CHAPTER I
The New Testament Churches.
The Great CommissionA Definition of
a ChurchA Voluntary AssociationA Church Not National or GeneralThe
Officers of a ChurchThe OrdinancesThe Proper Subjects of BaptismThe Form
of BaptismThe Lords SupperThe Ordinances as SymbolsThe Churches
Missionary BodiesThe Continued Existence of the Churches.
CHAPTER II
The Ancient Churches.
Early ConditionsIsaac
TaylorEpistola ad DiognetumThe Beginning of Dangerous HeresiesBaptismal
SalvationMetropolitan BishopsGregory the GreatThe Baptism of
BelieversThe FathersThe Early Councils and Infant BaptismThe Baptism of
Adults Who Had Christian ParentsThe First Law and The First Rule for Infant
BaptismThe Testimony of ScholarsThe Form of BaptismSix Rituals on the
SubjectThe Christian MonumentsThe CatacombsThe BaptisteriesClinic
BaptismReligious Liberty Tertullian, Justin Martyr and
LactatiusConstantine the Great Issues an EdictTheodosius the Great Enforces
Religion by Law.
CHAPTER III
The Struggle Against Corruption.
Incorruptible ChurchesThe Testimony
of BunsenThe Montanist ChurchesThe AnabaptismThe Spread of the
MovementThe Novatian ChurchesRobinson Traces Them to the ReformationThey
Were Called AnabaptistsThe Donatist ChurchesTheir OriginRejected Infant
BaptismBenedictLincolnAugustineLiberty of
ConscienceNeanderTheir Attitude Toward LibertyTheir Protest.
CHAPTER IV
The Paulician and Bogomil Churches.
The Sources of InformationThe
Greeks, The ArmeniansThe Key of Truth.The Apostolic
OriginThey Rejected Other CommunionsThe Story of ConstantineThe
Connection of the MohammedansThe SabiansThe Numbers of the
PauliciansReligious LibertyThe Free State of TepriceAmong the Albigenses
in FrancePersecutedConybeare on Baptist SuccessionJustin A.
SmithWidely Scattered in Europethe Paulicians not ManichaeansTheir
DoctrinesThe Synod of ArrasA Confession of FaithThe
AdoptionistsThe Form of BaptismMacariusThe Oriental ChurchThe
BogomilsBrockettTheir PersecutionsThe Form of Baptism.
CHAPTER V
The Albigensian, the Petrobrusian, the
Henrician, the Arnoldist, and the Berengarian Churches.
The Origin and Spread of These
ChurchesProf. BuryTheir HistoryTheir Good CharacterTheir Writings
DestroyedThey Were Not ManichaeansTwo Classes of BelieversIn Southern
FranceThe Crusades Against ThemTheir DoctrinesRejected Infant
BaptismPeter of BruysHis OpinionsThe Petrobrusians Accused of Being
AnabaptistsHenry of LanusanneHis Great SuccessHeld the Opinions of the
AnabaptistsArnold of BresciaThe Testimony of Otto FreisingThe
ArnoldistBerengariusHis Troubled Career.
CHAPTER VI
The Waldensian Churches.
The Alps as a Hiding PlacePeter
WaldoThe Preaching TourOrigin of the WaldensesThe NameRoman
Catholic Historians on Their OriginRainerio SacchoniPregerThe Statement
of the WaldensesThe Noble LessonsThe ReformersBezaLater
WritersThe Special Historians of the
WaldensesFaberMorelandClaudius Seisselius on Their CharacterTheir
Manners and CustomsTheir PrinciplesInfant BaptismTheir Change of Views
in Regard to the PracticeAdult BaptismImmersion.
CHAPTER VII
The Origin of the Anabaptist Churches.
The Anabaptist
MovementMosheimSir Isaac NewtonAlexander CampbellRobert
BarclayVon UsingerSacchoniCardinal
HosiusLutherZwingliAnabaptism no New ThingThey Were Found in Many
LandsDifferent LeadersKinship to The
WaldensesLimborchKellerMoellerLindsayThe Waldenses and The
Anabaptists Found in the Same PlacesWaldensian Preachers Found Among the
AnabaptistsPoints of AgreementThe Anabaptists Claimed a Succession From
Earlier TimesThe Antiquity of the Netherland BaptistsThe
SwissMoraviaThe PicardsErasmusSebastian
FrankSchynAbrahamsonYpeij and Dermout.
CHAPTER VIII
The Character of the Anabaptists.
