Excerpt from The History of the English Baptists, From the Reformation to the Beginning of the Reign of King George I, Vol. 2: Containing Their History From the Restoration of King Charles II. To the End of His Reign This great prophet 7ohn, had an immedi ate commifiion from heaven, before he e'n ter'd upon the aétual adminifiration of his OE fice. And as the Englijh Bapti/ts adhere clofely to this that 7ohn the Bap ti/i was by divine command, the firff pom mifiioned to preach the gbfpelfand baptize by. Thofe that received it and that this praétice has been ever fince maintained and continued' in the world to this prefent: day; fo it may not be improper to confidei' the Rate of religion in this.kingdom it be ing agreed on all hands, that the plantation of the gofpel here was the Apoflles days: I {hall therefore enqu1re, when, and, by hil'tory can inform us) the gofpel Was, firft preach'dtin Great Britain. And here it mufit be grant ed; that hiltonans give a yery'dili'erent ac count 5 yet they agree in this, that, the early reception of the gofpel was eitherfrom an. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.