by C. Matthew McMahon | Apr 1, 2020 | church history, Coronavirus, Reformation, Theology
“And although that in so great varietie of Circumstances, Rules for every singular thing cannot be set down; yet is it no hard matter to give certain General Precepts agreeable unto the Word of God, by the which, as by a certain Rule, singular Cases may afterwards (as...
by C. Matthew McMahon | Mar 12, 2020 | Ecclesiology, Worship
Edward Leigh, theologian and contemporary of the Westminster divines, on Colossians 3:16: Teaching and admonishing one another in Psalmes, and Hymnes, and spiritual Songs] See Ephes. 5.19. In both which places, as the Apostle exhorteh us to singing, so he instructeth...
by C. Matthew McMahon | Mar 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
V. Particular churches how they may be known, whether they be true churches or not. And hereby we believe every particular church may be discerned, whether it be a true church gathered in the Lord, even by those things whereupon the Lord hath willed them to be built,...
by C. Matthew McMahon | Mar 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
Heretics are they, who maintain stubbornly against the plain light of truth, any doctrine which overthrows directly, or by necessary consequence the fundamentals of Christian faith. The Rules. I. Not every Error makes an Heretic. For either there is an error against...
by C. Matthew McMahon | Feb 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
“It were much to be wished that suitable steps against this evil had been taken in the Protestant churches soon upon the initial purification of doctrine. And moreover, that the idolatrous images, which have been and still are one of the principal abominations under...
