The History Of Infant Baptism Vol 2 Of 4 Classic Reprint

Author : William Wall
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ISBN 13 : 9781331744092
Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book The History of Infant-Baptism, Vol. 1 of 2 written by William Wall and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-19 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The History of Infant-Baptism, Vol. 1 of 2: Together With Mr. Gale's Reflections, and Dr. Wall's Defence In offering to the public this edition of Dr. Wall's works on Infant-baptism, accompanied by the treatise of his antagonist Mr. Gale, it appears desirable to premise some few observations respecting these two authors; especially such as may throw light upon the publications which are here reprinted. Of Dr. Wall's personal history the materials are very scanty; and little pains appear to have been taken towards preserving them, at a period when such information could readily have been obtained. No life of him is given in the Biographia Britannica. And the account which Mr. Chalmers has inserted in his more recent 'Biographical Dictionary, ' is extremely barren of details, and in some few points incorrect. It appears, from his own statement in the opening of the Defence, vol. ii. p. 359, that he was born about the year 1646. The Diploma of his D. D. Degree describes him as some time of Queen's College, M.A. And the following entry in the University Register of Matriculations may, accordingly, be accepted as evidence of the place of his birth: 'Coll. Regin. April 1, 1664. Guil. Wall an. n. '17, fil. Guil. W. de Sevenoke Cant. pl.' About the year 1676 he was presented to the living of Shoreham in Kent; a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester, in the gift of the dean and chapter of Westminster. Here he resided, in the faithful discharge of his pastoral duties, during the long space of fifty-three years. It is said that he once declined the offer of a second benefice (Chelsfield), of the value of three hundred pounds a year, from conscientious motives, although it was situate within three miles of Shoreham; but subsequently he accepted one, of about one fifth of that value, namely Milton near Gravesend, at the distance of twelve miles from his residences. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.