๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐น๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป:
๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ (1820)
๐๐ฏ ๐๐ด๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ฉ (1822)
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ญ: ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ด๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ด (1828). (A new annotated edition published by Wipf & Stock is now available in both print and eBook formats.)
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ป๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต; ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ (1831)
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด (1837)
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ณ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ (1871)
The following excerpt, as Don Horrocks notes in his book Laws of the Spiritual Order, carried with it far-reaching implications for traditional Calvinist soteriology, involving the nature of atonement, imputation, original sin, the fall, and the supposed depravity of humanity. A new, fully annotated edition of Erskine’s The Spiritual Order and Other Papers is nearing…
Abstract: In this preface, Thomas Erskine explains his purpose and method in writing The Doctrine of Election, acknowledging its imperfections while arguing that true understanding of biblical doctrinesโespecially Electionโmust harmonize Scripture with the human conscience rather than rest on blind submission to authority. The author maintains that Godโs revelation appeals to an inner moral sense…
โThe election is on the righteous One and as a man becomes righteous through Christ the righteous head dwelling in him by faith, so also does he become elect.โ
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