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George Smeaton: "The Holy Spirit" (p. 73, #7)

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Prof. Smeaton enumerates the extraordinary and ordinary gifts of the Omnipotent, Omniscient, and Omnipresent Holy Spirit in the book of Acts and 1 Corinthians 12-14. He prepares to turn to the epistles of Paul, Peter, James and Jude in the next session. Prof. Smeaton is working diachronically from Genesis up to this point. Not a fact of general or redemptive providence is outside the minutest or grandest detail of history. History is the outworking of the eternal decrees of the Triune God. That's why the Greeks, Romanists, Anglo-Catholics and Arminians defame the Triune God with their hair-splitting obfuscations, defamations of God and the bowings to the idol of free will, while destroying the effectuality of divine grace.

Jerome Zanchius: "Absolute Predestination" (p. 72, #6)

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Those that deny the power of God in doing as He wills with his creatures and who trumpet/exclaim against the against the unconditional decrees as cruel, tyranni cal, and unjust... Either they know not what they say....the vast majority including these American Anglican Bipsters in hats and drapes... Nor know what they affirm...being ignorant...as many are... Or, as for the leaders in the Roman, Greek, Anglo-Catholic, Wesleyan or Arminian orbits... are willful blasphemers of His name and are perverse rebels against his Absolute Sovereignty.... To such divine Sovereignty, they will, at last, however obstinately, be forced to submit. The heavenly Chorus will sing "Alleluias" when Babylon falls.

A. W. Pink's "Sovereignty of God" (p. 54. #5): The Father, Son and Holy ...

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John Owen's "Display of Arminianism" (Vol. 10, p.55ff., #7)

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ARMINIANS BELCH BLASPHEMIES AGAINST GOD AND TRUMPET THEIR PRAISES TO THEIR OWN WORKS. Dr. Owen exposes the corruption to the Trinity and His works by the Arminians. Election becomes God's post-election, following man's meritorious life of perseverence. Then God elects at the end of the dying man's life. It upends and inverts predestination. Episcopisu, Arminius and the Remonstrants clearly aver and affirm that God is often frustrated and fails of His designs. The more crafty and ingenioius ones, limiting the damage, refer only to salvation-issues allowing God to run the galaxies and nations. This resistibility to God's sovereign will is taught by Romanists, Greeks, Anglo-Catholics, ACNA and REC Bishops and others in the mainline and evangelical worlds, truth be told. NAPARC Churchmen are surrounded by doctrinal deficits between the ears of collars from seminaries. Time to fight back and exalt God. Slam the devilish profanations for what they are. Courage and clear think...

Augustus Toplady's "Doctrinal Calvinism in the Church of England" (p. 10...

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Rev. Toplady retails the Papal execrations and anathemetizations of Janenism and his work on Augustine. The Romanistic anti-Jansenism was Europe-wide and ordered the withholding of last rites to any Jansenist (pro-Augustinian). Toplady briefly tours Aquinas showing his lucid moments, but then Acquinas's contradictions on the role of merit-mongery and the treasury of the saints' merits, that is, grace starts the regenerative process of infusa gratia, but election may be lost and perseverence is no guarantee, thus, aligning with anti-Jansenist forces and Tridentine theology., Rome likes to boast of Augustine, yet damns and excommunicates Jansenists. Many Jansenist propositions are Calvinist which, by inference, extends the condemnations to Calvinists and the Church of England (Calvinistic until it wasn't). Toplady also descants on the ignorance of Misters John Wesley and Walter Sellon, the latter being an ardent agent of Wesley. Toplady discourses on Aquinas's contradicti...

Lorraine Boettner's "Reformed Doctrine of Predestination" (p. 57ff, #7)

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Prof. Boettner sets forth in plain talking the common sensical view of total inability.

Calvin's "Institutes" (3.22f, p. 185, #7): Predesination and Election

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Calvin invokes Ephesians 1 and Romans 9 while rebutting the Arminian view of foreseen merits. The Arminians post-date Calvin, but the arguments come down through history with other names and similarities--of election based on man's meritorious and foreseen works, rather than originating from God's sovereign grace. Anglo-Catholics all embrace the Arminian heresy of works-salvation. BTW, Calvin's view of predestination has a long lineage of supporters before, during and after the Reformation. The old REC Church once embraced Reformed and Calvinistic thought, although now it's optional and should not be taught according to Sutton.

INTERVIEW: Bishop Don Lerow (ACC) & Rev. Donald Veitch (WCF-BCP-TFU): "A...

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John Owen's "The Holy Spirit" (p. 42. #5)

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Dr. John Owen concluds Chapter 1 on the general principles in the orientation to the subject. All good things come from Him, the Holy Spirit, along with the Father and the Son. Dr. Owen moves on to Chapter 2 on the names and titles of the Holy Spirit. Very enriching study.

Prof. George Smeaton's "The Holy Spirit" (p.66, #6)

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Prof. Smeaton enumerates the extraordinary and ordinary gifts of the Omnipotent, Omniscient, and Omnipresent Holy Spirit in the book of Acts and 1 Corinthians 12-14. He prepares to turn to the epistles of Paul, Peter, James and Jude in the next session. Prof. Smeaton is working diachronically from Genesis up to this point. Not a fact of general or redemptive providence is outside the minutest or grandest detail of history. History is the outworking of the eternal decrees of the Triune God. That's why the Greeks, Romanists, Anglo-Catholics and Arminians defame the Triune God with their hair-splitting obfuscations and defamations of God.

Bishop Gillin (REC) & Rev. Donald Veitch (WCF-BCP-TFU): "Bishop Sutton" ...

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Video #1 on the same issues is found at:     • Bishop Gillin (RE...   We offer the 260 pictures from the heretical “Anglican Office Book.” This is a public matter. “English Churchman,” Editorial. https://www.englishchurchman.com/5994... . Installment #1: There are 260 such heretical Collects in Sutton's "Anglican Office Book." Here's installment 1. And Sutton "highly commended" this as an "immense" benefit, treasury and resource. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... . Installment #2 of the 260 heretical Collects: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... . Installment #3 of the 260 heretical Collects: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1... . Installment #4 of the heretical Collects: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... . Sutton will not apologize or repent. “Dear Mr. Perez, your outrageous accusations have been passed along to me. For your information I only commended the Anglican Office Book as a "resource." That means...

Jerome Zanchius's "Absolute Predestination" (p. 65, #5)

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Jerome Zanchius descants on God's omnipotence and providence over all things. He spends some time dealing with the problem of evil and God's control over evil agents, the unconverted, devils and Satan. God still operates as such over all without being the Author of Evil. Zanchius enlarges on the fruits of God's omnipotence: trust, dependence, humility, correct aims (God's glory), correct affections and volitions (to God's glory) and to correct prescriptions (by God's Word). Such produced trust, the fear of God, adoration, reverence, strength and comfort. Halve God or profane this doctrine produces havoc, pride and more. Zanchius writes clearly and accessibly. This could be used for high schoolers, collegians and all thoughtful Christians.