BAPTIST HISTORY LESSON 6

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BAPTIST HISTORYLESSON 6

• Rise of Particular Baptists, Pt. 2

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Elizabeth 1558-1603
James I 1603-1625
Charles I 1625-1649
English Commonwealth 1649-1653
Elizabethan Settlement
Failure of Hampton Ct. Conf.
Arch Wm. Laud
Dismissed Part. 29
Puritans
Book of Sports
Separatists
War on Scotland 40
1609 Smyth Church in Amsterdam/ 1612 Helwys in
Spitalfields GENERAL BAPTIST
Cromwell 1653-1658
Charles II 1660-1685
James II 1685-1688
William Mary 1688-1702
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RISE OF PARTICULAR BAPTISTS
I. Founding of Jacob, Lathrop, Jessey Church
1. Henry Jacob-(1616-1622)
2. John Lathrop-(1622-1634)
3. Henry Jessey-(1634-1637)
II. 1630- Mr. Dupper seceded baptism by parish
clergy invalid
III. 1633-Samuel Eaton received a Further
Baptism
IV. 1638-Group of six men
being convinced that Baptism was not for
Infants, bur professed Believers joyned with Mr.
Jo. Spilsbury
V. Jessey, Blunt and the Kiffen Manuscript
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VI. Different Particular Baptist Churches
arising from JLJ Church
1. Spilsbury 1638
2. Eaton/Blunt 1640
3. Hanserd Knollys 1643
4. William Kiffen 1643
5. Henry Jessey 1645
God had more light yet to break forth from his
word
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BAPTISTS 1640-1660
I. Period of Revolution 1640-1648
II. Period of Protectorate 1649-1659
III. Baptist Highlights During Entire Period
A. Political Characteristics
1641-Long Parliament
Full of Puritans!
Charles I (1625-1649)
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B. Religious Characteristics of this period
1. High Baptist Visibility
a. Pamphlet Warfare
Baptism by dipping
Local churches right to its own minister
making the presses sweat and groan under the
load of their great blasphemies
b. Public Disputations
1641-1700 109 public disputations
(79 between 1641-1660!)
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c. Baptists in the Army
almost to a man they were supporters of the
Parliamentary cause, which was the cause of
liberty, religious as well as civil. Large
numbers of Baptists took service in the armies of
Parliament, some of whom rose to high rand, and
were much trusted by the Lord Protector,
Cromwell.

H.C. Vedder A Short History of the Baptist, p.
219
d. Confessions of Faith
(1) General Baptists

1. The Faith and Practice of Thirty Congregations
   (1651)
2. The Standard Confession (1660)
3. The Orthodox Confession (1678)

