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Truth’s Victory Over Error

by David Dickson

This book is not merely of historical interest; it is also of considerable value now because many of the errors refuted within its pages have surfaced again in the 21st century church under new guises. Christians today can learn a great deal from the faithful witness of former generations who experienced ‘truth’s victory over error’. Truth’s Victory Over Error contains David Dickson’s lectures on the Westminster Confession of Faith, delivered to the divinity students of Edinburgh University in the early 1650s. Here then is a commentary written just a few brief years after the Westminster Divines drew up their famous Confession of 1647 by one of their senior contemporaries. Dickson’s comments reveal the burning issues of the day and supply fascinating insights into the robust theology of the Scottish Puritans.

Publication

Date published
Jun 12, 2007
Print status
In print

The Physical Book

Binding
Cloth-bound
Dust jacket
Yes
Total pages
304 pages
ISBN-13
9780851519494

Reference

Publisher page
View at publisher

Contents

  • From the Title Page of the 1749 Edition
  • Introduction by Robert Wodrow (1726)
  • Editor’s Foreword
  • Poetical Commendations of This Work
  • 1. OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURE
  • 2. OF GOD, AND OF THE HOLY TRINITY
  • 3. OF GOD’S ETERNAL DECREE
  • 4. OF CREATION
  • 5. OF PROVIDENCE
  • 6. OF THE FALL OF MAN, OF SIN, AND OF THE PUNISHMENT THEREOF
  • 7. OF GOD’S COVENANT WITH MAN
  • 8. OF CHRIST THE MEDIATOR
  • 9. OF FREE WILL
  • 10. OF EFFECTUAL CALLING
  • 11. OF JUSTIFICATION
  • 12. OF ADOPTION
  • 13. OF SANCTIFICATION
  • 14. OF SAVING FAITH
  • 15. OF REPENTANCE UNTO LIFE
  • 16. OF GOOD WORKS
  • 17. OF THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS
  • 18. OF ASSURANCE OF GRACE AND SALVATION
  • 19. OF THE LAW OF GOD
  • 20. OF CHRISTIAN LIBERTY, AND LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE
  • 21. OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP, AND THE SABBATH DAY
  • 22. OF LAWFUL OATHS AND VOWS
  • 23. OF THE CIVIL MAGISTRATE
  • 24. OF MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE
  • 25. OF THE CHURCH
  • 26. OF THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS
  • 27. OF THE SACRAMENTS
  • 28. OF BAPTISM
  • 29. OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
  • 30. OF CHURCH CENSURES
  • 31. OF SYNODS AND COUNCILS
  • 32. OF THE STATE OF MEN AFTER DEATH, AND OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD
  • 33. OF THE LAST JUDGMENT
  • Alphabetical List of Heresies and Their Authors