"My wilderness, sea, city, and prison mercies, afforded me very many and strong consolations. The spiritual sights of the glory of God, the divine sweetness of the spiritual and providential presence of my Lord Jesus Christ, and the joys and comforts of the holy and eternal Spirit, communicated to my soul, together with suitable and seasonable Scriptures of truth, have so often and so powerfully revived, refreshed, and strengthened my heart in the days of my pilgrimage, trials, and sufferings, that the sense, — yea the life and sweetness thereof, — abides still upon my heart, and hath engaged my soul to live by faith, to walk humbly, and to desire and endeavour to excel in holiness to God's glory and the example of others. Though, I confess, many of the Lord’s ministers and some of the Lord's people have excelled and outshined me, with whom God hath not been at so much cost, nor pains, as He hath been at with me. I am a very unprofitable servant, but yet by grace I am what I am."
-Hanserd Knollys
The preceding quote is from a Baptist minister of old named Hanserd Knollys. While perhaps an unfamiliar name to some, others remember him as an "early Baptist hero." While originally a Puritan minister, he later rejected its teaching on infant baptism and began to teach "believers baptism." He was a Particular Baptist, and was a subscriber to the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith. You can actually listen to three of his sermons here!
Andrew
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