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Ecclesiastical Government. |
Presbyterian Church Government:
An Assertion of the Government of the Church of Scotland. By George Gillespie.
The Ministerial Office:
The Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. A Sermon by John Fairley.
The Faithful & Wise Servant; or The Authority, Character, & Work of a Gospel Minister, in the Church of Christ, opened up. By John M'Millan II.
The Ministry a Perpetual Ordinance of Christ. Chapter 1 from George Gillespie's Miscellany Questions.
Concerning the Right of Prophesying. Chapter 8 from Robert Baillie's Dissuasive from Errours.
A Humble Acknowledgment of the Sins of the Ministry of Scotland. By James Guthrie.
A Sermon on 1 Timothy 3:1-4, concerning the qualifications for Shepherds in the Church, wherein is discovered the difference between the Popish Clergy with their wicked Hierarchy, and the true Church of Jesus Christ with the faithful ministers thereof. By John Calvin.
On the Calling of Ecclesiastical Officers:
Of the Election of Pastors with the Congregation's Consent. Chapter 2 excerpted from George Gillespie's Miscellany Questions.
Concerning a Calling to the Ministry, and Clearness therein. Excerpted from James Durham's Lectures on Revelation.
Whether Ordination be essential to the calling of a Minister. Chapter 3 excerpted from George Gillespie's Miscellany Questions.
Objections against the necessity of Ordination answered. Chapter 4 excerpted from George Gillespie's Miscellany Questions.
Ruling Elders:
A Treatise of Ruling Elders and Deacons. By James Guthrie.
The Form and Order of the Admission of Elders, as done by Mr. James Renwick.
The Duties of Ruling Elders and the People over whom they are Appointed Overseers. By Thomas Boston.
An Assertion of the Government of the Church of Scotland: Part 1: Concerning Ruling Elders. By George Gillespie.
The Marks of the True Catholic Church:
The Marks of the True Catholic Church: An Answer to a Jesuit. By John Knox.
Marks of the True Church. From The Original Covenanter.
The Nature & Benefits of Church Membership:
Church Membership. From The Contending Witness
Biblical Principles of Ecclesiastical Dissent & Separation:
The Informatory Vindication of the True Presbyterian Church of Scotland: Head 4
Plain Reasons for Presbyterians Dissenting: A Summary Article from The Contending Witness
Occasional Hearing from The Reformed Presbyterian, 1839.
The Duty of Separation by John McAuley from The Original Covenanter
Ecclesiastical Association & Terms of Communion:
A Modest Reply to a Pamphlet, entitled A Letter from a Friend to Mr. John McMillan, 1710. (Early Defence of R.P. Principles & Terms of Communion.)
Terms of Communion From The Contending Witness.
Against Anti-Scriptural forms of Church Government:
The Bishop's Doom. A Sermon by Alexander Henderson on the occasion of the Excommunication of several bishops from the Church of Scotland.
From whence essentially is the calling of a Pastor? Against Independency; Excerpted from Samuel Rutherford's Peaceable Plea for Paul's Presbytery.
Of the Power and Primacy of the Pope. Against the Papacy and the Tyranny of the Roman Heirarchy; Compiled by the Lutheran Theologians Assembled at Smalcald, in the Year 1537.
Whether the power of Ecclesiastick Jurisdiction belongs to the People or to the Presbytery. Chapter 9 from Robert Baillie's Dissuasive from Errours.
A Letter from the Synod of Zeeland expressing their desire for uniformity in Kirk-Government in Scotland, England, & Ireland, and their joy in the overthrow of the intolerable tyranny of Episcopal government, 1643.
Against Ecclesiastical Tyranny:
A Protestation, Declinature, & Appeal, given to the Commission of the General Assembly, 1708, by John McMillan & John McNeil.
A Vindication of the Ministerial Mission & Authority of John McMillan I by John McMillan II.
The Vindication of Mr. James Gilchrist, Minister of the Gospel at Dunscore, by A Dissenting Presbytery of the Church of Scotland.