Called by Many
NamesAnabaptistCatabaptistsThe Popularity of the MovementNot a
Turbulent PeopleLovers of PeaceBayleCassanderPastor of
FeldsburgThe Swiss BaptistsErasmusPersecuted in Every
landReligious LibertyHubmaierTheir Appeal to The New TestamentThe
Baptismal QuestionA Spiritual Church Their AimHastInfant
BaptismThe Form of Their Organization.
CHAPTER IX
The Reformers Bear Witness of the Baptist.
The attitude of the Reformers to Infant
BaptismThe History of Immersion in Germany, North and EastThe Saxon
ConfessionMelanchthonPomeraniaSadoletoLutherJohn
BugenhagenZwingliThe CatabaptistsErasmusMelanchthonWilliam
FarelMartin BucerBaptisms in a TubCalvinBaptism Not an Especial
Discussion Between the Baptists and the Reformers.
CHAPTER X
The Baptist in the Practice of Dipping.
The Testimony of FleuryThe
Sum of the Holy ScriptureConrad Grebel in SwitzerlandA Moravian
ChronicleIts Doubtful AuthoritySome Roman Catholic Converts May at First Have
Practiced SprinklingKesslerUlimann Dipped in The RhineThe Dippings at
St. GallThe BaptisteryThe Baptisms in the Sitter RiverPersecutions on
This AccountThe Dippings at AppenzellJohn StumpfThe Decrees Against the
Baptisms of the BaptistsThe Persecutions at ZurichThe Strong Arm of the
LawThe Famous Decree of ZurichGastinsFelix Manz Drowned Because he
Practiced DippingThe Baptists in ViennaThe Italian Baptists
CHAPTER XI
Other Baptist Churches in the Practice of
Dipping.
The Church in AugsburgHans
DenckThe Leaders all in the Practice of DippingBaptisteries in the Houses and
CellarsSenderThe Augsburg HistorianUrbanus RhegiusThe River
LechThe Church at StrassburgMelchior HofmannThe Baptisms at
EmdenTubs Used for Baptismal PurposesDr. WinklerObbe PhilipsThe
Words of KellerMelchior RinkThe Ordinance of GodThe Moravian
ChurchesBaithasar HubmaierHis Character and WorkDenies Infant
BaptismAdopts immersionZwingli and HubmaierCapitoFarelJohn
FabriciusThe Books of HubmaierPeter ReidermannErhard.
CHAPTER XII
The Practice of Dipping in the Netherlands,
Poland, Lithuania, and Transylvania Baptist Churches.
The Waldenses in HollandReligious
LibertyRemhrandtLearned MenSimon MennoHis Views of
BaptismA Handful of WaterLuther on This PhraseThe DoopRoman
6:3Anabaptist Literature on The Subject1 Corinthians 12:13The Practice
of MenoImmersion in the
NetherlandsBastingiusBoltensDooreslaarStarkSchynThe
Change of Practice Among the MennonitesThe Collegiants of RhynesburgPoland and
Silesian BaptistsImmersionSandiusBockThe Unitarian
BaptistsTheir Great Learning and CulturePeter GonesiusGregory
PaulusTheir Numbers and SpiritSocinusMartin CzechovicusThe
Racovian CatechismThe Lord of Cracow.
CHAPTER XIII
The Peasant Wars and the Kingdom of
Münster.
The trouble between the Peasants and the
NobilityThomas MünzerThe Twelve ArticlesThe Battle of
SchlatchtbergThomas Münzer Never a BaptistThe Responsibility of
LutherGrebel and Manz Disavow MünzerHis Views on Infant BaptismThe
Münster TumultsLargely a Political AffairThe Desire for
LibertyPolygamyMarriage SacredThe Anabaptists Did Not Originate the
TumultsThe Leaders Were All PedobaptistsFair Minded
HistoriansKellerDAubigneYpeij and DermoutArnoldThe
Common ManThe Act of Baptism at MünsterThe Confession of
Both SacramentsThe Form of Baptism DippingJesse B.
ThomasKellerHeathCorneliusRhegiusFischerJohn of
Leyden.
CHAPTER XIV
The British Baptist Churches.
The Statement of the
HistoriansThomas CrosbyB. EvansAdam TaylorRobert
BarclayDavid MassonThe First Churches in BritainMissionary WorkThe
PersecutionsThe Early Britons
BaptistsCrosbyDavisImmersionRichards on the Welsh WordBede
and Other HistoriansSt. Patrick in IrelandImmersion and The Lords
SupperAustinThe SaxonsAn Attempt to Convert the Britons to Roman
Catholic ViewsThe DifferencesInfant BaptismThe First Instance of Infant
BaptismLaws Enacted on the SubjectThe Paulicians in EnglandHill Cliffe
ChurchGoadbyWalter LollardJohn WyclifHis Views on
BaptismThomas WaldenThe Opinions of the LollardsWilliam Tyndale.
