The Shorter Writings of George Gillespie, Volume 3

Naphtali Press Special Edition and Reformation Heritage Books present: The Shorter Writings of George Gillespie, Volume 3

Naphtali Press’s Special Edition of The Shorter Writings of George Gillespie (1613-1648), a Scottish Presbyterian and Westminster Divine, brings these valuable works into the hands of today’s readers. This final volume contains Gillespie’s notes on the Westminster Assembly, controversial explorations, personal correspondence, and indices for all three volumes.

Endorsements 

“Chris Coldwell … has been untiring—and remarkably successful—in his efforts to further and foster new research in the post-Reformation period. His own productions have found their way into the hands of more than one thankful historian in Cambridge and into many libraries around the world.”
—Chad B. Van Dixhoorn

“George Gillespie lived a short life, but one of great significance. For half of his just mere ten years of public ministry, he participated in and contributed to the Second Reformation in Scotland, and the other half he spent in London helping to create a confession of faith and catechism that would mark the high point of Reformed confessionalism. In participating in the Westminster Assembly, he contributed greatly to these confessional documents that the church still uses widely today. He was a profound and precise thinker, marked by devotion to the Lord and His church. This new edition of Gillespie’s shorter writings invites readers to dig into works that are lesser known today yet highly valuable. The miscellaneous questions alone (v. 3) will repay any time invested in them. Helping us understand theology and practice generally, and seventeenth-century Scottish Presbyterianism particularly, this set will serve the church well in by promoting a broader picture of one strand of thought that fed into influenced the Westminster Standards, and by providing insights into Scripture that can feed our souls.”  
—Ryan M. McGraw, academic dean and Morton H. Smith Professor of Systematic Theology, Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Contents

A Treatise of Miscellany Questions
Preface
The Contents
The Publisher to the Reader by Patrick Gillespie
A Treatise of Miscellany Questions (1649)

Notes of Debates and Proceedings of the Assembly of Divines & Other Commissioners at Westminster

Preface
Assembly Notes, February 2, 1644 to May 14, 1644
Assembly Notes, September 4, 1644 to January 3, 1645
Debates in the Sub-Committee Respecting the Directory
Notes of Proceedings in the Grand Committee
Customs in Both Kingdoms to be Laid Aside
That Excommunication and Other Church Censures are Appointed by Jesus Christ, and that Church Officers are Appointed by Him to Dispense these Censures
Notes of Proceedings at the General Assembly, at Edinburgh, 1645

Letters of George Gillespie, 1641–1648

Preface
Letters of Mr. George Gillespie
Letters at London, in the year 1644 to 1647
Correspondence of the Scottish Commissioners to the Westminster
Assembly with the Commission of the Church of Scotland

Indices

Scripture Index
Name, Author, & Subject Index