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and commanded the church at Corinth  
and commanded the church at Corinth  


to purge away from the [[Lord’s Supper]],
to purge away from the [[Lord's Supper]]


were members of Baptist churches
were members of Baptist churches
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—Can it be supposed that they invited them into their pulpits,  
—Can it be supposed that they invited them into their pulpits,  


and to the [[Lord’s Supper]],
and to the [[Lord's Supper]]  


though those teachers belong to the [[church]] at Jerusalem?
though those teachers belong to the [[church]] at Jerusalem?
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or in any way recognize,  
or in any way recognize,  


[[Pedobaptist]] societies as scriptural churches,  
[[Pedobaptist]] societies as scriptural [[church]]es,  


or their ministers as gospel ministers?
or their ministers as gospel ministers?
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—The teachings of history.
—The teachings of history.


[[CHAPTER XV]]
== [[CHAPTER XV]] ==


How the "fathers" of New England Baptists  
How the "fathers" of New England Baptists  


regarded Pedobaptist societies and their ministers,  
regarded [[Pedobaptist]] societies and their ministers,  


from A. D. 1638 until 1776
from A. D. 1638 until 1776


—not as churches or brethren,  
—not as [[church]]es or brethren,  


but enemies and persecutors.
but enemies and persecutors.


[[CHAPTER XVI]]
== [[CHAPTER XVI]] ==


Were the fathers of Virginia Baptists  
Were the fathers of Virginia Baptists  
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—Did they, like too many of their descendants,  
—Did they, like too many of their descendants,  


receive, as valid, the immersions of Pedobaptists,  
receive, as valid, the immersions of [[Pedobaptists]],  


and recognize them as evangelical churches?
and recognize them as evangelical [[church]]es?


[[CHAPTER XVII]]
== [[CHAPTER XVII]] ==


What were the Landmarks set by the "fathers"  
What were the Landmarks set by the "fathers"  
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—Conclusion of the argument.
—Conclusion of the argument.


[[CHAPTER XVIII]]
== [[CHAPTER XVIII]] ==


The inconsistencies of, and evils abetted  
The inconsistencies of, and evils abetted  
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by Baptists who practice inter-denominational affiliations.
by Baptists who practice inter-denominational affiliations.


[[CHAPTER XIX]]
== [[CHAPTER XIX]] ==


Last words to my brethren.
Last words to my brethren.


APPENDIX  
== APPENDIX ==


[[A. A correction and explanation.]]
[[A. A correction and explanation.]]

Latest revision as of 11:32, 10 June 2024

J R Graves

PREFACE

The origin of the appellation

"Old Landmarkism"

Its present strength.

CHAPTER I

Introductory—

The real questions at issue between the "Liberals"

and the strict or "Old Landmark" Baptists Fundamental principles

upon which the "strict" policy rests axiomatically stated.

CHAPTER II

Bishop Doggett’s position touching a Christian church

—The apostles built churches by a divine model

—No organization should be called church

unless conformed to that model

—The unmistakable features of that model

—1. Its origin divine
—2. Visible
—3. Its locality this earth.

CHAPTER III

The "ecclesia" of Christ

a single congregation

—Not universal, national, or provincial
—Was independent of all other bodies

—Therefore alone authorized to preach the gospel,

elect, ordain, choose, and dismiss its own officers,

receive and disciple its own members, and administer the ordinances.

CHAPTER IV

The divine and inalienable rights of a Christian church

—Alone commissioned to preach the gospel
—To ordain her officers
—To receive, discipline, and exclude members
—To administer her ordinances.

CHAPTER V

The Fifth Mark of the apostolic model church

—A spiritual membership; i.e., professedly regenerate
—"Christ before the church,
blood before water,"

the symbol of its faith


—Those religious organizations that admit infants and the unregenerate

can not be Christian churches.

CHAPTER VI

Christian immersion

the act appointed for the profession of gospel faith

—The twelve disciples at Ephesus

—The faith professed by a Catholic baptism

—Campbellite—Episcopalian—Methodist—Presbyterian—Baptist

—What is scriptural baptism?

CHAPTER VII

The Lord's Supper

A local church ordinance

not denominational or social—Intercommunion

between different religious bodies,

having diverse organizations and diverse faiths,

or, between "sister" churches,

contrary both to the genius of scriptural church building

and the symbolism of the ordinance

—The inconsistencies and evils of intercommunion among Baptists.

CHAPTER VIII

Objections and difficulties to non-intercommunion noticed

—1. Some pastors could not commune with the churches they serve,

and administer the supper

—2. "Paul communed with the church at Troas"

—Not established—Testimony of Alford, Barnes—The false teachers

whose doctrine Paul called "leaven,"

and commanded the church at Corinth

to purge away from the Lord's Supper

were members of Baptist churches

—Conclusion.

CHAPTER IX

The inconsistencies and evils of intercommunion among Baptists.

CHAPTER X

For the maintenance of the inspiration of the prophets,

as well as the divinity of Christ,

the kingdom he set up must never be "broken to pieces,"

and the church he built

must have never been prevailed against by violence or corruption

—The true statement of what "Landmarkers" mean by church succession,

not "apostolic succession,"

nor the succession of any particular church or churches, etc.

CHAPTER XI

What it is not, and what it is,

to be an Old Landmark Baptist

—The true mission of Old Landmark Baptists.

CHAPTER XII

Defensive

The current pleas of liberal "Baptists" considered:

-1. That preaching is not an official duty
—2. That we do not recognize those societies as churches
by accepting their ordinances
—3. That we do not recognize those ministers as scriptural ministers,
by accepting their official acts
—4. That we do not endorse their erroneous doctrines and practices
by affiliating with them.

CHAPTER XIII

How did Paul regard,

and how did he teach the churches he planted,

to regard teachers of false doctrine?

—How did he instruct the early Christians and churches to treat them?

—Associate with, or withdraw from, and avoid them?

—Can it be supposed that they invited them into their pulpits,

and to the Lord's Supper

though those teachers belong to the church at Jerusalem?

CHAPTER XIV

Does the history of the churches of Christ

establish the fact, disputed by Affiliationists,

that the ancient Baptists,

by whatever name called,

refused to affiliate with,

or in any way recognize,

Pedobaptist societies as scriptural churches,

or their ministers as gospel ministers?

—The teachings of history.

CHAPTER XV

How the "fathers" of New England Baptists

regarded Pedobaptist societies and their ministers,

from A. D. 1638 until 1776

—not as churches or brethren,

but enemies and persecutors.

CHAPTER XVI

Were the fathers of Virginia Baptists

"Old Landmarkers?"

—Did they, like too many of their descendants,

receive, as valid, the immersions of Pedobaptists,

and recognize them as evangelical churches?

CHAPTER XVII

What were the Landmarks set by the "fathers"

of the Philadelphia Association,

the oldest in America—Decisions concerning alien immersion

—The testimony of the venerable Spencer H. Cone

—Conclusion of the argument.

CHAPTER XVIII

The inconsistencies of, and evils abetted

by Baptists who practice inter-denominational affiliations.

CHAPTER XIX

Last words to my brethren.

APPENDIX

A. A correction and explanation.

B. Pulpit recognition.

C. Old Landmarkism in Philadelphia.

D. Jesse Mercer, an Old Landmarker, 1811.

E. Kiffin, of England, in 1640.

F. Review of Objections to this Book.

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