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Providence is for it. Prof. Whitsitt’s attempt to evade the force of Cotton
Mather’s positive testimony, by saying that Mather’s grandfather knew
nothing of the existence of Clarke’s church, Is against him, since Cotton
Mather’s not recording any non-existence of Clarke’s church while he did
the non-existence of Williams’ proves he Investigated the facts instead of
blindly following his grandfather. Prof. Whitsitt virtually surrenders the
question when he says, “Roger Williams was never a Baptist. … I do not
think he was very much of a Baptist a day In his life.” “I do not suppose
that Williams was very much of a Baptist. He founded a Baptist church
simply because there was no other sort to be found, there was nothing else
for them to do. He had never had anything to do with Baptists any time In
his life. He formed a church now simply because he was in that particular
situation. had no particular leading that way; he never was a Baptist at
heart. I do not reckon there was any body in that colony who was a Baptist.
I hive a notion they formed a Baptist church simply because they had
nothing else to do.” — Lect. to his class. Now, Prof. Whitsitt, or any one
else, is welcome to all Baptist claims he can get out of any such a thing of
any such origin as he concedes to the Williams affair. See pp. 381, 382,
381, 385, 380 of this book.
ft892 Adlam’s First Bap. Ch. in Am., pp. 10-11.
ft893 Adlam’s First Bap. Ch. in Am. p. 13.
ft894 Adlam’s First Bap. Ch. in Am. p. 14.
ft895 Backus’ Hist. Bap., vol. 2, pp. 285,290-291.
ft896 Adlam’s First Bap. Ch. in Am., pp. 16-17.
ft897 Adlam’s First Bap. Ch. in Am., pp. 36-39.
ft898 Trilemma, p. 13.
ft899 Letter to Author of this book, dated Apr. 25, 1893.
ft900 Adlam’s First Bap. Ch. in America, p. 19.
ft901 Adlam’s First Bap. Ch. in Am., pp. 19-21; Backus’ Hist. Bap., vol. I, p.
497.
ft902 Armitage’s Hist. Bap., p. 665.
ft903 Backus’ Hist. Bap., vol. 1, p. 125.
ft904 This “disorderly” way, evidently, is what he calls the Baptist way.
ft905 Backus’ Hist. Bap., vol. 1, p. 125.
ft906 Idem, vol. 1, p. 125.
ft907 Adlam’s “First Bap. Ch. in America,” p. 86.
ft908 Bap. Quart. Rev., vol. 10, p. 191 — Prof. J.C. C. Clarke.