Thesis on Wallin by J H Cook

A PhD thesis on Wallin by J H Cook appeared at the end of 2021. It can be accessed here - *****. Title

BENJAMIN WALLIN: A RESPECTABLE MINISTER’S PROCLAMATION

OF THE GOSPEL IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LONDON

The contents are as follows

PREFACE vii

Chapter

1. INTRODUCTION 1

Thesis...................................................................................................................3

Methodology .......................................................................................................3

Summary of Research .........................................................................................4

Biography ............................................................................................................5

Hymnody ............................................................................................................ 7

Doctrinal Stances................................................................................................. 9

Eighteenth-Century Particular Baptist Preaching.............................................. 10

Significance.........................................................................................................13

2. A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF A MOST RESPECTABLE MAN 14

Maze Pond ......................................................................................................... 16

Edward Wallin.................................................................................................... 19

Benjamin Wallin................................................................................................. 26

Conclusion ......................................................................................................... 35

3. BENJAMIN WALLIN’S TEACHING 36

Confessional Subscriptions................................................................................ 37

The Trinity.......................................................................................................... 39

Covenant of Grace ............................................................................................. 41

Particular Redemption ....................................................................................... 43

Original Sin and Actual Sin.................................................................................45

Conversion.......................................................................................................... 47

Justification........................................................................................................  50

The Law..............................................................................................................  54

The Gospel.......................................................................................................... 58

Sanctification ....................................................................................................... 61

Perseverance of the Saints.................................................................................... 64

The Ordinances..................................................................................................... 67

Preaching .............................................................................................................. 73

The Pastoral Office ............................................................................................... 76

Church Membership and the Communion of Saints.............................................. 81

Prayer..................................................................................................................... 87

4. BENJAMIN WALLIN’S PREACHING 92

Form Criticism....................................................................................................... 94

Defining the Genre ................................................................................................ 95

Structure............................................................................................................... 119

Generic Fidelity ................................................................................................... 121

Final Analysis....................................................................................................... 129

5. WALLIN’S POSITION ON THE MODERN QUESTION: PREACHING THE GOSPEL 133

Preaching the Gospel in Southwark, London, England .........................................133

Benjamin Wallin and “Hyper-Calvinism”.............................................................. 138

The “Modern Question” ........................................................................................ 142

Benjamin Wallin’s Position.................................................................................... 151

6. CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................158

APPENDIX 1. ANNOTATED LIST OF REFERENCES AND LETTERS REGARDING BENJAMIN WALLIN FOUND IN GUILD’S EARLY HISTORY OF BROWN UNIVERSITY 163

2. ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN WALLIN’S PUBLISHED WORKS ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY 166

3. JOHN BRINE’S AND BENJAMIN WALLIN’S SERMON OUTLINES OF 2 COR 5:1 187

4. LETTER OF FEB 4, 1748, FROM WALLIN TO MR. THOMAS PRATTEN  191

BIBLIOGRAPHY 193