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Introduction to The Spruce Street Lectures

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A 1833 collection of Spruce Street Lectures defending the Presbyterian Confession of Faith, treating doctrines like human inability, regeneration, atonement, church polity and discipline.

Lectures on the Shorter Catechism, Volume 2

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Lectures on the Shorter Catechism explaining duty to obey God’s revealed will and the moral law (Decalogue). Covers prayer, sacraments, conscience, and Abraham’s test.

Funeral Sermon for Dr. James Sproat (1793)

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Appendix of biographical sketches and eulogies of ministers (Dr. Sproat, Ashbel Green), recounting piety, pastoral labors, revivals, and notable funerals. Emphasizes humility and steadfast faith.

Dr. Green’s Bible Class at Nassau Hall (1830)

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Examines Abraham’s devotional faith—prayer and heavenly disposition—and recounts Dr. Green’s account of collegiate Bible classes at Nassau Hall, stressing regular Bible study and revival.

Despise Not the Wrinkles of Age

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Nassau Literary Magazine (Apr 1871) defends Edgar Allan Poe’s poetic genius against Lowell’s slur, praising his enduring talent and the dignity of age.

Milton’s Satan

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Essay critiques Milton’s Satan in Paradise Lost—admiring the poetry but arguing it conflicts with Scripture (Isa.14; Rev.12; Jude). Read for art, not theology.

Exegetical Note on Phil. IV.5

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Essays on the distinction between physics and metaphysics, growth in German theological education, and an exegetical note on ‘The Lord is near’ (Phil. 4) urging prayer over anxiety.

The Canonicity of Second Peter

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1882 scholarly review arguing for the early canonicity of 2 Peter, examining patristic witnesses (Clement, Origen, Irenaeus, Melito) and historical evidence.

The Divine Origin of the Bible

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Warfield defends the Bible’s divine origin, arguing its unparalleled historical influence and social good require a superhuman cause. He reasons inductively from history and effects.

The Genuineness of Mark 16:9–20

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December 1882 Sunday School Times: editorials on teachers’ meetings, Christmas giving, and revival; scholarly pieces on Acts and a detailed debate over the genuineness of Mark 16:9–20.

The Greek Testament of Westcott and Hort

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Two pieces: one on the Messianic kingdom and its Old Testament roots (Genesis, Exodus); the other a critical review of Westcott & Hort’s Greek New Testament and the history of textual criticism.

Exegetical Note on 2 Peter ii.8

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Review of a German handbook’s exegetical-theology volume and a historical survey of exegesis on 2 Peter 2:8, tracing translations and major commentators.

Five Papers

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Analysis of Westcott & Hort’s Greek New Testament: its reception and principles of textual criticism, with a concise history of printed New Testament editions from Erasmus to Tischendorf.

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