The History of the English Baptists, Volume 1 (Biblia.com)

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From Wycliffe to the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, this first volume of The History of the English Baptists outlines well-known historical figures of the time, both of the Church and of England. Interwoven with historical facts is a detailed account of Baptist doctrine, which continues throughout the four-volume set.

CHASSANIAN, a learned Frenchman, and zealous Pædobaptist, in his history of the Albigeois, having proved that they rejected the baptism of infants, tho’ he thinks that they erred in this matter, yet endeavours to excuse them, by alledging, ‘That they were* not the first who were of this opinion, seeing Tertullian was for deferring baptism, till persons came to years of discretion.’ Dr. Wall, who in one place calls Peter Bruis and Henry the two first Antipædobaptist preachers in the world, yet in

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