(2) Particular Baptists

1. The First London Confession (1644)
2. The Midland Confession (1655)
3. The Somerset Confession (1656)

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London Baptist Confession of FaithA.D. 1644 The
CONFESSION OF FAITH, Of those CHURCHES which
arecommonly (though falsly) called ANABAPTISTS
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Subscribed in the Names of seven Churches in
London. William Kiffin. Thomas
Patience.------------------------John
Spilsbery. George Tipping. Samuel Richardson.
------------------------Thomas Skippard.Thomas
Munday. -------------------------Thomas
Gunne.John Mabbatt.-------------------------Joh
n WebbThomas Killcop.-------------------------P
aul Hobson.Thomas Goare.------------------------
-Joseph Phelpes.Edward Heath.
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London Baptist Confession of FaithA.D. 1644 The
CONFESSION OF FAITH, Of those CHURCHES which
arecommonly (though falsly) called ANABAPTISTS
Presented to the view of all that feare God, to
examine by the touchstone of the Word of Truth
As likewise for the taking off those aspersions
which are frequently both in Pulpit and Print,
(although unjustly) cast upon them.
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The Purpose of this confession
That Christ Jesus by his death did bring forth
salvation and reconciliation only for the elect,
which were those which God the Father gave him
and that the Gospel which is to be preached to
all men as the ground of faith, is, that Jesus is
the Christ, the Son of the ever blessed God,
filled with the perfection of all heavenly and
spiritual excellencies, and that salvation is
only and alone to be had through the believing in
his Name.
1. To distance themselves from the Anabaptists
movement
2. To distance themselves from General Baptists
3. To distance themselves from Reformed
evangelicals who still embraced paedobaptist and
endorsed the concept of a state church
That Baptism is an Ordinance of the new
Testament, given by Christ, to be dispensed only
upon persons professing faith, or that are
Disciples, or taught, who upon a profession of
faith, ought to be baptized.
Sources of the 1644 confession
1596 A True Confession
1616 Aberdeen Confession
The way and manner of the dispensing of this
Ordinance the Scripture holds out to be dipping
or plunging the whole body under water it being
a sign, must answer the thing signified, which
are these first, the washing the whole soul in
the blood of Christ
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Daniel Featley, a Calvinistic Anglican, brought
charges to Parliament against them
1646 Revision signed by all plus Hanserd Knollys
Dedicated to Parliament
(1644) XXVI
That being thus joined, every Church has power
given them from Christ for their better
well-being, to choose to themselves meet persons
into the office of Pastors, Teachers, Elders,
Deacons, being qualified according to the Word,
as those which Christ has appointed in his
Testament, for the feeding, governing, serving,
and building up of his Church, and that none
other have power to impose them, either these or
any other
(1646) XXXVI
Being thus joined, every church hath power given
them from Christ, for their wellbeing, to choose
among themselves meet persons for elders and
deacons, being qualified according to the word,
as those which Christ hath appointed in His
testament, for the feeding, governing, serving,
and building up of His Church and that none have
any power to impose on them either these or any
other. 
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(1646) XXXIX
Baptism is an ordinance of the New Testament,
given by Christ, to be dispensed upon persons
professing faith, or that are made disciples who
upon profession of faith, ought to be baptized,
and after to partake of the Lord's Supper. 
Source of controversy today
(1644) XXV
That the tenders of the Gospel to the conversion
of sinners, is absolutely free, no way requiring,
as absolutely necessary, any qualifications,
preparations, terrors of the Law, or preceding
Ministry of the Law, but only and alone the naked
soul, as a sinner and ungodly to receive Christ,
as crucified, dead, and buried, and risen again,
being made a Prince and a Saviour for such
sinners.
(1646) XXV
The preaching of the gospel to the conversion of
sinners, is absolutely free no way requiring as
absolutely necessary, any qualifications,
preparations, or terrors of the law, or preceding
ministry of the law, but only and alone the naked
soul, a sinner and ungodly, to receive Christ
crucified, dead and buried, and risen again who
is made a prince and a Savior for such sinners as
through the gospel shall be brought to believe on
Him. 
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1. High Baptist Visibility
2. Establishment Mentality
a. Westminster Assembly/Confession (1646)
b. Blasphemy Ordinance (1648)
c. Ended by Prides Purge
II. Period of the Protectorate (1649-1659)
A. Commonwealth governed by House of Commons
1649-1653
B. Protectorate 1653-1660
1. Political Arrangement

• Cromwell dismisses House of Commons

• Appoints new council develops An Instrument of
  Government making him Lord Protector

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2. Religious Arrangement
a. Board of Tryers

• High moral character
• Communicate the gospel clearly

C. Baptists and Sectarian Religion
1. Levellers
2. Diggers
3. Seekers

• Does a true church presently exist?
• Shouldnt we expect apostolic gifts to continue?

4. Quakers
5. Fifth Monarch
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Hanserd Knollys ( c. 1599-1691)
It is good to read the lives of holy men and
the more holy they have been the better. Some
readers, it is true, are not satisfied unless
they discover in others the same low, groveling,
half-hearted kind of life which they find in
themselves. But satisfaction of this sort is
better missed than found. It is good to be
reproved, and stirred up to labour after greater
degrees of spirituality than any which we have
hitherto attained Andrew Fuller
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1629 pensioner Catharine Hall, Cambridge
1631 marries Anne Cheney
a holy, discreet woman, and a meet help for me
in the ways of her household, and also in the way
of holiness
1638-1641 New England
Between March, 1644 June 1645 installed as
Pastor of a new Baptist Church
1645 A Moderate Answer unto Dr Bastwicks book
Dec 1645 A Declaration concerning the Publicke
Disputeconcerning Infant Baptism
1648 The rudiments of Hebrew grammar in English
1650s

• Worked as Evangelist
• Worked in government-Navy

1667 Apocalyptical Mysteries
1670 Imprisoned in the Compter at Bishopsgate
1677 joined with other Particular Baptist
Churches to anonymously publish a new confession
Spring 1684 imprisoned at Newgate remained
there 16 months!
1688 Exposition of the Book of the Revelation
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CONTROVERSIES
Congregational hymn singing
1691 An Answer to I. saac M. arlow A brief
discourse concerning singing in the public
worship of God in the Gospel-Church
A small piece in defence of Singing ye Praises
of God
Doctrine of salvation or more particularly
Antinomianism