… wanted to keep his son under his direct care, the local school had run into difficulties, so Dr Cowper boarded his son in a friend’s school in the village of Markyate Street on the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire border. William Pitman, the Headmaster, was a well-known Classical scholar and an Evangelical. Cowper however complained that he merely learnt “to draw in Latin and Greek trammels” with no time to “skip and frisk about”. At Markyate Street, Cowper had a most distressing …
Posts Tagged Dr James Beattie
… the ways of the unknown God could all be demonstrated by logical deduction. Men of letters such as Beattie and Blair in Scotland and Lessing in Germany taught that following the paths of logic was akin to following in the footsteps of God. Lessing even went so far as to say that Christ had the right use of reason in mind when He promised that the Holy Spirit would come. In his Education of the Human Race, Lessing pointed out that by the aid of reason, man would go on to perfection and finally …
… letter to Carey in which Fuller claims Booth misunderstood him but Fuller’s Six Letters to Dr. Ryland show that Booth’s criticism was just. Oliver finds Fuller’s view of penal substitution orthodox, though Fuller denies that Christ was punished on our behalf and robs the term ‘substitution’ of all concrete meaning.
Sharon James gives a most balanced pen-portrait of John Rippon, however, James’ explanation of the church split concerning Rippon’s call gives a …
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Christian Bennett’s Review
Aug 15
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The Editor
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Dear Brethren,
Would you kindly publish this letter which is a response to Christopher Bennett’s supposed review of my book. It must have been a very …
The Synod of Dort
Aug 17
… a major role in this conference due to several factors, the most well-known being the influence of James I on the Continent. James had studied the works of Vorstius, one of the Continent’s Arch-Arminians and was alarmed that he had been chosen to take Jacob Arminius’ place at Leyden University. Supported by Archbishop Abbot, he wrote to the Continental universities, asking them not to place such people as Vorstius on their staff. He also sent representatives to the European nobility and …
… blowing away the myths that have encompassed Gill in recent years.
In his introduction Dr. Haykin reviews the research done on Gill up to the present and rightly argues that there is little deep, sound work on Gill’s theology available. The book under his editorship book seeks to make good the loss.
Gill’s Life and Ministry
Robert Oliver opens Chapter One on Gill’s Life and Ministry, by giving a fine detailed biography of his subject revealing a stalwart man …
E. T. Clifford on Doddridge
Aug 22
Sir:
In his recent ET article defending saintly Doddridge against adverse criticism, Dr. Clifford ended by stating,
“Even more at odds with the facts, Dr George Ella asserts that Doddridge’s Calvinism was ‘higher’ than Dr John Gill’s!”
This is incorrect. My original ET article (Feb. 1995), including Doddridge’s balanced analysis of Calvinism, which I share, was radically shortened in the American version. Nevertheless, this version still shows clearly that I …
Reflections on Some Recent Banner of Truth Criticisms Regarding William Huntington and Avarice
Aug 17
… London pastor who could compete in numbers received half to a third more salary than Huntington. James Hervey (1714-1758) received £180 per year and also the profits from a farm which had been in the family for generations. In spite of his popularity, Hervey’s congregations was only half that of Huntington’s. Pastors in patronised livings, however, often received between £600 and £1,000 a year. Many Evangelical clergymen such as Moses Browne, Vicar of Olney when John Newton was his …
John Gill and His Successors
Aug 17
The witness and teaching of Dr John Gill (1697-1771) so impressed his friends Augustus Toplady and James Hervey that they maintained his work would still be of great importance to future generations. This also became the conviction of John Rippon (1750-1836) and Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892), Gill’s more well-known successors to his pastorate, but it was also the testimony of those who served for shorter periods at …
