Collection · 30 books · 1487 to 1855 AD
Reformation
Foundational texts from the Protestant Reformation that shaped Western Christianity.
1400s
1500s
A Treatise on Good Works
Martin Luther · 1520 AD — why good works flow from faith rather than earn salvation.
The Freedom of a Christian
Martin Luther · 1520 AD — how faith makes a Christian lord of all, and how love makes the same Christian servant of all.
The Bondage of the Will
Martin Luther · 1525 AD — Luther's response to Erasmus arguing the will cannot choose God apart from grace.
The Obedience of a Christian Man
William Tyndale · 1528 AD — Scripture's authority over the pope and the ruler's authority over earthly affairs.
Commentary on Galatians
Martin Luther · 1535 AD — Luther's exposition of Paul's letter proclaiming justification by faith alone.
The Necessity of Reforming the Church
John Calvin · 1543 AD — his defense of the Reformation presented to Emperor Charles V.
On Usury
Wolfgang Musculus · 1552 AD — whether Christians may lend at interest, weighed against Scripture and the church fathers.
The Form of Prayers and Ministration of the Sacraments
John Knox · 1556 AD — prayers and sacramental liturgies that shaped Presbyterian worship.
The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women
John Knox · 1558 AD — Knox's case that rule by a woman is contrary to nature, Scripture, and justice, aimed at Mary Tudor.
The Lesser Magistrates
John Knox · 1558 AD — the case for lawful resistance to tyrannical rulers.
Institutes of the Christian Religion: Book 1
John Calvin · 1559 AD — Calvin's opening book on the knowledge of God the Creator.
Institutes of the Christian Religion: Book 2
John Calvin · 1559 AD — why humanity needed a Redeemer, and how Christ alone restores us to God.
Institutes of the Christian Religion: Book 3
John Calvin · 1559 AD — how believers receive Christ's grace through faith and justification.
Institutes of the Christian Religion: Book 4
John Calvin · 1559 AD — Calvin on the church, its government, worship, and the sacraments.
On Prayer
John Calvin · 1559 AD — Calvin's teaching on prayer as the chief exercise of faith, with the Lord's Prayer explained.
On the Christian Life
John Calvin · 1559 AD — self-denial, cross-bearing, and the proper use of earthly blessings drawn from the Institutes.
On the Eucharist
Peter Martyr Vermigli · 1561 AD — a middle way between transubstantiation and memorialism on the Lord's Supper.
Foxe’s Book of Martyrs
John Foxe · 1563 AD — a chronicle of Christian martyrs and persecution from the early church to the Reformation.
1600s
Lex, Rex
Samuel Rutherford · 1644 AD — Rutherford's defense of law over king and the right to resist tyranny.
Westminster Confession of Faith
Westminster Assembly · 1646 AD — the systematic statement of Reformed belief produced by the Westminster Assembly.
The Covenant of Life Opened
Samuel Rutherford · 1655 AD — covenant theology tracing the eternal suretyship between the Father and Christ as Mediator.
The Letters of Samuel Rutherford (Part 1)
Samuel Rutherford · 1664 AD — his letters from Anwoth on suffering and communion with Christ.
The Letters of Samuel Rutherford (Part 2)
Samuel Rutherford · 1664 AD — his letters from Aberdeen exile on longing for Christ under persecution.
The Economy of the Covenants Between God and Man: Volume 1
Hermann Witsius · 1677 AD — Witsius's comprehensive treatment of the divine covenants between God and man.
The Economy of the Covenants Between God and Man: Volume 2
Hermann Witsius · 1677 AD — the covenant of grace traced from the first gospel promise in Eden through the Old Testament.
1700s
1800s
The Application of Christianity to Business
Thomas Chalmers · 1820 AD — lectures applying Christian principles to commerce and the ordinary affairs of life.
Messiah the Prince
William Symington · 1839 AD — Symington on the nature, scope, and duration of Christ's mediatorial kingship.
The Hope of Christ’s Second Coming
Samuel Tregelles · 1855 AD — a scholarly, Scripture-grounded examination of what the Bible teaches on Christ's return.
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