Walker includes this among the "principal works" and best defences of Presbyterian church government, against Episcopalian attacks.

Speaking of this book, among other foremost Presbyterian works of this period, he notes that they were all "learned and able books, all of them debating the point both on grounds of Scripture and ecclesiastical antiquity."

Furthermore, he continues, writing, "Those of Jamieson claim a special notice. Their author was blind; so far as appears, he was born blind. Yet he was a thorough scholar (no excuse here for those of us who can see--RB), and in particular was well acquainted both with the Latin and Greek Fathers. His works are... as a whole... among the best of their class, and contain an effective defence of Presbyterian Church government."

Johnston calls Jameson "one of the acutest and most learned defenders of the Presbyterian system" (Treasury of the Scottish Covenant, p. 383).

This is one of the most devastating scholarly replies to the antichristian hierarchy of Episcopalianism (and Romanism too!) ever produced. Thoroughly scriptural, it also contains a treasure chest of quotations from the early church fathers (right up through to the recent [1600's] Reformers of Jameson's day); though Jameson readily proclaims, "Let the Sword of God (They're Jerome's words in primum Haggaei) cut off every thing that men, without the Authority of Testimony of the Scriptures, have devised and pretend as if they had it by Apostolic Tradition. Let all such things be broken in Pieces called Nehustan, and, finally, sacrificed to Truth and Peace."

Exceedingly rare.