{"product_id":"the-history-of-baptism-by-robert-robinson-first-edition-1790","title":"The History of Baptism, by Robert Robinson, First Edition 1790","description":"\u003cp\u003eRobinson, Robert. \u003cstrong\u003eThe History of Baptism\u003c\/strong\u003e. London: Printed by Couchman and Fry, for Thomas Knott, Lombard-Street, 1790. First Edition. [12469]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeather spine \u0026amp; corners, with olive marbled boards, sometime repaired with new head \u0026amp; tail bands, stiff brown paper over the spine, new title labels, and new end papers. 10 1\/2 x 8 3\/4 inches. Signature of Charles John Elliott, Cambridge; ink stamps of the American Baptist Historical Society, and \"withdrawn\" all on the ffep. Eleven copperplate engravings, including the engraved title page. [xxvi], 653, [1] clean pp., tight. The text and plates are complete. Includes the list of subscriber's names. Good. Hardcover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This Volume, although it may be considered as a complete and distinct Work, was put to the press by Mr. Robinson with the view only of exonerating the History of the Baptists, which he was writing, of the subject of Baptism. Had the Author lived, he would have published two, three, or more volumes of ecclesiastical history under the title of the \u003cem\u003eHistory of the Baptists\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"From the researches which he had made into the authentick records of Christian antiquity, he flattered himself that he should be able to exhibit the history of a class of men, whose title to be denominated the disciples of Christ was infinitely better founded, than that of those who have hitherto proudly and exclusively assumed to themselves the name of the church. In this work Mr. Robinson took great pleasure, and prosecuted his inquiries with such intense application as is thought to have impaired his health, and to have brought on the fatal disorder of which he died.\" - Advertisement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobinson investigates the history of baptism through the writings of the Fathers, the practices regarding catechumens, and the architecture of ancient churches.  He concludes from this evidence that immersion was the earliest and long-standing practice of the church, and that the children of Christian parents were first instructed before being baptized.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe later American edition is smaller in page size, and has about 100 pages less than this first edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Robinson (1735-1790), English preacher and antiquarian. Converted under the preaching of George Whitefield, he joined with the Calvinistic Methodists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“At the age of nineteen he commenced preaching among the Methodists, and renounced present support and a fortune in reversion, proffered by a rich relation, when thus tempted to dissolve his connection with the Dissenters. After two years…he associated with several others in the formation of an Independent Society in Norwich; but shortly afterwards (in 1759) he accepted the charge of a Baptist congregation at Cambridge…” – Allibone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"He soon joined the Baptists, and in 1759 became pastor of the Baptist Church in Cambridge, where he was very popular with all classes of people. Enjoying peculiar facilities for study at Cambridge, he improved every opportunity to add to his store of knowledge. He was a fine linguist, and easily learned both the ancient and modern languages. Between the years 1770 and 1782 he prepared and published a translation of \u003cem\u003eSaurin's Sermons\u003c\/em\u003e. He also published in 1776 \u003cem\u003eA Plea for the Divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, in a Pastoral Letter Addressed to a Congregation of Protestant Dissenters at Cambridge\u003c\/em\u003e. It is said that this \"Plea\" excited the most singular attention, and the highest dignitaries of the Church of England pronounced that it was the best defence of the divinity of Christ that had ever been published...Robinson was the author of several other works...[including] an elaborate work on which he spent years of labor - \u003cem\u003eHistory of Baptism\u003c\/em\u003e.\" - M'Clintock \u0026amp; Strong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe signature and former owner: Charles John Ellicott (1819-1905), for forty-two years the Anglican bishop of Gloucester. He was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, and was the author of several valuable commentaries on the Bible, and chairman of the revisers that translated and published the Revised New Testament.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haaswurth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45257171533890,"sku":"ABE12469","price":600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0191\/6066\/2082\/files\/DSC08714BackgroundRemoved_5d0da3ba-7f05-46f2-9f88-8174486a08ca.png?v=1790101179","url":"https:\/\/www.haaswurth.com\/products\/the-history-of-baptism-by-robert-robinson-first-edition-1790","provider":"Haaswurth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}