JOwen
Puritan Board Junior
Friends,
I wrote a paper on the perils of English Latent Antinomianism and its effects on certain Dutch Reformed Secession Churches. I delivered this paper to NAPARC as the speaker about 6 years ago. This paper grew out of my own ministry among these dear souls in New Jersey.
It's long so here's a sample.
I wrote a paper on the perils of English Latent Antinomianism and its effects on certain Dutch Reformed Secession Churches. I delivered this paper to NAPARC as the speaker about 6 years ago. This paper grew out of my own ministry among these dear souls in New Jersey.
It's long so here's a sample.
Introduction
In certain sections of the Dutch Session Churches in the North American context, there abides a deep love and esteem for the devotional writings of specific English, Strict and Particular Baptists. The most prominent being William Gadsby (1773–1844), Joseph Charles Philpot (1802 – 1869), and their theological mentor, William Huntington (1745–1813). Much of what these men wrote were sermons and meditations pertaining to the daily struggles of the wounded and tried believer. To souls all over the globe, their words have become dearer than almost any other body of collected writings. We must be careful to give the Lord praise where praise is due; He has used these men's writings to help the bruised reed and smoking flax. The soul-searching and experiential words of comfort flowing from their pens have drawn out many a "dove in the cleft of the rock.” Much of their devotional and sermonic writings are to be lauded and read with profit, and we do not wish to take away anything good that the Lord has done by them.
Yet, Paul tells us in 1 Thessalonian 5:21 that we must "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good". The believer would fail to be Berean should he leave the strictures of the men we hold in such high esteem unexamined, especially since they do not come from our Reformed and Puritan tradition. This paper will attempt to open the error of these men precisely at their point of danger, and remind the reader that "a little leaven, leaveneth the whole lump" (Galatians 5:9). It is no secret to most that the men we have mentioned have long been labeled antinomian. We will attempt to examine this charge by testing their own writings in light of the Word of God and the historic Reformed faith.
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