CHAPTER XV
The Baptists in the Reformation Period in
England.
Henry VIII.The Persecution of the
BaptistsThe hatred of the KingThe Opinions of the BaptistsAlice
GrevillSimon Fish ARoyal Proclamation Against StrangersThe Coming of the
DutchThe Baptists BurntStoweFroudeA SensationThe Baptists
Increase DailyTheir NumbersTheir ChurchesImmersionThe Sum of the
holy ScriptureImmersion Among the BaptistsThe
DonatistsFullerFeatleyEdward VIThe Baptist Increase in
NumbersIn LondonIn Kent and Elsewhere In EssexBaptists
BurntThe Influence of John CalvinJoan of Kent The Practice of
ImmersionThe Baptism of AdultsJ. BalesGiles Van BellenRobert Cooke
and Dr. TurnerQueen MaryShe attempts to Reestablish RomanismPhilip II of
SpainBishop GardinerEdward BonnerThe Baptists were NumerousShoals
of Them from AbroadimmersionThe MartyrsQueen ElizabethThe Name
BaptistTheir ChurchesThe coming From Over-SeasThe Heavy Hand of the
Law More Baptists BurntThe IndependentsLearn their Ideas From the
BaptistsImmersion the RuleImmersion Among the BaptistsJames IThe
Baptist Not Numerous in His ReignThe Burnning of Edward WightmanA Petition to
the House of LordsAn Humble Supplication to the KingAn Appeal for Liberty of
ConscienceMark Leonard Busher.
CHAPTER XVI
The Episode of John Smyth.
He Was an Unusual ManThe Material
for his Life Rare and ComplicatedLincolnGainsboroughThe Crowle
DocumentsAnimosity Against HimHe is BaptizedHis Great AbilityThe
Anabaptists in HollandBaptist SuccessionThe Question of his
Sec-baptismThe Position of Baptist WritersHis Own WordsHis
ImmersionNo Difficulty to Obtain Immersion in HollandAshtonThe
MennonitesB. EvansMullerRobert BarclayP. B.R. B.Thomas
WallGiles ShuteCrosbyIvimeyTaylorMassonBishop
HallClyftonBaillieJ. H .Mark Leonard BusherHelwysJohn
NorcottJohn MortonI. GrauntSmyth His Own WitnessExcluded From the
Baptist ChurchHe Differs From the MennonitesThe Testimony of
HelwysHelwys Returns to England.
CHAPTER XVII
Origin of the Particular Baptist Churches.
The General Baptists
NumerousCalvinistic Views Among BaptistsThe Rise of the Particular
BaptistsThe Independent Church of Henry JacobCrosbyUnderhillCrosby
Sometimes MisleadingThe Opinion of LewisThe MS. of William KiffinThe
Sending to Holland for BaptismThe Statement of HutchinsonJohn
SpilsburyThe Right to Begin BaptismThe Administrator of BaptismThe
Continuance of Baptist ChurchesWilliam KiffinDaniel KingA Notable
IntroductionHenry DAnversThe Confession of SomersetThomas
GranthamJoseph HookeSamuel StennettThe Baptist MagazineThomas
PottengerJames CulrossThe Story of Blount Going to HollandThe Mistakes
of the So-called Kiffin ManuscriptTwo Kiffin ManuscriptsThe So-called Practice
of SprinklingHanserd KnollysThe Jacob Church Often in Trouble on The Subject
of DippingThe Practice of SpilsburyOf EatonOf KiffinOf Henry
JesseyThe Church of HubbardJohn CanneThe Broadmead ChurchSamuel
HowePaul HobsonThomas KilcopThe Practice of Dipping Called
NewThe Answer of the BaptistsSamuel RichardsonThomas
CollierHanserd KnollysJohn TombesJeffrey WattsThe Confession of
1643The Form of Baptism DippingJesse B. ThomasThe Practice of the
General BaptistsMassonFeatley.
CHAPTER XVIII
A Great Debate on Baptism.
