Slide 1

Baptist History
Lesson 7
Particular Baptists from the
Protectorate to the Glorious
Restoration

Elizabeth
1558-1603

Cromwell
1653-1658

James I
1603-1625

Charles II
1660-1685

Charles I
1625-1649

James II
1685-1688

English
Commonwealth
1649-1653

William & Mary
1688-1702

I. Period of Revolution (1640-1648)
Political: war between Parliament & Royalists
Religious
•High Baptist Visibility
•Establishment mentality
II. Period of the Protectorate (1649-1659)
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)

A. Commonwealth-governed by House of Commons (1649-1653)
“You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately ... Depart, I say; and let
us have done with you. In the name of God, go!”

B . Protectorate (1653-1659)
Instrument of Government
Lord Protector

XXXV. That the Christian religion, as contained in the Scriptures, be held forth and
recommended as the public profession of these nations; and that, as soon as may be, a
provision, less subject to scruple and contention, and more certain than the present, be
made for the encouragement and maintenance of able and painful teachers, for the
instructing the people, and for discovery and confutation of error, hereby, and whatever
is contrary to sound doctrine; and until such provision be made, the present
maintenance shall not be taken away or impeached.
No persecution of non-worshippers
XXXVI. That to the public profession held forth none shall be compelled by penalties or
otherwise; but that endeavours be used to win them by sound doctrine and the example
of a good conversation.
XXXVII. That such as profess faith in God by Jesus Christ (though differing in judgment
from the doctrine, worship or discipline publicly held forth) shall not be restrained from,
but shall be protected in, the profession of the faith and exercise of their religion; so as
they abuse not this liberty to the civil injury of others and to the actual disturbance of the
public peace on their parts: provided this liberty be not extended to Popery or Prelacy,
nor to such as, under the profession of Christ, hold forth and practice licentiousness.
XXXVIII. That all laws, statutes and ordinances, and clauses in any law, statute or ordinance
to the contrary of the aforesaid liberty, shall be esteemed as null and void.

C. Baptists in Prominent Places
D. Rise of Sectarian Religion
1. Levellers
2. Diggers
3. Seekers
John Saltmarsh Smoke in the Temple
4. Quakers
5. Fifth Monarchy
The messianic kingdom, the fifth monarchy prophesied by Daniel,
would be realized by the return of Christ following the English civil war

E. Baptist Highlights During this Period
1. Increase in churches
•Effective lay ministry
•Mobility provided by army
2. Development of the theory of religious liberty
This is important as a theological truth
3. Identification with mainstream Protestantism
4. Churches were strengthened for the upcoming persecution
Associations

RENEWED PERSECUTION 1660-1689
I. Political
A. Restoration of the Stuart monarchy

Edward Hyde Lord Clarendon

Charles II (1630-1685)

Clarendon Codes

II. Religious Condition
A. Clarendon Code
1. Corporation Act (1661)

2. Act of Uniformity (1662)
3. Conventicle Act (1664)
4. Five Mile Act (1665)
B. Declaration of Indulgence 1672
C. Second Declaration of Indulgence, 1687
D. Act of Toleration 1689

III. Baptist Suffering and Confessing
A. Suffering
1. John Bunyan
2. William Kiffen
3. Benjamin Keach (1640-1704)

Wm. Kiffen (1616-1701)

I. Converted age 15
II. General Baptist (1655- ca. 1672)
III. Became a Particular Baptist ca. 1672
Installed as pastor of Horsley Downs church
Influence in Church polity and worship
Discipline – The Glory of the True Gospel Church and Disciplined display’d
Music – argued for singing of hymns as an instituted part of worship
The Banqueting House or a Feast of Fat Things
Ministerial support – “Duty to provide a comfortable maintenance for them and
their Families, suitable to their state and condition”

IV. Publications
Expository: Exposition of the Parables-Preaching from Types and Metaphors
Sermonic: The Display of Glorious Grace, or the Covenant of Peace Opened (14 sermons)

Polemical: The Breach Repaired in God’s Worship-The Gospel Minister’s Maintenance Vindicated
Theological: The Everlasting Covenant, A Sweet Cordial for a Drooping Soul –The Marrow of Justification
Poetry and Metaphorical: The Glorious Lover, a Divine Poem upon the Adorable Mystery of Sinners
Redemption

V. Theological influence
Central theme of his ministry: The Eternal Covenant of Redemption


Slide 2

Baptist History
Lesson 7
Particular Baptists from the
Protectorate to the Glorious
Restoration

Elizabeth
1558-1603

Cromwell
1653-1658

James I
1603-1625

Charles II
1660-1685

Charles I
1625-1649

James II
1685-1688

English
Commonwealth
1649-1653

William & Mary
1688-1702

I. Period of Revolution (1640-1648)
Political: war between Parliament & Royalists
Religious
•High Baptist Visibility
•Establishment mentality
II. Period of the Protectorate (1649-1659)
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)

A. Commonwealth-governed by House of Commons (1649-1653)
“You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately ... Depart, I say; and let
us have done with you. In the name of God, go!”

B . Protectorate (1653-1659)
Instrument of Government
Lord Protector

XXXV. That the Christian religion, as contained in the Scriptures, be held forth and
recommended as the public profession of these nations; and that, as soon as may be, a
provision, less subject to scruple and contention, and more certain than the present, be
made for the encouragement and maintenance of able and painful teachers, for the
instructing the people, and for discovery and confutation of error, hereby, and whatever
is contrary to sound doctrine; and until such provision be made, the present
maintenance shall not be taken away or impeached.
No persecution of non-worshippers
XXXVI. That to the public profession held forth none shall be compelled by penalties or
otherwise; but that endeavours be used to win them by sound doctrine and the example
of a good conversation.
XXXVII. That such as profess faith in God by Jesus Christ (though differing in judgment
from the doctrine, worship or discipline publicly held forth) shall not be restrained from,
but shall be protected in, the profession of the faith and exercise of their religion; so as
they abuse not this liberty to the civil injury of others and to the actual disturbance of the
public peace on their parts: provided this liberty be not extended to Popery or Prelacy,
nor to such as, under the profession of Christ, hold forth and practice licentiousness.
XXXVIII. That all laws, statutes and ordinances, and clauses in any law, statute or ordinance
to the contrary of the aforesaid liberty, shall be esteemed as null and void.

