For those who may be interested in studying this issue, The Westminster Confession of Faith and the Cessation of Special Revelation: The Majority Puritan Viewpoint on Whether Extra-Biblical Prophecy is Still Possible (2007) by Garnet Howard Milne (foreword by Joel Beeke) seems to be an extremely comprehensive treatment. For the edification of the brethren, I decided to post the table of contents here.

CONTENTS

Foreword by Joel Beeke - xiii
Preface - xv
List of Abbreviations - xix

Introduction - 1

Chapter 1
The Westminster Assembly: Socio-political and Religious Context, Theological Inheritance and Constitution
1.1 Introduction - 10
1.2 Socio-political and Religious Context - 13
1.2.1 European Context - 14
1.2.2 English Context - 19
1.2.3 English and Scottish Events in their British Context - 22
1.2.4 Eschatological Fervour and the Interest in Prophecy - 35
1.2.5 Challenges from Variant Theologies - 40
1.3 Theological Inheritance - 42
1.3.1 Augustine - 43
1.3.2 Thomas Aquinas - 44
1.3.3 John Calvin - 45
1.4 The Immediate Predecessors of the Assembly - 48
1.4.1 William Perkins - 49
1.5 Acknowledged Sources of the Westminster Theology - 52
1.5.1 William Whitaker - 52
1.5.2 James Usher - 59
1.5.3 John Ball - 60
1.6 Assessing the Contributions of the Westminster Divines - 62
1.7 Conclusion - 65

Chapter 2
The Necessity and Scope of Special Revelation
2.1 Introduction - 67
2.2 The Limitations of General Revelation - 68
2.3 Special Revelation and WCF 1:1 - 74
2.4 The Westminster Definition of Salvation - 77
2.4.1 Salvation in the Other Works of the Westminster Divines - 82
2.5 Salvation and the Necessity of Scripture - 98
2.5.1 The Scriptures are Necessary in Both an Absolute and a Conditional Sense - 99
2.5.2 The Scriptures are Necessary for Both Personal and Holistic Redemption - 104
2.6 Conclusion - 108

Chapter 3
The Obsolescence of the Former Modalities of Special Revelation
3.1 Introduction - 109
3.2 An Exegetical Tradition
3.2.1 Ephesian 1:17-18 and the Promise of New Revelations - 113
3.2.2 Hebrews 1:1-2: Scripture the Sole Source of Special Revelation - 123
3.2.3 Joel 2:28-32 and Acts 2:17 - 133
3.3 Extra-biblical Modalities Relegated to the Past - 140
3.4 Conclusion - 145

Chapter 4
Clarifying the Claims to Continuationism
4.1 Introduction - 146
4.2 Cessationism and Dreams - 147
4.2.1 Consigning Revelatory Dreams to the Past - 147
4.2.2 Spiritualised Dreaming - 148
4.2.3 Dreams and Puritan Providentialism - 149
4.3 Continuationism among the Reformed Orthodox - 153
4.3.1 Two Forms of Supernatural Revelation - 154
4.3.2 The Inconclusive Witness of Some Claims to Revelation - 155
4.3.3 Stricter Continuationists/Continuationism - 159
4.4 The Quaker Polemic - Reaction to the Westminster Cessationist View - 166
4.5 Conclusion - 176

Chapter 5
Prophecy and the Westminster Divines
5.1 Introduction - 177
5.2 Other Puritan Forms of Discerning Secrets or the Future - 180
5.3 Puritan Exegetical Conclusions Concerning New Testament Prophecy - 188
5.3.1 The Simple Assertion of the Cessation of Gifts - 193
5.3.2 Why Prophecy is No Longer Necessary - 194
5.3.3 Summary - 203
5.4 The Explanation of the Puritan Acceptance of Contemporary Prophecy - 203
5.4.1 The Possibility of Contemporary Prophecy - 206
5.5 Conclusion - 217

Chapter 6
Prophecy and the Scots
6.1 Introduction: The Tradition of Miraculous Divine Intervention - 219
6.2 John Knox - 221
6.3 "Prophecy" and the Scottish Commissioners to the Westminster Assembly - 224
6.3.1 Robert Baillie, Archibald Johnston and Samuel Rutherford - 224
6.3.2 Alexander Henderson and Robert Blair - 234
6.3.3 George Gillespie - 237
6.3.3.1 INTERNAL CONTRADICTIONS - 240
6.3.3.2 ON THE CESSATION OF THE OTHER MIRACULOUS GIFTS - 241
6.3.3.3 A DISTINCTION BETWEEN MODERN AND BIBLICAL PROPHETS - 241
6.3.3.4 A CONTINUATIONIST GILLESPIE IN A CESSATIONIST ASSEMBLY - 243
6.3.3.5 LINKING THE "MISCELLANY" TO THE ASSEMBLY DEBATES - 244
6.3.3.6 GILLESPIE'S COMMITMENT TO WESTMINSTER ORTHDOXY - 244
6.3.3.7 GILLESPIE AS PROPHET - 246
6.4 An Enduring Legacy - 247
6.4.1 James Durham - 247
6.4.2 Robert Fleming - 250
6.4.3 James Hog - 252
6.4.4 Edward Irving and the London Scottish Presbytery - 253
6.4.5 John Kennedy - 255
6.5 Conclusion - 256

