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Cornelius Burgess

1589–1665

London Presbyterian senior; preached the opening sermon to Parliament that called the Assembly.

English Presbyterian Majority

Holds the Westminster position on all 35 attributes.

Biography

Lecturer at St Magnus the Martyr and St Paul's, Burgess was the most prominent London Presbyterian preacher of the early 1640s. He preached the November 1640 sermon before the Commons that helped catalyse the calling of the Assembly. As First Assessor he carried much of the actual procedural work. After 1660 he refused to conform, was deprived of his benefices, ruined financially by the Restoration land settlement, and died in obscurity.

Principal works

  • The Necessity and Benefit of Washing the Heart (1628)
  • Two Sermons (1641)
Role at the Assembly

Assessor to the Prolocutor

The two assessors were senior divines appointed to assist the Prolocutor and to take the chair in his absence — which, given William Twisse's infirmity, meant they did much of the real work of presiding. Cornelius Burgess and John White were the original assessors.

Party in 6 cruxes

Ontology placement · 0 overrides of 35

I. ✦ Scripture
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II. ✠ God & Decree
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III. ⊕ Covenant
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IV. ☧ Christology
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V. ✚ Soteriology
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VI. ⚖ Law & Sanctification
Uses of the Law Three-Uses-Affirmed Tripartite Division Moral-Judicial-Ceremonial Sabbath Lords-Day-Fourth-Commandment-Perpetual Good Works Necessary-Fruit-Not-Meritorious
VII. ☩ Ecclesiology & Worship
Polity Presbyterian-Jure-Divino Sacramental Efficacy Signs-And-Seals-Conferring-Grace-By-Spirit Regulative Principle Strict-Only-What-Commanded Censures & Synods Three-Degrees-With-Graded-Synods
VIII. ⌛ Civil & Last Things
Magistrate's Role Custos-Utriusque-Tabulae (1646) Oaths & Marriage Oaths-Lawful-Serious; Divorce-Adultery-Or-Desertion Intermediate State Immediate-Conscious-With-God-Or-Judgment Final Judgment Single-Universal-Judgment-By-Christ
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Study Reformed, “Cornelius Burgess” (Divine), Westminster Standards Atlas, version 79a5f9880ac1, https://studyreformed.com/atlas/cite/persona/cornelius-burgess/.

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