The Early English Dissenters in the Light of Recent 

 Research (1550-1641), By Champlm Burrage, Hon. 

 ALA. (Brown University'), B.Litt. [Oxon.). 



Demy Svo. Cloth. 2 vols, with lo illustrations. 

 Vol. I, pp. XX + 380. Vol. II, pp. xvi + 354. Price 20^. net. 



Volume I — History and Criticism 

 Volume II — Illustrative Documents 



Contents of Vol. I 



An Account of the printed Literature on the Subject (chiefly modern and 

 general) with Criticisms. — Collections of printed Books and Manuscripts that 

 should be visited in the study of early EngHsh dissenting history (with notes 

 upon the strong points of each library). — Notes relating to the Contents of 

 the following pages. 



The Anabaptists in England before 1612. — The gradual Growth of 

 Puritanism and its Contribution to the Development of English Separatism 

 until 1 58 1. — Robert Browne and the Organization of the first English Con- 

 gregational Church. — The Rise of the Barrowists.— The Barrowists under the 

 Leadership of Francis Johnson until 1597. — The Barrowists on the Continent. 

 — Certain obscure Barrowist and Separatist Congregations between 1588 and 

 1641. — The Family of Love and the English Seekers. — The first two English 

 Anabaptist Congregations and their Leaders. — The Congregation of English 

 Anabaptists under the Leadership of Thomas Helwys and John Murton. — 

 The English General, or Arminian, Anabaptists between 1624 and 1642. — 

 The Rise of the Independents. — The History of Henry Jacob's Independent 

 Puritan Congregation in London ; and the Story of the Rise of the English 

 Particular, or Calvinistic, Anabaptists. — A Critical Examination of the Gould 

 Manuscript. — The Churches of New England until about 1641. 



Appendices 



An additional Note concerning the book entitled, "Truth's Champion." — 

 An additional Note relating to "A very plain and well grounded Treatise 

 concerning Baptisme."— The latest Discovery rekiting to John Wilkinson. — 

 The Will of Ann Robinson, Mother of John Robinson, Pastor of the Pilgrim 

 Fathers. — Did any English General Anabaptist practise Immersion before 

 1641 ? 



Times. Mr Barrage's collection of documents is invaluable, including many 

 pieces which have never before been published and forming a remarkably 

 illuminating picture of the earliest English Dissenters. 



Athenaeum. We cannot praise too highly the industry of Mr Burrage, and 

 we cordially congratulate him on the result of his arduous labours, which 

 must influence all future histories of English Religion. Nor can we close 

 our review of his volumes without making mention of the modesty with 

 which he puts forth his facts, and the anxiety he always displays to 

 appreciate the efforts of other workers in the same field. The volumes 

 also contain beautifully executed facsimiles of title-pages and documents. 



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