A Fish Caught in His Own Net: An Examination of Nine Sermons, from Matt. 16:18

by Isaac Backus

Publisher:

Edes and Gill

, 1768

Overview

Study the controversy over Separatist and Baptist churches in early New England with this response to Joseph Fish’s nine sermons on Matthew 16:18. Fish’s work argues that the “ ‘Standing Churches’ in New England, are built upon the Rock, and upon the same principles with the first fathers of this country: and that separates and Baptists are joining with the Gates of Hell against them.” Backus responds to these claims with this treatise in which “many of his mistakes are corrected; the constitution of those churches opened; the testimonies of prophets and apostles and also of many of those fathers are produced, which as plainly condemn his plan as any separate or Baptist can do.”

Product Details

• Title: A Fish Caught in His Own Net: An Examination of Nine Sermons, from Matt. 16:18
• Author: Isaac Backus
• Publisher: Edes and Gill
• Print Publication Date: 1768
• Logos Release Date: 2016
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Fish, Joseph, 1706-1781. Church of Christ a firm and durable house; Baptists › Controversial literature; Baptists › Doctrines
• Resource ID: LLS:FSHCGHTHSWNNT
• Resource Type: text.monograph.sermons
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T03:23:30Z

About Isaac Backus

Isaac Backus (1724-1806), born in Norwich, Conn., was a Baptist leader in colonial America and a defender of religious freedom. He became a Christian in 1741 during the Great Awakening. He became a Baptist in 1751, founded a Baptist congregation at Middleboro, Mass. in 1756 and served as its pastor until his death. Backus was a noted proponent of “separation of church and state” and on this issue voted to ratify the U.S. Constitution at the Massachusetts ratifying convention in 1788. He died in Middleboro on Nov. 20, 1806.

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