Evening Prayer (1662 Book of Common Prayer)

LECTIONS. John Calvin on the Psalms. Keil & Delitzsch: Joshua. Matthew Henry: Isaiah. Jamieson, Fausset & Brown: Gospels. Matthew Henry: Revelation. Dr. Robert Reymond: Systematic Theology. Prof. Berkhof, Systematic Theology: Soteriology. Dr. Philip Schaff, Apostolic Christianity, Medieval Christianity, Swiss Reformation and Creeds. Westminster Larger Catechism, 63-67. For Psalm 11, Calvin theorized that David is on the run from Saul in this Psalm. For Joshua 10, Prof. Keil tells us of several more cities that are put under the ban with the same treatment of their kings that were meted out against the confederacy near Jebus and Gibeon. It’s a take-down. For Isaiah 2.1-5, Prof. Henry further discusses the globalization of the Abrahamic covenant. For Matthew, Prof. Jamiesson continues to discuss the genealogy of Christ. The Davidic line is traced to Joseph, the legal lineage of Jesus while not being the biological father. For Revelation 6, Prof. Henry makes the start on discussion the opening of the “seals” to the book of God’s decrees noted in chapter 5. Prof. Henry notes the difficulties and cautions against putting a seal to a specific historic period, e.g. seal 1 = history to Constantine. Suggestions? Yes. Hard and fast delineations? No. For Bibliology, Prof. Reymond discusses the stand-off between Dr. Van Til and Dr. Gordon Clark on epistemology. For Soteriology, Prof. Berkhof discusses the Trinitarian work in external calling both as vocalis realis and vocalis verbalis. For Apostolic Christianity, Prof. Schaff mentions more French and German Romanist historians: (1) French—Mabillon, Maussuet, Montfaucon, D’Archery, Durand, Abbe Rohrbacher and (2) German—Leopold Von Stolbergy, Katerkamp, and Bishop Hefefe. Prof. Schaff has another 30 pages of church historians. For Medieval Christianity, Prof. Schaff discusses the real St. Patrick v. the historical accretions of later centuries. For the Swiss Reformation, Prof. Schaff finishes the discussion of the reformation in St. Gall. For the Creeds, Prof. Schaff offers these arguments for Christianity to the Sultan, 1453: fulfilled OT prophecies concerning Christ, internal harmony and agreement in the Scriptures, the greatest of noble men in the nations accepted Christ, the end of the faith aiming at divine and eternal things, the ennobling effect on followers of Christ, the harmony of Scriptures and reason, and the victory of the Church against all persecutions. For the Westminster Larger, Catechism, 63-66.