A history of the German Baptist brethren in Europe and America . out, because theywould not be subjected to a more strict Christian dis-cipline; and to others it appeared that the spiritualliberty was carried too far, which was thought to bemore dangerous than the religious organizations theyhad left. Under these circumstances, some felt themselvesdrawn powerfully to seek the footsteps of the prim-itive Christians, and desired earnestly to receive infaith the ordained testimonies of Jesus Christ accord-ing to their true value. At the same time, they wereinternally and strongly impressed with t
A history of the German Baptist brethren in Europe and America . out, because theywould not be subjected to a more strict Christian dis-cipline; and to others it appeared that the spiritualliberty was carried too far, which was thought to bemore dangerous than the religious organizations theyhad left. Under these circumstances, some felt themselvesdrawn powerfully to seek the footsteps of the prim-itive Christians, and desired earnestly to receive infaith the ordained testimonies of Jesus Christ accord-ing to their true value. At the same time, they wereinternally and strongly impressed with the necessityof the obedience of faith to a soul that desired to besaved. And this impression also led them at the time The Mother Co?igregatio/i m Germa?iy. 37 to the mystery of water-baptism, which appeared untothem as a door into the church, which was what theyso earnestly sought. Baptism, however, was spokenof among the Pietists in very different ways, and themanner in which it was sometimes spoken of causedpain to the hearts of those that loved the Schwarzenau, Finally, in the year 1708, eight persons consentedtogether to enter into a covenant of a good consciencewith God, to take up all the commandments of JesusChrist as an easy yoke, and thus to follow the LordJesus, their good and faithful shepherd, in joy andsorrow, as his true sheep, even unto a blessed eight persons were as follows, namely, five 38 History of the Bnthre?i. brethren and three sisters. The five brethren were,George Grebi, from Hesse-Cassel, the first; Lucas Vet-ter, likewise from Hessia, the second; the third wasAlexander Mack, from the Palatinate of Schriesheim,between Mannheim and Heidelberg; the fourth wasAndrew Bony, of Basle, in Switzerland; the fifth, JohnKipping, from Bareit, in Wiirtemberg. The three sis-ters were, Joanna Noethiger, or Bony, the first; AnnaMargaretha Mack, the second; and Joanna Kipping,the third. These eight persons covenanted and united togetheras brethren an
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