"The old truth that Calvin preached, that Augustine preached, that Paul preached, is the truth that I must preach to-day, or else be false to my conscience and my God. I cannot shape the truth; I know of no such thing as paring off the rough edges of a doctrine. John Knox’s gospel is my gospel. That which thundered through Scotland must thunder through England again." Charles Spurgeon. This volume collects three books by three different authors explaining and defending Calvinism. John Gill takes the reader verse-by-verse through the Bible and rigorously defends Calvinism against Daniel Whitby's "Discourse on the Five Points of Calvinism." He then successfully traces the doctrines of grace in the works of the church fathers, refuting the fallacious claim that Calvinism is some kind of "new heresy." John Owen contributes his thorough work on the subject, asserting that Arminianism represents the tired old heresy of Pelagianism combined with the new heresy of "contingency," which claims God's ignorance of future events. Finally, Charles Spurgeon defends Calvinism with his own insights and personal testimony in a brief sermon.
