... be limited to those who could demonstrate by a narrative of the religious experiences that they had received saving faith (Morgan, 65). Separatists" churches in Holland or Plymouth required any similar test. It is unknown where, when, and how the belief and the practice did originate of testing prospective members of the church for signs of saving grace, and therefor attempting to ... were very few, and partly because their writers were busy in explaining and defending their separation. The other Puritans, remaining within the Church of England, who charted the route from sin to holines...

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