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John Witherspoon
1723–1794
John Witherspoon. Scottish Presbyterian minister who became the sixth president of the College of New Jersey (Princeton). The only clergyman to sign the Declaration of Independence.
From An Essay on Justification, and A Practical Treatise on Regeneration
WHEN the works of men, eminent both for their intelledlaa'l and moral excellence, are prefented to the Public, it is natural to prefume that the Pubhc will feel a defire to be favoured with fome account of them. It is from a prefumption of this 'kind, that the following brief ac-' count has been drawn up of the late eminent Dr WiTHERSpooN. Thofe who take pleafure in acquainting themfelves with the hiftory of perfons who have been blelTed with fuperior talents, and enabled ftrenuoufly to devote thetxifelves to truth, to virtue, and to the befl: interefts of mankind, will feel peculiar intereft in perufing a faithi\il memoir of this eminent divine% 3tll ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE Dr WiTHERSPooN was a branch of a very refpedable family, which had long poffelTed a confiderable landed property in the eaft of Scotland. He was lineally defcended from that eminent man of God, the…
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Works in the Library 2
An Essay on Justification, and A Practical Treatise on Regeneration 1804
Witherspoon's systematic theological treatises on justification and spiritual rebirth, central doctrines of Reformed Protestant Christianity.
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Lectures on Moral Philosophy 1804
Witherspoon's influential lectures synthesizing moral philosophy with Christian ethics for educated audiences and ministerial students.
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Passages John Witherspoon cites most
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Luke 10:213×
Philippians 3:83×
2 Corinthians 4:32×
2 Corinthians 5:172×
2 Peter 2:12×
Ephesians 2:12×
Ephesians 2:102×
Galatians 3:102×
John 3:142×
Luke 5:82×
Mark 8:382×
Mark 16:152×
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