Description
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.
Table of Contents
From the Title Page of the 1749 Edition vii
Introduction by Robert Wodrow (1726) ix
Editor’s Foreword xxix
Poetical Commendations of This Work xxxii
1 OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURE 1
2 OF GOD, AND OF THE HOLY TRINITY 17
3 OF GOD’S ETERNAL DECREE 27
4 OF CREATION 33
5 OF PROVIDENCE 37
6 OF THE FALL OF MAN, OF SIN, AND OF THE PUNISHMENT THEREOF 40
7 OF GOD’S COVENANT WITH MAN 45
8 OF CHRIST THE MEDIATOR 49
9 OF FREE WILL 57
10 OF EFFECTUAL CALLING 61
11 OF JUSTIFICATION 69
12 OF ADOPTION 76
13 OF SANCTIFICATION 78
14 OF SAVING FAITH 81
15 OF REPENTANCE UNTO LIFE 86
16 OF GOOD WORKS 97
17 OF THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS 107
18 OF ASSURANCE OF GRACE AND SALVATION 110
19 OF THE LAW OF GOD 117
20 OF CHRISTIAN LIBERTY, AND LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE 128
21 OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP, AND THE SABBATH DAY 136
22 OF LAWFUL OATHS AND VOWS 161
23 OF THE CIVIL MAGISTRATE 168
24 OF MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE 182
25 OF THE CHURCH 189
26 OF THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS 205
27 OF THE SACRAMENTS 210
28 OF BAPTISM 217
29 OF THE LORD’S SUPPER 226
30 OF CHURCH CENSURES 240
31 OF SYNODS AND COUNCILS 248
32 OF THE STATE OF MEN AFTER DEATH, AND OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD 256
33 OF THE LAST JUDGMENT 265
Alphabetical List of Heresies and Their Authors 267
Product Details
Title: Truth’s Victory Over Error: A Commentary on the Westminster Confession on Faith
Author: David Dickson
Publisher: Banner of Truth
Pages: 304
Binding: Cloth-bound
Size: 22.3 x 14.6 x 2.5 cm
ISBN: 9780851519494