John Robinson, Pastor of the Pilgrim Fathers PDF Download

Author: Walter Herbert Burgess
Publisher: London, Williams
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Category : Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony).
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Pages : 472

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Publisher: Legare Street Press
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author: Walter Herbert Burgess
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230418322
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIX Robinson's Plea For Lay Preaching John Robinson was remembered by some of his old flock in Norwich and the neighbourhood long after he had left their midst. His books were circulated and read amongst them and had some influence upon their religious practice. They even ventured to hold meetings at which ordinary members exercised their gifts of preaching and expounding the " Word of God" to the edification of the assembled company. This was regarded as a grave irregularity by the ordained clergy. The Rev. John Yates was then minister of St. Andrew's, where Robinson had formerly laboured, and he undertook the task of reproving those who upheld what he regarded as a dangerous and disorderly practice. One of their number, whose initials only are given, justified their action by an appeal to the arguments in favour of lay preaching by ordinary Church members set out in Robinson's book on the Justification of Separation. This appears to have been one William Euring, who, to use his own words, had been brought up not "among the Muses, but Mariners." He subsequently engaged in religious controversy with Thomas Drakes, "preacher of the Word at Harwich and Dovercourt." Euring turned to Robinson's book for support in the practice of "prophesying," of which he was an ardent advocate. He abstracted Robinson's arguments, and the Scripture texts on which they were based, and sent them on to Yates.1 The matter was not allowed to rest there. Yates promptly laid down ten arguments 1 The People's Plea, 1618, p. 47. 1 Work*, vol. iii. p. 309. * The People's Plea, 1618, Preface. A CLERICAL MONOPOLY 205 "to prove ordinary prophecy in public out of office unlawful," and appended an answer to the reasons and texts brought forward by Robinson in his...

Author: Burgess Walter H
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ISBN: 9781297346309
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Author: Walter Herbert Burgess
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Category : Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony)
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Author: Walter H. Burgess
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Author: John Robinson
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Category : Congregational churches
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Pages : 532

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Author: John Robinson
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Author: Robert Ashton
Publisher: Curiosmith
ISBN: 9781946145604
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 66

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John Robinson (1575-1625) is known as the pastor to the pilgrim fathers. He attended Cambridge and became a puritan preacher. He was a separatist and moved to Leyden, Holland because of persecution. At Leyden he was the pastor to the pilgrims that eventually left in the Mayflower. Robinson remained in Leyden with the remnant of his church to take care of wives and children. The text of this edition is from the 70-page biography in "The Works of John Robinson, the Pastor of the Pilgrim Fathers," Vol. 1., London: John Snow, 1851.Robert Ashton (1798-1878) was born at Hull, England. He was educated at Hoxton College. After being a pastor for 26 years he worked as a secretary for Christian organizations. In 1847 he became the General Secretary of the "Board of Congregational Ministers." He was editor of the "Congregational Year Book" and the three volume "Works of John Robinson."