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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 77

The Westminster Assembly and the Creed of Presbyterians. — "A Cloud of Witnesses."

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The Westminster Assembly and the Creed of Presbyterians.

"A Cloud of Witnesses."

"Milton, though not a member of the Assembly pronounced it a 'select assembly,' 'of so much piety and wisdom,' a 'learned and memorable synod,' in which 'piety, learning, and prudence were housed.'

"The famous saint and scholar, Richard Baxter, author of 'The Saints' Everlasting Rest,' had every reason to be impartial. He wrote: 'The divines there congregated were men of eminent learning, godliness, ministerial abilities, and fidelity; and being not worthy to be one of them myself, I may the more freely speak the truth, which I know, even in the face of malice and envy, that as far as I am able to judge by the information of all history of that kind, and by any other evidences left us, the Christian world, since the days of the Apostles, had never a synod of more excellent divines.'

"Philip Schaff, the great Church historian, pronounces the above a 'just tribute' to the Westminster Assembly, and says: Whether we look at the extent or ability of its labours, or its influence upon future generations, it stands first among Protestant Councils.'

"The celebrated Dean Stanley, of the English Episcopal Church, declares that of all Protestant Confessions the West-minster Confession 'exhibits far more depth of theological insight than any other.'

"The late Dr Curry, the eminent editor of the Methodist Advocate' of New York, in an editorial on Creeds, calls 'the Westminster Confession the ablest, clearest, and most comprehensive system of Christian doctrine ever framed—a wonderful monument of the intellectual greatness of its framers.'"—'The Creed of Presbyterians.'