Faith and Life for Baptists: The Documents of the London Particular Baptist Assemblies, 1689–1694

Recovering our confessional heritage #1

by James M. Renihan (Editor), Larry J. Kreitzer (Foreword)

The documents transcribed here record the process of early Particular Baptist associationalism. Each General Assembly published a Narrative of its acts, and several supporting documents were also released. The 1677 Confession of Faith (2LCF) was promoted, a defense of the necessity of financial support for pastors printed, a Catechism authorized, and other subordinate but important papers ordered. All of these documents are incorporated here, so far as is known some of them for the first time in print since the seventeenth century.

329 pages, Paperback

Published April 18, 2016

Reviews

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent collection of historical documents related to the 17th century second London confession. the first mains section provides the narratives of the general assemblies and issues faced prior to the publication of the second London baptist confession. Some of the letters from the 1690 Hymn sing controversy with Benjamin Keach and Isaac Marlow are included for historical context on the associations after the publication of the confessions.

The second London confession and baptist catechism are both reprinted in this volume as well as the appendix to the second London confession defending believer's baptism from Dr. Lightfoot's Latin exposition of 1 Corinthians 7:19 (the original Latin is reprinted with an English translation). The appendix provides a helpful historical explanation of Baptist covenant theology and the dichotomous nature of the Abrahamic covenant.

Benjamin Keach's tract, The Gospel Minister's maintenance vindicated, is reprinted in this volume and gives many helpful arguments for local church to fully support their pastors for the ministry so they can dedicate their labors to their ministerial duties as shepherds over the local church.

[Beto · Rating 3 out of 5]

Format is wrong doesn’t work on Kindle and too big on screen

The contents are great but the format needs to be fixed. I Couldn’t download it on my kindle due to failures and on the computer it looked super big making it difficult to navigate

[Josh Robinson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Of great historical value. Shows the background of the Second London Baptist Confession and the events leading up to the General Assembly. Difficult to read though.