Conciliatory or Irenical Animadversions on the Controversies Agitated in Britain

by Herman Witsius

Publisher:

W. Lang

, 1807

Overview

During Witsius’ lifetime, doctrinal disputes raged across Europe. Such questions as whether Christians were under Mosaic law, the role of grace for the believer, and the idea of moral law came to the fore, causing division and strife in the church. In Conciliatory or Irenical Animadversions on the Controversies Agitated in Britain, Witsius addresses these doctrinal concerns, expounding on the inherent nature of law, grace, and the role of the believer. He takes a close look at sin, justification through Christ, redemption, and the covenant of grace, discussing in depth, the nature of holiness, which, he declared, was the ultimate goal of grace and the gospel.

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Key Features

• Preface by the translator
• Cross-references throughout the text
• Notes for further study
• More than 300 pages of theological insight

Praise for the Print Edition

Herman Witsius . . . was a masterful Dutch Reformed theologian, learned, wise, mighty in the Scriptures, practical . . . on paper he was calm, judicious, systematic.

—J. I. Packer

A writer not only eminent for his great talents and particularly solid judgments, rich imagination, and elegance of composition, but for a deep, powerful, and evangelistic spirituality, and savor of godliness.

—John Gill

Product Details

• Title: Conciliatory or Irenical Animadversions on the Controversies Agitated in Britain
• Author: Herman Witsius
• Translator: Thomas Bell
• Publisher: W. Lang
• Publication Date: 1807
• Pages: 352

About Herman Witsius

Hermann Witsius (1636– 1708), Dutch theologian, was born at Enkhuisen, North Holland, and studied at Groningen, Leiden and Utrecht. He was ordained to the ministry, becoming pastor at Westwoud in 1656 and afterwards at Wormeren, Goesen, and Leeuwaarden, and became professor of divinity successively at the University of Franeker in 1675 and then at the University of Utrecht in 1680. In 1698 he went to the University of Leiden as the successor of the younger Friedrich Spanheim (1632–1701), where he died.