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The Confessional Presbyterian Archive is a curated digital library dedicated to preserving and promoting the writings of 17th–20th century Presbyterian pastors, teachers, and leaders. Featuring thousands of searchable texts, biographies, and historical resources, the archive provides direct access to the primary-source materials of American Presbyterianism.

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Lives of Jonathan Edwards and David Brainerd

Biographies of Jonathan Edwards and David Brainerd, tracing Edwards’s education, ministry, writings and trials, and Brainerd’s missionary labors among Native Americans and pious legacy.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1837

A Brief History of the Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church at Princeton, New Jersey (1837)

History and constitution of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary (Princeton). Advocates uniting piety and learning to train faithful ministers and outlines plans, governance, and aims.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1838

Creeds and Confessions [The Presbyterian]

A critique of modern ‘popular’ preaching (Finney-style): dogmatic, emotive, and conversion-focused at the expense of doctrine, inward holiness, and divine sovereignty.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1838

Creeds and Confessions [Watchman of the South]

1838 Presbyterian devotional: hymn and reflections on faith, piety, affliction, and evidences of Christ’s love. Theological defense of Christ’s merit, atonement, and imputation.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1838

Dr. Miller on Early Piety

Practical guidance for ministers on pastoral visits: instruct families and children, distribute pious books, support schools and the poor, and exhibit charity and patient ministry.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1838

The Dangers of Education in Roman Catholic Seminaries

Samuel Miller warns Protestants not to entrust children to Roman Catholic seminaries, arguing their rituals and education proselytize and endanger souls. He urges parental vigilance.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1838

The Importance of Peculiar Attention on the Part of Ministers of the Gospel to the Children of Their Charge

Reviews Melancthon’s letters and urges ministers to give diligent, early catechetical care to children—weekly instruction, pastoral visits, and parental influence to secure lasting faith.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1838

Zion Called upon to Awake

Samuel Miller exhorts Zion (the Church) to ‘awake’ and ‘put on her strength’ by actively engaging in missions, defending the duty of the Church to send the Gospel at home and abroad.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1838

January 30, 1839 Letter to Joseph H. Jones

Account (1839) by Joseph H. Jones of the 1837 New Brunswick revival: meetings, sober conversions across ages—notably youth—and evidence of lasting spiritual change.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1839

Micæ Ecclesiasticæ

Affirms John Foxe’s Martyrology as a reliable, widely circulated Protestant history amid Catholic attacks, and sketches Jean‑François de La Harpe’s journey from infidelity to conversion.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1839

Review of Bible Class Manual by John McDowell

Review of a Bible-class manual using the Westminster Shorter Catechism to instruct youth; urges early catechetical training and defends Calvinist doctrines as revival‑promoting.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1839

Review of Sermons by the late Rev. Edward D. Griffin

Review of Rev. Edward D. Griffin’s life and sermons. Traces his pastoral career, notable revivals, and academic roles (Andover), including ministry at Park Street and Newark.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1839

The Intermediate State

Argues for the Reformed view that believers’ souls are made perfect and enter heaven at death, critiquing doctrines of an ‘intermediate place’ or soul-sleep.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1839

Appendix to James Wharey’s Sketches of Church History, Concerning the History and Doctrine of the Waldensians (1838)

Excerpt from J. Wharey's Church History: table of contents covering centuries I–XVIII and an appendix arguing the Waldenses practiced infant baptism, critiquing William Jones.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1840

April 24, 1830 Endorsement of Noah Webster’s Dictionary (1830)

1830 endorsements praising Noah Webster’s American Dictionary for its learning, accuracy, encyclopedic scope, and recommending its adoption in schools and libraries.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1840

History of the Early Rise of Prelacy

Samuel Miller’s History of the Early Rise of Prelacy argues that episcopal prelacy was not apostolic but developed from ambition and corruption in the early church.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1840

Memoir of the Rev. Charles Nisbet, D.D.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1840

Memoirs of the Rev. John Rodgers, D.D. (1813)

1813 memoirs of Rev. John Rodgers by Samuel Miller — a biography of an influential 18th-century American Presbyterian minister, detailing his life, education, and ministry.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1840

Open Letter to T— L—, Esquire

Narrative of La Harpe’s imprisonment and conversion through reading the Psalms, framed by Cazotte’s prophetic tale predicting deaths during the French Revolution.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1840

The Primitive and Apostolical Order of the Church of Christ Vindicated

Samuel Miller defends the primitive, apostolic order of the church, arguing Presbyterian government is scriptural and rebutting Episcopal claims of exclusive ministry and succession.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1840

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Archives

Lives of Jonathan Edwards and David Brainerd

A Brief History of the Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church at Princeton, New Jersey (1837)

Creeds and Confessions [The Presbyterian]

Creeds and Confessions [Watchman of the South]

Dr. Miller on Early Piety

The Dangers of Education in Roman Catholic Seminaries

The Importance of Peculiar Attention on the Part of Ministers of the Gospel to the Children of Their Charge

Zion Called upon to Awake

January 30, 1839 Letter to Joseph H. Jones

Micæ Ecclesiasticæ

Review of Bible Class Manual by John McDowell

Review of Sermons by the late Rev. Edward D. Griffin

The Intermediate State

Appendix to James Wharey’s Sketches of Church History, Concerning the History and Doctrine of the Waldensians (1838)

April 24, 1830 Endorsement of Noah Webster’s Dictionary (1830)

History of the Early Rise of Prelacy

Memoir of the Rev. Charles Nisbet, D.D.

Memoirs of the Rev. John Rodgers, D.D. (1813)

Open Letter to T— L—, Esquire

The Primitive and Apostolical Order of the Church of Christ Vindicated

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