Morning Prayer and the Litany (1662 Book of Common)

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 of Christendom. Westminster Larger Catechism, 67-68. For Psalm 11, Prof. Calvin outlines the series of tribulations for David, the object of Saul’s sustained malice. For Joshua 10, Prof. Keil gives more geographical details of the southern operation against the Canaanites. For Isaiah 2.1-4, Prof. Henry discusses the NT made clear from the OT passage. For Mathew 1.1-18, Prof. Jamiesson continues to discuss Christ’s genealogy, noting that names are skipped. For Revelation 6, Prof. Henry discusses the first seal. Christus Victor on His white horse tours the planet conquering His and our foes. For Bibliology, Prof. Reymond drags us through the debate of Van Til-Clark (again). For Soteriology, Prof. Berkhof surveys the views of vocatio verbalis: Reformed, Romanist, Pelagian, Semi-Pelagian, Arminian and Anabaptist. For Apostolic Christianity, Prof. Schaff Prof. Schaff discusses the great German Romanist theologians, Cardinal Dollinger who resisted Vatican 1’s assertion of Papal infallibility. He was excommunicated. For Medieval Christianity, discusses the movements of Celtic Christians resulting from the Anglo-Saxon invasions. For the Swiss Reformation, Prof. Schaff discusses the reformation in Grisons, the southeastern portion of Switzerland. For the Creeds of Christendom, Prof. Schaff dismisses the genuineness of Genadius’s catechism for the Sultan, 1453. Westminster Larger Catechism, 67-68. The on-going divine operations. Q. 67. What is effectual calling? A. Effectual calling is the work of God's almighty power and grace, whereby (out of his free and special love to his elect, and from nothing in them moving him thereunto) he doth, in his accepted time, invite and draw them to Jesus Christ, by his word and Spirit; savingly enlightening their minds, renewing and powerfully determining their wills, so as they (although in themselves dead in sin) are hereby made willing and able freely to answer his call, and to accept and embrace the grace offered and conveyed therein.