
-- Discourse IV.—Sincerity
-- Discourse V.—Faithfulness
-- Discourse VI.—Vows
-- Discourse VII.—Consistency
VOLUME III
PART I.—RATIONALIST CONTROVERSY
Prefatory Note by the Editor
THE STANDARD AND NATURE OF RELIGION IN THREE SECTIONS
-- Section 1. An External Standard Vindicated
-- Section 2. Religion Psychologically Considered
-- Section 3. Revelation and Religion
THE OFFICE OF REASON IN REGARD TO REVELATION
MIRACLES
-- Their Nature
-- Their Apologetic Worth
-- Their Credibility
PART II.—PAPAL CONTROVERSY
Prefatory Note by the Editor
The Validity of the Baptism of the Church of Rome
Romanist Arguments for the Apocrypha Discussed
-- Letter I. Preliminary Statements—Council of Trent and the Canon
-- Letter II. The Argument for Inspiration Examined
-- Letter III. The Argument for an Infallible Body
-- Letter IV. Historical Argument
-- Letter V. Infallibility—Historical Difficulties
-- Letter VI. Infallibility and Skepticism
-- Letter VII. Infallibility and Superstition
-- Letter VIII. Infallibility and Civil Government
-- Letter IX. The Apocrypha not quoted in the New Testament
-- Letter X. The Apocrypha and the Jewish Canon
-- Letter XI. Silence of Christ as to the Apocrypha
-- Letter XII. The Apocrypha and the Jewish Church—The Apocrypha and the Primitive Church
-- Letter XIII. The Apocrypha and Ancient Versions of Scripture—The Apocrypha and the Apostolic Fathers
-- Letter XIV. Patristic terms applied to the Apocrypha
-- Letter XV. Testimonies from the Second Century
-- Letter XVI. Testimonies from the Third Century
-- Letter XVII. Testimonies from the Fourth Century
-- Letter XVIII. The Real Testimony of the Primitive Church
APPENDIX
-- Original Article on the Apocrypha by the Author
-- Specimen Letters of a Reply by the Rev. P. N. Lynch, D. D.
-- Collection of Passages in which Dr. Lynch represents the Fathers as quoting the Apocrypha
VOLUME IV
I. CHURCH OFFICERS
-- The Call of the Minister
-- The Ruling Elder
-- The Ruling Elder a Presbyter
-- Resolutions as to the Eldership
-- Presbyterianism and the Eldership
II. CHURCH OPERATIONS
-- Arguments against Church Boards
-- Argument for Church Boards Answered
-- Debate touching Church Boards
-- Church Boards and Presbyterianism
III. CHURCH DISCIPLINE
-- The Revised Book of Discipline
-- The Revised Book Vindicated
IV. THE CHURCH AND SLAVERY
-- Relation of the Church to Slavery
-- The Christian Doctrine of Slavery
V. THE SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
-- Reasons for Separate Organization
-- Address to all Churches of Christ
-- Valedictory Letter to the Northern Church
VI. THE CHURCH and SECULAR SOCIETIES
-- Societies for Moral Reform
-- Speech on African Colonization
VII. MISCELLANEA
-- Review of the General Assembly of 1847
-- Report on Systematic Beneficence
-- Report on Foreign Missions
-- Sermon on National Sins
-- Relation of the State to Christ (A Memorial)
-- The Scribe Instructed
-- The Gospel Ministry
APPENDIXES
-- A. Argument for Church Boards, by the Rev. Thomas Smyth, D. D.
-- B. Presbyterianism, by the Rev. Charles Hodge, D. D.

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