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The Journal of Andrew Fuller Studies The Journal of Andrew Fuller Studies No. 1 | September 2020 The Journal of Andrew Fuller Studies Published in the United States of America by by The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary 2825 Lexington Road Louisville, Kentucky 40280 © The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies 2020 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies, or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. ISBN 978-1-989174-70-8 Printed by H&E Publishing, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada The Journal for Andrew Fuller Studies The Journal of Andrew Fuller Studies is an open access, double-blind peer-reviewed, scholarly journal published online biannually in February and September by the An- drew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies (under the auspices of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary). The publication language of the journal is English. Articles that deal with the life, ministry, and thought of the Baptist pastor-theologian Andrew Fuller are very welcome, as well as essays on his friends, his Particular Baptist community in the long eighteenth century (1680s‒1830s), and the global impact of his thought, known as “Fullerism.” Articles and book reviews are to follow generally the style of Kate L. Turabian, A Man- ual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 9th ed. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2018). They may be submitted in British, American, Australian, New Zealand, or Canadian English. Articles should be between 5,000 and 8,000 words, ex- cluding footnotes. Articles are to be sent to the Editor and book reviews to the Book Review Editors. Editor: Michael A G Haykin, FRHistS Chair & Professor of Church History & Director, The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky [email protected] Associate editors: Ian Hugh Clary, PhD Assistant Professor of Historical Theology Colorado Christian University, Lakewood, Colorado [email protected] Baiyu Andrew Song, PhD cand. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Louisville, Kentucky & Part-time lecturer, Redeemer University, Ancaster, Ontario [email protected] 3 Design editor: Dustin W. Benge, PhD Provost & Professor in Church History Union School of Theology, Bridgend, Wales Book review editors: Josiah Michael Claassen, PhD cand. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky [email protected] C. Anthony Neel, PhD cand. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky [email protected] Editorial board Cindy Aalders, DPhil Director of the John Richard Allison Library Assistant Professor of the History of Christianity Regent College, Vancouver Dustin W. Benge, PhD Provost & Professor in Church History Union School of Theology, Bridgend, Wales Dustin B. Bruce, PhD Dean & Assistant Professor of Christian Theology and Church History Boyce College, Louisville, Kentucky Chris W. Crocker, PhD Pastor, Markdale Baptist Church, ON Associate Professor of Church History, Toronto Baptist Seminary, Ontario Chris Chun, PhD Professor of Church History & Director of the Jonathan Edwards Center Gateway Seminary, Ontario, California Jenny-Lyn de Klerk, PhD cand., Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, MO & Puritan Project Assistant Regent College, Vancouver Jason G. Duesing, PhD Provost & Professor of Historical Theology Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri 4 Nathan A. Finn, PhD Provost & Dean of the University Faculty North Greenville University, Tigerville, South Carolina C. Ryan Griffith, PhD Independent scholar, Minneapolis, Minnesota Peter Morden, PhD Senior Pastor/Team Leader, Cornerstone Baptist Church Leeds, England & Distinguished Visiting Scholar Spurgeon’s College, London Adriaan C. Neele, PhD Director, Doctoral Program & Professor of Historical Theology Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan & Research Scholar Yale University, Jonathan Edwards Center, New Haven, Connecticut Tom Nettles, PhD Senior Professor of Historical Theology The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky Robert Strivens, PhD Pastor, Bradford on Avon Baptist Church (UK) & Lecturer in Church History, London Seminary S. Blair Waddell, PhD Pastor, Providence Baptist Church, Huntsville, Alabama & Lecturer in Communications, Church History, & New Testament The Birmingham Theological Seminary Birmingham, Alabama Steve Weaver, PhD Pastor, Farmdale Baptist Church Frankfort, Kentucky & Adjunct Professor of Church History The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky 5 Contents The Journal of Andrew Fuller