VirginiaHuguenot
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Herman Witsius, Dutch Reformed theologian, was born in 1636 and died on October 22, 1708.
Herman Witsius
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I just read the bio of him in the analysis
He was a godly Dutch Nadre Reformatie divine whose primary interest was experiential knowledge of Christ not merely cold and remote pedo/credo debates as one would get the impression from the PB 
He was also a friend of covenanter exiles and the 2nd Scots reformation & the SL&C.
He was a godly Dutch Nadre Reformatie divine whose primary interest was experiential knowledge of Christ not merely cold and remote pedo/credo debates as one would get the impression from the PB He was also a friend of covenanter exiles and the 2nd Scots reformation & the SL&C.VirginiaHuguenot
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The Life and Theology of Herman Witsius (1636-1708) by Joel Beeke
toddpedlar
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His 'Apostle's Creed' is also VERY good.
TimeRedeemer
Puritan Board Freshman
I have Beeke's Analysis. I would say it's good, but it really is just an outline. A bare outline. A good one, but a bare outline. But it doesn't go into commentary or anything, just a broad, simple outline. Imagine if Battle's Analysis of the Institutes was about seventy pages instead of four hundred and that's what you have.
I'd say: if you have the money it is worth having if you are going to really spend some time with Witsius' book. If you don't necessarily have the extra cash then the contents page of Witius' book gives enough broad outline of itself...
I'd say: if you have the money it is worth having if you are going to really spend some time with Witsius' book. If you don't necessarily have the extra cash then the contents page of Witius' book gives enough broad outline of itself...
R. Scott Clark
Puritan Board Senior
This is one of the best, most thorough and thoughtful presentations of confessional Reformed theology in the 17th century. Please get it. Read it. Mark it well. Learn it. Inwardly digest it (to borrow from the BCP). You won't regret it.
This is a basic (not to say easy), fundamental, work in Reformed theology. Ignorance of this work is one the curses of the current controversies over covenant theology.
rsc
This is a basic (not to say easy), fundamental, work in Reformed theology. Ignorance of this work is one the curses of the current controversies over covenant theology.
rsc
Back in the '90s, the Den Dulk Foundation published 5 vols. of Witsius' works: Economy, parts 1&2, Apostle's Creed, parts 1&2, and Lord's Prayer, a single volume.
toddpedlar
Iron Dramatist
Wow. I've got all these - that must have been one FAT volume! (or Tiny print...)
VirginiaHuguenot
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Reformation Heritage Books has a special price on Herman Witsius' The Economy of the Covenants, 2 vol. ($25.00).
VirginiaHuguenot
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Herman Witsius was born on February 12, 1636.
VirginiaHuguenot
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On the Character of a True Theologian (a wonderful tract), edited by Ligon Duncan, has a helpful bibliography for building a theological student's core library, including "pre-seminary reading" and "building a basic ministerial library."
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