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History of the Sabbath and First Day of the Week - John N. Andrews

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great number <strong>of</strong> ministers, <strong>and</strong> a multitude <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

people went heartily into <strong>the</strong>ir plan <strong>of</strong><br />

Reformation.[4]<br />

"In <strong>the</strong> end <strong>the</strong> Baptists became by far <strong>the</strong> most<br />

numerous party, <strong>and</strong> were put in possession <strong>of</strong> a<br />

printing <strong>of</strong>fice <strong>and</strong> an academy, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> ca<strong>the</strong>dral<br />

was given to <strong>the</strong>m for a place <strong>of</strong> worship. They<br />

obtained <strong>the</strong>se without any violence, <strong>and</strong> while<br />

<strong>the</strong>y formed <strong>the</strong>ir own churches according to <strong>the</strong><br />

convictions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir members, <strong>the</strong>y persecuted<br />

nobody, but allowed <strong>the</strong> same liberty to o<strong>the</strong>rs, <strong>and</strong><br />

great numbers <strong>of</strong> Catholics, Lu<strong>the</strong>rans <strong>and</strong><br />

Calvinists resided in perfect freedom."[5]<br />

Mr. Robinson fur<strong>the</strong>r informs us that Davidis<br />

took extreme Unitarian ground with respect to <strong>the</strong><br />

worship <strong>of</strong> Christ, which seems to have been <strong>the</strong><br />

only serious error that can be laid to his charge.<br />

Davidis was a Unitarian Baptist minister, intrusted<br />

by his brethren with <strong>the</strong> superintendency <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

churches in Transylvania. His influence in that<br />

country at one period was very great. His views <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> <strong>Sabbath</strong> are thus stated:--<br />

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