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W.; PRINTED BY OUPHANT & WHITE ■.,• •■ • ■ X i8 4f^ / d I' / CO ^ i f LIGHT IN DARKNESS. nr !hrrul.!;r''twi!'?*"T"". l^^" «'"«'«''y "••-^^en the nature ?rn.' ^1 K '/.*?""* ''^^ *^"""^'"« «■ corrupted church awflv hn ( '^i-JX' '"^'"'-y " V'"' <'««^Un(l appear to imS. t^7^:^.^^-^' -^ Pope«havo «ecn fittodiH- Kl'l To''"tS T^u'v'^' e^tentof the Church of Christ r.pii. \ 10, "That in tho dispensation of the fulness of timen ho nught gather together in ono all things in Christ 2 -1^1^11 i,'^'^^' ^*''' '* pl««8«tl the Father that in him Jood ot tho cross, by hin. to reconcile jiJ^^igs-unThTself vcn ! Tul Phil 2- A n Tn Tu T W^^ ^^ ""°S* '" °e"- n 1 oo ; «' ?' I®- ThiH ohurcK was to bd wider ono i..nd /l^'nl. I oo\ « 1 I *•"." """rcn was to bcf wider ono n <^tVrti^\ Yr'^'".^^^ head over all things o ih« uiurcli (V. 23,) whiih la his body." Col. I IK « Aiul 1 llJ.S church W:iR in ha iiti,i«.. ♦!.« ^„Jl.._: .i . I. t^l .'''• head (Kph. to ■ he M^tl''' V 1"^ H^'^^t^'t'^e^clu^i^S^^ of cii;^; T " m' i^"' " ^'"" ^^^''ster, even Christ." ft ly h ui'' • ^ ' '■ ^^ ^'" "'^'^» «^^''"«* d-^ncth The Church of Christ do^Mot put itself under the control of the eiv.l power. During the /Tb^l three ecnturTe tho ch«"«| "^ '1 ^^'y without any «id ot;iompoS^il,^"t nu'renipoyedthe warrior^s sword for its promotion nor thai vt tlie magistrate for its support. The armv^ ts ZteJn .,1 J banner. Iruth— thoir armor, "the whole armor of CJod"— tl.P^ S '::^^f^S^ «'f>ring. Theirs wa^^^^ gi^^fe it- "'1* !i:;)'f i^r««t tribiilation they went to be perfeSK £ r! *.*'*,"] ^'^""^ers of a crucified Jesus, the/ were crucV hod to the world and the world was crucified to them As s^n a« « church committed whoredom with a state, sheTeased toT The kingdom of (jod, or c h nreh of Christ, is se t u p amongs t -^i^J ". ^' :|-. tho kitJgddmn of thin world, not only witliout nid from tliom, Init indepcndont of tlioin— " without haiidM." It comoth not with olwicrvation. '• It \l^ Within u«." 1 h. l(ingdoni of (Jod in not moat and drink, but right«ouHii«H8, iiiid iKittco, and joy in the Holy (ihont Th4r. When a church was planted, elders were to be ordained, who wore tirst chosen by the i)Oople,and then invested with their office by the solenm laying on of hands, by tho apostlcfj, Acti^i : ;5 : 11: 'i3. As thr^ work increased, evangelists were appointed in the .'*tcad of iipo.'-- tle.H to sot filings in order. Tit. I : r». All ordinutions wen; b\ tho laying on of the hands of the presbytery, 1 Tim- 4 : 1 1. The primitive church was scattered over many cities and ifountrics, each congregation Vicing independent in matters of governtuent, under the care of its own pastor or overseer, con- ducting its own affairs, in subjection to the will of its own sover- eign, Eph. 4 : W, 12. -These congregations were never arranged as a single united fabric, under human officers, dependent upon a superior, I Pet. 5: 1-'.. 2: 5-'.). 1 Tim. 5:17. . 'v ' ■;^' 1." Tlif IIVHS, HIkI kinudoiii ^cytliijiii. IMMt'If hIc ,liuiif!iiii;i« thoy that ro fdirciv t' faithfiil tl.stratiiiii Btornn>»V u of ciicli luircli t\\v of iiupoi- they wort; . I Cor ijouvcrtc'l a cliurcli 'Ht I'llOHOII lu Molenui As riir d of iipo.*-"'' < WlTi! h\ : II. jitics antt uattcri< of rscer, con- >wn 80v«»r- • urran^cd lltMit UpOIJ A CONCISE AND GKNERAL SKETCH OP THE HItJTORY OF - CHRl Sra CHU RCH. ^ A ftor the roHurrcctlon of the Lord, ho oMomblcd hin apo8tl«». .