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FIVE NEW PUBLICATIONS

ALL BOOKS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN OCTOBER 1997.

PRE-PUBLICATION ORDERS ENCOURAGED!!

SERMONS ON THE DEITY OF CHRIST
John Calvin

THE WESTMINSTER STANDARDS:
AN ORIGINAL FACSIMILE
(Limited Collectors Anniversary Edition)

MICHAEL & THE DRAGON, OR
CHRIST TEMPTED & SATAN FOILED
Daniel Dyke

COMMENTARY ON THE PSALMS
George Horne

SINCERITY MEETS THE TRUTH
John K. Pedersen

TWENTY SERMONS ON THE DIVINITY, HUMANITY, NATIVITY, PASSION, DEATH, RESURRECTION, ASCENSION & RETURN OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
by John Calvin

Over 400 years ago, the first English translation of selected Sermons by John Calvin on Christology were published as "Diuers Sermons of Master Iohn Caluin, concerning the Diuinitie, Humanitie, and Natiuitie of our Lorde Iesus Chrite." As in all of Calvin's Sermons, he is revealed not simply as a theologian and expositor, but as a preacher and pastor to those placed under his care. In his Epistle to the Reader, the translator, Thomas Stocker, set down for us the relevance and application of these Sermons to his day where in place of faithful exposition, there existed false doctrine, and "vain and doltish tales". Faithful church government was replaced by the establishment of tyranny where men would "vomit and cast up arrogant and proud speeches in the Pulpit against the children of God, and against all such as Jesus Christ hath revealed himself unto." That we find such in our day as well, without question, establishes the need for this reprint. These Sermons were translated afresh from the French and Latin by Leroy Nixon, and published this century. This Old Paths Publications edition is from the second translation. Included in this printing is a Foreword by Dr. Richard C. Gamble, Professor of Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando.

Hardcover, color dustjacket, sewn binding, top stained, blind stamped & shrinkwrapped, 300 pp. approx.

THE WESTMINSTER STANDARDS
AN ORIGINAL FACSIMILE
by the Assembly of Divines

As this year marks the 350th anniversary of the Westminster Larger Catechism, this Special Limited Collectors first edition of the Larger Catechism, Shorter Catechism and the Confession of Faith "With the Proofs thereof out of the Scriptures" in one binding is now available for the first time. YOU DO NOT HAVE THIS NOR ARE YOU LIKELY TO OBTAIN AN ORIGINAL!! Only 600 copies were printed in 1648, and on the antiquarian book market, an actual copy could cost as much as $3,500. There is a handwritten note found inside the book by S. W. Carruthers who states that "[t]his is Warfield's Edition Three, the first with proofs. It is precisely the same as British Museum E.516(3) and National Library of Scotland 578. No.4." This particular copy has an interesting history (which you can only find out by buying a copy from Old Paths). The Assembly also appended to this collection, the first 15 of the Thirty nine Articles of the Church of ENGLAND, of which they were mandated to review, and A DIRECTORY for The Publique VVorship of GOD. This reprint contains a Foreword by Dr. William S. Barker, Professor of Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, PA.

Hardcover, color dustjacket, sewn binding, blind & gold stamped & shrinkwrapped, 250 pp, approx.

THE WESTMINSTER STANDARDS
AN ORIGINAL FACSIMILE ON CD-ROM
by the Assembly of Divines

For those of you who have an interest in Computer replicated Christian literature for reading or simply archival purposes, the above Facsimile of the Westminster Standards has been captured on a CD-Rom.

This is not an Ascii text based storing of data. Rather, it will have the actual appearance of the original edition, just like the hard bound edition. In fact, it will read just like a book. It comes in a plastic jewel case and has a picture of the Westminster Assembly as a cover. Seminaries and libraries should be especially interested in this interactive multi-media CD!

The CD-Rom comes complete with Adobe® Acrobat Reader installer software for Windows, Windows 95, Windows NT, Macintosh, Power Macintosh and Unix platforms. Adobe Acrobat Reader enables viewing of PDF (portable document file) files, an increasingly popular digital file distribution format.

PDF is also supported via plug-ins by popular web browsers such as Netscape navigator® 2.0 (and above) and Microsoft Explorer®. Printer drivers and installation instructions are included.

MICHAEL AND THE DRAGON
OR, CHRIST TEMPTED & SATAN FOILED
by Daniel Dyke

Which of us do not struggle with Temptation? Since the obvious answer is none, then this excellent Puritan Treatise ought to be read by all. This work is the second of what was originally released as Two Treatises bound together with his Treatise on Repentance. The book was published after his death by his brother The Rev. Jeremiah Dyke, however, this edition is not a facsimile, but has been newly typeset from the 1635 printing by John Beale, and to our knowledge has not been printed since that time. The text has been edited to reflect contemporary spelling, and bracketed words in italics are inserted following some antiquated terms or phrases as a convenience for the modern reader. Sub-headings and Chapter divisions have also been added to bring forth an organized clarity of this doctrine.

