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 and Swiss Reformation. Dr. Philip Schaff: Creeds. Westminster Larger Catechism, 28-32.

For Psalm 10, Prof. Calvin gathers up descriptions of the godless in 10.7-10.  ^“His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. ⁸ He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. ⁹ He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. ¹⁰ He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.”

 

For Joshua 10, Prof. Keil gives one the geographic details of the south where Joshua’s hammer will drop.

For Isaiah 1, Prof. Henry tells us of Isaiah the Hammer of the Apostates in Jerusalem. No weak tea here. Dean of Westminster Abbey: “Get Isaiah outta that pulpit!”

For the Introduction to the Gospels, Prof. Jamiesson offers his closing remark on St. John. Tomorrow, DV, we’ll review the Greek manuscripts of the Gospels.

For Revelation 5, Prof. Henry tells us that the book in the Redeemer’s hand are the eternal decrees, hidden to humans, but manifest as He works out the plan. No one opens that book but His Majesty.

For Bibliology, Prof. Reymond emphasized the supremacy and finality of the Bible’s role in all matters of life, doctrine and practice.

For Soteriology, Prof. Berkhof discusses the eternal pactum salutis and the outworking of that objectively and subjectively in relation to unio mystica.

For Apostolic Christianity, Mr. Schaff offers more chatter on the work of church historians. Give it some life.

For Medieval Christianity, Mr. Schaff summarized Bede and Caedmon of the 7^th century likening the Bible-poet parallel to Wycliffe and Chaucer of the 14^th century.

For the Swiss Reformation, Mr. Schaff rounds off his description of the 3 Tsheudi brothers and their work at Glarus, the last being a Latitudinarian to accommodate the Romanists and the Protestants.

For the Creeds, Mr. Schaff wonderfully summarizes the Trinitarianism in the Athanasian Creed. And again, why did the American Episcopalians toss it? Not known here, other than some soft, quasi-Arianizing? Or, an offense to sensibilities with the anathemas?

For the WLC 28-32.  Q. 28. What are the punishments of sin in this world?
A. The punishments of sin in this world are either inward, as blindness of mind, a reprobate sense, strong delusions, hardness of heart, horror of conscience, and vile affections; or outward, as the curse of God upon the creatures for our sakes, and all other evils that befall us in our bodies, names, estates, relations, and employments; together with death itself.