Matthew Poole (1624 79), author of the famous Synopsis Criticorum Biblicum, was a seventeenth century ecclesiastical leader, nonconformist, apologist, and minister in England. Poole is best remembered for his Synopsis in the scholarly Latin tongue, and the English language Annotations upon the Holy Bible (the modern day A Commentary on the Holy Bible) written for the layperson. These works were highly valued by such divines as Charles Spurgeon and Jonathan Edwards. Poole began his literary life by submitting to publication a significant treatise against John Biddle's writings on the Holy Spirit. He also gave his name to the endorsement of two published tracts: one against the Quakers and the other an evangelistic appeal upon the occasion of a notorious murderer in London. Learn more about Poole's fascinating life and the numerous controversies in which he was engaged. The controversy that consumed most of his energy and time was his argument against the infallibility of the Roman Catholic Church, saying that Catholics have no grounding for their faith and that Protestants have a very firm grounding for faith in the Scriptures.
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Two masonic writers offer inspiration to their brethren in the form of sermons. Included here are: The Creation of Light, A Sermon on Being a Man, A Sermon on Honesty, A Sermon on the Heart of a Man, A Sermon on Guarding the Doors and A Sermon Given at the Scottish Rite.
Long before NASCAR legitimized racing, men like Ernest Clark, fastest driver in Montgomery County, and lovesick Leroy Baker, were taring up the backroads of piedmont North Carolina. Meet these and other unforgettable characters as introduced by native North Carolinian story-teller Thomas P. Poole.
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