C. Baptists in Prominent Places
D. Rise of Sectarian Religion
1. Levellers
2. Diggers
3. Seekers
John Saltmarsh Smoke in the Temple
4. Quakers
5. Fifth Monarchy
The messianic kingdom, the fifth monarchy prophesied by Daniel,
would be realized by the return of Christ following the English civil war

E. Baptist Highlights During this Period
1. Increase in churches
•Effective lay ministry
•Mobility provided by army
2. Development of the theory of religious liberty
This is important as a theological truth
3. Identification with mainstream Protestantism
4. Churches were strengthened for the upcoming persecution
Associations

RENEWED PERSECUTION 1660-1689
I. Political
A. Restoration of the Stuart monarchy

Edward Hyde Lord Clarendon

Charles II (1630-1685)

Clarendon Codes

II. Religious Condition
A. Clarendon Code
1. Corporation Act (1661)

2. Act of Uniformity (1662)
3. Conventicle Act (1664)
4. Five Mile Act (1665)
B. Declaration of Indulgence 1672
C. Second Declaration of Indulgence, 1687
D. Act of Toleration 1689

III. Baptist Suffering and Confessing
A. Suffering
1. John Bunyan
2. William Kiffen
3. Benjamin Keach (1640-1704)

Wm. Kiffen (1616-1701)

I. Converted age 15
II. General Baptist (1655- ca. 1672)
III. Became a Particular Baptist ca. 1672
Installed as pastor of Horsley Downs church
Influence in Church polity and worship
Discipline – The Glory of the True Gospel Church and Disciplined display’d
Music – argued for singing of hymns as an instituted part of worship
The Banqueting House or a Feast of Fat Things
Ministerial support – “Duty to provide a comfortable maintenance for them and
their Families, suitable to their state and condition”

IV. Publications
Expository: Exposition of the Parables-Preaching from Types and Metaphors
Sermonic: The Display of Glorious Grace, or the Covenant of Peace Opened (14 sermons)

Polemical: The Breach Repaired in God’s Worship-The Gospel Minister’s Maintenance Vindicated
Theological: The Everlasting Covenant, A Sweet Cordial for a Drooping Soul –The Marrow of Justification
Poetry and Metaphorical: The Glorious Lover, a Divine Poem upon the Adorable Mystery of Sinners
Redemption

V. Theological influence
Central theme of his ministry: The Eternal Covenant of Redemption


Slide 3

Baptist History
Lesson 7
Particular Baptists from the
Protectorate to the Glorious
Restoration

Elizabeth
1558-1603

Cromwell
1653-1658

James I
1603-1625

Charles II
1660-1685

Charles I
1625-1649

James II
1685-1688

English
Commonwealth
1649-1653

William & Mary
1688-1702

I. Period of Revolution (1640-1648)
Political: war between Parliament & Royalists
Religious
•High Baptist Visibility
•Establishment mentality
II. Period of the Protectorate (1649-1659)
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)

A. Commonwealth-governed by House of Commons (1649-1653)
“You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately ... Depart, I say; and let
us have done with you. In the name of God, go!”

B . Protectorate (1653-1659)
Instrument of Government
Lord Protector

XXXV. That the Christian religion, as contained in the Scriptures, be held forth and
recommended as the public profession of these nations; and that, as soon as may be, a
provision, less subject to scruple and contention, and more certain than the present, be
made for the encouragement and maintenance of able and painful teachers, for the
instructing the people, and for discovery and confutation of error, hereby, and whatever
is contrary to sound doctrine; and until such provision be made, the present
maintenance shall not be taken away or impeached.
No persecution of non-worshippers
XXXVI. That to the public profession held forth none shall be compelled by penalties or
otherwise; but that endeavours be used to win them by sound doctrine and the example
of a good conversation.
XXXVII. That such as profess faith in God by Jesus Christ (though differing in judgment
from the doctrine, worship or discipline publicly held forth) shall not be restrained from,
but shall be protected in, the profession of the faith and exercise of their religion; so as
they abuse not this liberty to the civil injury of others and to the actual disturbance of the
public peace on their parts: provided this liberty be not extended to Popery or Prelacy,
nor to such as, under the profession of Christ, hold forth and practice licentiousness.
XXXVIII. That all laws, statutes and ordinances, and clauses in any law, statute or ordinance
to the contrary of the aforesaid liberty, shall be esteemed as null and void.

C. Baptists in Prominent Places
D. Rise of Sectarian Religion
1. Levellers
2. Diggers
3. Seekers
John Saltmarsh Smoke in the Temple
4. Quakers
5. Fifth Monarchy
The messianic kingdom, the fifth monarchy prophesied by Daniel,
would be realized by the return of Christ following the English civil war

E. Baptist Highlights During this Period
1. Increase in churches
•Effective lay ministry
•Mobility provided by army
2. Development of the theory of religious liberty
This is important as a theological truth
3. Identification with mainstream Protestantism
4. Churches were strengthened for the upcoming persecution
Associations

RENEWED PERSECUTION 1660-1689
I. Political
A. Restoration of the Stuart monarchy

Edward Hyde Lord Clarendon

Charles II (1630-1685)

Clarendon Codes

II. Religious Condition
A. Clarendon Code
1. Corporation Act (1661)

2. Act of Uniformity (1662)
3. Conventicle Act (1664)
4. Five Mile Act (1665)
B. Declaration of Indulgence 1672
C. Second Declaration of Indulgence, 1687
D. Act of Toleration 1689

III. Baptist Suffering and Confessing
A. Suffering
1. John Bunyan
2. William Kiffen
3. Benjamin Keach (1640-1704)

Wm. Kiffen (1616-1701)

