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BAPTIST HISTORY LESSON 4

BAPTIST HISTORY LESSON 4. Rise and history of the General Baptists: Part 2. RISE OF THE GENERAL BAPTISTS. John Smyth (c. 1565-1612). I Early life and education. Cambridge. Frances Johnson. Polemic against Calvinism.

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BAPTIST HISTORY LESSON 4

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  1. BAPTIST HISTORYLESSON 4 Rise and history of the General Baptists: Part 2

  2. RISE OF THE GENERAL BAPTISTS John Smyth (c. 1565-1612) I Early life and education Cambridge Frances Johnson Polemic against Calvinism “Some people take the prick when the prick were not in all the minister’s disposition but they are pricked in the Lord’s disposition!” II Lecturer at Lincoln (1600) III Move to Separatism Failure of Hampton Court Conference (1604) Principles and Inferences concerning the Visible Church (1607) Formation of the church at Gainsborough by covenant “to walk in the Lord’s ways made known by him…whatsoever shall the cost may be” IV Move to Amsterdam (1608) The Differences of the Churches of the Seperation [sic] Worship Treasury Officers Paralleles [sic] Censures, Observations (1609)

  3. V Move to Baptism The Character of the Beast (1609) 1. No scriptural command or example of infant baptism 2. Theological framework of Old Covenant moving to New Covenant Practices ‘se-baptism’ VI Move to Anabaptist Views (1610) A Short Confession (1611) contained 20 articles Congregation divides 60 remain with Smyth 12 go with Thomas Helwys The Last Booke of John Smith, Called the Retraction of His Errours, and the Confirmation of the Truth ‘That the magistrate is not by virtue of his office to meddle with religion, or matters of conscience, to force or compel men to this or that form of religion, or doctrine; but to leave Christian religion free, to every man’s conscience, and to handle only civil transgressions…., injuries and wrongs of man against man, in murder, adultery, theft, etc., for Christ only is the king, and lawgiver of the church and conscience…’

  4. Docetism: the heretical Christology that Jesus did not exist as a real man but merely appeared to be so Thomas Helwys (c. 1550- c.1616) • Cultural barriers between the two groups • Many disagreed with Mennonite position of Christians not serving as magistrates • All disagreed with Mennonite position on ‘the heavenly flesh of Christ’ A Declaration of Faith in English People Remaining at Amsterdam in Holland (1611) 1612 church settles in Spitalfields A Short Declaration of the Mistery of Iniquity (1612) “the king is a mortal man, and not God therefore hath not power over ye immortal souls of his subjects, to make laws and ordinances for them, and to set spiritual lords over them. If the king have authority to make spiritual lords and laws, then he is immortal God, and not a mortal man.” Helwys imprisoned in 1614; dies there c. 1616 Objections: Answered by Way of Dialogue 1615 “It is a sure rule in divinitie [sic], that God loves not to plant his church by violence and bloodshed”

  5. King James I

  6. Elizabeth 1558-1603 James I 1603-1625 Charles I 1625-1649 English Commonwealth 1649-1653 King of Scotland RC, Presb., Anglicans all had high hopes for him. Presbyterians appealed to James at Hampton Conf of 1604 He rejected Presby. & Puritans King James Bible Beginning of the New World He ineffectually persecuted Puritans, but he only stirred themup and made them more sympathetic. He was of low moral character which served to discredit himDeclaration of Sports Failed to support Protestants in 30 years War Cromwell 1653-1658 Charles II 1660-1685 James II 1685-1688 William & Mary 1688-1702

  7. King Charles I

  8. Elizabeth 1558-1603 James I 1603-1625 Charles I 1625-1649 English Commonwealth 1649-1653 More moral than father, but less politically savvy Married a Catholic Queen – Henrietta Maria of France Appoints William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, RC & Arminian Conflict with Parliament – disbanded it from 1629-1640 Immigration to the New World Begins – 1620 Plymouth – Bradford; 1630 Mass. Bay Colony - Winthrop Charles Blundered in Scotland that leads to War Due to need for money he calls Parliament back – Short Parliament Scotland wins and forces Long Parliament Civil War 1642 – 1648 – Cavaliers and Roundheads Cromwell 1653-1658 Charles II 1660-1685 James II 1685-1688 William & Mary 1688-1702

  9. During the Civil War 1642-1648 Parliament abolished the Episcopal framework of church government The called together the Westminster Assembly to establish new churchorder 121 clergy 30 laymen Directory of Worship Westminster Confession of Faith Larger & Shorter Catechism Archbishop Laud is executed Charles is executed

  10. Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector

  11. Elizabeth 1558-1603 James I 1603-1625 Charles I 1625-1649 English Commonwealth 1649-1653 Interregnum Religious Freedom – Baptist Quakers, Anglicans, Jews & Roman Catholics Presbyterian Puritans continued to fight for a state church Cromwell’s son Richard unable to continue Protectorship Restoration of 1660 Presbyterians and Anglicans join to bring Charles II from France Cromwell 1653-1658 Charles II 1660-1685 James II 1685-1688 William & Mary 1688-1702

  12. King Charles II

  13. Elizabeth 1558-1603 James I 1603-1625 Charles I 1625-1649 English Commonwealth 1649-1653 Parliament passed a new Prayer Book and Act of Uniformity This led to Puritan persecution Baxter, Manton, Owen, Goodwin, etc. expelled Charles II was quiet about his Roman Catholic leanings, but declared himself a Roman Catholic on his deathbed Cromwell 1653-1658 Charles II 1660-1685 James II 1685-1688 William & Mary 1688-1702

  14. King James II

  15. Elizabeth 1558-1603 James I 1603-1625 Charles I 1625-1649 English Commonwealth 1649-1653 Openly sought to return England to Roman Catholicism brought in Jesuits and monks, appointing Catholics to high office James II wife presented him a son which insured him an heir to the throne and Roman Catholic line His overt Roman Catholicism lead to Protestants & Parliament to rebel The Glorious Revolution of 1688 Cromwell 1653-1658 Charles II 1660-1685 James II 1685-1688 William & Mary 1688-1702

  16. William & Mary

  17. Elizabeth 1558-1603 James I 1603-1625 Charles I 1625-1649 English Commonwealth 1649-1653 Religious Toleration – The Toleration Act of 1689 James land in in Ireland with a French Army Defeated by English Army and North Irish in 1690 Cromwell 1653-1658 Charles II 1660-1685 James II 1685-1688 William & Mary 1688-1702

  18. General Baptist development in 17th century Theologically fluid Gathered churches around a formal church covenant Congregational church polity 1620’s Associations/ 1660 General Assembly Third ecclesiastical office messenger Four Confessions of faith 1651 The Faith and Practice of Thirty Congregations, Gathered according to the Primitive Pattern 1654 The True Gospel Faith 1660 25 article confession 1678 An Orthodox Confession Thomas Grantham (1634-1692) The Ancient Christian Religion in Its Nature, Certainty, Excellence, and Beauty

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