\vtH I : 4, and «ttv« thorn tho (iroat ComiiuHKion, Matt. 'M !'• .(», aiKl o<.mmandcd th«m to tarry at Joriwalom until 4hcv hii-l" m.e,vod tlu, i,ro„,i»« „f th« Kafhor II« aHcoiidcd into hivci, O„o hundred and tm-nty of hJM dlMciph^H, uH Imptiwd, Acts I ' '•; '";'!f. . . ' , '"*"'^'" "umhoi'od, formed tho firMt comnm- nity of dimtiph^s by thojr nnftrago MatthiaH wa« numbered will. ' u, apostlcn. On tho ,hiy of Pentecost the was .AV.v/.vv;;r^.W, and then y/f-l he went from iJamascus to .Jerusalem to join him^oir "US church, who rocoivvd him not until they ha,rHati«facl«r^ Uienco .»f Ins conversion. Acts '.» . ^), '^7. , Thc^^porHocution v^ hah arose about .Stephen, Acts 11 : ly, cau^l the discipks to be scattered abroad, fi.r '' they went everywiX. preachiL tl. • wo d and plantn.,^ churches," We find 'a ehu^l/at &inm. I'.M'. Kom. I : H. Acts 2 : 10. V ._ The first persecution of the christians Jwgan V 1). 64, thr lis, ,p|,.s of .ic.s„s were c.»vere,l with the skins .)f Wild beaHtsand U.r„ by dog.s-thoy were crucified and .set on We, that they ofivfT wT ''"'''' '^*''V''-''' "'"^- ^'oroonle;edthen..:. K^^eovere.1 w. h w,« andotlK-v combustible materials-a shirr,, > ke to bo put under thoir chin to make them contiudo upright •ud they were burnt ahvc to give light to the spectators. Ln.^ n^l..l n f ^'f^^'\Zf *»•« first of the twelve apostles who Mif- su was struck with remorse, at witnessing the readiness witl, _ .«. James subni.ttcd to inartyrdom." fee was convinced of aS^;;:^''^^^"*^'' «ndcont^,scdChrist. Tlicy wor. suftl:;;T*K*^'?*' wr''?r '**'*''< ♦'1"^*^*^ whidi l.^ars his name.^ fte cd martyrdom A. I). (52. „,. ^„, ^ „,,„ ^^ ,,„i ,,f^, ^ much beloved, lie was stoned, but had strength to pray tor • Z v"'" ^ beseech thee Lord (Jod and Father for theuK >1 t d'hJ'r'' "''.'''"* ^'*'^ ^"- ' «•« martyrdom, was com- ^ pitted bj^ a por^ou'^; beating out his brains with a f..l1or'« d u b 'l'\ • i'.. Jtif 4Vi U 1 1 The opostld Paul, obtained lii« Hl)orty after 1)W impriHonmonf nt Rome A. 1). 63. Ho travelled, preaching (JhriHt and Uim iTi^eiBed and returned to Ronie about tlic year A. 1). 65, when? • lie waa slain with the sword by Nero's order , Peter, the apostle, came to Homo about A. D. 63. Here ho wrote his two cpifltles. After seeing his wife led td inttrtyrdoni, ho was nhortly aftorfrards^cruoifiod with his head downwunis A I). 66. The tyrant Nero, who was the author of those p. ' ■iHonmonf unci Uim 65, whoro Here ho irtyrduro, ownwiinls thoHo jn'.r- norownoii ., 8 ilt'stroy- y retiring iian. Do •} ivDf'vrodl rutlilosMly ohn.tit tin- from tin- hoapostle lOOyeiirN tiau bluoii iples; tin:- 11(1 otlutr.s. dininitittT- in plncoH formed by V tlio chriptr. ■ '■-. ' iiua2iDgly, man tribit- . Tn. As'ia l8hip8,pr(<- ktIm) ordor- • miserable 1 nd lialters 'd Atticus nd at last . ,*. -. .' ivoured by MStian phi- 1 i A losophor, and 6 of bin companioos, were whipped and aftcrwanlf! beheaded AD. 167: The celebrated Polycarp wan burnt alive at Smyrna. The glad tidings of the glorious gospel had spread inU> many countries, and we shall have to trace the records of the church of Christ in the early and middle ages, by the perw cutions which her heroic and devoted members endured, jf ence the first materials which j»re fttrnished of tl^Q history of the christians in France, contain an account of Air persccutiouf (laul had two cities, which, set upon a hill, rftlioted the beamr of the «un of Rightcausness, full of evangelic light and lovt; These cities were Lyons and Vicnnc. Here thtf christians were tollowed with shouts, beaten, their bodies dragged, their gowls plundered. They were stoned, confined within their own housex iKjsctbv an outrageous 'mob. They were led- to the Forum' incused of Christianity; condemned; imprisoned. Red hot »razeu plates were fixed to the most tender parts of their boditi= . hut they •* counted it all joy"— evincing tluit « the sufTerings of the preKent time arc not worthy td be compared to the dorv that shall be revealed in us." 'the love of the Father, conquered the fear of man. Here indeed the faithful triumphed even it. death, though they were torn and dragged by beasts ; made u, sit in the rod hot iron chair, yet they fainte«r some friends might gather the^n- for interment, yet in the liour of death they were happy. Gracious Redeemer! here were spirits worthy of being woven into a wreath, to crown, thy once thorn- • rowned brow^ ,. NoTK.— " The sacrament of baptism was administered i»ub- hcly twice every year, at the festivals of Easter and ¥tuU- .!08t or Whitsunday by the Bishop or Presbyter in con.-.- quence of his authorization and appointment The persons that went to be baptized after they had repeated' the creed, confessed and renounced their sins, and particularly the devil in his- |)ompous allurements, were immersed under tmtermd received mto Chn^s Kingdom by a solemn invocation of the Father hon, and Holy Ghost, according to the express command of our blesseAJiOrd." Mosheim Bee. His. see l.cent. 2. •f f; :i r- CHAPTER THIRD In the bogiDning of tho third century Irt^naous wifforcd mar- ' yrd'om >t Lyons, But the groator tlie porscoutionH of the chrin- Uans, the mo^o suoceiMful vas the true ohuroh. The word pro^ mightily ani prevailed. TertuUian, a celebrated writer of jdio third century, in an apology which ho wrote for the chriBtiati* v to tho omparor, says, "It iatrue wearobutof yeHtcrdav, and yet we have filled all your towns, oitieB, islands, castles, boroughs, councils, camps, courts, palaces, senate, forums. If wo were to make a general secession from your dominions, you would be M-stonishod at your solitude. Every one pays soi^ething once a month into the public chest, or when he pleases, and according to his ability and inclination, for there is no compulmon." ' TertuUian A, I). 200 wasa Carthaginian, and in Carthage tho j'liriittianH suffered cruel martyrdoms. Amongst the numlwr of, t'hristians seized was Vivia Perpotua, a lady of quality, ti'i year* ot' age She was married, was then pregnant, and had a yuung child at her breast. While she was in the hands of tho pers«- imtors, her father who was a Pagan, but loved his daughter, importuned her in vain to abandon her faith. For a tew day.* she. witli four catechumens, were kept under guard, though not •lonfindd in prison, when the latter found means to be baptized They were then put into a dark prison. This, to Perpetua, wh«> hadexperienccd nothing but the delicacies of gentle life, was peculiarly tormidable and distressing. Herooiicern for her infant was extreme. Tertius and Pomponius. two; deacons of the church, by paying money, obtained permission for the prisoners tn refresh* l^emselves for a ffcw hours in a more commodious place, - where Perpetua gave the breast to her intaxtt and then recom- uiended liim to her mother, For some time lier mind was op- j)res.sed with concern for the ijiiisery she had brought upon her tamily. but she had the treasure of a good conscience, and her mind grew composed, and her prison became like a palace Iter father, overwhelmed wiUi grief, came to her prison to en- treat lier to recant; but he could not move her, though torn Vith filial affection, she could only desire him to acquiesce in the divine disposal. She and her companions were brought before the tribunal and condemned to be exposed to 'the wild beasts, and were afterwards killed by the gladiators in the Hmphithoatre, They slept in Jesus. A D. 246 Cyprian was converted from Paganism, A. 1> •il8 he was chosen bishop of Carthage, and in ten yeaips after- wards he suffered martyrdom. From the year250 to the close of the Dioclesian persecution, the cruelties inflicted upon the chris- tians were great. Not less than seventeen thousand were put to death in one month (Godeau) and within one year not los^ w / id mar- c chriH- ■dgro^ of the ristiiai)' s and yot rougbM. were to , ould bo ig on«o cording 11 : lagetlio- nUwr of, Vi year* a young i)errt<- lugliter. )w days* lugli not laptizod tua. wlio life, wan cr infant ? of the irisoner.H us place, ' 1 recom- was op- pon her and her palace n to en- igh torn liesce in broiigiit the wild i in the A. 1> iifs after- e close of theeliris- (vcre put not losij ft V than one hundred and aftv thouHftnd were sUin in Egypt alone f heir booJM and their writings were burned, and the ohurcho* which had been planted with bo much oaro wore mercileMly Hcattered bj the haudn of their enemy. ' A. J). 25 1 . Novatiau, a man of great learning and deep piet v. •oing determined to hold no ijommuuion with the pagan i/«Ml 1 -athohcs, established a church on apostolio principles. Thin church attracted numbers of the virtuous, andboro the perse- j'utioiw and anathemas of the Catholics. Novatian is charged by the Koman Catliollcs with being the parent of un innuntenM- juMudc of congregations oi jmritam all over the empire. Hiese churches were formed only of baptized belm-ns. Infant baptism had not yet been introduced even by the lloman Cath- olics. rhiH antiscriptural practice had its origin i.i an after and ^ ark^age. Novatian is allowed to have preserved in somuhwss he cjiristian faith. Jbe general tenor of his life, and above all hjs death by martyrdom, show to whom he belonged. A. U •n-, Constantiue became sole govenoi- of the Roman Kmpiiv £ --was converted to Christianity-assumed the name of luHhop. atter enlarging and enriching tiio Romish Churches, died May :r '.t ^. /'"',"" *'"^ *""'' *'•« P'^'Pl^ inul preferments of 1.0 Koman Churclv drew multitudes of unworthy members int.. Jioreoiumunion, and she became corrupt in faith and practice ( ->J liner, Mo.sh. Jones.) V U ^v;As now that a great many pious members witlidrow from nium iind formed other clmrclios. 1 I ii ^:r^*/.^^^"!? ^''^^ condemned, anathematized and ev tot^Al 1 Couucl uf Nice. Rome, nominally .christian, in- Z ! 1 K «P^"^o^«'>'»e pagan; though ber e.tei'ior w,.. . .>nged, the same persecuting soul gave her life,- her vindi,.- wW r u ^f ,«»^n'ff ted notonly to Arians, but toall othor.s S? 7»W,not /ellowship her abominations. From the tin.. iS^f "/! "' '^r^'^'""^"- the third century separati.,1 hunself from the pollutions of the Romish chujch at Cartha-o divisions multiphed. During the third, fourth, and fifth contu- rie.i, there were multitudes of churches in Europe and A.« P«««'»S stranger, Conetantine received a copy of the New Testament in the Greek language : he,.tudiea It with care and began to publish its Contents, and soon a ehris- 4*' ».> 10 U tian elrnrch wm collected. In a little time WTeral inawidwlij arose qualified for the ministry and many fthurchea were collected in Armenia and Cappadooia. Their public appearance attracted the notice of the catholic party, vho immediately began to pcrsc- eutc them, calling them Manichaeans and Paulicana. Constan- tine continued his labors, until Pontus and Cappadooia and all Asia Minor to the West of the Euphrates had pure reltgion revived again. As they increased and spread to the West they vcro often indentified with the Waldenses, because they oppoHcd infant baptism, image worship, and the power of the pope, which were the common characteristics of both. « Wo can tra<» the history of the church by the persecutions which they suflerpd under the name of Paulicans to A. D. 810." Jones Ch. Hi»t. vol l,pp. 384, 387. c'«e«rly part of this cent Jry, the C.nAicil <:^ s£ >oi.H.n Irnnee published a confession of faith. A. 1). <)09. disan- prm-.ng <;f 'nt^nt buptLsm, and opposing the worship of imugos ■ Kom 10.>0 to A.;l). 1088. Uerengarrusproaehed Huce<.s,sfSv S'liict "^' """" ' ' "^''^"^^WV^ power." 1 Jrowui , t Ji '\;'^r ?^S- ^^•"'!J'» I' ««rnamed the Conqueror, aseehded ' ^ ]^nghsh throne. Duri,^ Urn roign, many Waldense^X^^.' hrance, bcrmanV, and I lolhmd, thronged into Britain, wlxT r^'n-o '*?••? P««^«ttWe possession of christian libert;. mull '•{ f^ ' ,' "^^ ')l*''^ '"^"^^ ^°'"®"' ^^'5r« brought before a conn. ,ed of the ckrgy m Oxford. Henry if, in coi^unction^d 1 X i eaS t^f ''r thorn to b^ branded with a hot-'iron on th br^ Ihort'b; ^.- ^^'if throjigh Oxford ; to have their clothes .ut -- >hort by their girdles, and to he turned into tho open fields, and drpcrsonswcroTorbidden under severe penalties to sheltT , •elm^ then. As it was the depth of winter thev all lo tbe bvos through cold and hunger. 'In the year 12lJ A 1 the \ V •. i^'^Th^s^n""' ^'^"^^^ in'obedien^SaPcl^i: Z« »l. kT^''^^^*:"T .^^''*'' *^« perseeuted Cathari or Ari- 7the trL f5tf '*'f*"«Y"^''n^^'* »^*''« West, bold defenders t^l^T *^"V*?""'^' "^'°^<^" ^^ *^« true church. Thev had become peculiarly numerous in the valleys of Picdmont-1 . / •li .•\ ■- \ k *> .•v;. W.' bonce the name of VaudoU or VaHenHfli WM glvoH to them. J^Vrlthcrrr.^ churches without l.toraturo either «r . monir tho Appcninfl« or in the deep vale» ef the Alps, or in n ;r1a nd X-natia, proHcrved with tlunr.blc. the truth of «a. vatioii by grace and pcr«cvorinuly remained «epcrat« fro l^mc." Bo«t. hiH. of tte mod. ed. ane. of the BoUman and Moravian Ch. of the U. Brethren, p. I, book »• ." J\,''«'»>*'^^* . nn unpardonable omission to pass entirely unnoticed that vcne- ;rbk. and r'^mUive people who wore the de^s.tory of Chnstun Truth during so many agen, wh,,n darkness covered the earth a.ul ' urrdarkncsH the people. The I'aulicans n the KuHtand the e p<' WC! ChriKtian Mart Alu. \Valdcn«c«in the West divide this praise. ^ A 1) n(iO tiie Wasphomoufl innovation of the dcH'trinc (»t' traiiHubstantiation was made by the Courtr»f Uoino_ Ihis n..ve . absurd, and impious abomination anmsod Peter Waldo, a citi- . /.on of Lyons to oppose it. Though a wealthy merchant h.- ...baudonei his occupation, sold all gave to the poor and foil m - ^ rU Christ. This great lleforraer bad tho fear ot God as a rul- ing i.rinciplo in hts own soul. He commenced preaching tlu- p,s,Ll and his labours were attended xnth great s»H I5..i\,g a,.Hthe.n«ti«od b^^'tbe Vope (Alex^ lU) ho CHca,>ed tr.oj. Lvo.rs,Und was followed by the Lord s d.sc.plcs. (.o«pel trutl, sVoad. He retired into i>auphiny, where the principles nt the 1'o.pel took a .Icep and lasting rout^ Some of b.s diseiplcs. ioiiiea tho Valleuscs of Piedmont. ANaldo himselfrhf the \ audois that with - riason they and bis people were bcn.vti>rtli considered the sanu- .. Wuldo fled into (Jermany and at last .settled in Bohemia where be ended bis day.s A. 1) 1170 \ •^T i\ Mmv than forty vears before Waldo's time the V»ldcnst>.< . uublisbed a confession of Faith wl.icli has been prescrA'cd and l,ear.s'datc A. D. I m, in which ti.ey ^avow their bclict in the- great *''e'"wlvoii through Poland nnd tithunnia, aud ever Hince that they have been propaimtin^ l.e.r ,<^tnne tho^e wJmh differs bat little fromXS f A tl^" " '*'>P«I'»>ero Ills Franco ' ^ J„m»if 1 i*? " J'*'/''' ^^ ®'"''' *""«^* timt infant«ought not to he lmpttt<,d, but adults only." Multitudes became his disoinir A. IJ. 1120, In a work which the Waldomws publiMhed Dan- oenun^ anfcKriHt, they prefer several chargeTagaC Jo pX :■ iJi^t't'eS'e?'^^"^"^^^''^^^^ ti«m £ il?^r "^IJ^k'/ ^"«<'a' Pro'^cJ'cd against iufant bop. m.W iborhood who cl.e<»fally ,»ff.rcd death r»&Sli^^Z .ot Md to the bapti»m of i»fent», .llcgi,,. a, . pj^f „f {t,*^? «ny in 8„,t.„,.„d, M»„, BrriT, ."d SwH" . p™,"°,T«'r:''S"''' ^J'"'.«:Co"™1 of ftheim^Id d "i »n prison, 1149. Ht. Bernard writing to the Marl nf <3* o,a n.TJl.'l-'Vn"*'.™*''"'" «'«>'ied into DnlMlia, HuBinirt filter J $ -i -■S'-jfiiJ'l*'^, .»;«¥.;■ ■*^^','- i>inU, T^otnbftrdy, Romogno, Vonoonio, Floroooo, &c. In A I). 12.50, the Baptist oharch at Alba had moro than 500 nioinU>ni. •nd that of Cotnaoraita mora than ir>00, and many othern were verv large. In A. D. I'iHO, thu Baptinta wero^iuite nunittroiu* In Hicily. Pyrin's hint, book 2, oh. Id In A. D. 1315, in Bohemia alonotho nttmborof Bantit, 1530. In thoWaldonsian OhurcheH there were umro. than eight hundred thousand communicniits. MorIand'i» Kvang. Ohurches, p. 224. ' Limborok says—'^ To speak candidly what I think of all tl»o faith in tliQ German language of tho Baptists called Waldensen, which assorts that in tho beginning of Christianity there wi^ nu Uptiseingof infants, and that their forefathers practised no such thing." Uis. p. 2, p. 738. A. D. 1530. ■ Bullinger in tho prcfiicc to his Seruioti on thu ilovelation, says, «' For four hundred years and more, in Franeo Italy, Germany, Bohemia and other countries throughout tho world, tho Waldenses have sustained their profession of thu gospel of Christ." Perrin's hist. ch.G x\..p. 1533, Luther says, "as for tho Waldenses I may lio permitted to call them the very sml of the primitive and /)ure christian church." »• A. D. ion, I Moreland'iJ His. oh. of Piedmont p. 58. A. D. 1643, > The Baptists in England published their con- fession of Faith, and Dr. Mosheim is pleased to say tHat, " They derived their origin from the German and Dutch Mennonistp. Their religious sentiments were the same then that tlicy i»re nf this day— the true origin of that sect is hid: in the remote thjiths of ftntiquity. Before tlie rise of Luther and Calvin' there lay ',f Wdd.