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A History of the English Baptists A.D.45-A.D.1700
Contributor(s): Ivimey, Joseph (Author)

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 ISBN: 1517519918     ISBN-13: 9781517519919
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
OUR PRICE: $14.24  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: September 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christianity - Baptist
Physical Information: 0.72" H x 7" W x 10" L (1.32 lbs) 346 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Christian
 
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The English Baptists were the first persons who understood the important doctrine of Christian liberty, and who zealously opposed all persecution for the sake of conscience. A large proportion of their churches were averse to all interference with political matters during the convulsive period of the civil wars. It is, however, to be lamented that some of them during that period confounded the power of the magistrate with the government of that kingdom which is not of this world. The sufferings which have been endured by the English Baptists on account of their religious principles, give them a claim to the gratitude of every true lover of liberty and of his country. To them may be applied with peculiar propriety, what the historian Hume says of the Puritans in general: "By whom the precious spark of liberty was kindled and preserved." It is not too much to say that their history has never been fairly given. Influenced by prejudice, many of our historians have either kept them out of sight, or have exhibited them to public ridicule and contempt.
 
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