I. Converted age 15
II. General Baptist (1655- ca. 1672)
III. Became a Particular Baptist ca. 1672
Installed as pastor of Horsley Downs church
Influence in Church polity and worship
Discipline – The Glory of the True Gospel Church and Disciplined display’d
Music – argued for singing of hymns as an instituted part of worship
The Banqueting House or a Feast of Fat Things
Ministerial support – “Duty to provide a comfortable maintenance for them and
their Families, suitable to their state and condition”

IV. Publications
Expository: Exposition of the Parables-Preaching from Types and Metaphors
Sermonic: The Display of Glorious Grace, or the Covenant of Peace Opened (14 sermons)

Polemical: The Breach Repaired in God’s Worship-The Gospel Minister’s Maintenance Vindicated
Theological: The Everlasting Covenant, A Sweet Cordial for a Drooping Soul –The Marrow of Justification
Poetry and Metaphorical: The Glorious Lover, a Divine Poem upon the Adorable Mystery of Sinners
Redemption

V. Theological influence
Central theme of his ministry: The Eternal Covenant of Redemption


Slide 4

Baptist History
Lesson 7
Particular Baptists from the
Protectorate to the Glorious
Restoration

Elizabeth
1558-1603

Cromwell
1653-1658

James I
1603-1625

Charles II
1660-1685

Charles I
1625-1649

James II
1685-1688

English
Commonwealth
1649-1653

William & Mary
1688-1702

I. Period of Revolution (1640-1648)
Political: war between Parliament & Royalists
Religious
•High Baptist Visibility
•Establishment mentality
II. Period of the Protectorate (1649-1659)
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)

A. Commonwealth-governed by House of Commons (1649-1653)
“You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately ... Depart, I say; and let
us have done with you. In the name of God, go!”

B . Protectorate (1653-1659)
Instrument of Government
Lord Protector

XXXV. That the Christian religion, as contained in the Scriptures, be held forth and
recommended as the public profession of these nations; and that, as soon as may be, a
provision, less subject to scruple and contention, and more certain than the present, be
made for the encouragement and maintenance of able and painful teachers, for the
instructing the people, and for discovery and confutation of error, hereby, and whatever
is contrary to sound doctrine; and until such provision be made, the present
maintenance shall not be taken away or impeached.
No persecution of non-worshippers
XXXVI. That to the public profession held forth none shall be compelled by penalties or
otherwise; but that endeavours be used to win them by sound doctrine and the example
of a good conversation.
XXXVII. That such as profess faith in God by Jesus Christ (though differing in judgment
from the doctrine, worship or discipline publicly held forth) shall not be restrained from,
but shall be protected in, the profession of the faith and exercise of their religion; so as
they abuse not this liberty to the civil injury of others and to the actual disturbance of the
public peace on their parts: provided this liberty be not extended to Popery or Prelacy,
nor to such as, under the profession of Christ, hold forth and practice licentiousness.
XXXVIII. That all laws, statutes and ordinances, and clauses in any law, statute or ordinance
to the contrary of the aforesaid liberty, shall be esteemed as null and void.

C. Baptists in Prominent Places
D. Rise of Sectarian Religion
1. Levellers
2. Diggers
3. Seekers
John Saltmarsh Smoke in the Temple
4. Quakers
5. Fifth Monarchy
The messianic kingdom, the fifth monarchy prophesied by Daniel,
would be realized by the return of Christ following the English civil war

E. Baptist Highlights During this Period
1. Increase in churches
•Effective lay ministry
•Mobility provided by army
2. Development of the theory of religious liberty
This is important as a theological truth
3. Identification with mainstream Protestantism
4. Churches were strengthened for the upcoming persecution
Associations

RENEWED PERSECUTION 1660-1689
I. Political
A. Restoration of the Stuart monarchy

Edward Hyde Lord Clarendon

Charles II (1630-1685)

Clarendon Codes

II. Religious Condition
A. Clarendon Code
1. Corporation Act (1661)

2. Act of Uniformity (1662)
3. Conventicle Act (1664)
4. Five Mile Act (1665)
B. Declaration of Indulgence 1672
C. Second Declaration of Indulgence, 1687
D. Act of Toleration 1689

III. Baptist Suffering and Confessing
A. Suffering
1. John Bunyan
2. William Kiffen
3. Benjamin Keach (1640-1704)

Wm. Kiffen (1616-1701)

I. Converted age 15
II. General Baptist (1655- ca. 1672)
III. Became a Particular Baptist ca. 1672
Installed as pastor of Horsley Downs church
Influence in Church polity and worship
Discipline – The Glory of the True Gospel Church and Disciplined display’d
Music – argued for singing of hymns as an instituted part of worship
The Banqueting House or a Feast of Fat Things
Ministerial support – “Duty to provide a comfortable maintenance for them and
their Families, suitable to their state and condition”

IV. Publications
Expository: Exposition of the Parables-Preaching from Types and Metaphors
Sermonic: The Display of Glorious Grace, or the Covenant of Peace Opened (14 sermons)

Polemical: The Breach Repaired in God’s Worship-The Gospel Minister’s Maintenance Vindicated
Theological: The Everlasting Covenant, A Sweet Cordial for a Drooping Soul –The Marrow of Justification
Poetry and Metaphorical: The Glorious Lover, a Divine Poem upon the Adorable Mystery of Sinners
Redemption

V. Theological influence
Central theme of his ministry: The Eternal Covenant of Redemption


Slide 5

Baptist History
Lesson 7
Particular Baptists from the
Protectorate to the Glorious
Restoration

Elizabeth
1558-1603

Cromwell
1653-1658

James I
1603-1625

Charles II
1660-1685

Charles I
1625-1649

James II
1685-1688

English
Commonwealth
1649-1653

William & Mary
1688-1702

I. Period of Revolution (1640-1648)
Political: war between Parliament & Royalists
Religious
•High Baptist Visibility
•Establishment mentality
II. Period of the Protectorate (1649-1659)
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)

A. Commonwealth-governed by House of Commons (1649-1653)
“You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately ... Depart, I say; and let
us have done with you. In the name of God, go!”

