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1 Ivimey, op. cit., III, 580. back 2 Ibid., and Pinners' Hall Record Book p. 260 (5). back 3 Ivimey, op. cit., III, 580; Baptist Quarterly, V, no. 2 (Apr. 1930), p. 86. The Quarterly says "His connection with Hugenden . . . has been forgotten. It may have had something to do with the colony of Seventh Day Baptists from Wallingford." I have never read of a Seventh Day Baptist group at Hugenden. I think the obvious explanation is that Joseph, Jr. remained in the country of Bucks after his father's death. back 4 Benjamin E. Smith, The Century Atlas of the World (New York: Century Co., 1902), map 77. back 5 Baptist Quarterly, V, 85. back 6 Proof for the existence of a sabbath-keeping church in Leominster is offered on four grounds (I, 48f.). 1. An article in the Birmingham Weekly Post of April 13, 1901, which is perhaps too far removed chronologically from the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries to be authoritative. 2. The church was gathered by John Toombs (SDBs in EA, I, 106), but early sources do not make Toombs a keeper of the seventh-day Sabbath and even question if he is a Baptist by church membership; all he had done was oppose infant sprinkling (Ivimey, op. cit., II, 591). Toombs had been at Leominster, but had been forced out of the pulpit of the Church of England in that town (Ibid., 1, 328). Toombs did form bis own church, but it was at Bewdley, 20 miles northeast of Leominster; the church never had over twenty members and lasted only until the restoration (1660) (Ibid., I, 264)1 3. "A Mister Feak (probably Robert) was a member"; this is an inference which I cannot trace for there is no reference as to its source. Anyway, it is not a strong argument. 4. Joseph Stennett was a member in 1719. I find this idea in Ivimey (Ibid., III, 580), but the reference is to the Baptist church in Leominster. back 7 Ibid., III, 580; John Rippon, Annual Baptist Register 1801-02, pp. 1097ff. back 8 Ibid. back 9 The Private Letter Books of Joseph Collett, p. 190. back 10 Transactions of the Baptist Historical Society, VI, no. 2 (Jan. 1919), p. 176. back 11 Rippon, op. cit., pp. 1097ff. back 12 Baptist Quarterly, V, no. 5 (Jan. 1931), p. 224; cf. British Museum - Catalogue of Printed Books, topic: Mrs. Rebecca Stennett. back 13 Ivimey, op. cit., III, 580. back 14 Ibid., III, 580, 170. back 15 Ibid., III, 580; Hunt, op. cit., III, 226-229. Also, years later when he is a minister in London, Stennett edited a pamphlet written by Mr. Alvey Jackson, a Baptist minister, which supported John Brine, who wrote "The Armenian Principles of a Late Writer Refuted." (Ivimey, op. cit., III, 270ff.) back 16 Horton Davies, op. cit., p. 128. back 17 The Old Church-Book of the Seventh Day General Baptist Church at Mill Yard, in Goodman's Fields, p. 234: the call was dated March 5, 1720; p. 235. The Sabbath Recorder, June 25, 1846, p. 209; April 29, 1847 (III, no. 45), p. 178. It is entirely possible this 1720 call to Mill Yard is one of the calls from London Churches which Ivimey said came to him while he was back in Abergavenny (op. cit., III, 580). back 18 Ibid., III, 578. back 19 Ibid., III, pp. 580f.; Besant, op. cit., map spreading out from inside the back cover; Minutes of the General Assembly of the General Baptist Churches in England, II, 55; Rippon, op. cit., 1794-7, p. 380. back 20 Ivimey, op. cit., III, 581; Bunhill Memorial, ed. by J. A. Jones (London: 1849), section on Joseph Stennett II. back 21 Ivimey, op. cit., III, 276, 198; Transactions of the British Baptist Historical Society, V (1916-17), 216. back 22 Ivimey, op. cit., III, 278. back 23 Samuel Stennett, Works, III, 270. back 24 Joseph Stennett III, God's Awful Summons to a Sinful Nation Considered (London: 1738), p. 32. Later a second edition of the sermon was published. back 25 Ibid., p. 40. back 26 Ibid., p. 41. back 27 Ibid., back 28 