The Principles and Practices of the Baptists
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ISBN13: 9781459097445
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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1880. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... chapter vii. The Baptists Op Past Ages. Of whom the world was not worthy.--The writer of the Epiath to the Hebrews. -smt is impossible to give, within the narrow limits of W& a short chapter, even a brief outline of the history of the Baptists. No more can be attempted here than the recital of a few illustrative facts, which may at least serve the purpose of indicating the character of Baptists, and of stimulating the desire to know more respecting them. The student is met on the threshold of the subject with a considerable difficulty. As concerning this sect, we know that everywhere it was, if it is not now, spoken against. Ecclesiastical histories, memorials of particular periods, and notices of men and communities that have propagated and practised the principles which are peculiar to Baptists, have, till of late years, been written by opponents, or by learned authors who have had no sympathy with Baptists. What Komanists did for Martin Luther, and believers in the Divine right of kings for Oliver Cromwell, the majority of writers of church history have done for Baptists. And yet, notwithstanding the open hostility of many, and the lack of sympathy in such as were not avowedly hostile, sufficient can be gleaned from the records to prove that the Baptists of past ages were men of God, simple in their faith, holy in their life, and faithful unto death. It is doubtless the fact that there were, in every century, those who adopted and advocated Baptist principles, whose faith cannot be approved and whose works were not worthy of the Christian name. For them no apology is made. But a like remark is true of every section of the Church of Christ, of certain members of apostolic churches in the life-time of the apostles. It may serve the object of partisan...
| ISBN-13 | 9781459097445 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1459097440 |
| Weight | 0.30 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.20 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 82 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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