Memoir of the Rev. Jacob J. Janeway, D.D.
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Memoir of Dr. J. J. Janeway (1861) recounting his conversion, deep piety, pastoral ministry, and extracts from his private journal emphasizing prayer and holy living.
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Memoir of the Rev. Jacob J. Janeway, D.D.
The Christian Education of Children and Youth
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Committee report urging Presbyterian churches to restore systematic Christian education for children and youth—domestic, school, and ecclesiastical catechizing—and warning of spiritual decline from neglect.
Five Letters from James Anderson (1716–1723)
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Letters from James Anderson (1716–1717) on early American Presbyterian settlements, ministry hardships, appeals for Church of Scotland support, discipline, and missionary efforts.
Private Journal of James Henley Thornwell
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A short rural-pastimes poem followed by a Philadelphia bookseller’s advertisement listing recent publications, atlases, educational works, and stationery for sale.
The Grace of God Secures the Perseverance of the Saints
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Thornwell argues that God’s sovereign election and effectual calling guarantee the final perseverance of true believers, sustained by the indwelling Holy Spirit.
A Letter to the Churches Within the Bounds of the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia
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Hymn and essays urging missionary zeal for converting the heathen and celebrating missionary progress; sermon defending creeds as biblical summaries and opposing doctrinal defection.
A Tract on the Doctrines of Election and Reprobation
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A defense of Calvinistic doctrines (election and reprobation), grounding predestination in Scripture and the Westminster Confession while opposing extremes.
The Vanity and Glory of Man
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A funeral sermon on a student’s death, urging reflection on the vanity of earthly pursuits and calling listeners to trust in the soul’s immortality and prepare for eternity.
The Apocryphal Books [1]
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1842 Presbyterian sermon arguing the Apocrypha is not canonical and condemning Roman claims, using Jewish and early-church testimony and Scripture (Jeremiah cited).
The Apocryphal Books [2]
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1843 sermon opposing Millerism/millenarianism and rebutting Roman arguments for the Apocrypha’s inspiration, arguing early councils read those books for edification, not as Scripture.
The Right of Ruling Elders to Impose Hands in the Ordination of Ministers of the Word, Shown Out of the Apostolic and Primitive Church
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Argues that ruling elders are true presbyters entitled to impose hands in ordination, distinguishing the elders’ governing role from the preacher’s teaching office in the primitive church.
The Necessity of the Atonement
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A sermon on the necessity of Christ’s atonement: God’s justice demands punishment for sin, requiring a substitutionary sacrifice so mercy and righteousness are both upheld. It defends vicarious punishment as essential for salvation.
The Princeton Review and Popish Baptism
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1816 Presbyterian reply defending the Assembly’s ruling that Roman Catholic ‘baptism’ lacks essential elements—matter, form and lawful minister—arguing Rome’s rites (chrism) corrupt the sacrament.
The Elder Question
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Examines "The Elder Question": whether ruling elders are essential to Presbytery/Assembly quorums. Debates Presbyterian polity, Dr. Breckinridge, and the 1843 General Assembly ruling.
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