R. Andrew Myers

@james_d_baird ... and that those laws are absurd which disregard the rights of God, and consult only for men." -- John Calvin, Institutes 4.20.9

@james_d_baird "The duty of magistrates, its nature, as described by the word of God, and the things in which it consists, I will here indicate in passing. That it extends to both tables of the law, did Scripture not teach, we might learn from profane writers; ...

government must promote true religion

@james_d_baird ...for no man has discoursed of the duty of magistrates, the enacting of laws, and the common weal, without beginning with religion and divine worship. Thus all have confessed that no polity can be successfully established unless piety be its first care...

@djmaclean1 Princeton set a very high standard long ago.

A good goal for any seminary: "to form men for the Gospel ministry, who shall truly believe, and cordially love, and therefore endeavour to propagate and defend, in its genuineness, simplicity, and fulness, that system of religious belief and practice which is set forth in the Confession of Faith... and thus to perpetuate and extend the influence of true evangelical piety, and Gospel order."

@brothernelson @HeathTaws "We Unitarians, One of whom I have had the Honour to be, for more than Sixty Years..." - John Adams to John Q. Adams, March 16, 1816

@HeathTaws Doing Adams dirty, he was a Congregationalist, with some unfortunate late-life heresies. Also, stop reminding people the worst president in history was a Presbyterian…

Presbys lookin pretty good here

"The conclusion of every day should put us in mind of the conclusion of all our days." — 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐲

Reformed people seeing other Christians say we should take the Second Commandment seriously:

"If we think we have done all we need to do when we reflect upon God but one day of the week, we are incredibly dense hypocrites, for if our lives come from him, we are not to spend a single minute without considering him." — 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧

"If thou wouldst thus leave thy heart with God on the Saturday night, thou shouldest find it with him in the Lord's-day morning." — 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐤

@irishpresby It's the simple classic distinction between "circa sacra" and "in sacris."

“The civil magistrate promotes true religion morally and properly only within the bounds of civil power’s intrinsic limitations: e.g., he may not coerce inward faith or force one to confess a lie; he may not assume for himself the preaching of Word, the administration of the Sacraments, or the keys of the kingdom; he may not command that this or that man should be ordained or deposed; etc. These limitations are intrinsic to political authority by its nature as designed by God; they have not come from an adventitious divine command. The magistrate’s lawful actions are limited by the proper objects of civil authority, namely, outward things.” - Reformed Christian Politics

@BayouHuguenot In a similar vein: "Many are content to rest from their ordinary labors on the Sabbath day, but few are careful to consecrate their rest unto God." — 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐴𝑛 𝐸𝑥𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡'𝑠 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡

An old divine says that merely to abstain from labor without engaging in public worship, is to keep the Sabbath as the cattle keep Shedd, William G. T. 1893. Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy: A Miscellany. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. ref.ly/logosres/LLS:O…

@_matthewpearson Just fyi, the annotations on Jeremiah found in Poole's commentary were authored by John Collinges. Poole died after completing his Annotations through Isaiah 58.

In what sense the New Covenant may be called "new," according to Matthew Poole: 1. Because it was new in the notion of a testament, not confirmed by the actual death of Christ till gospel times. 2. Because it was revealed and preached after a new manner, more fully and particularly, plainly and clearly. 3. Because it had no such mixture of promises of temporal blessings as it had when first made with the laws. 4. Nor was the ceremonial law any part of it, as it was to the Jews, who were obliged to approve themselves God’s people by a strict observance of that. 5. It was in the publication extended both to Jews and Gentiles, which the former was not. 6. In regard of the efficacy of the Spirit attending the publication of it, in a much fuller and larger manner, with the distribution of its gifts and graces, enabling souls to fulfil it. -English Annotations on Jeremiah 31:31

@BringePeter Amen! I wrote a very lengthy paper about 10 years ago documenting this very point.

"Christ's Universal Dominion as Mediator" forchristskingdom.com/2026/04/christ… The universal mediatorial dominion of Christ is not a doctrine unique to the Reformed Presbyterians, but is a common doctrine in mainstream Presbyterianism.

@RockWallBibles A faithful Psalter (such as the 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalter).

After the Bible, what’s the next book every Christian should own?

@RelightDotApp I know this is an old post but is it referring to Matthew Poole or John Brown of Haddington?

Poole's introduction to each psalm is a great resource for family worship. He always has a summary of the psalm and its context, as well as suggestions for what to think about while you sing. relight.app/bible/commenta…

"Every Lord's Day is a true Christian's Easter day." — 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐲

"Happy is he who can leave behind him, on Saturday night, all his week-day affairs, to enjoy a Sabbath in heavenly places, as it were, engaged with thoughts and occupations altogether different from those of the busy week." — 𝐉.𝐑. 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫

@DutchPresby @BreeSolstad "The observance of uncommanded holy-days is ever found to interfere with the due sanctification of the Lord's day. Adding to the appointments of God is superstition. And superstition has ever been found unfriendly to genuine obedience." — 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫

@BreeSolstad Many Reformed Presbyterians don’t, as there is no day commanded under the gospel but the Lord’s Day, which is the Christian Sabbath. Those who do attempt to mark additional holy days are sadly imitating the idolatries of Rome.

Does anyone know why reformed, calvinists, evangelicals, etc. all celebrate Easter? The date of Easter is set by the Catholic Church. Why would they follow a Church they call pagan, the harlot, the seat of the anti-Christ, and the synagogue of satan? This really perplexes me.

@BerithPress @postnuance @MPooleProject Yes, that's right. I need to read Theophilus Gale!

@ulsteram @postnuance Is that the one from @MPooleProject? If so, I've read some of that. Also, Theophilus Gale cites him often in The Court of the Gentiles.

An exciting translation project. Bochart traces the history of nations from Shem, Ham, and Japheth down to his own day. His Sacred Geography is on our list. (The very capable @postnuance is set to oversee the translation; the quoted post is not his work).