B . Protectorate (1653-1659)
Instrument of Government
Lord Protector

XXXV. That the Christian religion, as contained in the Scriptures, be held forth and
recommended as the public profession of these nations; and that, as soon as may be, a
provision, less subject to scruple and contention, and more certain than the present, be
made for the encouragement and maintenance of able and painful teachers, for the
instructing the people, and for discovery and confutation of error, hereby, and whatever
is contrary to sound doctrine; and until such provision be made, the present
maintenance shall not be taken away or impeached.
No persecution of non-worshippers
XXXVI. That to the public profession held forth none shall be compelled by penalties or
otherwise; but that endeavours be used to win them by sound doctrine and the example
of a good conversation.
XXXVII. That such as profess faith in God by Jesus Christ (though differing in judgment
from the doctrine, worship or discipline publicly held forth) shall not be restrained from,
but shall be protected in, the profession of the faith and exercise of their religion; so as
they abuse not this liberty to the civil injury of others and to the actual disturbance of the
public peace on their parts: provided this liberty be not extended to Popery or Prelacy,
nor to such as, under the profession of Christ, hold forth and practice licentiousness.
XXXVIII. That all laws, statutes and ordinances, and clauses in any law, statute or ordinance
to the contrary of the aforesaid liberty, shall be esteemed as null and void.

C. Baptists in Prominent Places
D. Rise of Sectarian Religion
1. Levellers
2. Diggers
3. Seekers
John Saltmarsh Smoke in the Temple
4. Quakers
5. Fifth Monarchy
The messianic kingdom, the fifth monarchy prophesied by Daniel,
would be realized by the return of Christ following the English civil war

E. Baptist Highlights During this Period
1. Increase in churches
•Effective lay ministry
•Mobility provided by army
2. Development of the theory of religious liberty
This is important as a theological truth
3. Identification with mainstream Protestantism
4. Churches were strengthened for the upcoming persecution
Associations

RENEWED PERSECUTION 1660-1689
I. Political
A. Restoration of the Stuart monarchy

Edward Hyde Lord Clarendon

Charles II (1630-1685)

Clarendon Codes

II. Religious Condition
A. Clarendon Code
1. Corporation Act (1661)

2. Act of Uniformity (1662)
3. Conventicle Act (1664)
4. Five Mile Act (1665)
B. Declaration of Indulgence 1672
C. Second Declaration of Indulgence, 1687
D. Act of Toleration 1689

III. Baptist Suffering and Confessing
A. Suffering
1. John Bunyan
2. William Kiffen
3. Benjamin Keach (1640-1704)

Wm. Kiffen (1616-1701)

I. Converted age 15
II. General Baptist (1655- ca. 1672)
III. Became a Particular Baptist ca. 1672
Installed as pastor of Horsley Downs church
Influence in Church polity and worship
Discipline – The Glory of the True Gospel Church and Disciplined display’d
Music – argued for singing of hymns as an instituted part of worship
The Banqueting House or a Feast of Fat Things
Ministerial support – “Duty to provide a comfortable maintenance for them and
their Families, suitable to their state and condition”

IV. Publications
Expository: Exposition of the Parables-Preaching from Types and Metaphors
Sermonic: The Display of Glorious Grace, or the Covenant of Peace Opened (14 sermons)

Polemical: The Breach Repaired in God’s Worship-The Gospel Minister’s Maintenance Vindicated
Theological: The Everlasting Covenant, A Sweet Cordial for a Drooping Soul –The Marrow of Justification
Poetry and Metaphorical: The Glorious Lover, a Divine Poem upon the Adorable Mystery of Sinners
Redemption

V. Theological influence
Central theme of his ministry: The Eternal Covenant of Redemption


Slide 6

Baptist History
Lesson 7
Particular Baptists from the
Protectorate to the Glorious
Restoration

Elizabeth
1558-1603

Cromwell
1653-1658

James I
1603-1625

Charles II
1660-1685

Charles I
1625-1649

James II
1685-1688

English
Commonwealth
1649-1653

William & Mary
1688-1702

I. Period of Revolution (1640-1648)
Political: war between Parliament & Royalists
Religious
•High Baptist Visibility
•Establishment mentality
II. Period of the Protectorate (1649-1659)
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)

A. Commonwealth-governed by House of Commons (1649-1653)
“You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately ... Depart, I say; and let
us have done with you. In the name of God, go!”

B . Protectorate (1653-1659)
Instrument of Government
Lord Protector

XXXV. That the Christian religion, as contained in the Scriptures, be held forth and
recommended as the public profession of these nations; and that, as soon as may be, a
provision, less subject to scruple and contention, and more certain than the present, be
made for the encouragement and maintenance of able and painful teachers, for the
instructing the people, and for discovery and confutation of error, hereby, and whatever
is contrary to sound doctrine; and until such provision be made, the present
maintenance shall not be taken away or impeached.
No persecution of non-worshippers
XXXVI. That to the public profession held forth none shall be compelled by penalties or
otherwise; but that endeavours be used to win them by sound doctrine and the example
of a good conversation.
XXXVII. That such as profess faith in God by Jesus Christ (though differing in judgment
from the doctrine, worship or discipline publicly held forth) shall not be restrained from,
but shall be protected in, the profession of the faith and exercise of their religion; so as
they abuse not this liberty to the civil injury of others and to the actual disturbance of the
public peace on their parts: provided this liberty be not extended to Popery or Prelacy,
nor to such as, under the profession of Christ, hold forth and practice licentiousness.
XXXVIII. That all laws, statutes and ordinances, and clauses in any law, statute or ordinance
to the contrary of the aforesaid liberty, shall be esteemed as null and void.

