AN EMBLEM OF ANTICHRIST

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J.H. Spencer Historical Society

March 6 at 8:57 AM  · 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲, 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝟭𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁

John Spittlehouse (1612-1659?) was born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. A supporter of Oliver Cromwell, he fought in several battles in the English Civil War, and was eventually appointed as deputy to the Marshal-General in charge of military security.

Spittlehouse wrote a number of books, including “𝗔 𝗩𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲” published with John More in 1652. In this book Spittlehouse writes:

“𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 (𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥) 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩, 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 (𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴) 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘴𝘰𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭-𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯, 𝘰𝘳 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 (𝘮𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘳𝘦 [𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧] 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦) 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.”

Notice in this quote you have a primary source from an early 17th century English Baptist declaring:

1) Pedobaptist (i.e. those that baptize infants) congregations are not true New Testament churches.

2. That the “Primitive Church” had been “preserved” and had “continued unto this present time” and could be identified with those “scandalously termed Anabaptists.”

Sadly, Spittlehouse is totally ignored by most modern Baptist historians. Thankfully his book has been reprinted in modern English with an excellent introduction and sells for only $6! https://wipfandstock.com/…/a-vindication-of-the…/

The picture below is from the frontispiece to Spittlehouse’s 1650 book ” Rome ruin’d by White Hall” and shows the Baptist preacher (Spittlehouse?) contending against an Anglican prelate, the Pope, and a Presbyterian elder.