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KINGSFORD, William. A vindication of the baptists, from the criminality of a charge exhibited against them..

Canterbury. Printed by J. Grove, 1789. Third edition.
8vo. 16pp. Disbound. Leaves browned, very occasional light spotting.
The third edition of a short tract defending the Baptist movement against the 'charges' of Methodist leader John Wesley, written by Unitarian General Baptist William Kingston (c.1749-1812), of Barton Mills, Kent. Kingston's quarrel stems from a sermon preached by Wesley on the 28th of October, 1788, in which he alleged that when 'a sinner is just awakened to see his state as a Sinner, the people called Anabaptists, begin to trouble him about outward forms and modes of Worship, and that of Baptism; but they had better cut his throat, for it is sending of him to Hell and perdition'; the Baptist's response accuses the Methodists of adopting the unfaithful and undecided into their ranks, and emphasises the declarative certainty of Baptism in establishing Christian faith.
ESTC T3344.
£ 150.00 Antiquates Ref: 34408