Scottish Kirk and Parliament, displacing Knox’s Confession; slightly altered, it had been adopted by the English Parliament, and was held as authoritative by all English-speaking Presbyterians. In addition to this, it had been adapted to their view of the church and its relation to the State by the Independents or Congregationalists, and adopted as their Confession at the Savoy in 1658. The Baptists of London and the surrounding country now determined to show their agreement with these two great
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