Title:                 A Declaration against Anabaptifts: To ftop the Profecution fo (sic) their Errours, falfly pretended to be a Vindication of the Royall Commifsion of King Jesus, as they call it. Briefly and fully anfwering all their Allegations, and clearly proving the Anabaptifticall Doctrine to be againft the glory of God, the honour of Chrift and his Church, againft the Covenant of grace, and againft the word of God, and priviledges of the Church made over to them by promife; And alfo againft the Solemne League and Covenant of the three Kingdomes. In Anfwer to a book, by Francis Cornwall prefented to the houfe of Commons, on Fridcay laft, for which he is committed

Author:             Unknown

Publisher:          Ja:Cranford (James Cranford, 1602/3-1657)

Origin:              London

Date:                1644

Description:      Pamphlet

The author of A Declaration is not known. One can say clearly that he was against the Anabaptists’ rejection of infant baptism, and he seems to have been a well educated man who was familiar with Greek and Hebrew. The author states that the purpose of the pamphlet was to refute the arguments of a book written by Francis Cornwall (most likely, A Vindication of the Royal Commission of King Jesus which was distributed among the members of the House of Commons, and produced great excitement). Cornwall studied at Emmanuel College and was a pamphleteer who more than once found himself in trouble and in prison.

Developed from review by Trudy Penton.