C. Baptists in Prominent Places
D. Rise of Sectarian Religion
1. Levellers
2. Diggers
3. Seekers
John Saltmarsh Smoke in the Temple
4. Quakers
5. Fifth Monarchy
The messianic kingdom, the fifth monarchy prophesied by Daniel,
would be realized by the return of Christ following the English civil war

E. Baptist Highlights During this Period
1. Increase in churches
•Effective lay ministry
•Mobility provided by army
2. Development of the theory of religious liberty
This is important as a theological truth
3. Identification with mainstream Protestantism
4. Churches were strengthened for the upcoming persecution
Associations

RENEWED PERSECUTION 1660-1689
I. Political
A. Restoration of the Stuart monarchy

Edward Hyde Lord Clarendon

Charles II (1630-1685)

Clarendon Codes

II. Religious Condition
A. Clarendon Code
1. Corporation Act (1661)

2. Act of Uniformity (1662)
3. Conventicle Act (1664)
4. Five Mile Act (1665)
B. Declaration of Indulgence 1672
C. Second Declaration of Indulgence, 1687
D. Act of Toleration 1689

III. Baptist Suffering and Confessing
A. Suffering
1. John Bunyan
2. William Kiffen
3. Benjamin Keach (1640-1704)

Wm. Kiffen (1616-1701)

I. Converted age 15
II. General Baptist (1655- ca. 1672)
III. Became a Particular Baptist ca. 1672
Installed as pastor of Horsley Downs church
Influence in Church polity and worship
Discipline – The Glory of the True Gospel Church and Disciplined display’d
Music – argued for singing of hymns as an instituted part of worship
The Banqueting House or a Feast of Fat Things
Ministerial support – “Duty to provide a comfortable maintenance for them and
their Families, suitable to their state and condition”

IV. Publications
Expository: Exposition of the Parables-Preaching from Types and Metaphors
Sermonic: The Display of Glorious Grace, or the Covenant of Peace Opened (14 sermons)

Polemical: The Breach Repaired in God’s Worship-The Gospel Minister’s Maintenance Vindicated
Theological: The Everlasting Covenant, A Sweet Cordial for a Drooping Soul –The Marrow of Justification
Poetry and Metaphorical: The Glorious Lover, a Divine Poem upon the Adorable Mystery of Sinners
Redemption

V. Theological influence
Central theme of his ministry: The Eternal Covenant of Redemption


Slide 7

Baptist History
Lesson 7
Particular Baptists from the
Protectorate to the Glorious
Restoration

Elizabeth
1558-1603

Cromwell
1653-1658

James I
1603-1625

Charles II
1660-1685

Charles I
1625-1649

James II
1685-1688

English
Commonwealth
1649-1653

William & Mary
1688-1702

I. Period of Revolution (1640-1648)
Political: war between Parliament & Royalists
Religious
•High Baptist Visibility
•Establishment mentality
II. Period of the Protectorate (1649-1659)
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)

A. Commonwealth-governed by House of Commons (1649-1653)
“You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately ... Depart, I say; and let
us have done with you. In the name of God, go!”

B . Protectorate (1653-1659)
Instrument of Government
Lord Protector

XXXV. That the Christian religion, as contained in the Scriptures, be held forth and
recommended as the public profession of these nations; and that, as soon as may be, a
provision, less subject to scruple and contention, and more certain than the present, be
made for the encouragement and maintenance of able and painful teachers, for the
instructing the people, and for discovery and confutation of error, hereby, and whatever
is contrary to sound doctrine; and until such provision be made, the present
maintenance shall not be taken away or impeached.
No persecution of non-worshippers
XXXVI. That to the public profession held forth none shall be compelled by penalties or
otherwise; but that endeavours be used to win them by sound doctrine and the example
of a good conversation.
XXXVII. That such as profess faith in God by Jesus Christ (though differing in judgment
from the doctrine, worship or discipline publicly held forth) shall not be restrained from,
but shall be protected in, the profession of the faith and exercise of their religion; so as
they abuse not this liberty to the civil injury of others and to the actual disturbance of the
public peace on their parts: provided this liberty be not extended to Popery or Prelacy,
nor to such as, under the profession of Christ, hold forth and practice licentiousness.
XXXVIII. That all laws, statutes and ordinances, and clauses in any law, statute or ordinance
to the contrary of the aforesaid liberty, shall be esteemed as null and void.

C. Baptists in Prominent Places
D. Rise of Sectarian Religion
1. Levellers
2. Diggers
3. Seekers
John Saltmarsh Smoke in the Temple
4. Quakers
5. Fifth Monarchy
The messianic kingdom, the fifth monarchy prophesied by Daniel,
would be realized by the return of Christ following the English civil war

E. Baptist Highlights During this Period
1. Increase in churches
•Effective lay ministry
•Mobility provided by army
2. Development of the theory of religious liberty
This is important as a theological truth
3. Identification with mainstream Protestantism
4. Churches were strengthened for the upcoming persecution
Associations

RENEWED PERSECUTION 1660-1689
I. Political
A. Restoration of the Stuart monarchy

Edward Hyde Lord Clarendon

Charles II (1630-1685)

Clarendon Codes

II. Religious Condition
A. Clarendon Code
1. Corporation Act (1661)

2. Act of Uniformity (1662)
3. Conventicle Act (1664)
4. Five Mile Act (1665)
B. Declaration of Indulgence 1672
C. Second Declaration of Indulgence, 1687
D. Act of Toleration 1689

III. Baptist Suffering and Confessing
A. Suffering
1. John Bunyan
2. William Kiffen
3. Benjamin Keach (1640-1704)

Wm. Kiffen (1616-1701)

I. Converted age 15
II. General Baptist (1655- ca. 1672)
III. Became a Particular Baptist ca. 1672
Installed as pastor of Horsley Downs church
Influence in Church polity and worship
Discipline – The Glory of the True Gospel Church and Disciplined display’d
Music – argued for singing of hymns as an instituted part of worship
The Banqueting House or a Feast of Fat Things
Ministerial support – “Duty to provide a comfortable maintenance for them and
their Families, suitable to their state and condition”

