A General History of the Baptist Denomination in America: And Other Parts of the World, Volume 2Lincoln & Edmands, no. 53, Cornhill, 1813 - Baptists |
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... became an independent State in 1776 ; it contains three little counties , Newcastle , Kent , and Sussex ; in the first there was a Baptist society as early as 1703 ; they settled near Iron Hill ; from them , their sentiments took a ...
... became an independent State in 1776 ; it contains three little counties , Newcastle , Kent , and Sussex ; in the first there was a Baptist society as early as 1703 ; they settled near Iron Hill ; from them , their sentiments took a ...
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... became its pastor ; he continued in this office 85 years , viz . until 1769 , when he died . He was an excellent man , and is held dear in remembrance by all who knew him . Two of his sons were preachers . Jonathan was a seventh - day ...
... became its pastor ; he continued in this office 85 years , viz . until 1769 , when he died . He was an excellent man , and is held dear in remembrance by all who knew him . Two of his sons were preachers . Jonathan was a seventh - day ...
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... became a separate church , was Eliphaz Dazey , who continued with them a short time , and then resigned , and was succeeded by James Jones , their present pastor . WILMINGTON . THIS church is of later date than some other churches in ...
... became a separate church , was Eliphaz Dazey , who continued with them a short time , and then resigned , and was succeeded by James Jones , their present pastor . WILMINGTON . THIS church is of later date than some other churches in ...
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... became the minister of the church whose history we are now relating . In 1746 , he went to Virginia , and raised the Mill - Creek church , from which he was shortly after excommunicated for his misconduct , and returned to Chesnut Ridge ...
... became the minister of the church whose history we are now relating . In 1746 , he went to Virginia , and raised the Mill - Creek church , from which he was shortly after excommunicated for his misconduct , and returned to Chesnut Ridge ...
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... became his affectionate friends , and treated him with honour and respect . The Harford church has been the mother of a num- ber of others ; for the churches which bear the follow- ing names , 1st Baltimore , Taney Town , Gunpowder ...
... became his affectionate friends , and treated him with honour and respect . The Harford church has been the mother of a num- ber of others ; for the churches which bear the follow- ing names , 1st Baltimore , Taney Town , Gunpowder ...
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Page 344 - Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day : we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
Page 475 - Because it is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties...
Page 485 - AND every denomination of Christians, demeaning themselves peaceably, and as good subjects of the Commonwealth, shall be equally under the protection of the law: And no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law.
Page 487 - I affirm that all the liberty of conscience that ever I pleaded for turns upon these two hinges — that none of the papists, Protestants, Jews or Turks be forced to come to the ship's prayers or worship, nor compelled from their own particular prayers or worship, if they practice any.
Page 475 - Whilst we assert for ourselves a freedom to embrace, to profess, and to observe the Religion which we believe to be of divine origin, we cannot deny an equal freedom to those whose minds have not yet yielded to the evidence which has convinced us.
Page 285 - And now why tarriest thou ? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
Page 384 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 271 - And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping GOD in the manner and season most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience; or for his religious profession or sentiments; provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship.
Page 476 - During almost fifteen centuries, has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits ? More or less in all places, pride and indolence in the Clergy ; ignorance and servility in the laity ; in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution.
Page 474 - Religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it is the right of every man to exercise it as these may dictate. This right is in its nature an unalienable right. It is unalienable, because the opinions of men, depending only on the evidence contemplated by their own minds cannot follow the dictates of other men: It is unalienable also, because what is here a right towards men, is a duty towards the Creator.