A Question in Baptist History Whether the Anabaptists in England Practiced Immersion Before the Year 1641 With an Appendix on the Baptism of Roger Providence, R I, In 1639 Classic Reprint

William H. Whitsitt

ISBN 10: 1331185920 / ISBN 13: 9781331185925

Published by Forgotten Books, 2019

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• Title: A Question in Baptist History Whether the Anabaptists in England Practiced Immersion Before the Year 1641 With an Appendix on the Baptism of Roger Providence, R I, In 1639 Classic Reprint
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1331185920
• ISBN 13: 9781331185925
• Binding: PAP
• Condition: New
• Weight: 272 grams

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Excerpt from A Question in Baptist History: Whether the Anabaptists in England Practiced Immersion Before the Year 1641?; With an Appendix on the Baptism of Roger Williams, at Providence, R. I., In 1639

A brief account of King George's Pamphlets may be recorded here. These were brought together by the royalist bookseller, George Thomason. When the Long Parliament assembled in the year 1640 there was a sensible relaxation of the authority both of Church and State in England. By consequence the public press was immediately employed by all sorts of people to a much larger extent than had been possible hitherto. Publications of every kind came teeming from it. About the year 1641 Mr.

Thomason conceived the idea of preserving these for the uses of history, and he began by collecting as many as he could lay his hands on from the pre ceding year. His enterprise was continued um weariedly for more than twenty years, down to the year 1662. Being himself a°bookseller, and situated at the center of London trade, he enjoyed facilities that could scarcely be improved upon. Few publica tions of any sort escaped his attention. His mate rials were duly arranged in chronological order, and he was careful in most instances to inscribe with ink upon the title page the date on which the respective works appeared, together with indications regarding the authorship wherever the same might be known to him. They constitute a large library, and are unrivaled sources for the history of that period.

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Excerpt from A Question in Baptist History: Whether the Anabaptists in England Practiced Immersion Before the Year 1641?; With an Appendix on the Baptism of Roger Williams, at Providence, R. I., In 1639 The question does not relate to the origin of immersion. Immersion as a religions rite was practiced by John the Baptist about the year 30 of our era, and was solemnly enjoined by our Savior upon all his ministers to the end of time. No other observance was in use for baptism in New Testament times. The practice, though sometimes greatly perverted, has yet been continued from the Apostolic age down to our own. As I understand the Scriptures immersion is essential to Christian baptism. The question as to the origin and essential character of immersion is, therefore, not in issue. That is a closed question; it does not admit of being opened among Baptist people. The issue before us is far different, namely: Whether the immersion of adult believers was practiced in England by the Anabaptists before the year 1641? Whether these English people first adopted immersion for baptism and thus became Baptists in or about the year 1641? This is purely a question of modern historical research. It does not affect any items of Baptist principle or practice. These are all established upon the Bible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.