IV. Publications
Expository: Exposition of the Parables-Preaching from Types and Metaphors
Sermonic: The Display of Glorious Grace, or the Covenant of Peace Opened (14 sermons)

Polemical: The Breach Repaired in God’s Worship-The Gospel Minister’s Maintenance Vindicated
Theological: The Everlasting Covenant, A Sweet Cordial for a Drooping Soul –The Marrow of Justification
Poetry and Metaphorical: The Glorious Lover, a Divine Poem upon the Adorable Mystery of Sinners
Redemption

V. Theological influence
Central theme of his ministry: The Eternal Covenant of Redemption


Slide 8

Baptist History
Lesson 7
Particular Baptists from the
Protectorate to the Glorious
Restoration

Elizabeth
1558-1603

Cromwell
1653-1658

James I
1603-1625

Charles II
1660-1685

Charles I
1625-1649

James II
1685-1688

English
Commonwealth
1649-1653

William & Mary
1688-1702

I. Period of Revolution (1640-1648)
Political: war between Parliament & Royalists
Religious
•High Baptist Visibility
•Establishment mentality
II. Period of the Protectorate (1649-1659)
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)

A. Commonwealth-governed by House of Commons (1649-1653)
“You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately ... Depart, I say; and let
us have done with you. In the name of God, go!”

B . Protectorate (1653-1659)
Instrument of Government
Lord Protector

XXXV. That the Christian religion, as contained in the Scriptures, be held forth and
recommended as the public profession of these nations; and that, as soon as may be, a
provision, less subject to scruple and contention, and more certain than the present, be
made for the encouragement and maintenance of able and painful teachers, for the
instructing the people, and for discovery and confutation of error, hereby, and whatever
is contrary to sound doctrine; and until such provision be made, the present
maintenance shall not be taken away or impeached.
No persecution of non-worshippers
XXXVI. That to the public profession held forth none shall be compelled by penalties or
otherwise; but that endeavours be used to win them by sound doctrine and the example
of a good conversation.
XXXVII. That such as profess faith in God by Jesus Christ (though differing in judgment
from the doctrine, worship or discipline publicly held forth) shall not be restrained from,
but shall be protected in, the profession of the faith and exercise of their religion; so as
they abuse not this liberty to the civil injury of others and to the actual disturbance of the
public peace on their parts: provided this liberty be not extended to Popery or Prelacy,
nor to such as, under the profession of Christ, hold forth and practice licentiousness.
XXXVIII. That all laws, statutes and ordinances, and clauses in any law, statute or ordinance
to the contrary of the aforesaid liberty, shall be esteemed as null and void.

C. Baptists in Prominent Places
D. Rise of Sectarian Religion
1. Levellers
2. Diggers
3. Seekers
John Saltmarsh Smoke in the Temple
4. Quakers
5. Fifth Monarchy
The messianic kingdom, the fifth monarchy prophesied by Daniel,
would be realized by the return of Christ following the English civil war

E. Baptist Highlights During this Period
1. Increase in churches
•Effective lay ministry
•Mobility provided by army
2. Development of the theory of religious liberty
This is important as a theological truth
3. Identification with mainstream Protestantism
4. Churches were strengthened for the upcoming persecution
Associations

RENEWED PERSECUTION 1660-1689
I. Political
A. Restoration of the Stuart monarchy

Edward Hyde Lord Clarendon

Charles II (1630-1685)

Clarendon Codes

II. Religious Condition
A. Clarendon Code
1. Corporation Act (1661)

2. Act of Uniformity (1662)
3. Conventicle Act (1664)
4. Five Mile Act (1665)
B. Declaration of Indulgence 1672
C. Second Declaration of Indulgence, 1687
D. Act of Toleration 1689

III. Baptist Suffering and Confessing
A. Suffering
1. John Bunyan
2. William Kiffen
3. Benjamin Keach (1640-1704)

Wm. Kiffen (1616-1701)

I. Converted age 15
II. General Baptist (1655- ca. 1672)
III. Became a Particular Baptist ca. 1672
Installed as pastor of Horsley Downs church
Influence in Church polity and worship
Discipline – The Glory of the True Gospel Church and Disciplined display’d
Music – argued for singing of hymns as an instituted part of worship
The Banqueting House or a Feast of Fat Things
Ministerial support – “Duty to provide a comfortable maintenance for them and
their Families, suitable to their state and condition”

IV. Publications
Expository: Exposition of the Parables-Preaching from Types and Metaphors
Sermonic: The Display of Glorious Grace, or the Covenant of Peace Opened (14 sermons)

Polemical: The Breach Repaired in God’s Worship-The Gospel Minister’s Maintenance Vindicated
Theological: The Everlasting Covenant, A Sweet Cordial for a Drooping Soul –The Marrow of Justification
Poetry and Metaphorical: The Glorious Lover, a Divine Poem upon the Adorable Mystery of Sinners
Redemption

V. Theological influence
Central theme of his ministry: The Eternal Covenant of Redemption


Slide 9

Baptist History
Lesson 7
Particular Baptists from the
Protectorate to the Glorious
Restoration

Elizabeth
1558-1603

Cromwell
1653-1658

James I
1603-1625

Charles II
1660-1685

Charles I
1625-1649

James II
1685-1688

English
Commonwealth
1649-1653

William & Mary
1688-1702

I. Period of Revolution (1640-1648)
Political: war between Parliament & Royalists
Religious
•High Baptist Visibility
•Establishment mentality
II. Period of the Protectorate (1649-1659)
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)

A. Commonwealth-governed by House of Commons (1649-1653)
“You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately ... Depart, I say; and let
us have done with you. In the name of God, go!”

