{"id":717,"date":"2021-11-23T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theologicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/?p=717"},"modified":"2021-09-12T18:42:36","modified_gmt":"2021-09-12T18:42:36","slug":"defence-of-the-baptists-by-george-gibbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theologicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/defence-of-the-baptists-by-george-gibbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Defence of the Baptists by George Gibbs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theologicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/defence-of-the-baptists_gibbs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"242\" height=\"750\" data-attachment-id=\"719\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theologicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/defence-of-the-baptists-by-george-gibbs\/defence-of-the-baptists_gibbs\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theologicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/defence-of-the-baptists_gibbs.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"242,750\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"defence-of-the-baptists_gibbs\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;George Gibbs [active 1810-1856], A Defence of the Baptists; or, The Baptism of Believers by Immersion the Only Baptism&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theologicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/defence-of-the-baptists_gibbs.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/theologicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/defence-of-the-baptists_gibbs.jpg\" alt=\"George Gibbs [active 1810-1856], A Defence of the Baptists; or, The Baptism of Believers by Immersion the Only Baptism\" class=\"wp-image-719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theologicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/defence-of-the-baptists_gibbs.jpg 242w, https:\/\/theologicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/defence-of-the-baptists_gibbs-97x300.jpg 97w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Today&#8217;s free book is the 1880 reprint of George Gibb&#8217;s treatise &#8220;A Defence of the Baptists&#8221;, originally published 200 years ago in 1821. This public domain title was digitised from the copy held in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spurgeons.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Spurgeon&#8217;s College<\/a> library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theologicalstudies.org.uk\/book_defence-of-the-baptists_gibbs.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">George Gibbs [active 1810-1856], <em>A Defence of the Baptists; or, The Baptism of Believers by Immersion the Only Baptis<\/em>m. Bristol: J.A. Vicary, [1880]. Hbk. pp.192. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Table of Contents<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>To the Members of the Baptist Church and Congregation, meeting in St. Clements, Norwich<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Matt. 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