Morning Prayer and the Litany (1662 Book of Common Prayer)

For Psalm 18, Prof. Calvin notes that David has experienced effectual calling and serves God with his whole heart. ISBE on Exodus: Prof. R. K. Harrison again delivers the death-blow to the European OT dogmatists as “completely divorced” from the factual reality of ANE life. The predicate of “divine names” has been shown to be invalid. The doublet and repetitions are now know to be a regular part of ANE scribal and compositional practices in unified documents. Archaeological discoveries from Mari, Nuzi and other places have dealt the decisive death-blow to the European dogmatists with their tightly-constricted and disproven principles. Tour d’ constipation from German universities. For Genesis 1: Prof. Keil discusses the 4th and 5th days of Creation. It is just stunning. Incomprehensible. For Joshua 21, Joshua comments on cities allotted to the Levites. For Isaiah 6.1-4, Prof. Henry describes the 6-winged seraphims—two wings flying, two wings covering itself and two covering the feet. The scene is the Majestic, Pre-Incarnate Christ. ISBE on Mark: Dr. R. P. Martin notes that there are “eye witness” details like gestures and Jesus’s reactions For Mathew 5.1ff., Prof. Jamiesson introduces a lovely dimension to the Sermon on the Mount—the on-going, co-extensive, effectual calling as Jesus teaches both narrowly and widely. For Romans, Prof. Hodge gets wonky again on exegesis interrupting the flow. For Revelation 14.6-12, Prof. Henry describes the 2nd of 3 angels in this chapter—dealing with the destruction of Babylon, which Henry takes for the Roman Empire, proud and idolatrous, corrupting, debauching, and intoxicating the surrounding nations. Time to revisit Rome’s 1000-year history again, no mean or small subject. In the Global Anglican, Henri Blocher compresses the Reformers’ views of “church fathers” into Turretin’s summary and limit of the fathers to the 6th century, to wit, valuable and authoritative teachers, “subordinate to the Scriptures.” For Systematic Theology (locus 2), Prof. Hodge is talking on-and-on about faith, reason and evidences. “Methinks thou dost protest too much.” A rework of this section would be good. For Theology Proper (locus 2), Prof. Reymond gave a page-long list from the Bible of verses on God’s infinite, eternal and unchangeable goodness and kindness. For Ecclesiology (locus 6), Prof. Berkhof notes unhelpfully talks about the libboes’ view of the church. Weak. For Apostolic Christianity, Vol. 1 (0-100) Prof. Schaff waxes poetic, again, on the land of Palestine. For Medieval Christianity, Vol. 4 (590-1073), Prof. Schaff continued to discuss Mecca and Medina in this period. For the Swiss Reformation Vol. 8 (1519-1605), Prof. Schaff speaks of the Council of 200 (a representative form of government in Geneva) that decided for the Reformation. Game on. This controlled by the government, not Farel, although the Reformers influenced governments. For Dr. Cranmer, Prof. MacCulloch speaks of Aslockton, Nottingham, as the scene of Cranmer’s birth in 1489, its town, Norman mound, Victorian church, two pubs and the 80ish or so years of the Cranmers in Aslockton, a forbear that married into the Aslockton family. EDT on Process Theology: Lewis Ford tells us the resurrection and appearance of Jesus to the apostles and 500 OT saints (1 Cor. 15) was a “hallucination.” For the Creeds of Christendom, Prof. Schaff continued talking about the Infallibilists and Non-Infallibilists. One energetic voice for Infallibilism was an Anglican convert, a Tractarian, Archbishop Manning, a man long for absolute certainty. 1994 CCC: joyfully and notably, in contrast to European, Western, Prottie libboes, Rome affirms the “divinely inspired” OT with its “permanent value.” But, there may be a 5-alarm fire at the warehouse while the bank is being robbed up the street. Westminster Larger Catechism 117: Q. 117. How is the sabbath or the Lord's day to be sanctified? A. The sabbath or Lord's day is to be sanctified by an holy resting all the day, not only from such works as are at all times sinful, but even from such worldly employments and recreations as are on other days lawful; and making it our delight to spend the whole time (except so much of it as is to be taken up in works of necessity and mercy) in the public and private exercises of God's worship: and, to that end, we are to prepare our hearts, and with such foresight, diligence, and moderation, to dispose and seasonably dispatch our worldly business, that we may be the more free and fit for the duties of that day.