B . Protectorate (1653-1659)
Instrument of Government
Lord Protector

XXXV. That the Christian religion, as contained in the Scriptures, be held forth and
recommended as the public profession of these nations; and that, as soon as may be, a
provision, less subject to scruple and contention, and more certain than the present, be
made for the encouragement and maintenance of able and painful teachers, for the
instructing the people, and for discovery and confutation of error, hereby, and whatever
is contrary to sound doctrine; and until such provision be made, the present
maintenance shall not be taken away or impeached.
No persecution of non-worshippers
XXXVI. That to the public profession held forth none shall be compelled by penalties or
otherwise; but that endeavours be used to win them by sound doctrine and the example
of a good conversation.
XXXVII. That such as profess faith in God by Jesus Christ (though differing in judgment
from the doctrine, worship or discipline publicly held forth) shall not be restrained from,
but shall be protected in, the profession of the faith and exercise of their religion; so as
they abuse not this liberty to the civil injury of others and to the actual disturbance of the
public peace on their parts: provided this liberty be not extended to Popery or Prelacy,
nor to such as, under the profession of Christ, hold forth and practice licentiousness.
XXXVIII. That all laws, statutes and ordinances, and clauses in any law, statute or ordinance
to the contrary of the aforesaid liberty, shall be esteemed as null and void.

C. Baptists in Prominent Places
D. Rise of Sectarian Religion
1. Levellers
2. Diggers
3. Seekers
John Saltmarsh Smoke in the Temple
4. Quakers
5. Fifth Monarchy
The messianic kingdom, the fifth monarchy prophesied by Daniel,
would be realized by the return of Christ following the English civil war

E. Baptist Highlights During this Period
1. Increase in churches
•Effective lay ministry
•Mobility provided by army
2. Development of the theory of religious liberty
This is important as a theological truth
3. Identification with mainstream Protestantism
4. Churches were strengthened for the upcoming persecution
Associations

RENEWED PERSECUTION 1660-1689
I. Political
A. Restoration of the Stuart monarchy

Edward Hyde Lord Clarendon

Charles II (1630-1685)

Clarendon Codes

II. Religious Condition
A. Clarendon Code
1. Corporation Act (1661)

2. Act of Uniformity (1662)
3. Conventicle Act (1664)
4. Five Mile Act (1665)
B. Declaration of Indulgence 1672
C. Second Declaration of Indulgence, 1687
D. Act of Toleration 1689

III. Baptist Suffering and Confessing
A. Suffering
1. John Bunyan
2. William Kiffen
3. Benjamin Keach (1640-1704)

Wm. Kiffen (1616-1701)

I. Converted age 15
II. General Baptist (1655- ca. 1672)
III. Became a Particular Baptist ca. 1672
Installed as pastor of Horsley Downs church
Influence in Church polity and worship
Discipline – The Glory of the True Gospel Church and Disciplined display’d
Music – argued for singing of hymns as an instituted part of worship
The Banqueting House or a Feast of Fat Things
Ministerial support – “Duty to provide a comfortable maintenance for them and
their Families, suitable to their state and condition”

IV. Publications
Expository: Exposition of the Parables-Preaching from Types and Metaphors
Sermonic: The Display of Glorious Grace, or the Covenant of Peace Opened (14 sermons)

Polemical: The Breach Repaired in God’s Worship-The Gospel Minister’s Maintenance Vindicated
Theological: The Everlasting Covenant, A Sweet Cordial for a Drooping Soul –The Marrow of Justification
Poetry and Metaphorical: The Glorious Lover, a Divine Poem upon the Adorable Mystery of Sinners
Redemption

V. Theological influence
Central theme of his ministry: The Eternal Covenant of Redemption


Slide 10

Baptist History
Lesson 7
Particular Baptists from the
Protectorate to the Glorious
Restoration

Elizabeth
1558-1603

Cromwell
1653-1658

James I
1603-1625

Charles II
1660-1685

Charles I
1625-1649

James II
1685-1688

English
Commonwealth
1649-1653

William & Mary
1688-1702

I. Period of Revolution (1640-1648)
Political: war between Parliament & Royalists
Religious
•High Baptist Visibility
•Establishment mentality
II. Period of the Protectorate (1649-1659)
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)

A. Commonwealth-governed by House of Commons (1649-1653)
“You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately ... Depart, I say; and let
us have done with you. In the name of God, go!”

B . Protectorate (1653-1659)
Instrument of Government
Lord Protector

XXXV. That the Christian religion, as contained in the Scriptures, be held forth and
recommended as the public profession of these nations; and that, as soon as may be, a
provision, less subject to scruple and contention, and more certain than the present, be
made for the encouragement and maintenance of able and painful teachers, for the
instructing the people, and for discovery and confutation of error, hereby, and whatever
is contrary to sound doctrine; and until such provision be made, the present
maintenance shall not be taken away or impeached.
No persecution of non-worshippers
XXXVI. That to the public profession held forth none shall be compelled by penalties or
otherwise; but that endeavours be used to win them by sound doctrine and the example
of a good conversation.
XXXVII. That such as profess faith in God by Jesus Christ (though differing in judgment
from the doctrine, worship or discipline publicly held forth) shall not be restrained from,
but shall be protected in, the profession of the faith and exercise of their religion; so as
they abuse not this liberty to the civil injury of others and to the actual disturbance of the
public peace on their parts: provided this liberty be not extended to Popery or Prelacy,
nor to such as, under the profession of Christ, hold forth and practice licentiousness.
XXXVIII. That all laws, statutes and ordinances, and clauses in any law, statute or ordinance
to the contrary of the aforesaid liberty, shall be esteemed as null and void.