Benjamin Brook, in his book, The Lives of Puritans says, "Mr. Dyke was a man of an unblemished character, a divine of great learning and piety, and a preacher of sound, heart-searching doctrine." The title of this treatise, while strikingly provocative, clearly tells of the Subject of the work, that Great Prince and Shepherd the Lord Jesus Christ, Who "was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin."

In Mr. Dyke's own words, "Repentance and Temptations are two main points in the practice of Religion, and the two Purgatories that a Christian in his way to heaven must pass through. The first is of water, the other of fire; we can no sooner come out of the one, but we must look to enter into the other. No sooner have we bathed, and washed our souls in the waters of Repentance, but we must presently expect the fiery darts of Satan's temptations to be driving at us. What we get, and gain from Satan by Repentance, he seeks to regain, and to recover by his Temptations. We must not think to pass quietly out of Egypt without Pharaoh's pursuit, nor to travel through the wilderness of this world, without the opposition of the Amalekites. Satan will be in arms against us, if he perceive but the thoughts, and purpose of departure, much more if the practice. Surely this envious man sleeps not. No sooner can our fallow ground be plowed up, and the precious seed of grace be sown therein, but presently like the greedy fowls of the air he labors to catch it away, or else like the envious man to sow this ground mingled with mingled seed, and to mar the wheat with his tares. No sooner can we repent of one sin, but he is tempting to another."

The reader of this work will come away with a fresh and clear understanding of his struggle with Satan, ever reminded of the Son of God Who, "For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted." This book contains a Foreword by Dr. Joel R. Beeke, Minister of the Heritage Netherlands Reformed Church and Professor of Systematic Theology and Homiletics at Puritan Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, MI.

Hardcover, color dustjacket, sewn binding, blind stamped & shrinkwrapped, 275 pp, approx.

COMMENTARY ON THE PSALMS
by George Horne

The Rev. George Horne, D.D., late Lord Bishop of Norwich, President of Magdalen College, Oxford, and Dean of Canterbury completed his Commentary on the Psalms in 1771. In it he maintains that the greater number of the Psalms were Messianic. Charles H. Spurgeon would later write, "It has been said that this author had no qualification for a commentator except piety. This is not true, for he had natural poetry in his soul; and even if it were true, his work would go far to show how abundantly piety compensates for other deficiencies. He is among the best of our English writers on this part of Scripture and certainly one of the most popular." More than a hundred years have past since the last printing of this commentary, yet the importance of it can be seen in how other commentators made use of Horne's insights in their own commentaries, as in the case of William S. Plummer and Spurgeon, to name a few. This work meditatively explains the Psalms in "their literal or historical sense, as they relate to King David, and the people of Israel" yet does not neglect the allegorical nature or double sense of the book in"their application to the Messiah, to the Church, and to individuals as members thereof." Horne strives to demonstrate "the allegories of this most perfect form, with which the book of God abounds, and which are all pregnant with truths of the highest import." Old Paths Publications has reprinted the 1842 edition. This book contains a Foreword by The Rev. John Greer, Minister of the Free Presbyterian Church of Malvern, PA.

Hardcover, color dustjacket, blind stamped & shrinkwrapped with stunning picture of author, 550 pp.

SINCERITY MEETS THE TRUTH
by John K. Pedersen

With a style like that of John Bunyan in Pilgrim's Progress, The Rev. John K. Pedersen has beautifully written a short story about the battle for Truth in the preaching of the Gospel. The setting is the town of Evangelical Religion, where a form of godliness called Kinder, Gentler, Calvinism reigns supreme at Kindlove Reformed Church. The story centers upon the preaching of a visiting minister named Pastor Faith Not-his-own, whose teaching solicits a response of hatred from many in the congregation, though some are brought to a saving awareness from the same message. A gentleman named Sincerity is challenged in his own soul by what he has heard, but what will the result of this confrontation with the Truth bring to the life of this troubled man? Will he turn from his ways or will he reject the Gospel of Sovereign Grace? The story continues with a dramatic exchange that shows a church divided, a division that comes from the two-edged sword of the word of God amongst the tares and the wheat.

The apparent peace and unity which comfortably existed in this church is now shaken, and it's minister, Pastor Nuance Greytone (whose carefully crafted Paradise had been challenged) is left with a church never to be the same because of the Truth. Featuring striking illustrations by Douglas Parkhurst, Sincerity Meets the Truth is a powerful apology for the Reformed Faith, understood not as a separate and distinct doctrine of the enlightened few or an addition to the "core teachings" of Christianity, but as the very Gospel of Scripture. Rev. Pedersen is a minister in the Orthodox Presbyerian Church and is currently Pastor of Sovereign Grace Church in Gettysburg, PA.

Large Paperback 7"x8" & professional illustrations 70 pp., approx.