This popular and accessible account of how the Bible has been preserved and transmitted for today's readers is now available in trade paper.

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

The author was invited to preach a discourse at the dedication of a Baptist meeting-house. He complied with the invitation and deemed the occasion suitable for giving some of his reasons for being a Baptist. Many brethren have expressed a desire that these reasons should be published, giving it as their opinion, that the publication would promote scriptural views of Baptism and church government. In deference to the wishes of those valued brethren, the discourse has been expanded into the following treatise and is now submitted to the public. That the day may soon come when there shall be, as in apostolic times, "one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism," and one form of church government, is the author's fervent prayer.

This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!

In Baptism: Three Views, editor David F. Wright has provided a forum for thoughtful proponents of three principal evangelical views on baptism to state their case, respond to the others, and then provide a summary response and statement. Sinclair Ferguson sets out the case for infant baptism, Bruce Ware presents the case for believers' baptism, and Anthony Lane argues for a mixed practice.