Complete Works of Menno Simon Volume 1

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The complete writings of Menno Simons, in English translation (in volumes)

Text from Christian Classics Ethereal Library; in the public domain.

Contents

1. PUBLISHERS' PREFACE.
2. TO THE READER.
3. Menno Simon's Renunciation OF THE CHURCH OF ROME.
4. AN ACCOUNT OF THE SEVERE PERSECUTIONS OF MENNO SIMON, AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE PLACE WHERE HE LAST PREACHED THE GOSPEL, DIED AND WAS BURIED.
5. TO THE READER.
6. PREFACE.
7. THE DAY OF GRACE.
8. SINCERE AND TRUE REPENTANCE.
9. FAITH.
10. A SUPPLICATION TO THE MAGISTRACY,
11. CONCERNING BAPTISM,
12. COUNTER ARGUMENTS WITH THEIR REPLICATIONS.
13. AN ADMONITION ADDRESSED TO THE SCORNERS OF THE WORD CONCERNING BAPTISM.
14. THE LORD'S HOLY SUPPER.
15. THE CORRUPTION OF THE HOLY SUPPER.
16. SHUNNING BABYLON.
17. SENDING PREACHERS
18. THE DOCTRINE OF THE PREACHERS.
19. THE CONDUCT OF PREACHERS.
20. THE CONDUCT OF PREACHERS.
21. COUNTER ARGUMENTS OF BABYLON AND ITS BUILDERS, WITH THEIR REPLICATIONS.
22. A CHRISTIAN AND AFFECTIONATE EXHORTATION TO ALL IN AUTHORITY.
23. APPEAL TO THE LEARNED.
24. APPEAL TO THE COMMON PEOPLE.
25. APPEAL TO CORRUPT SECTS.
26. TO THE BRIDE, KINGDOM, STATE, CHURCH OF THE LORD, GRACE AND PEACE.
27. CONCLUSION OF THIS BOOK.
28. THE TRUE CHRISTIAN FAITH
29. THE TRUE CHRISTIAN FAITH.
30. THE PAPISTIC BELIEF.
31. THE LUTHERAN BELIEF.
32. THE BELIEF OF THE ENGLISH OR ZUINGLIANS.
33. THE TRUE CHRISTIAN BELIEF.
34. NOAH'S FAITH.
35. ABRAHAM'S FAITH AND OBEDIENCE.
36. FAITH AND FIDELITY OF MOSES.
37. THE FAITH OF CALEB AND JOSHUA.
38. THE BELIEF OF THE PIOUS KING JOSIAH.
39. THE FAITH OF THE CENTURION OF CAPERNAUM.
40. THE FAITH OF ZACCHEUS, THE PUBLICAN.
41. THE MURDERER'S FAITH.
42. FAITH OF THE SINFUL WOMAN.
43. FAITH OF THE WOMAN OF CANAAN.
44. TO THE CHRISTIAN READER. CONCLUSION.
45. A Fundamental Doctrine
46. A FUNDAMENTAL DOCTRINE FROM THE WORD OF THE LORD, OF THE NEW BIRTH.
47. AN EXHORTATION TO THE DISPERSED AND UNKNOWN CHILDREN OF GOD.
48. A Consoling Admonition CONCERNING THE SUFFERINGS, OPPRESSIONS AND Persecutions of the Saints
49. PREFACE.
50. THE CROSS OF CHRIST · Part 1
51. THE CROSS OF CHRIST · Part 2
52. THE CROSS OF CHRIST · Part 3
53. THE CROSS OF CHRIST · Part 4
54. THE CROSS OF CHRIST · Part 5
55. A PLEASING MEDITATION AND Devout Contemplation
56. PREFACE.
57. THE TWENTY‑FIFTH PSALM EXPLAINED BY WAY OF SUPPLICATION.
58. A Plain Instruction
59. THE SPIRITUAL RESURRECTION.
60. CONCLUSION
61. SEPARATION FROM THE CHURCH OF CHRIST
62. PREFACE.
63. EXPLANATION OF THE TRUE APOSTOLIC SEPARATION OR EXCOMMUNICATION. · Part 1
64. EXPLANATION OF THE TRUE APOSTOLIC SEPARATION OR EXCOMMUNICATION. · Part 2
65. EXPLANATION OF THE TRUE APOSTOLIC SEPARATION OR EXCOMMUNICATION. · Part 3
66. CONCLUSION AND EXHORTATION TO ALL THE PIOUS.
67. HOW ALL PIOUS PARENTS ARE REQUIRED TO GOVERN, CORRECT AND EDUCATE THEIR CHILDREN
68. PREFACE.
69. THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN.
70. LETTERS WRITTEN BY MENNO SIMON.
71. SECOND LETTER.
72. THIRD LETTER.
73. FOURTH LETTER.