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A COMMENTARY ON REVELATION: VOLUME ONE - Chapters 1-3; VOLUME TWO - Chapters 4 - 11 and VOLUME THREE - Chapters 12-22
James Durham, edited by Chris Coldwell
BRAND NEW PRINTING OF A COMMENTARY ON REVELATION BY JAMES DURHAM IN A THREE-VOLUME SET.
English Puritanism and Scottish Presbyterianism in the seventeenth century had many bright and shining lights. Of these, James Durham (1622–1658), ranks alongside the greatest of his generation, for his theological depth, faithful preaching, and particularly for his moderate spirit at a time when such was in scarce supply. While he could have been a professor of theology in any university, Durham instead spent a brief ten year ministry preaching and lecturing for the most part in the Inner-Kirk of Glasgow Cathedral. It was thought that he poured so much of himself into his studies for sermons and lectures that it brought about his early death at the age of thirty-six. His works were often reprinted and left an impression that lasted for centuries. Recently, all of his sermons in two volumes and his lectures on the Book of Job and on the Ten Commandments have been published in new critical editions. Continuing with his lectures, the publishers are pleased to offer now a new critical edition of James Durham’s largest book, which, while it is his more theologically intense work, retains the same practical Uses and Applications of his sermons and other lectures.
“This commentary on Revelation provides what was, as Principal John MacLeod said, ‘in past days, the accepted Protestant view of that book.’ While James Durham’s historicist reading of Revelation is no longer the standard view, that should not deter readers, for, as Spurgeon said, ‘it would not be easy to find a more sensible and instructive work than this old-fashioned exposition. We cannot accept its interpretations of the mysteries, but the mystery of the gospel fills it with sweet savor.’ The finest treasure in this commentary is not, however, Durham’s exegetical work (helpful though this is!). Contained in his commentary are independent treatises which are the purest of theological gold. These extended essays present Reformed thought at its best. As Richard A. Muller has said, this work ‘offers significant access to seventeenth-century Reformed and Presbyterian thought ... Durham’s work illustrates the relationship of Scripture with doctrine and piety and dogmatics.’ ” — Donald John MacLean, author of James Durham (1622–1658): And the Gospel Offer in its Seventeenth-Century Context
VOLUME ONE. Lectures on Chapters 1–3. This first of three projected volumes comprises a third of the lectures and fully half of the theological essays. The text covers chapter one in nine lectures (the most on any chapter) and the letters to the seven churches in Asia. The theological lectures contained cover such subjects as the doctrine of the Trinity, a call to the ministry and qualifications for the ministry, church government and church discipline, repentance, the difference in common and saving grace, and preaching and application in preaching. The text has been collated with a 1653 manuscript and an appendix contains texts and full lectures that are significantly different than the published edition of 1658. A new biography will appear in volume two. Volume three will contain a bibliographical essay covering Durham’s works and recent manuscript discoveries, as well as the indices, including an index of errata of prior editions.
This first of the three volumes comprises a third of the lectures and fully half of the theological essays. The text covers chapter one in nine lectures (the most on any chapter) and the letters to the seven churches in Asia. The theological lectures contained cover such subjects as the doctrine of the Trinity, a call to the ministry and qualifications for the ministry, church government and church discipline, repentance, the difference in common and saving grace, and preaching and application in preaching. The text has been collated with a 1653 manuscript and an appendix contains texts and full lectures that are significantly different than the published edition of 1658.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
To the Judicious & Christian Reader by John Carstairs
To the Reader by Robert Baillie
A Brief View of the Series of the Whole Book of the Revelation
CHAPTER ONE
Lecture 1: Revelation 1:1–4
Excursus 1: Concerning the Holy Trinity and Object of Worship
Lecture 2: Revelation 1:4–6
Lecture 3: Revelation 1:7–9
Lecture 4: Revelation 1:10
Lecture 5: Revelation 1:10–11
Lecture 6: Revelation 1:12–15
Lecture 7: Revelation 1:15–16
Lecture 8: Revelation 1:17–18
Lecture 9: Revelation 1:19–20
Excursus 2: Concerning a Calling to the Ministry, and clearness therein
Excursus 3: Concerning Writing
Excursus 4: Of Reading, and Hearing
CHAPTER TWO
Lecture 1: Revelation 2:1–3
Lecture 2: Revelation 2:4–5
Lecture 3: Revelation 2:6–7
Excursus 5: Concerning Church-government and Discipline, in General
Excursus 6: Concerning a Minister’s Relation to a Particular Congregation
Excursus 7: Concerning the Nature and Difference of Saving and Common Grace
Lecture 4: Revelation 2:8–11
Excursus 8: Concerning the Influence that the Devil has on Some Wicked Men’s Actions, and How He Carries on the Same
Lecture 5: Revelation 2:12–17
Lecture 6: Revelation 2:18–29