Ibid., pp. 42f. back 29 Ibid., p. 45. back 30 Ibid., p. 46. back 31 Joseph Stennett II, The Christian Strife for the Faith of the Gospel (London: 1738), pp. v-viii. According to an advertisement, there is a second edition of the sermon by at least 1742. On this sermon, cf. Ivimey, op. cit., III, 170. The British Museum--Catalogue of Printed Books, says the sermon was reprinted in 1802 in The Evangelical Preacher a compilation of sermons made by John Brown. back 32 The Christian Strife . . . ., pp. 11, 17, 19, 33, 41. back 33 Joseph Stennett II, National Ingratitude Exemplified, in the Case of Gideon, and His Family: and Applied to the Present Times. (London: 1741, fifth edition), p. 32; P. H. Montgomery, The Facts of English History (Boston, 1898), pp. 232f. back 34 Joseph Stennett, National Ingratitude Exemplified . . . ., pp. 34f. back 35 Ibid., pp. 31, 15, 47f.; cf. Joseph Stennett II, God's Awful Summons . . . .; pp. 37f.; Joseph Stennett II, The Importance of Religious Knowlege (London: 1754), pp. 27f. back 36 Joseph Stennett II, National Ingratitude Exemplified . . . ., pp. 34f. back 37 Ibid., p. 38. back 38 Ibid., pp. 47f. back 39 Garrett, op. cit., 448-451; Ivimey, op. cit., III 234f. Whitley, "Seventh Day Baptists in England," op. cit., p. 256 assigns the sermon to Joseph Stennett of Coate; Joseph of Coate would be Joseph III, the older son of Joseph II. I follow all the other authorities who assign it to Joseph II of London. (According to the Catalogue . . . Angus Libray. [Regents Park College, London] (London: Kingsgate, 1908), the sermon also went into a second edition in 1743. back 40 Ivimey, op. cit., 240f.; Cathart, op. cit., p. 1101. The London Gazette, no. 8472, Oct. 1-5, 1745, pp. 8f.: They presented the address which rejoiced at the King's "safe and happy Return to your British Dominions, on the Success of your Arms in North America, and on the Success of your zealous and prudent Endeavours to restore the Balance of Power in Europe to its ancient and natural situation." The king replied: "I thank you for this Loyal Address, and have a firm Dependence upon your steady attachment to my Reason and Government. You may be assured of the continuance of my Protection." Stennett and the unnamed man who accompanied him "were received very graciously, and had all the Honour to kiss his Majesty's Hand" (p. 9.). back 41 The idea of government by contract with the people might well come from John Locke's An Essay Concerning the True Original Extent and End of Civil Government; see parts 95-98 which are the first part of Chapter VIII (Social Contracts: Locke--Humem--Rousseau [London: Oxford, 1952], pp. 80ff.). back 42 Montgomery, op. cit., pp. 316f.; Ivimey, op. cit., III, 242-252; Stennett's sermon was entitled, "Rabshaket's Retreat." That name, "Rabshaket" comes from II Kings 18 and 19 and is now translated "Field-Commander." The sermon according to the British Museum - Catalogue of Printed Books, was printed and did two editions in 1745; ie., in the last weeks of the year. back 43 Ivimey, op. cit., III, 255f.; A Thanksgiving Sermon for the Victory at Gulloden (London: 1746); the Catalogue . . . Argus Library gives the title as "The Lord was There." back 44 Ivimey, op. cit., III, 258; British Museum - Catalogue of printed Books, back 45 Walker, op. cit., pp. 489f.; Hunt, op. cit., III, 128-140. back 46 Davies, op. cit., p. 129; Walker, op. cit., pp. 101-113. op. cit., pp. 513-516; Houlder, op. cit., 101-113. back 47 Orr, op. cit., pp. 149-176. back 48 The Nature, and Reward of True Liberality (London: 1741). back 49 Whitley, A Baptist Bibliography, I, 163. As to a Greek word in a sermon, see Stennett's, The Christian Strife . . . ., p. 5. back 50 Burrage, op. cit., p. 50; his sermon was on Heb. 13: 17. back 51 Payne, Baptists of Berkshire, p. 90. back 52 British Museum - Catalogue of Printed Books, The text was Ps. 123: 25, 26. She was buried