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TH E
H IS T O R Y
O F
B R A IN T R E E
B A P T IS T
C H U R C H
E S S E X
B Y
G .
D O R IS
W IT A R D
TH E
C A R E Y
K IN G S G A T E
P R E S S
L T D .,
6,S O U T H A M P T O NROW , L O N D O N , W .C .I.
TH E
C A R E Y
K IN G S G A T E
P R E S S
L IM IT E D ,
6 , SO U TH A M PTO N
R ow ,L O N D O N ,
W .G .I.
P u b lis h e d
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C O N T E N T S
PA Q H
INTRODUCTION
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" FOR
T A L K E
O F
SCRIPTURE"
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"T H E S E
F IF TY
Y E A R S
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I I I .
P IO N E E R S
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IV .
TH E
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T R U S T
D E E D
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G R A C E
W AS
H IS
TH EM E
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V I.
"H Y P E R -C A L V IN IS M "
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V II.
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E N T IR E
D EV O TED N ESS
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V III.
"S P IR IT U A L
P R O S P E R IT Y
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IX .
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W IS E
C O U N S E L L O R
A N D
F A IT H F U L
F R IE N D
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X .
" THUS
ONW ARD
S T IL L
W E
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X I.
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TH E
C H U R C H
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N EW
A G E
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X II.
TH E
M A N SE
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X III.
"HUM BLE
A N D
N A M ELESS"
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C O N C L U S IO N
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W HERE
W E
STA N D
T O D A Y
R e v . T . H . D a v ie s
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N O TES
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IIN D E X
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EM ORY
U N IV E R S IT Y
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IN T R O D U C T IO N
T he
p riv ile g e s
o f
F re e d o m
o f
W orship
a n d
L ib e rty
o f
C onscience
e n jo y e d
i n
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w ere
won, at
th e
cost of
m uch
su ffe rin g
a n d
h u m ilia tio n , b y s p iritu a l a n c e s to rs to w h o m
th e
present generation
owes far m ore than
c a n b e im a g in e d .
A n
a tte m p t
h a s ,
th e re fo re ,
b e e n
m ade
t o
tra c e ,
th ro u g h
400 years, the story
of the
gradual m ovem ent away
fro m
th e
S ta te
C hurch,
a n d
th e
d ra w in g
to g e th e r
o f
a
com pany
o f
"S e p a ra tis ts ," w h o u ltim a te ly fo rm e d
them selves into a Baptist
Church in Braintree.
T he
s t o r y
of the
lo c a l C h u r c h
m ust be
c o n s id e re d
a g a in s t
th e b a c k g r o u n d
of n a tio n a l h isto ry .
I n
spite of the
a p p a r e n t
c o n fu s io n ,
it is possible
t o
tra c e
th e
gradual m ovem ent
aw ay
fro m
th e
R om an
C a th o lic
C hurch,
th ro u g h
P ro testan tism ,
P u rita n is m , a n d N o n c o n fo rm ity .
Those w ho sought for T ruth
fo llo w e d
w here it led
them , even
th ro u g h
m artyr fires, prison
c e lls , or across the seas as exiles. M any w ere turned from
th e ir
hom es, alm ost all w ere
" o f
n o re p u ta tio n" ;
yet their search
fo r
tru th
le d
t o
th e
e s ta b lis h m e n t
(a n d , la te r, re c o g n itio n ) o f
th e
F re e
C hurches
o f
th is
la n d ,
a n d
th ro u g h
th e m ,
t o
th e
e n jo y m e n t
of freedom
of w orship
a n d
of conscience
w h ic h
is
n o w th e a c c e p te d p riv ile g e o f th e B ritis h p e o p le .
I n
tra c in g
th is
m ovem ent
fro m
th e
b lin d
c o n fo rm ity
dem anded
b y
th e
C hurch
a u th o ritie s ,
to w a rd s
fre e d o m
o f
th o u g h t a n d
w o rs h ip , w e n o tic e , first, N o n -c o n fo rm ity
w ith in
the Established C hurch. D esire for this freedom
w as aw akened
b y
re a d in g
th e
N ew
T e s ta m e n t.
I n
th e
fifte e n th
c e n tu ry
W ycliffe's
P o o r P re a c h e rs h a d m a d e th is p o ssib le to a fe w , w h o
s u f f e r e d
m a rty rd o m
fo r
th e ir
new ly-discovered
b e lie f.
It was
W illiam
T y n d a le ,
a n
e x ile
o n
th e
C o n tin e n t,
w hose
p rin te d
E n g lis h
N ew
T e s ta m e n ts
w ere
sm uggled
in to
E n g la n d ,
w ho
a tta in e d
h is
d e s ir e
t o
m ake
th e
E n g lis h
B ib le a v a ila b le
e v e n
fo r " th e b o y th a t d riv e s th e p lo u g h ."
These N ew
T e s ta m e n ts
w ere
c o n tr a b a n d ;
th o s e w h o
p o s s e s s e d
th e m
or assem bled
t o
h e a r
th e m
r e a d
w ere
lik e ly
t o
s u f f e r
im p ris o n m e n t.
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