The Westminster Assembly Digital Library provides a growing collection of digital texts by or relating to the Westminster Assembly. As the Library develops, it will provide a searchable text of all primary material of the Westminster Assembly and primary sources about the Assembly, both manuscript and published. Working in close conjunction with the The WESTMINSTER ASSEMBLY TRANSCRIPTION PROJECT, the Digital Library will eventually include the following:
- The full text of all the unpublished papers of the Assembly
- The full text of all published documents of the Assembly
- Transcripts of all primary sources about the Assembly and accounts of the Assembly, both manuscript and published, including Gillespie’s notes, John Lightfoot’s journals, Wallis’s vindication, Thomas Thorowgood’s journal and other key texts
- Manuscripts and published texts by individual Westminster divines.
- Eventually, the project hopes to provide a searchable text of the minutes of the Westminster Assembly.
Westminster Assembly Digital Library: Transcriptions and Transcribers
| Author | Title | Transcriber | Proofreader | Progress or Publication |
| Westminster Assembly | Minutes of the Westminster Assembly (DWL MS 38.1-3) | C. Van Dixhoorn | C. Van Dixhoorn | Oxford University Press (editing in progress) |
| Westminster Assembly | Directory for Church Government (Wing 1445) | J. Best | J. Bower D. Bower |
Click here (108 kb) |
| Westminster Assembly | Directory for Church Government (Wing 1446) | J. Best | J. Bower | |
| Westminster Assembly | Directory for Church Government (WCL Braye fos. 1r-4v) | J. Matthull | ||
| Westminster Assembly | Directory for Church Government (Bod. Nalson 22, fos. 30r-38r) | C. Cangelosi | J. Bower | Click here (76 kb) |
| Westminster Assembly | Larger Catechism (Bod. Nalson 22, fos. 133r-[157v]) | C. Coldwell | ||
| Westminster Assembly | Larger Catechism (Bod. Nalson 22, fos. 158r-177v) | C. Coldwell | ||
| Westminster Assembly | Larger Catechism (critical text of the Larger Catechism, collating MS and first printed texts) | J. Bower | J. Bower | In J. Bower, ThM thesis, (Westminster Theological Seminary, 2006) |
| Westminster Assembly | Directory for Church Government (Bod. Nalson 22, fos. 30r-38v) | C. Cangelosi | J. Bower | |
| Burges, Cornelius | Sermons on the Apostles’ Creed (CUL Add.6164) | D. McCallum | ||
| [Calamy, Edmund] | Two Solemne Covenants | C. Cangelosi | J. Bower | Click here (125 kb) |
| Dury, John | Epistolary Discourse | A. Thompson | ||
| Featley, Daniel | Speeches at the Westminster Assembly (in Sacra Nemesis) | T. Van Dixhoorn | ||
| Gataker, Thomas | The new creature in Christ (Bod. Rawl. E.119) | C. Spiker | ||
| Gillespie, George | A late dialogue betwixt a civilian and a divine | J. Stodghill | ||
| Gillespie, George | Votes of the Westminster Assembly (in Works, Vol. 2 | J. Wood | ||
| Gillespie, George | Notes of events speeches in the Westminster Assembly (in Works, vol. 2) | J. WoodM. Wood | ||
| Hill, Thomas | Six Sermons | A. Thompson | ||
| Lightfoot, John | Journal of events and speeches in the Westminster Assembly, vol. 1 (CUL Dd.xiv.28:4) | C. Van Dixhoorn | In C. Van Dixhoorn, PhD diss., (University of Cambridge, 2004), vol. 2 | |
| Lightfoot, John | Journal of events and speeches in the Westminster Assembly, vols. 2-4 (CUL Dd.xiv.21-23) | T. Van Dixhoorn S. Van Dixhoorn D. McCallum |
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| Strong, William | A discourse of the two covenants | J. Fontanini | ||
| Twisse, William | A briefe catechetical exposition | L. Freire |
Abbreviations:
Bod Bodleian Library, Oxford
CUL Cambridge University Library
DWL Dr Williams’s Library, London
WCL Westminster College Library, Cambridge
How you can participate:
To learn more the Westminster Assembly Digital Library and our search for volunteers, please see our leaflet.
Support:
To become a patron of this project or to make a tax-deductible donation in the United States, please contact the Craig Center for the Study of the Westminster Standards, Westminster Theological Seminary, P.O. Box 27009, Philadelphia, PA, 19118. Please make checks payable to “Westminster Theological Seminary” and clearly designate all donations for “The Westminster Assembly Digital Library.”