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REFORMATION BOOKSHELF CD(Volume Thirty)

Volume onecovers the period from the beginning of the French Reformation to the Edict of January, 1562.Volume twotakes in the period from the battle of Coutras to the death of Henry the Fourth (1610).The author has made use of manuscripts "previously known to few scholars – if at all."1127 pages, including an extensive 26 page index covering both volumes.

Chronicles the period from the commencement of the Christian era to the nineteenth century.In fact, Cunningham's first chapter begins with Druids in Scotland at the time that "the Great Founder of our Faith was preaching the gospel of the kingdom in the cities of Galilee." The importance of this title is seen in the following comments, "The Reformation in Scotland was certainly very complete -- in no other country in the world was it so complete...Though Scotland presents but a narrow field, yet the ecclesiastical element has there had a fuller and freer development than in any other country. What Egypt is to the man who would ransack ancient temples and tombs, Scotland is to the man who would study the manifestations of ecclesiastical life... In truth, the Church of Scotland has had within Scotland a history similar to what the Church of Rome has had within Christendom. We see the same laws in operation, though on a smaller scale, and under modifying circumstances. In the career of the one we can discern the blessings which flow from a pure creed and simple worship, and in that of the other the blighting effects of a baneful superstition; but with both there has been the same union and energy of action, the same assumption of spiritual supremacy, the same defiance of law courts, parliaments, and kings. The history of either can be traced with equal precision, sometimes blending with civil history, but at other times diverging widely from it.I know only three Churches whose histories stand thus prominently out -- the Jewish, the Roman, and the Scottish. Geneva had such a Church too, but it was only for a very little season. 1209 pages, indexed.

This book is one of the best easy reading historical accounts published concerning this unsurpassed Assembly. This title is in the free books file on all the Reformation Bookshelf CDs.

This title is on volume one and two of John Knox's Works-- onReformation Bookshelf CD volume one.

Reid, in his Trumpeter of God, notes that Knox "wrote history as a prophet"and that, wherever he could, he used original sources, many of which he reproduced. Furthermore, he proclaims that this "is still a work that no one interested in this area can afford to neglect." As W.C. Dickinson has commented, "it is his monument, for in it he puts flesh and blood on the whole Reformation movement." Innes (John Knox, p. 45) says of this work, "[t]he author who has enabled us to see his own confused and changing age under 'the broad clear light of that wonderful book' theHistory of the Reformation in Scotland, and who outside that book was the utterer of many an armed and winged word which pursues and smites us to this day, must have been born with nothing less than genius -- genius to observe, to narrate, and to judge. Even had he written as a mere recluse and critic, looking out upon his world from a monk's cell or from the corner of a housetop, the vividness, the tenderness, the sarcasm and the humour would still have been there." Moreover, Burton writes, "[t]here certainly is in the English language no other parallel to it in clearness, vigour, and picturesqueness with which it renders the history of a stirring period" (cited in Innes, John Knox, p. 45). This photocopy edition far surpasses the edited down version that is available in paperback. Over 600 pages of stirring Reformation history.

"Knox portrayed the origins and development of a movement and not a mere chronology of events... Knox based his arguments on original sources and he often cited the documents in full. When Knox's History is compared to the contemporary vernacular narratives of Bishop Leslie and Sir James Melville, the superiority of Knox's work becomes evident. For the most part, these writers were preoccupied with petty details and had no conception of the momentous issues that hung on the events they recorded...Knox used history to demonstrate his single-track philosophy. And his philosophy said: 'The hearts of men, their thoughts, and their actions are but in the hands of God.'Lee saidKnox's History was a sermon without an audience, a preaching book, one long inflammatory speech in behalf of God's truth as the reformer saw it." (Kyle, The Mind of John Knox, p. 13). Our editions of volumes one and two ofKnox's Works containthe only full, unedited version of Knox's massive History of the Reformation in Scotlandavailable today.

Upholds the original work of the Westminster Assembly and testifies to the abiding worth and truth formulated in the Westminster family of documents.It is not likely that you will find a more consistent working out of the principles of Calvinism anywhere. Deals with the most important matters relating to the individual, the family, the church and the state. Sets forth a faithful historical testimony of God’s dealings with men during some of the most important days of church history.A basic text that should be mastered by all Christians. 217 pages.

Let us cry out, as with "the noble Marquis of Argyle, upon the scaffold," when he said, "God hath tied us by covenants to religion and reformation. These that were then unborn are yet engaged, and it passeth the power of all the magistrates under heaven to absolve them from the oath of God. They deceive themselves, and it may be, would deceive others, who think otherwise." Not for the weak of heart. 50 pages. This title is found in all of the free books files on all the Reformation Bookshelf CDs.

An easy-reading introduction (of 304 pages, with illustrations) to the lives of: John Wycliffe, John Huss, Jerome of Prague, Girolamo Savonarola,Martin Luther, Ulrich Zwingle,John Calvin, Gaspard de Coligny, William Tyndale, John Knox (and the Covenanters), Thomas Cranmer, Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley.

Fifty illustrations from history, excerpted from Wylie's massive two volume set The History of Protestantism. Excellent for use in introducing the young minds of children to God's testimony, as it has been seen in His people, concerning notable Protestant events.

Also freeon this CD are the following audio (MP3) tracks: