The History of the English Baptists

the perfuafions of his own mind, as to en*tering into church fellowship in diftinct con'gregations, and therein to join with fuch as •he conceived came nearest to the primitive pattern in worship and difcipline.

About that time, fays he, and a little af ter, there were many minifters, fome who had been before ordained, and others who 'were admitted to parochial and other pub lick charges. Among whom, of my acquaintance, were Mr. Tombes, fometime preacher at the Temple, Mr. Chriftopher Blackwood in Kent, Mr. Benjamin Cox at Bedford, Mr. Edward Harriffon, Mr. Daniel Dyke, and fome others in or near Hertfordshire, Mr. Hanferd Knollys, and many others, who did openly profefs, and several of them write, and publifh their opinions, concerning the proper fubject and manner of baptifm. Some of them voluntarily left their parochial charges and benefices, as not 'approving the baptizing of infants, and collected diftinct congregations of fuch as agreed with them in this doctrine of baptifm; which, by a fucceffion of ordained mini'fters, in the place of fuch as are dead, re• main to this day.'

I fhall add to this, the names of other worthy Gentlemen who left the practice of Infant baptifm, were themfelves baptized by immerfion, and joined themselves with the baptized churches, viz. John Harding, D. D.

Duveil, D. D. Mr. Vavafor Powel, Mr. James Brown, Mr. Robert Brown, Mr. Henry Jeffey, Mr. Thomas Hardcastle, Mr: Francis Cornwell, Mr. John Gofnold, Mr. Henry Denne, Mr. Samuel Fiber, Mr. Henry

Mor

Morris, Mr. Richard Claridge, Mr. John Keith, Mr. Francis Bampfield Mr.

Abbot, Mr. Seykmore, Mr. Willing Kaye, Mr. William Britten, Mr. Henry Forty, Mr. Jofeph Maifters, Mr. Robert Steed, Williams, Mr. London,

Mr.

Mr. Richard Adams, Mr. John Canne.

Thefe were Advocates, who the reverend Mr. Neal would have us to esteem, illiterate, and of the meanest of the people. And if fo, I hope he will not look upon it as an hard tafk to make a reply to the account which the Captain has given of their judgment and practice (the which I have placed in the Appendix, No. 3.) and the rather, because, in my opinion, all the Baptifts ever fince have, by their doctrine and converfation attested what is afferted by this author.

THE

CONTENTS.

CHAP. I.

From the restoration of king Charles II.

to the banishment of the earl of Cla-

rendon, in 1667.

APTAIN Dean's account of the
Baptifts in the parliament army,
page 2. King Charles II. re-
for'd, p. 5. The regicides tried,
p. 8. Some account of Major Ge-

neral Harrison, p. 9. Of Sir Robert Tich-

borne, p. 11. The Baptifts of the county of

Lincoln petition the king, p. 19. A petition

of the Baptifts in Maidftone goal, p. 23. Va-

vafor Powel, Jenkin Jones, and others, im-

prifon'd, p. 26. The fufferings of the Baptifts

in Gloucefterfhire, p. 27. Some remarkable

rebukes on their perfecutors, p. 30. Venner's

rebellion, p. 35. The Baptifts apology and

pro-