in Bunhill Fields (Baptist Quarterly, V, no. 5 [Jan. 1931], p. 224). back 53 Whitley, A Baptist Bibliography, I, 165. back 54 The sermon was The Everlasting Covenant the best Support, under all Afflictions London: 1748). It is supposed to have been reprinted in the collection of various sermons made by John Brown in 1802. back 55 (London: 1750). According to Whitley, A Baptist Bibliography, l, 173, Stennett's oration was reprinted in Samuel Wilson, Sermons on various subjects and occasions . . . . (London: 1753). back 56 J. Wesley Bready, England: Before and After Wesley (London: Hodder and page 131 Stoughton, ca. 1939), pp. 146f.; Montgomery, op. cit., p. 321. back 57 A Dr. Gibson, I believe: see Armitage, op. cit., p. 563; William Cathart, Baptist Encyclopaedia (Philadelphia: Everts, 1881), p. 1101. back 58 John Rippon, op. cit., 1798-1801, pp. 520f. back 59 Ivimey, op. cit., III, 287f. This society was founded by the Dissenters. back 60 Joseph Stennett II, The Importance of Religious Knowlege (London: 1754), p. 10 back 61 Ibid., p. 16; Ivimey, op. cit., III, 289. back 62 The Importance of Religious Knowlege, p. 28; Ivimey, op. cit., III, 288f. Cf. Houlder, op. cit., p. 113; "It was not till the Wesleyan revival had done its work that the philanthropic movement began." back 63 The Importance of Religious Knowlege, p. 30. back 64 Ibid., see advertisement at the end of the sermon. This was published in London in 1753. John Brown is supposed to have included this sermon in his 1802 compilation. back 65 Catalog . . . Angus Library. back 66 Transactions of the British Baptist Historical Society II (1910-11), p. 124. back 67 Ivimey, op. cit., III, 588; Rippon, op. cit., 1794-7, p. 276. back 68 Cathart, op. cit., p. 1101 back 69 The Sabbath Recorder , Aug. 2, 1855, p. 29; Memoirs of the Rev. Samuel Davies (Boston: 1832), pp. 65f.; Armitage, 11 op. cit., p. 563; Samuel Stennett, Works, I, vi (this is in the biography of Samuel written by Wm. Jones, but not the Wm. Jones who was a late nineteenth century Seventh Day Baptist). back 70 The Seventh Baptist Memorial, II, 38. The same periodical, I, 113f., has a copy of a letter sent to Stennett himself: "Having heard of your character, and seen some of your valuable writings, and concluding thereby that the Lord has visited you with his special grace, and acquainted you with his electing love to yourself . . . [I]. . . make bold to present my sincere love and respect to you . . . . if I may be so happy as to receive your answer . . ."! back 71 The Sabbath Recorder, Aug. 2, 1855, p. 29. back 72 SDBs in EA, I, 54. back 73 Ivimey, op. cit., III, 198. back 74 A.C. Underwood, op. cit., p. 148 says that Joseph II preached Sat. morning for years. "The quotation from Davies' diary gave the impression that Stennett sometimes preached for the afternoon service. If he had preached for any great length of time for a Seventh Day Baptist Church, I think there would be some other record of it. As the diary is the only source reference that tells of Joseph II's preaching for a Seventh Day Baptist congregation, I conclude that Underwood has mistakenly attributed long-term preaching on Sat. morning to Joseph II instead of to his son Samuel who did just that for the Seventh Day Particular Baptist church. back 75 Williams, Practical Discources, I, XX. He received the degree from Edinburgh; "This was an honour he no way affected, or desired, but as circumstances stood, he could not decently refuse it". back 76 Ivimey op. cit., III, 583; Cathcart, op. cit., p. 1101. back 77 Forty-five miles south-east of Abergavenny and seventy miles north-east of Exeter. back 78 Ivimey, op. cit., III, 583, 586f.; Bunhill Memorials, ed. by J. A. Jones (London: 1849) Cathart, op. cit., p. 1101. Gill's sermon was printed and went into three editions that same year (Whitley, A Baptist Bibliography, I, 177.). Gill was the minister at Horsley Down. back |