«., U.^ hSC .?d* rHZ.iTjZ:& ill' which h^ £d JsLtd'uisl™ i*'":;;" 'iir!S''f"'^ withm the sburt spaoe of 30 reari fl« Vtj„« . lu " J^^noo put to death as LreUos. The Pop; wm .1 wir ^ ul »i.„ T'* «]iuroh front the vear A D 60ll.pti«u hi»v« boon Z kn 1 u"*'? ^"'"•'^ *7 Minigtew. **"'*"""*•*'•— ^-- ».»«« Uconned Prenchen. BcsidM theio of the KeMl^" IWl.* '''^ baptiied iti one year bern of others who hliiTZot&A^ and their numbers are daily inei^'"^/?' ^v,""'"? '^P*'"™- "tunding in other ohuS mSi^^nf '^''' ^V?'""'*' ^^'^^K In West Indies" 88 « In Amejrica " l*i m ■ :: \ ■■ " : ■ ' ■'■'•.. (f i coinpuljiion ; U citnviocftf, ation Tlifl imiof*, aa it rhc r«ii|i^iuii ie'■■ k"..»i..,i„,, „,„i .iii":,.',," "!„i :":;/"j; rv' .^ . I I . "^ """' • 'llHlfl'II ^ KobniMoii, « A| "".Ill Aiinii.lia. A. ). 4M} ' '•: '"••""••• «rc..,i was ,li«o *. ", '""'""''«« "»' *'•« Council. and Huch form of wo?«I.f » ' <'«trmc.s and Hvinir faitJ, J^« «o„,iHl. rites «..d cic,,,ono^. |"t"!'*''''"'^^'^''«t.KHl '•'ngliflh SaJtons cou.nh.. I Vi . '*^'' '^"""t tho year (J9'i ♦h!, '•'ngland, to bring t ,o .4ix,rintoT. ?"'''•' ^'"^ "'""J^' "'to «f Hpnio ; for as Jo,,. „f '^ tlt^''!^f'''''l^y ^'^ "'« <'l'urch *'"untry, they woro k^n soZl „ * u' ?"r^''*' P'^"«««««*l *ho ;^or«hi,>, order and dcdZo if ri -/'''^''' ""^' ?»••« "> tho o reduce tho Hriton J "u fAlT '^"''"» «"d««voured the Church of Konic . «f » r i x- '^"''""'''' *" " «onformrtv to principally i„ wX U?..7tr'' *""« »»>« old Briton" wcro /^eon on the South ' were tl n'T' "'? *'!" ^''^'^^ "" J Ca^r" ' -rpa„dreli,i 'V^'S„ ^^^ Hoat^ both Z <'hri»tians, who dedicated th.'S i ; , '''^° containing 2100 ;n tho ministrv „« th^ It rpS*' tot/"^'' ^^ «^''" '»"» the name of Xlonks of IJan^^r Tp^r?^ '''"'''^ with tho Popish Monks of tC or tb„ f n*'' -^ "** ^"^^'^ ""^^^ord wcro not rcJuccd to any Lclt^^^^^^^^^^^ ^hmn^ ago ; for they niost part Ia;y,„e„, ..holltd S t J^T ' Y' ^^^*^ ^^' 'he / \ :./ >^' /f, r ; t . . '. * ■ t •<'' LfH-a fillcil «m«l lurlimul to Iun iiu»ri» Iminv^Ualo «»ni««». Urvrtlwl iln «f lh» Kurlplnw. nnil^tth'i' ^wl)' ««*'• ill nril«T !•» tit" work of lli« iiiliiUtry • wli«» wiit f<»rlh TllW*, til a iI«hI iiMiHy ii*M'ful liiitriiiiH'Wt"' . nittH)' ot wImmm <7fniui-il III* k«t|il iiImmiI WuniiwtunihirK ; wlui lo lli^iii tin' i-mhrniinjr lln'lloiiilMi rili% uml to i«Mii *ltli him in tironihiiijt iiii«l iMlmiiiiMtnriiig in ltt)« wny ; «•/»/»■// //»r>/o/M«»/ Tti wlioin |K?U«0 wiih tiifiir cnoiuiuN iff tilfi . iu*n \w fM to tlu'iii, HiiH'c ye will not Mix*nt to my Antf* frniicrnllv. ••M-nt v»»i to inc Kp«>riH!ly in tlirw tliiiip Tho firit. in your kwping l%iwit««r ihIro. nenr thfi cnstV of Holt. i.i HoM^lie nil»l»isli luid reli.jue.H of the Monujitery of Hnngor. whift'^lu' ;;lory of the llritoim flourinhcd ; in tho winie wore 2100 Moiikn, verV wtll order«'d iiiut harm)(f, divided into Kflvon p«rt»«. daily HcrvniKliod; luiion^Ht whom ihowi that wore unlearned, hy their hamly luhor, |uovidod r<|M, drink, and npparcfl for the h-arnod. aiiil nueli as applied themf<«lvcH to their HtmlieM; aimI if atijthin;: was renmining they divided it nnionjr the jMMir. 