Letter to the English Churchman concerning criticism of the Reformed Church of England and praise of the Cromwellian chaos.
Sir:
The Letters to the Editor on the spiritual state of the pre-Rebellion Church of England swing from one extreme to the other. Ignoring historical facts, they back-project later dark sectarian interpretations onto more luminous times. The rejection of the Restitution by an alleged 2,000 (nearer 800) ministers in 1662 was a …
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Apostate Church of England
Dec 17
The debates between the Master of the Temple Church, Richard Hooker and his Deputy Walter Travers between 1585-1586 sparked off controversies which are still unsettled. The original subject matter, however, has been radically altered through changing theological fashions and back-projections of subsequent controversies. The original discussions arose through differences regarding preaching and lecturing, public worship, predestination, …
… worldwide ups and downs, triumphs and defeats. However, the gospel has spread territorially, church planting has increased and there are far more Christians in the world today than ever before. I now receive letters from Continents and countries where spiritual blindness prevailed half a century ago. True, these churches are handicapped by modern apostate churches, the dumbing down of doctrine, the growth of para-church movements, big business and entertainment groups masquerading as …
… I would have never finished reading the book. Could it be that in arguing that there was no Church in England until the 16th century and even that was ‘corrupt’, Gay is thinking of the teachings of the doctrines of grace found in such men of God as Bede, Greathead and Bradwardine which Gay cannot stomach? Wycliffe alone disproves Gay’s theory of a non-existent Church in England, yet Gay merely mentions Wycliffe in passing as one who preached against the pope.
Gay looks to …
Queen Elizabeth II’s Role in the Church of England
Dear Sir,
Archbishop Rowan warns against self-deception regarding the supreme government of the Church of England, seemingly unaware himself that there are no ecclesiastical, political or constitutional grounds for assuming Elizabeth II to be that church’s Supreme Governor.
At the Elizabethan Settlement, Cox, Sandys, Grindal etc. persuaded Elizabeth …
… the past so motivated the churches. Of course, there are great spiritual treasures to be found in church history and much to be learnt through past triumphs and failures. However, there is also a danger in this preoccupation with the past against which we must be warned. As our churches grow sadly less and less dependent on Scripture, we tend to look for historical roots for our support. So many once Bible-believing churches who scorned tradition are now looking to the past to prove their …
… arou nd 1707, shortly after which Skepp fell out with him a nd took over a London church in 1710. Gill hardly knew Skepp who died shortly after Gill was settled in his London pastorate. Gill’s interest in Skepp was chiefly becau se of his receiving a Particular Baptist Fu nd grant to purcha se the deceased Skepp’s Hebrew grammars a nd commentaries. Tom Nettles, one of Prof. Haykin’s authors, argues in his By His Grace a nd for his Glory …
… Hyper views around 1707, shortly after which Skepp fell out with him and took over a London church in 1710. Gill hardly knew Skepp who died shortly after Gill was settled in his London pastorate. Gill’s interest in Skepp was chiefly because of his receiving a Particular Baptist Fund grant to purchase the deceased Skepp’s Hebrew grammars and commentaries. Tom Nettles, one of Prof. Haykin’s authors, argues in his By His Grace and for his Glory that Hussey’s views on evangelism …
… John Gill was born in 1697 in the town of Kettering and became a member of the Particular Baptist church there before being called to the pastorate at Goat Yard Chapel, Horselydown, London. This church, now known as the Metropolitan Tabernacle, is famous in Baptist history for being pastored by such prominent men as Benjamin Keach, Benjamin Stinton, John Rippon and Charles H. Spurgeon besides Gill.
When Gill took over the Goat Yard church, its doctrines and methods of church …
