JR Graves also included an appendix note about William Kiffin, who he identified as a Landmarker in the book “Old Landmarkism.” Two things worth noting 1) Kiffin was a signer of the…
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B.H. Carroll and the 1689
“The Philadelphia Confession of Faith, adopted in 1742, and printed by Benjamin Franklin in 1743, is, with some modifications, but a reproduction of the old London Confession, adopted in 1689. It is…
David Benedict and the Philadelphia Confession
David Benedict, Baptist historian who lived 1779-1874, wrote this in his book “Fifty Years Among The Baptists” – The Philadelphia Confession of Faith, published in that city, in 1742, was the standard…
C.H. Spurgeon and the 1689
The following is from the Autobiography of Charles Spurgeon, regarding the 1689 Confession: In 1855,—partly as an answer to the slanders and calumnies by which I was assailed, and partly that my…
J.R. Graves and the 1689
In the book Intercommunion, JR Graves does mention the confession and of course, his disagreement with Article 26, Paragraph 1. He mentioned his preference of the First London or the New Hampshire…
J.M. Pendleton and the 1689
J.M. Pendleton, A “Landmarker” writing about the 1689 Confession: Having indicated who should not baptize, I shall attempt to show who should baptize. Before I refer to the scriptural argument, I will…
Biblical Evangelism
“Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three…
Before You Throw Out The 1689….
Lately, some well meaning (I hope) Landmark Baptists have been bad mouthing the Second London Confession of Faith due to its connection with the Reformed Baptists. This is zeal without knowledge, because…