Sketches of Non-Conformists (3)

Mark Minnick Part One ♦ Part Two ♦ This is Part Three [Part One introduced the historical situation of the Non-Conformist preachers of seventeenth century England and offered our first three sketches. In Part Two and now Part Three, the sketches continue.] St. Hilary, Mr. Joseph Sherwood. Soon after his ejection he was cited to…

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Sketches of Non-Conformists (2)

Mark Minnick Part One ♦ This is Part Two ♦ Part Three [Part One introduced the historical situation of the Non-Conformist preachers of seventeenth century England and offered our first three sketches. In Part Two, the sketches continue.] St. Mary, Fifth-Street, Mr. Thomas Brooks. He was a very affecting preacher, and useful to many. Though…

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Sketches of Non-Conformists (1)

Mark Minnick This is Part One ♦ Part Two ♦ Part Three August 24 this year marked the three-hundred fortieth anniversary of the infamous 1662 ejection of nonconforming English and Scottish ministers from their pulpits. Some 2,000 English and 300 Scottish ministers, nearly one-quarter of all ordained pastors in those countries, were forcibly put out…

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