Studies No. 1, September 2020 Editorial 9 Michael A.G. Haykin Articles John Gill and the charge of hyper-Calvinism: 11 Assessing contemporary arguments in defense of Gill in light of Gill’s doctrine of eternal justification David Mark Rathel “Be reconciled to trying disciplines”: 31 Andrew Fuller’s pastorate at Soham, 1775–1782 Peter J. Morden “The poisonous influence of a corrupt 47 Antinomian leaven”: Caleb Evans’ response to the Antinomianism of William Huntington Casey G. McCall Texts & documents Extracts from six letters written by 59 Benjamin Beddome in 1759 and 1760 ed. and annotated Gary Brady On being missional—a letter of Andrew Fuller 67 to George Charles Smith ed. Michael A.G. Haykin “A juster idea of character”: Robert Hall, Jr. 73 on the competing biographies of Andrew Fuller by J.W. Morris and John Ryland, Jr. introd. and ed. C. Ryan Griffith Book Reviews 83 7 Editorial Michael A.G. Haykin Michael A.G. Haykin is Chair and Professor of Church History and Director, The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky. ______________________________________________________________ The Journal of Andrew Fuller Studies is designed to provide academic reflection on the life and thought of Andrew Fuller, who, nearly seventy-five years ago, was described by A.C. Underwood as “the soundest and most creatively useful theologian the Particular Baptists have ever had.”1 For much of the twentieth century, though, little attention was paid to Fuller. Though there were a small number of articles and a few academic theses on him, Gilbert S. Laws’ popular biography, Andrew Fuller: Pastor, Theologian, Ropeholder, was the only book focused on Fuller that was published in this entire century.2 In the past two de- cades, though, Fuller’s “extraordinary importance in the history of theology”— to quote the words of British Baptist historian David Bebbington3—has been increasingly recognized. This journal seeks to be a channel for this renaissance of Fuller studies.4 Articles will deal with Fuller’s life and thought as well as the key roles that Fuller, his circle of friends, and his theological perspective—known as “Ful- lerism” while he was still alive—played in both the revitalization of the Brit- 1 A. C. Underwood, A History of the English Baptists (London: The Baptist Union Publication Dept. [Kingsgate Press], 1947), 166. 2 Gilbert S. Laws, Andrew Fuller: Pastor, Theologian, Ropeholder (London: Carey Press, 1942). 3 David Bebbington, e-mail to Michael A.G. Haykin, March 11, 2009. 4 See Nathan A. Finn, “The Renaissance in Andrew Fuller Studies: A Bibliographic Essay,”The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology, 17, no.2 (Summer 2013): 44–61. 9 The Journal of Andrew Fuller Studies ish Baptists as well as in the launching of the modern missionary movement. Papers that focus on the history of the Particular Baptists in the long eigh- teenth century—the ecclesial community that was the scene of Fuller’s life and thought—will also have a place in this journal as well as essays that deal with the various aspects of the direct impact of Fullerism in the Anglo-American world of Evangelicalism. Each issue will also feature a few critically-edited pri- mary sources, either newly-discovered texts or long-forgotten documents, as well as book reviews relevant to the main concerns of the journal. May the triune God, who was loved and served by Andrew Fuller, ultimate- ly bless this academic endeavour for the edification of his people and the glori- fication of his divine Name. 10 The Journal of Andrew Fuller Studies 1 | September 2020 John Gill and the charge of hyper-Calvinism: assessing contemporary arguments in defense of Gill in light of Gill’s doctrine of eternal justification David Mark Rathel David Rathel received his PhD in Divinity from the University of St Andrews in Scotland and currently serves as Associate Professor of Christian Theology at Gateway Seminary. ______________________________________________________________ For Baptists, John Gill (1697–1771) has great historical significance.1 He pa- stored a church meeting at Goat Yard, Horsleydown, in Southwark, London, and this meeting later became the Metropolitan Tabernacle famously led by Charles Spurgeon. Gill was the first Baptist to write a commentary on every book of the Bible and the first Baptist to compose a comprehensive systematic theology. Both his pastoral work and extensive writing ministry allowed him to exercise considerable influence among Particular Baptists during the eigh- teenth century.2 Though recognizing Gill’s importance, historians disagree over the nature 1 This article is an
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