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toal oMi ^ &iio iiv they are surely cammen jable for their zealous endeavour to dralw t&e attention of iheir fellowchristiatis to their arguments , They may seem to persons of other communions to magnify the ordinance
beyond its just proportions ; but it should be remembered that a very high estimate of a doctrine or ceremony is the natural consequence of fixing the attention long and
exclusively upon it , and that by this means , under the Divine Providence , all the topics on which mankind differ in opinion are brought into discussio n and thus the cause of truth is
eventuall y promoted . All that can be required of any proselytists is , that they shall keep good faith with the public and good temper ; that they shall state what they really believe , and not question the motives or deny the integrity of those that are " otherwise minded /'
Dr , Evans relates , in the first Lecture , the History of Baptism ; in the second , Mr . Chapman discusses the Subjects and Mode ; Mr . Gilchrist defends , in the third , the Perpetuity ; and in the fourth , Mr . Eaton argues the Practical Uses .
The first Lecturer takes for his text , Matt . xxi . 25 . He interprets the word baptism literally ; but does not the context make it probable , at least , that it is used figuratively of John ' a doctrine or divine mission ?
He asserts ** that John , the Lord Jesus Christ , their disciples , indeed all the first Christians , were Baptists /* p . 13 . Did they all then receive Christian baptism ? Our Lord never baptized . With whom did what is called Christian Baptism begin , and from whose hands did the apostles
receive it ? This is an inquiry of more than curiosity . Much of the controversy depends upon its determination . Until the question of the identity of John ' s baptism with Christian baptism , or their distinctness , be settled , the argument on baptism can scarcely be said to be entered on ; and yet we do not observe that the Lecturers
before us have touched upon the subject . The worthy Lecturer will surely not assert that the Apostle Paul was a Baptist : he baptized occasionally , it is true , a 3 he did some other acts , not so much in conformity to his awn
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Opimeftr' ( P- 36 ) Yet U is a power still and if we do aot mistake the signs of the times , is beginning to work for the liberation : of the
Christian religion from the secular yoke that has so long bowed it down . They that fall against this stone will assuredly be bruised , and let them on whom it is likely to fall , beware 1 Meantime , the true friends of pure
religion in this country may almost envy the Christians , who can say with this United States' Bishop , " We want not , therefore , the wealth , the honours , or establishment of the Church of England . With the union of
Church and State commenced the great corfuptious of Christianity . And so firmly persuaded ara I of the deleterious effects of this union , that if I must choose the one or the other , I would take the persecution of the state rather than her favour , her frowns rather than her smiles , her repulses rather than her
embraces . It is the eminent privilege of our Church , that , evangelical in her doctrines and her worship , and apostolic in her ministry , she stands as the primitive church did , before the first Christian emperor loaded her with the honours that pro red more injurious to her than the relentless persecution of his imperial predecessors . In this enviable land of
religious freedom , our church , in common with every other religious denomination , asks nothing from the state , but that which she does not fear will ever be denied her—protection , equal and impartial protection . " —Pp . 36 , 37 .
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Art . III . —Four Lectures , delivered at Worship-Street Meeting-House , near Finsbury Square , London , during' the Month of March , 1826 , on the History—the Subjects and Mode
— Perpetuity — the Practi B - cal Uses of Christian Baptism . y John Evans LL . D ., Edwin Chapman , James Gilchrist , and David Eaton . 8 vo . pp . 204 . Eaton . 6 * Gd .
THESE Lectures were delivered , and are now published , at the instance of « the General Baptist ko mmittee , appointed by the General Assembly . " ( Advert . ) Believing that tl > e baptism by immersion of those that are capable of a profession of faith is alone Christian baptism , and that the llte is of divine institution and perpe-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1826, page 547, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2552/page/39/
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