Three Witnesses for the Baptists

By Pastor Curtis A. Pugh
Southern Lakes Baptist Church
P.O. Box 102, Carcross, Yukon Territory YOB 1BO
email: 103240.3643@CompuServe.COM

Author's Statement - Forward - Acknowledgements - Preface

CHAPTER ONE: Introductory Considerations

• The Present Situation

• The Issues Stated

• Baptist History Versus Religious History

• Baptists Differentiated

• The Baptist Name

• The Baptist Distinctive is the Protestant Dilemma

• Two Canadian Illustrations of Biblical Practice

  • Caleb Blood in Canada

  • Lemuel Covell and Obed Warren in Canada

CHAPTER TWO: The First Witness

• The Testimony of the Baptists

  • The Testimony of John T. Christian

  • The Testimony of T.G. Jones

  • The Testimony of Joseph Belcher

  • The Testimony of William Cathcart

  • The Testimony of Charles Spurgeon

  • The Testimony of John Ashworth

  • The Testimony of J.M Cramp

  • The Testimony of Thomas Crosby

  • The Testimony of Joseph Hooke

  • The Testimony of John Gill

• Conclusions Drawn from Baptist Claims

  • Example 1: Abraham Booth

  • Example 2: John Spittlehouse and John More

CHAPTER THREE: The Second Witness

• The Testimony of Non-Baptists

  • The Testimony of Heinrich Bullinger

  • The Testimony of Peter Allix

  • The Testimony of Ulrich Zwingli

  • The Testimony of Cardinal Hosius

  • The Testimony of an Educated Host

  • The Testimony of Robert Barclay

  • The Testimony of John Lawrence Mosheim

  • The Testimony of David Masson

  • The Testimony of Alexander Campbell

  • The Testimony of John Clark Ridpath

  • The Testimony of Sir Isaac Newton

  • The Testimony of Drs. Ypeij and Dermout

• Summary of the Testimony of Non-Baptists

CHAPTER FOUR: The Third Witness

• The Testimony of the Scriptures

  • Christ's Church Revealed in the Scriptures

  • Christ Founded His Church

  • Christ Founded a Real Church

  • Christ Commissioned His Church

  • Christ Guaranteed Perpetuity to His Church

  • Christ Instituted a Perpetual Supper in His Church

  • Christ Designed His Church to Continue

    • She is a Bride

    • She is an House

    • She is Kept by Her Sovereign Founder

CONCLUSION

GLOSSARY (to be read)

APPENDICES

• I. The First London Baptist Confession

• II. A Vindication of the Continued Succession of the Primitive Church of Jesus Christ

• III. Can You Identify This Woman and Her Daughters?

• IV. The Need for a Mother Church

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