In my research so far, I have discovered twelve distinct works by Hercules Collins. These works are listed below in chronological order by their date of publication.
- An Orthodox Catechism, London; 1680. (86 pages, with final 12 being an appendix on the duty of congregational singing)
- Some Reasons for Separation From the Church of England, London; 1682. (24 pages)
- Counsel for the Living Occasioned from the Dead, London; 1684. (37 pages, final 3 ½ elegy)
- A Voice from the Prison, London; 1684. (34 pages)
- Mountains of Brass, Or, The Decrees of God, London; 1690. (31 pages)
- Believers’ Baptism from Heaven, London; 1691. (In opposition to Infant Baptism) (139 pages) Final chapter (X) republished in The Baptist Memorial and Monthly Record 1846, pp. 330-334 under the title “The Reputed Anabaptists of Germany”
- The Antidote Proved A Counterfeit, London; 1693. (20 pages)
- Truth and Innocence Vindicated, London; 1695. (12 pages)
- The Sandy Foundation of Infant Baptism, London; 1695. (50 pages)
- Marrow of Gospel History, London; 1696. (104 pages)
- Three Books, London; 1696. (104 pages) includes reprints of Mountains of Brass and Marrow of Gospel History as well as the only edition of The Scribe Instructed into the Kingdom of Heaven (78 pages)
- The Temple Repair’d, London; 1702. (64 pages)
Works Available Online
The Mount Zion Primitive Baptist Church website has a number of old Baptist works available online. To access their html files of articles and books click here. To access their pdf files of articles and books click here. They have a couple of Hercules Collins works hosted on their site. First, PDF files of the original printing of The Temple Repaired are available for downloading by clicking each of the following four links.
In addition, The Temple Repaired and Mountains of Brass are both available in html format by clicking the following links:
Pastor Steve,
As a Reformed Baptist (1689 BCF) I’m enjoying this website dedicated to one of the men who signed it.
Do you know of websites which have Hercules Collin’s Orthodox Catechism posted in its entirety?
Thank you,
Des
Des,
Thanks for visiting and commenting. I don’t know anywhere that the catechism is available online. I will probably make it available at some point (when I have time to edit it).
Blessings,
Steve
Steve,
Your link to the catechism (in a blog post dated 9/14/08) is dead. Do you have a copy of the doc?
I do have a copy. I will try and post it at some point.
Steve,
I recently read Collins’ Mountain of Brass sermon and found a link to your site. I’m so glad that our Lord led me to Collins and your work on him.
I’m looking forward with great anticipation to mining the nuggets of God’s eternal truth exposited by Collins and stewn afresh among us by your work here.
I intend to begin posting excepts of his sermon on my site very soon.
May our sovereign Lord continue to bless you as you work in His grace for His glory.
Your brother in Christ,
Greg Coleman
Greg,
Thanks for your enthusiasm about Collins. Thanks for the encouragement. I am in the midst of writing a dissertation on Hercules Collins. I will try to post some things out of my research here in the days ahead. Thanks for reading.
Steve
Enjoyed the blog. HC has two books available on Kindle.
Chapel Library now has Mountains of Brass available in print, PDF, ePub, and Mobi formats. https://www.chapellibrary.org/book/mobr/