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The Mayflower Pilgrims: Roots of Puritan, Presbyterian,Congregationalist and Baptist Heritage is the fascinating Account ofone of the greatest adventures of all time, recounted here in itsentire breadth, from Reformation backgrounds to the ninteenth century.Engagingly written, this complete and up-to-date account includesresearch never before published.Dispelling numerous popular mythsconcerning the English Separatist Movement, this book establishes themovement's true role in English, American and Christian heritage.

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Mayflower Pilgrims
(...)David Beale, professor of Church history at Bob Jones University, has taken advantage of recent scholarly studies and his own personal knowledge in putting together an excellent treatment of the Mayflower Separatists and their connections with other seventeenth century British dissenters. After describing their background in the context of the English Reformation, Beale details the fortunes of the Pilgrims from their beginnings in the Lincolnshire area of northern England to their landing at Cape Cod in 1620 and beyond. He references everything with the best sources and fleshes out his account with colorful descriptions of these indomitably brave souls. This is the best single reference volume on the Pilgrims in print. An added bonus for Baptists especially is Chapter Eight, “How the Earliest English Baptists Originated from the Pilgrim Separatists,” in which Beale accurately describes the relationships of both General and Particular Baptists to Separatism. In doing so, he dispels the myth that seventeenth century Baptists were the product of continental Anabaptism. He also advances the position that Henry Jacob, normally considered the founder of English Puritan Congregationalism (the Independents), actually became a Separatist, having more in common with John Robinson, the Pilgrims’ “consistent separatist” pastor, than with either the English Puritans or the more radical “Brownists.”
What makes this volume particularly valuable are the appendices, ten in all, which consist of primary source materials highlighting significant events in Nonconformist history. Several practical selections are included in the appendix section as well, such as an explanation of “double” dates for British events and a self﷓guided tour of Leiden, home of the Pilgrim Separatist congregation for twelve years. And if you are interested in researching your family name, Beale gives you the necessary help to get started.
Several personal trips to England, coupled with extensive technical research, has given Beale the reputation of being one of the world’s leading authorities on the Pilgrims. The quality and detail of his careful research is everywhere evident in this book. The intricacy of explanation in no way encumbers the narrative, however, but enhances an appreciation for the untiring fortitude and faith of this small band of Christians who faced incredible obstacles in helping to establish a strong foundation for American freedoms. Particularly in a day when our liberties are under severe attack by ruthless terrorists, a study of the Pilgrims can renew hope and endurance in the midst of trial and inspire devotion to the Word of God, the book that governed their actions and sustained their faith. The following summation from the Mayflower Pilgrims expresses well the reason why their lives are worthy of emulation: “The Pilgrim story is essentially a story of conviction, born in persecution, developed in exile, and based upon the Bible” (p. 160).
Dr. Beale conducts the Mayflower Tour of England, Wales, and Holland on a regular basis.(...)

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is a study of the Massachusetts Congregationalist clergy. In examining sermons from 1760 to 1790, the book details the transformation of the ministers' thought, and provides an insight into the intellectual and religious roots of the American founding. ... Read more

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An excellent look at a vital,part of US political evolution
Dr Kuehne takes on an important aspect of the political thought of the time and how that influence is important in US political development intothe modern era. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Originally published in 1896.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Asa Gray (1810-1888), a Harvard botanist, was America's foremost interpreter and defender of the ideas of Charles Darwin and, like Darwin, a proponent of theistic evolution. His colleague on the Harvard faculty, Swiss-born paleontologist, Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), became America's major opponent of the ideas of Charles Darwin. On the basis of his studies in Europe and North America, Agassiz believed in the "doctrine of sudden and catastrophic change," rather than that of evolutionary progress. This study compares the lives and philosophies of these two American Congregationalists who were teaching scientists at the same time on the Harvard faculty and asks how they could co-exist as members of the same mainline American denomination. The paper indicates how theistic evolutionists and creationists can learn how to live together both on campus and in the church. ... Read more

