William Symington: Penman of the Scotish Covenentors

by Mark
(Indianapolis Indiana)

Tip of the hat to you for compiling such a lengthy list of speakers and authors on this topic. I cant pretend to understand all the nuances involved here but people I respect think highly of William Symington's analysis of the Covenantors thinking on civil government.

He had the advantage of analyzing the Covenantors thinking about a century after the events and having a deep love of Gods Word and what it says about civil government. The Kingdom of God and its implications for civil government. I cant help but think it might be relevant here. Thanks and God bless.

Editor's Note: Yes, Symington penned "Messiah The Prince," an essay on the kingly office of Jesus Christ. Most people overlook the fact that Melchizedek -- the archtypical type of Christ -- was King of Salem as well as priest of the Most High God.

Anyone reading this work will immediately see the stark contrast between it and the godless United States Constitution and/or the Federalist Papers. The latter works utterly ignore the Kingly office of Christ, the King of kings on earth.

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"Messiah the Prince" by William Symington

The work of Dr. William Symington, of Glasgow, Scotland, on "The Mediatorial Dominion of Jesus Christ," holds a place in literature which is altogether unique. While books on the priestly work of the Redeemer, and especially on the Atonement, are numerous, no formal and exhaustive discussion of the kingly office of the Messiah—its necessity, its reality, its extent, and its application to various classes of moral agents—is elsewhere, I believe, to be found.

Even elaborate systems of theology are found singularly defective here. Since, however, the royal authority of Christ has been clearly revealed, and is unquestionably exercised in the government of the world, it is manifest that an examination of this subject is essential to any complete view of the work of Redemption.

It is cause for satisfaction that the only treatise, as yet, upon this subject, is a work of signal ability, lucid in arrangement, reverent in spirit, and, with hardly an exception, sound and judicious in its conclusions.