'I'hl^i phiec'.Hont forth many hundred of oxcellontly well learned mv AuHtin. that aV hit* niinixter Kt', thod« worthy me foundation, topre' gold) was rii/.od d From thow pxti^jvvfs i\nd afterwardK hy tho iiivy and malieii of r.^loiik. and tho mow) cniel exceutiun of an Kiiigof Nortbumlwrlond), , thoffhole llouiio, from the iihrj^inL^(iuore nrocioun tlian oi'iii.diHhtcj^^/^r and sicorJ." %n<{. that tho ('olIcRo (it IJangor vim From iiiivu iTAii^v"'^ n\T ••••<•. v....« ...■»- ^-- T-- r" laid in ruins — itn viilualde lahriuy wiw reduced to nshoH-— and ft great nninhcr of (5 od'H people were muHsacrcd, for no other TeuHon hut heenune these primitive hclieverH wciuld not keep Kiistcrwith the Pope— because they would not A/««/.»-- iind, lieaeuse they wonld not preach in conjunction with na anti- Christian Monk. Sebastian Frank '• About the year (>I0, «hildrenT1WT»t<»m waM held in mnnv idacos of little esteem, owing to the learned endeavonrs of Adrianu themsolven to uphoUl IS and others; thefeforo tho popes s<'t ^, it: and particiilarlY at the ('ouneil olV« »mS'-»,, <^- '^r ' !,#,. thai yuiin{i( dil r» At 4i UW5, nt Pnrcnw in Unix, nimy wIh» opp^mrU iiifunt , Uptiiini,w<^rM comlounuuh i»iitl nuHifntl ilratli. PeU'r Al»lanlu«, A Imiruutt man, an nO.'». iwvoral p^rwniii w»'r« lmninln'«l out nf th« Hiahoprw of Trycra fui*«p|M»»iinK inf.intlnit.li-m l):iuvorn on Ban p '2:1 1, -WV •l'^7 " (!iii«min«l.'r. tli« llintorlau, tliougli a poJobaptiHt, chn'lari'K tliat tho ffrmtnU jmrl of tint Alliigon«>a w«ro op|H>«>fr of infant iHipti-w." Ht«nn«tl'a annwur t« DuUth MartvroIoRy, p a07-n20;-" TIiu ^^llM«n««a and Albigonxca. duVnut from tli«m all t\w wicrauMUitM «»f tin) Uouiwli nHian Kaitli millorod death in Klandora undor tlic Karl Philip KUatoa, fur opiK)Hing infaut ImptiMn^^ «'w , 1.1 i. I 1 •' A. fPRoO, many of the AN aldonwjH whoonM..«md tho l.huroh of Homo, in tho l.nHincM nf infant baptiam, woro burnt in (jormanv by ('oradu-* Van Morpttrgh. ^ 'A i) l*-2a'2,nin«'tt>on porwns wor«» burnt witno»!«ingagaiiuit infant UptiHui at 'I'ouIouhc. At MarHcill««. in I'rBnce, four Monk«, who had boon <'rtnvcrted froi« tho Romwh lleligion. woro, by Popo Johu XX IT, burnt for oppoaing iufiiut boptwin.V Danvcra, p. 23.'», 2.-.8. - , Af D. 1336, four baptiaod norsonJi ; three men and nnn woman wcro thrown into priwonat Zicrixsoci ; and iifterwiirda tortured upon tho rack till tho blood ran down to their tWt , on tho 4th of July thoy wcro beheaded— thoir bodio!* wcro burnt and . thoirheada wcro set upon »takCH. Unindt's ITw. vol. I, p. 74. " At Croma, in AuHtria, in the irwhopric of PuHHau, many of tho WaldonHos were burnt for oppo»ing infant baptiim in 1310. A pioua woman, named Perotnic, of Aubinton, in Handera, waa burnt in the protV'.'*sion of this faith. witncMiug apinat infant IwptiBin, in 1^73. At Montpolier, in France, was burnt,. 1417. Katharine Van Shaw, a pious matron, witnowaing tho Kamotrhth' |):u«ert«; p. '^JO. ■ .••if] J '3p¥' # i '^;*''.'^^ . .V \ U 1 1 lint' I' I «",' V ,. V;^"^!S''*t^'v->sif. V fW* »•• I *• A 1*' **!'; v-^y (I ('^.a t^ '^■^ J "7 V \ .. ■ J'^'"" •;_<•'*■ v't,' ■I —^—111,11 , ■i'^mf^fsr^'^':^ }' ' '-j.. .•.-^^ ?V' * 't , <■"' 8H0BTLT WILI4 BS PUBI^^BBD, :'51 s ■.if ^BAFHSM: WHAT IS IT?" BY THE SAMS AUTHOR. Ik'*' 'S.l ' 'fM m 4»"^^ ''"Mi?* • *- • • • t •^'." p • I , ^v«P . > ■ I 1 * • • ... ^ _ *. - / ■ ■ ■ ' .- '■; ■ ■.»■__ ■ - ■ ■•■ '--t''. ■ ■ .-■■■ .. ,■ ■^. . - -1 '»"'' -■ ! • ;|i' ' .■^.' 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