C. Baptists in Prominent Places
D. Rise of Sectarian Religion
1. Levellers
2. Diggers
3. Seekers
John Saltmarsh Smoke in the Temple
4. Quakers
5. Fifth Monarchy
The messianic kingdom, the fifth monarchy prophesied by Daniel,
would be realized by the return of Christ following the English civil war

E. Baptist Highlights During this Period
1. Increase in churches
•Effective lay ministry
•Mobility provided by army
2. Development of the theory of religious liberty
This is important as a theological truth
3. Identification with mainstream Protestantism
4. Churches were strengthened for the upcoming persecution
Associations

RENEWED PERSECUTION 1660-1689
I. Political
A. Restoration of the Stuart monarchy

Edward Hyde Lord Clarendon

Charles II (1630-1685)

Clarendon Codes

II. Religious Condition
A. Clarendon Code
1. Corporation Act (1661)

2. Act of Uniformity (1662)
3. Conventicle Act (1664)
4. Five Mile Act (1665)
B. Declaration of Indulgence 1672
C. Second Declaration of Indulgence, 1687
D. Act of Toleration 1689

III. Baptist Suffering and Confessing
A. Suffering
1. John Bunyan
2. William Kiffen
3. Benjamin Keach (1640-1704)

Wm. Kiffen (1616-1701)

I. Converted age 15
II. General Baptist (1655- ca. 1672)
III. Became a Particular Baptist ca. 1672
Installed as pastor of Horsley Downs church
Influence in Church polity and worship
Discipline – The Glory of the True Gospel Church and Disciplined display’d
Music – argued for singing of hymns as an instituted part of worship
The Banqueting House or a Feast of Fat Things
Ministerial support – “Duty to provide a comfortable maintenance for them and
their Families, suitable to their state and condition”

IV. Publications
Expository: Exposition of the Parables-Preaching from Types and Metaphors
Sermonic: The Display of Glorious Grace, or the Covenant of Peace Opened (14 sermons)

Polemical: The Breach Repaired in God’s Worship-The Gospel Minister’s Maintenance Vindicated
Theological: The Everlasting Covenant, A Sweet Cordial for a Drooping Soul –The Marrow of Justification
Poetry and Metaphorical: The Glorious Lover, a Divine Poem upon the Adorable Mystery of Sinners
Redemption

V. Theological influence
Central theme of his ministry: The Eternal Covenant of Redemption


Slide 11

Baptist History
Lesson 7
Particular Baptists from the
Protectorate to the Glorious
Restoration

Elizabeth
1558-1603

Cromwell
1653-1658

James I
1603-1625

Charles II
1660-1685

Charles I
1625-1649

James II
1685-1688

English
Commonwealth
1649-1653

William & Mary
1688-1702

I. Period of Revolution (1640-1648)
Political: war between Parliament & Royalists
Religious
•High Baptist Visibility
•Establishment mentality
II. Period of the Protectorate (1649-1659)
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)

A. Commonwealth-governed by House of Commons (1649-1653)
“You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately ... Depart, I say; and let
us have done with you. In the name of God, go!”

B . Protectorate (1653-1659)
Instrument of Government
Lord Protector

XXXV. That the Christian religion, as contained in the Scriptures, be held forth and
recommended as the public profession of these nations; and that, as soon as may be, a
provision, less subject to scruple and contention, and more certain than the present, be
made for the encouragement and maintenance of able and painful teachers, for the
instructing the people, and for discovery and confutation of error, hereby, and whatever
is contrary to sound doctrine; and until such provision be made, the present
maintenance shall not be taken away or impeached.
No persecution of non-worshippers
XXXVI. That to the public profession held forth none shall be compelled by penalties or
otherwise; but that endeavours be used to win them by sound doctrine and the example
of a good conversation.
XXXVII. That such as profess faith in God by Jesus Christ (though differing in judgment
from the doctrine, worship or discipline publicly held forth) shall not be restrained from,
but shall be protected in, the profession of the faith and exercise of their religion; so as
they abuse not this liberty to the civil injury of others and to the actual disturbance of the
public peace on their parts: provided this liberty be not extended to Popery or Prelacy,
nor to such as, under the profession of Christ, hold forth and practice licentiousness.
XXXVIII. That all laws, statutes and ordinances, and clauses in any law, statute or ordinance
to the contrary of the aforesaid liberty, shall be esteemed as null and void.

C. Baptists in Prominent Places
D. Rise of Sectarian Religion
1. Levellers
2. Diggers
3. Seekers
John Saltmarsh Smoke in the Temple
4. Quakers
5. Fifth Monarchy
The messianic kingdom, the fifth monarchy prophesied by Daniel,
would be realized by the return of Christ following the English civil war

E. Baptist Highlights During this Period
1. Increase in churches
•Effective lay ministry
•Mobility provided by army
2. Development of the theory of religious liberty
This is important as a theological truth
3. Identification with mainstream Protestantism
4. Churches were strengthened for the upcoming persecution
Associations

RENEWED PERSECUTION 1660-1689
I. Political
A. Restoration of the Stuart monarchy

Edward Hyde Lord Clarendon

Charles II (1630-1685)

Clarendon Codes

II. Religious Condition
A. Clarendon Code
1. Corporation Act (1661)

2. Act of Uniformity (1662)
3. Conventicle Act (1664)
4. Five Mile Act (1665)
B. Declaration of Indulgence 1672
C. Second Declaration of Indulgence, 1687
D. Act of Toleration 1689

III. Baptist Suffering and Confessing
A. Suffering
1. John Bunyan
2. William Kiffen
3. Benjamin Keach (1640-1704)

Wm. Kiffen (1616-1701)

I. Converted age 15
II. General Baptist (1655- ca. 1672)
III. Became a Particular Baptist ca. 1672
Installed as pastor of Horsley Downs church
Influence in Church polity and worship
Discipline – The Glory of the True Gospel Church and Disciplined display’d
Music – argued for singing of hymns as an instituted part of worship
The Banqueting House or a Feast of Fat Things
Ministerial support – “Duty to provide a comfortable maintenance for them and
their Families, suitable to their state and condition”

IV. Publications
Expository: Exposition of the Parables-Preaching from Types and Metaphors
Sermonic: The Display of Glorious Grace, or the Covenant of Peace Opened (14 sermons)

Polemical: The Breach Repaired in God’s Worship-The Gospel Minister’s Maintenance Vindicated
Theological: The Everlasting Covenant, A Sweet Cordial for a Drooping Soul –The Marrow of Justification
Poetry and Metaphorical: The Glorious Lover, a Divine Poem upon the Adorable Mystery of Sinners
Redemption

V. Theological influence
Central theme of his ministry: The Eternal Covenant of Redemption