Scottish Divines: Rutherford, Durham, Gillespie, Boston, the Erskines and M'Cheyne

1. Lectures Listen to the lectures in order. Those marked supplementary are optional.

   • Biographical Lecture on Samuel Rutherford: Glory, Glory Dwelleth in Immanuel's Land Guy M. Richard (PCA; Reformed Theological Seminary Atlanta) 41 min 2 s Open source Doctrinal First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, Mississippi / SermonAudio
   • Thomas Boston's Notes on 'The Marrow of Modern Divinity' (MP3) Rev. Dr Donald John MacLean (President, Westminster Seminary UK; trustee, Banner of Truth) 1 h 18 min 58 s Open source Doctrinal Scottish Reformation Society Affiliation confirmed only from the Reformed Forum episode description (President, Westminster Seminary UK; Banner of Truth trustee); his ecclesiastical membership was not verified in this session. Keep; confirm church membership (expected: a Westminster-subscribing Presbyterian church) before publishing.
   • The Theology and Theologians of Scotland (Christ the Center, on James Walker's book) Donald John MacLean with Camden Bucey 58 min 29 s Open source Supplementary Reformed Forum (YouTube channel 'Reformed Forum')
   • Robert Murray M'Cheyne: sermons read aloud (speaker index) Robert Murray M'Cheyne (readings by Classic Audiobooks and others) Open source Primary text SermonAudio

   Total: 3 hours

2. Reading Read in the order given. Public-domain and free texts are linked; purchases are optional and never required.

   • Letters of the Rev. Samuel Rutherford Samuel Rutherford; Thomas Smith, ed. 588 scanned pages (archive.org imagecount) Open source Primary text 1867. Public domain
   • The Law Unsealed, or a Practical Exposition of the Ten Commandments James Durham 506 scanned pages (archive.org imagecount) Open source Primary text 1777 ed.. Public domain
   • Human Nature in its Fourfold State Thomas Boston 374 scanned pages (archive.org imagecount) Open source Doctrinal 1720. Public domain Affiliation confirmed only from the Reformed Forum episode description (President, Westminster Seminary UK; Banner of Truth trustee); his ecclesiastical membership was not verified in this session. Keep; confirm church membership (expected: a Westminster-subscribing Presbyterian church) before publishing.
   • The Whole Works of the Rev. Ebenezer Erskine, vol. 1 Ebenezer Erskine 627 scanned pages (archive.org imagecount; vol. 1) Open source Primary text 1836. Public domain
   • The Whole Works of the late Rev. Thomas Boston of Ettrick, vol. 11 Thomas Boston 440 scanned pages (archive.org imagecount) Open source Primary text 1848. Public domain Affiliation confirmed only from the Reformed Forum episode description (President, Westminster Seminary UK; Banner of Truth trustee); his ecclesiastical membership was not verified in this session. Keep; confirm church membership (expected: a Westminster-subscribing Presbyterian church) before publishing.
   • Memoir and Remains of Robert Murray M'Cheyne Andrew A. Bonar 672 scanned pages (archive.org imagecount) Open source Doctrinal 1973 ed.. Free online

3. Assignment Write a research paper of 30 pages on a topic drawn from the lectures and readings of this course. Argue from Scripture, the Westminster Standards (1647 text) and the Three Forms of Unity, cite the primary sources you read, and state the points on which the sources differ.

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Every lecture and reading carries its role. "Under review" means the teacher's subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms of Unity is not yet established; "Read as comparison" means the material teaches the 1788 American text of WCF 20.4, 23 or 31 or of Larger Catechism Q.109, which the school reads beside the 1647 text. Nothing has been removed.