Writings of Thomas Grantham

Baptist Library Online is pleased to announce that we have added several works of Thomas Grantham the great English General Baptist of the 17th century. Grantham may be the greatest Arminian Baptist theologian to ever live and write.

The Loyal Baptist: or An Apology for the Baptized Believers (1674)

Christianismus Primitivus: or The Ancient Christian Religion

A Dialogue: Between the Baptist and the Presbyterian. Wherein the Presbyterian are punished by their own pens, for their cruel and soul-devouring doctrines, making God the ordainer of all the sins of men and devils: and reprobating the greatest part of mankind, without any help of salvation.  Whereunto is annexed a treatise of Election, entitled, The Order of Causes formerly published by an eminent servant of Christ, and now republished with some explication concerning free will. (1691)

The Forerunner: to a further answer (if need be) to two books lately published against Tho. Grantham of Norwich, wherein the spirit
and temper of the Calvinists is discovered, particularly Mr. Calvin, Mr. Finch, and his little Precursor.

A Friendly Epistle: To the Bishops and Ministers of the
Church of England (1680)

Hear the Church: or, an Appeal to the Mother of us All.  Being an epistle to all the baptized believers in England; exhorting them to steadfastness in the truth, according to the scriptures. (1687)

Truth and Peace or, the last and most friendly debate concerning Infant Baptism, being a brief answer to a late book, entitled, The Case of Infant-Baptism. (1689)

The Infants Advocate against the cruel doctrine of those
Presbyterians, who hold, that the greatest part of dying infants shall be
damned. (1688)

A Motion Against Imprisonment Wherein is proved that imprisonment for debt is against the gospel, against the good of the Church, and Commonwealth. (1642)

Much in a Little or, An abstract of Mr. Baxter's plain scripture proof for infants church-membership or baptism. (1678)

Presumption No Proof: or, Mr. Petto's arguments for infant
baptism considered and answered and infants interest in the covenant of grace without baptism asserted and maintained. (1687)

The Prisoner Against the Prelate or, A dialogue between the common goal and Cathedral of Lincoln, wherein the true faith and Church of Christ are briefly discovered and vindicated.

The Queries Examined or, Fifty anti-queries seriously propounded to the people called Presbyterians. (1676)

A Religious Contest or, A brief account of a disputation
holden at Blyton in the County of Lincoln between Mr. William Fort minister of the parochial Congregation at Blyton and Thomas Grantham, servant to the Baptized Churches. (1674)

The Seventh Day Sabbath Ceased as Ceremonial and yet, the morality of the fourth command remainth, or, Seven Reasons tending to prove that the fourth command in the Decalogue is of a different nature from the other nine. (1667)

A Sigh for Peace or, The cause of division discovered.  Wherein, the great gospel promise of the Holy Ghost and the doctrine of prayer with the imposition of hands, as the way ordained of God to
seek for it is asserted and vindicated as the interest and duty of Christ's disciples in general. (1671)

St. Paul's Catechism or, A brief and plain explication of the Six Principles of the Christian Religion as recorded in Hebrews 6:1, 2 with some considerations of the principles of natural and universal religion. (1687)