Charles I. Brought DisasterWilliam
LaudThe Prevalence of BaptistsPersecutionsSearch For The
BaptistsLord Robert BrookeThe High Commission Court DestroyedThe
Boldness of the BaptistsThe Church of England Tries to Enforce
ImmersionArticles to he Enquired ofBaptisteriesThomas BlakeWalter
CraddockDaniel FeatleyDenneJohn FloyerSchaffGreek
LexiconsThe Edinburgh EncyclopediaWilliam WallThe Westminster
AssemblyJohn LightfootThe Action of ParliamentThe Book of
VellumThe Beginning of the Great DebateThe Practice of the BaptistsW. H.
KingGeorge C. LorimerJoseph AngusDaniel FeatleyThomas
CollierLewes HewesThomas LambJohn GoodwinEdward
BarberWilliam JeffreyClem WriterGoadbyFeatley and Four Particular
BaptistsTombes and Henry Vaughan and John CraggeWilliam Russell and Samuel
Chandler.
CHAPTER XIX
The Rise and Progress of Baptist
Institutions and Customs.
Baptist AssociationsThey Originated
With the Particular BaptistsThe General Baptists the First to OrganizeJ. M.
DavisThe Great Authority of the
AssociationBusinessNumberDateThe Custom of AppealThe Office
of MessengerThe Organization of the Particular BaptistsA Letter From
IrelandThe Midland AssociationThe Circular LetterObjects of the
UnionSupport of the MinistryEducationHebrew, Greek and
LatinBristol CollegeMile End AcademyPastor and DeaconsThe
Permanency of the Pastoral RelationThe Support of the
MinistryOrdinationDisciplineAmusementsMarryingLaying on of
Hands and Anointing of the SickSinging.
CHAPTER XX
The Achievements of the English Baptists.
Opportunity for GrowthRobert
BaillieThomas EdwardsDaniel FeatleyAn Epitome of the PeriodWilliam
R. WilliamsThe High Attainments of the
BaptistsDr. HawesMackintoshHugh Price HughesChalmersThe
Price of Human LibertyPersecutionsAn Act of Parliament The Gag
Law The Cruelty of Infant Baptism Oliver CromwellProminent Baptist
Preachers in PrisonCromwell Casts His Influence Against the BaptistLiberty of
ConscienceConfession of the Particular BaptistsOf the General
BaptistsJohn MiltonJohn BunyanWilliam KiffinJames II.William
and MaryThe Baptists Brought Liberty of ConscienceJohn
LockePriceCharles ButlerHerbert S. SkeatsPhillip SchaffA
Time of Paralysis AntinomianismJohn GillJohn RipponBaptist
PublicationsAbraham BoothJohn HowardAndrew FullerModerate
CalvinismThe Missionary MovementWilliam CareyJoseph Hughes and the Bible
SocietySunday SchoolsRobert RaikesW. FoxThe Relation of the
Baptists to the YoungRegents Park CollegeGreat Authors and Able
PreachersHymn Writers.
CHAPTER XXI
The Origin of the American Baptist Churches.
The Date of the First Baptists in America
UncertainMany of the Early Settlers BaptistsCotton
MatherPlymouthRoger Williams and Samuel HoweThe Fear of
AnabaptismA Disturbance on Account of ImmersionGovernor WinthropGovernor
BradfordA Debate on BaptismPresident ChaunceyScituateThe Lathrop
ChurchHenry DunsterHanserd KnollysThe General Court of Massachusetts
Takes PartWeymouthLady MoodyPainterPersecutionsRoger
WilliamsAt SalemAt ProvidenceThe Form of His Baptism
ImmersionRichard ScottWilliam CoddingtonWilliams Himself
TestifiesJoseph B. FeltGeorge P. FisherPhilip SchaffWilliams
Separates From the BaptistsApostolic SuccessionThe Baptists Do not Derive
Their Baptism From WilliamsThe First DemocracyThe Provisions For the Charter
of Rhode IslandReligious LibertyArnoldHoughBancroftJudge
StoryGervinusStrausThe Persecutions of the Baptists in
MassachusettsJohn ClarkObadiah HolmesVirginia a Battle Ground for
FreedomSevere LawsSir W. BerkeleyThe Destruction of the
EstablishmentsThe Testimony of HawksJames MadisonThomas
JeffersonBishop MeadeGeorge P. Fisher Sums up the CaseThe Revolutionary
WarWilliam PittFoxBurkeRobert RylandNo Tories Among the
BaptistsThe Continental CongressThe Philadelphia AssociationA Memorial
to CongressThe Baptists in the ArmyThe ChaplainsJames ManningJohn
HartThomas JeffersonJohn LelandSafe-guarding the Liberty of the
LandThe First Amendment to the ConstitutionThe Eulogy of the Baptist by George
Washington.
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