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This is not a book. It is a pamphlet.At a length of 20 pages, you pay approximately half a dollar per page. To add insult to injury, the scholarship is extremely shallow.The authors might have gleaned their summary of the lives of Gray and Agassiz from any encyclopedia.I felt cheated when I received this in the mail, and I am hoping to be able to return it for a refund. ... Read more

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:worship as ordinances of a church, there is, as to our consciences, necessarily required—as the seat and subject of worship and other ordinances—a church-state; and those, such churches as where we may he members, and 'join in communion' therein as members without sin, which we cannot do; as we have all along, professed ; and such churches as wherein we can enjoy all ordinances, which is denied us here, in this paragraph. So that the only way left to reduce us to a ' uniformity ' and ' conjunction' in the same practices, is to allow us such Distinct Churches from yours, according to our principles ; in which, and by means of which, we shall hold all possible communion and conformity with yours. Whereas otherwise, we shall only retain a uniformity in judgment; whereas that ' uniformity' the Covenant much rather obligeth you and us all unto, is that which mav be a uniformity in practice, with satisfaction to all men's consciences, and their edification."" "We know not any Ordinance which will be ' denied' them in our congregations. Have they ' all ordinances' in their own churches ? Do not they hold Rul- ing Elders ? .. or, may they be, in their own churches, without some one ordinance, and not in ours ? If they should think anointing of the sick with oil, or washing of feet, be'an ordinance ; will they be no ' members' where they cannot enjoy these? To determine Controversies of Faith, and Cases of Conscience, judicially, is an ordinance; if they be of no church but where that is exercised, and the liberty of opinions judicially restrained, their churches would soon be dissolved, and they would find it, we believe, difficult to gather more." P. 122." " As for their own expedient for ' uniformity and conjunction ;" .. we look upon it but as a riddle. . . What churches under ... ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Chapters: 17th-Century Congregationalist Clergy, 18th-Century Congregationalist Clergy, 19th-Century Congregationalist Clergy, 20th-Century Congregationalist Clergy, Lyman Abbott, John Stevens Cabot Abbott, Leonard Bacon, Henry Ward Beecher, Ezra Stiles, Isaac Watts, Jonathan Leavitt, Ashley Day Leavitt, Fred Nile, Dudley Leavitt, John Lothropp, Charles Leach, Leonard Woolsey Bacon, Lewis Sperry Chafer, John Hoppus, Andrew Reed, Barzillai Quaife, George B. Bacon, Joshua Leavitt, C. I. Scofield, Edward Woolsey Bacon, Reuben Gaylord, Washington Gladden, Thomas Rutherford Bacon, Peter Bulkley, Solomon Spalding, William Lee Bradley, Samuel Cooper, R. A. Torrey, Hedley Bunton, James Godkin, James Sherman, James Strong, John Pye-Smith, Jonathan Dickinson, Eleazar Wheelock, Robert Moffat, Alexander Petrie Campbell, Elijah Kellogg, Charles Beecher, Jeremiah Burroughs, William Salter, John Wise, Asa Mahan, Joseph Barker, Edward Beecher, Aaron Bancroft, Bolton Stafford Bird, John Smith Moffat, Harvey Newcomb, Edward Abbott, Claudius Herrick, James Pierpont, Samuel James Andrews, David Dudley Field I. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 232. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Isaac Watts (17 July 1674 25 November 1748), is recognised as the "Father of English Hymnody", as he was the first prolific and popular English hymnwriter, credited with some 750 hymns. Many of his hymns remain in active use today and have been translated into many languages. Statue of Isaac Watts in Southampton.Born in Southampton, England,in 1674, Watts was brought up in the home of a committed Nonconformist his father, also Isaac Watts, had been incarcerated twice for his controversial views. At King Edward VI School (where one of the houses is now named "Watts" in his honour), he learned Latin, Greek and Hebrew. He displa...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=239143 ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 1; Original Publisher: Printed for the Congregational Union of England and Wales [by] Fisher, Son; Publication date: 1839; Subjects: Congregationalism; Dissenters, Religious; Great Britain; Biography ... Read more