CHAPTER THREE
Lecture 1: Revelation 3:1–6
Lecture 2: Revelation 3:7–13
Excursus 9: Concerning Ministerial Qualifications
Lecture 3: Revelation 3:14–22
Excursus 10: Concerning the Identity of Angel, Bishop, and Presbyter
Excursus 11: Concerning the Way of Covenanting with God, and of a Sinner’s Obtaining Justification before Him
Excursus 12: Concerning Repentance
Excursus 13: Some General Observations Concerning Preaching, and Especially Application
Endorsements:
“This commentary on Revelation provides what was, as Principal John MacLeod said, ‘in past days, the accepted Protestant view of that book.’ While James Durham’s historicist reading of Revelation is no longer the standard view, that should not deter readers, for, as Spurgeon said, ‘it would not be easy to find a more sensible and instructive work than this old-fashioned exposition. We cannot accept its interpretations of the mysteries, but the mystery of the gospel fills it with sweet savour.’ The finest treasure in this commentary is not, however, Durham’s exegetical work (helpful though this is!). Contained in his commentary are independent treatises which are the purest of theological gold. These extended essays present Reformed thought at its best. As Richard A. Muller has said, this work “offers significant access to seventeenth-century Reformed and Presbyterian thought ... Durham’s work illustrates the relationship of Scripture with doctrine and piety and dogmatics.” —Donald John MacLean, author of James Durham (1622–1658): And the Gospel Offer in its Seventeenth-Century Context.
Hardcover, 504 pages
Page Size: 7.5 x 10.5 inches
Retail Price: $50.00
ISBN 978-1-60178-796-5
VOLUME TWO. Lectures on Chapters 4 - 11
Volume 2, Lectures on Chapters 4–11 is the second of three projected volumes. The theological digressions interspersed throughout cover such subjects as the nature and extent of the merit of Christ’s death, Mede’s Synchronisms, Christ’s Intercession, the idolatry of the Church of Rome, Prophesying, the Waldenses, and the founding of true churches by reformation out of corrupt churches. The text has been collated with a 1653 manuscript which in places is significantly different from the published edition of 1658. A new biography will appear in volume 3. Volume 3 will also contain a bibliographical essay covering Durham’s works and manuscripts, as well as the indices, including an index of errata of prior editions.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editor's Preface
CHAPTER FOUR
Lecture 1: Revelation 4:1–3
Lecture 2: Revelation 4:4–8
Lecture 3: Revelation 4:8-11
CHAPTER FIVE
Lecture 1: Revelation 5:1-7
Lecture 2: Revelation 5:8-14
Excursus 14: Concerning the Nature of Christ's Death or if it be Properly a Satisfaction
Excursus 15: Concerning the Extent of the Merit of Christ's Death, or if it may be Accounted a Satisfaction for All Men
CHAPTER SIX
Lecture 1: Revelation 6:1
Excursus 16: Concerning Learned Mede's Synchronism, or a particular consideration of the same
Lecture 2: Revelation 6:1-2
Lecture 3: Revelation 6:3-4
Lecture 4: Revelation 6:5-6
Lecture 5: Revelation 6:7-8
Lecture 6: Revelation 6:9
Lecture 7: Revelation 6:10-11
Lecture 8: Revelation 6:12-17
CHAPTER SEVEN
Lecture 1: Revelation 7:1
Lecture 2: Revelation 7:2-3
Lecture 3: Revelation 7:4-8
Lecture 4: Revelation 7:9-10
Lecture 5: Revelation 7:11-14
Lecture 6: Revelation 7:14-17
CHAPTER EIGHT
Lecture 1: Revelation 8:1–4
Excursus 17 Concerning Christ's Intercession or a particular consideration of the same
Lecture 2: Revelation 8:5-7
Lecture 3: Revelation 8:8-9
Lecture 4: Revelation 8:10–11
Lecture 5: Revelation 8:12–13
CHAPTER NINE
Lecture 1: Revelation 9:1–11
Excursus 18: Concerning the Comfortless Grounds that Popery Lays Down for Comforting Poor Afflicted Consciences
Lecture 2: Revelation 9:12-21
Excursus 19: Concerning the Idolatry of the Church of Rome
CHAPTER TEN
Lecture on Revelation 10:1-22
Excursus 20: Concerning Prophesying
Excursus 21: Concerning a Minister's Particular Message to a Particular Auditory, and if it may be again and again insisted on and repeated
CHAPTER 11
Lecture 1: Revelation 11:1-2
Lecture 2: Revelation 11:3-6
Lecture 3: Revelation 11:7-10
Lecture 4: Revelation 11:11-14
Excursus 22: Concerning the Waldenses
Lecture 5: Revelation 11:15-19
Excursus 23: Concerning the Constituting of True Churches by Reformation out of such as have been corrupt
APPENDIX: Manuscript Texts
VOLUME ONE: Corrigenda
VOLUME THREE. Lectures on Chapters 12 - 22
Volume 3, Lectures on Chapters 12–22 completes this new edition of James’s Durham’s Commentary upon the Book of the Revelation in three volumes. In addition to presenting the remaining forty-one lectures covering chapters 12–22, this volume also contains the final two theological excursuses: Excursus 23, “Concerning the Unity of the Catholic Visible Church” after chapter 12, lecture 3; and Excursus 24 “Concerning the Difficulty of Salvation under Popery” after chapter 14, lecture 3. This final volume opens with a 64-page biography of James Durham containing much information that is new. The appendix contains a 60-page bibliography that details all Durham’s known works and manuscripts, and from known dates a chronological catalog presents a hypothetical timeline of Durham’s six years of preaching and lecturing in Glasgow. The volume closes with indexing for all three volumes.
TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR VOLUME THREE
Editor's Preface
James Durham: A New Biography
CHAPTER TWELVE
Lecture 1: Revelation 12:1-6
Lecture 2: Revelation 12:7-12
Lecture 3: Revelation 12:13-17
Excursus 24: Concerning the Unity of the Catholic Visible Church
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Lecture 1: Revelation 13:1-3
Lecture 2: Revelation 13:4-8
Lecture 3: Revelation 13:9-11
Lecture 4: Revelation 13:12-17
Lecture 5: Revelation 13:18
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Lecture 1: Revelation 14:1-5
Lecture 2: Revelation 14:6-7
Lecture 3: Revelation 14:8-11
Excursus 25: Concerning the Difficulty of Salvation Under Popery
Lecture 4: Revelation 14:12-20
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Lecture 1: Revelation 15:1-4
Lecture 2: Revelation 15:5-8
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Lecture 1: Revelation 16:1-2
Lecture 2: Revelation 16:3-7
Lecture 3: Revelation 16:8-11
Lecture 4: Revelation 16:12
Lecture 5: Revelation 16:13-16
Lecture 6: Revelation 16:17-21
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Lecture 1: Revelation 17:1-2
Lecture 2: Revelation 17:3-6
Lecture 3: Revelation 17:6-8
Lecture 4: Revelation 17:9-11
Lecture 5: Revelation 17:12-14
Lecture 6: Revelation 17:15-18
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Lecture 1: Revelation 18:1-8
Lecture 2: Revelation 18:9-24
CHAPTER NINETEEN
Lecture 1: Revelation 19:1-7
Lecture 2: Revelation 19:8-10
Lecture 3: Revelation 19:11-21
CHAPTER TWENTY
Lecture 1: Revelation 20:1
Lecture 2: Revelation 20:1
Lecture 3: Revelation 20:1
Lecture 4: Revelation 20:1-3
Lecture 5: Revelation 20:4-6
Lecture 6: Revelation 20:7-10
Lecture 7: Revelation 20:11-15
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
Lecture 1: Revelation 21:1
Lecture 2: Revelation 21:2-8
Lecture 3: Revelation 21:9-27
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
Lecture 1: Revelation 22:1-5
Lecture 2: Revelation 22:6-12
Lecture 3: Revelation 22:13-21
APPENDICES AND INDICES
Sermons and Lectures of James Durham, A Chronological Catalog, 1647-1658
A James Durham Bibliography
Author Index
Scripture Index
Subject Index
2000 Edition Errata
John Owen called James Durham, "one of good learning, sound judgement, and every way 'a workman that needeth not to be ashamed.'" To read Durham on Revelation is to find proof of this. His commentary provides what was, as Principal John MacLeod said, "in past days, the accepted Protestant view of that book". While Durham's historicist reading of Revelation is no longer the standard view, that should not deter readers, for, as Spurgeon said, “it would not be easy to find a more sensible and instructive work than this old-fashioned exposition. We cannot accept its interpretations of the mysteries, but the mystery of the gospel fills it with sweet savour.” The finest treasure in this commentary is not, however, Durham's exegetical work (helpful though this is!). Contained in his commentary are independent treatises which are the purest of theological gold. Make what you will of Durham's interpretation of Revelation, but extended essays on the Trinity, the call to the ministry, the nature of justification, and so on present Reformed thought at its best. As Richard A. Muller has said, this work “offers significant access to seventeenth-century Reformed and Presbyterian thought ... Durham’s work illustrates the relationship of Scripture with doctrine and piety and dogmatics.” Taken all in all, readers of this work will surely ultimately agree with Durham's contemporary Robert Blair, who said of this work, "Many Writers have done worthily, but thou excellest them all.”
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