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their minister and was set apart January 1537 tothe eldership at Groningen, with imposition ofhands by Obbe Philipsz. Menno repudiated theformation of a sect; those who had experiencedthe ‘new birth' were to him the true Christianchurch. His Christology was in the mainorthodox though he rejected terms such asTrinity which he could not find in Scripture. Ofthe introduction of Anabaptist views intoEngland we have no certain knowledge. Foxrelates that ‘the registers of London makemention of certain Dutchmen counted forAnabaptists, of whom ten were put to death insundry places in the realm, anno 1535; other tenrepented and were saved. In 1536 King HenryVIII issued a proclamation concerning faithagreed upon by Convocation, in which the clergyare told to instruct the people that they ought torepute and take ‘The Anabaptists opinions fordetestable heresies and to be utterly condemned.'Thomas Fuller tells us from Stow's Chroniclesthat in the year 1538 four Anabaptists, three menand one woman, all Dutch, bare faggots at Paul'sCross, and three days after a man and woman oftheir sect was burnt in Smithfield.The early English Baptists, while they utterlyrejected the baptism of infants, were as yetunpledged to immersion and rarely practicedit."— Brit.And the third part of the sun was smitten.—Though not apparently so stated in anyconfession of faith, it is a prevalent view amongBaptists that the Old Testament has been entirelyfulfilled. Believing thus they lose the force of alarge part of the Gospel Message, typified by thesun.And the third part of the moon.— Similarly,they do notFM154see the force of the teachings of the LawDispensation, as in the Tabernacle arrangements,etc., in their application to the Church.And the third part of the stars.— Theteachings of the true light-bearers, the Apostles,