Truth’s Victory Over Error: A Commentary on the Westminster Confession on Faith (David Dickson)

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