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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