Chapter 7
Subscription and the Westminster Confession of Faith
7.1 Introduction - 257
7.2 An Ambiguous Cessationist Clause? - 258
7.3 Subscription in England - 262
7.3.1 Episcopalians - 263
7.3.2 Non-conformists -264
7.3.3 The Westminster Divines - 267
7.3.4 Presbyterians - 271
7.4 Subscription in Scotland - 275
7.4.1 The Use of Subscription Formulas - 277
7.5 Conclusion - 283

Conclusion - 285

Appendix
Private Spirits - 291
8.1 Private Spirits as Personal Opinion - 292
8.2 Private Spirits as the Private Revelations of the "Enthusiasts" - 294

Bibliography - 299
Index - 329

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Andrew Myers
Husband of Jessica, Father of Jackson, Katie and Samuel
Member, Presbyterian Reformed Church of Northern Virginia
Warrenton, VA USA
Editor, The Matthew Poole Project

"Let your Morning Thoughts, and your last Evening Thoughts, be what shall become of you to all Eternity." -- Matthew Poole

Simply, an outstanding, groundbreaking and remarkable book! Highly recommended!

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Carlos Eduardo de Oliveira
Member
Presbyterian Church in Aluminio
Mairinque, São Paulo, Brazil

Fantastic. Thanks for letting us know Andrew. I've been waiting for the release of this for ages ... can't wait!

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Marty

"There is nothing so necessary to draw us to repentance as good thoughts of God." (Thomas Manton)

There is also a blurb about the book at the website of the Reformed Presbyterian Covenanter Society.

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Andrew Myers
Husband of Jessica, Father of Jackson, Katie and Samuel
Member, Presbyterian Reformed Church of Northern Virginia
Warrenton, VA USA
Editor, The Matthew Poole Project

"Let your Morning Thoughts, and your last Evening Thoughts, be what shall become of you to all Eternity." -- Matthew Poole

I finally finished reading this today. I highly commend it. It was very educational, well documented, and Biblically and confessionally sound.

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Andrew Myers
Husband of Jessica, Father of Jackson, Katie and Samuel
Member, Presbyterian Reformed Church of Northern Virginia
Warrenton, VA USA
Editor, The Matthew Poole Project

"Let your Morning Thoughts, and your last Evening Thoughts, be what shall become of you to all Eternity." -- Matthew Poole

Great...

I've got so many books on my list to read I feel like Burgess Meredith in that episode of the Twilight Zone.

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BTW, how much is 20 pounds in US dollars?

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Before the glasses broke --->

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Andrew Myers
Husband of Jessica, Father of Jackson, Katie and Samuel
Member, Presbyterian Reformed Church of Northern Virginia
Warrenton, VA USA
Editor, The Matthew Poole Project

"Let your Morning Thoughts, and your last Evening Thoughts, be what shall become of you to all Eternity." -- Matthew Poole

Nice emoticon! We should have that available on PB!

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http://www.villagecommunitychurch.org/

Today it is about $39.59.

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Andrew Myers
Husband of Jessica, Father of Jackson, Katie and Samuel
Member, Presbyterian Reformed Church of Northern Virginia
Warrenton, VA USA
Editor, The Matthew Poole Project

"Let your Morning Thoughts, and your last Evening Thoughts, be what shall become of you to all Eternity." -- Matthew Poole

There is a better price at Wipf & Stock:

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Andrew Myers
Husband of Jessica, Father of Jackson, Katie and Samuel
Member, Presbyterian Reformed Church of Northern Virginia
Warrenton, VA USA
Editor, The Matthew Poole Project

"Let your Morning Thoughts, and your last Evening Thoughts, be what shall become of you to all Eternity." -- Matthew Poole

Looks good.

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Pittsburgh, PA
Fairmount ARP Church, Sewickley, PA
Student of Theology Pittsburgh Theological Seminary & Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary

“If the Church could be aroused to a deeper sense of the glory that awaits her, she would enter with a warmer spirit into the struggles that are before her.”-- J.H. Thornwell

Now available at RHB for $32.50.

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Andrew Myers
Husband of Jessica, Father of Jackson, Katie and Samuel
Member, Presbyterian Reformed Church of Northern Virginia
Warrenton, VA USA
Editor, The Matthew Poole Project

"Let your Morning Thoughts, and your last Evening Thoughts, be what shall become of you to all Eternity." -- Matthew Poole

Darn, I thought you were going to say, "Now available online here."

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Oh well! I ordered it from Wipf and Stock before seeing the better price from RHB. John Wipf and I went to seminary together. Guess I might as well give him some business.

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Atherton Baptist Homes, CEO
First Baptist Church of Alhambra, Member, Transformation Ministries (CA)

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