BAPTIST AND

CONGREGATIONAL

PIONEERS

BY

J. H. SHAKESPEARE, M.A.

LONDON NATIONAL COUNCIL OF EVANGELICAL FREE

CHURCHES. THOMAS LAW, MEMORIAL HALL, E.C.

______

THE KINGSGATE PRE8S, KINGSWAY, W.C.

MCMVI.

TO

THE REV. WILLIAM GOODMAN, B.A.

WHO, THROUGHOUT A LONG LIFE, HAS

EXEMPLIFIED THE BEST TRADITIONS

OF FREE CHURCHISM

CONTENTS

PREFACE

I.

THE ENGLAND OF THE SEPARATISTS

II.

ROBERT BROWNE

(i) The Making of a Congregationalist.
(ii) Apostleship and Apostasy.

IIII.

BARROW AND GREENWOOD

(i) Prisoners of Jesus Christ.
(ii) Martyrdom.

IV.

JOHN PENRY AND THE MARTIN MARPRELATE CONTROVERSY

V.

FRANCIS JOHNSON AND AINSWORTH.  THE ANCIENT CHURCH IN EXILE

VI.

JOHN SMYTH, THE SE-BAPTIST

VII.

JOHN ROBINSON.  THE PILGRIM CHURCH

VIII.

HENRY JACOB.  THE MOTHER CHURCH

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