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Thomas Bradbury (1677-1759) was an English Dissenting minister (Congregational) who was known for his defense of the divinity of Christ in the midst of the Salters’ Hall controversy beginning in 1719. His sermons on many topics, including baptism — published as The Duty and Doctrine of Baptism in Thirteen Sermons (1749) — were highly regarded. An American edition of those baptism sermons was published in 1810 with an introduction and notes by the collaborative effort of John Brodhead Romeyn and Alexander McLeod. Also included was an abridged memoir of the life of Thomas Bradbuy by John Brown of Whitburn, son of John Brown of Haddington.
Romeyn and McLeod — whose strong personal friendship and remarkable ecclesiastical partnership is noted in Samuel B. Wylie’s Memoir of Alexander McLeod — performed a valuable service in their introduction and with their notes at the end of the book. The introduction sketches out the Reformed view of the sacraments, and that of Baptism specifically, as detailed broadly in the creeds and catechisms of the Reformed churches, and in the Westminster Standards particularly. Together, these contributions strengthen an already powerful resource for the better understanding of the Reformed doctrine of baptism. This American edition may be found in several places at Log College Press, including the John B. Romeyn page, the Alexander McLeod page and the Sacraments page. Bookmark or download this volume for further study, and take a few minutes to peruse what Romeyn and McLeod in particular have written as to the teaching of the Reformed confessions on the subject of infant baptism. The attentive reader will be richer for it.
