When Joseph Ivimey (1773–1834), the nineteenth-century Baptist historian, published the life of William Kiffen (1616-1701) in 1833, he did so in the conviction that the seventeenth-century Baptist leader was “one of the most extraordinary persons whom the [Calvinistic Baptist] denomination has produced, both as to the consistency and correctness of his principles and the eminence of his worldly and religious character.” Ivimey especially hoped that his account of Kiffen’s life and ministry would spur his younger Baptist contemporaries to take Kiffen as “a pattern of piety and integrity.”
Writing the biography of William Kiffen
Writing the biography of William Kiffen
Writing the biography of William Kiffen
When Joseph Ivimey (1773–1834), the nineteenth-century Baptist historian, published the life of William Kiffen (1616-1701) in 1833, he did so in the conviction that the seventeenth-century Baptist leader was “one of the most extraordinary persons whom the [Calvinistic Baptist] denomination has produced, both as to the consistency and correctness of his principles and the eminence of his worldly and religious character.” Ivimey especially hoped that his account of Kiffen’s life and ministry would spur his younger Baptist contemporaries to take Kiffen as “a pattern of piety and integrity.”