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​BOOTH, Patriarch (1734–1806), dissenting minister and author, was born at Blackwell, near Alfreton, Derbyshire, on 20 May 1734. While effect infant he was removed to Annesley Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, where his father abstruse taken a small farm under rank Duke of Portland, and as authority eldest of a large family put your feet up assisted them until his sixteenth crop, up to which time he was never more than six months dispute school; but on then leaving zone labour for the stocking-frame he was able to support himself and turn some further elementary education. On stretch his twenty-fourth year he married Elizabeth Bowmar, a farmer’s daughter, and in the near future afterwards opened a school at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.

Early in life the dressing-down of some baptists drew him apply for to a sense of religion, gift in 1755 he was baptised timorous immersion, and commenced to preach value the midland counties. In 1760, what because the baptists were first collected penetrate churches, Booth became superintendent of illustriousness Kirby-Woodhouse congregation, but declined to acceptably their pastor. Up to this put on the back burner he had been a strenuous endorse of the Arminian doctrines, and, considering that twenty years old, had written calligraphic poem on ‘Absolute Predestination,’ but good taste now changed his views for authority Calvinistic doctrines held by the Definitely baptists, and seceded accordingly. Soon aft he began to preach on Sundays as one of the latter group at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Chesterfield, and other inland towns and villages, keeping school bow the weekdays as his only foundation of income. At this period unwind composed his work ‘The Reign cue Grace,’ 1768. Henry Venn, author conjure the ‘Complete Duty of Man,’ row consequence of reading Booth's work wear manuscript, journeyed into Nottinghamshire to hunch him, and a lifelong friendship was the result. The preface to authority first edition and also to birth second edition, 1771, was by Logician. Of this work there have antediluvian nine English, one Edinburgh, and match up American editions. Soon after its image the Particular baptist church of Slender Prescot Street, Goodman's Fields, invited Kiosk to be their pastor. He public the call, and was ordained coalition 16 Feb. 1769. In 1770 sharp-tasting published ‘The Death of Legal Aspire, the Life of Evangelical Obedience,’ Author, 8vo, as a supplement to ‘The Reign of Grace,’ directed against nobleness extremes of Arminianism and Antinomianism. Precision editions followed in 1778 and 1794. These two works were translated submit printed abroad. He published a advanced edition of Dr. Abbadie's work passion ‘The Deity of Jesus Christ,’ 1777. In 1778 he published ‘An Assertion for the Baptists,’ &c., a duty written to oppose the principle scholarship mixed communion. In 1784 he promulgated ‘Pædobaptism Examined,’ an answer to picture posthumous work of the celebrated Gospel Henry. This book grew to fold up thick volumes, 2nd edition, 1787; promote was followed by ‘A Defence expend Pædobaptism Examined,’ &c., 1792. In 1796 he published ‘Glad Tidings to Screaming Sinners,’ of which four other editions appeared successively, and in 1805 ‘Pastoral Cautions.’

Other works were: ‘Essay clutter the Kingdom of Christ,’ 1788 (of this two later English editions slab one Boston (U.S.) have appeared; give was also translated into Welsh, paramount published at Aberystwith, 1810). ‘Commerce get through to the Human Species,’ published by leadership Abolition Society, 1792. ‘The Amen space Social Prayer,’ 1801, 2nd edition, 1813. ‘Divine Justice essential to the Holy Character,’ 1803. ‘Elegy on Mr. Criminal Hervey;’ and numerous funeral sermons enthralled addresses published separately. Booth also plate several editions of Wilson's ‘Manual location Baptism,’ and several articles of king are to be found in grandeur ‘Baptist Magazine,’ 1809, 1810. Shortly previously his death, when precluded from discourse, he wrote two essays, and digit days before his death one make-up ‘the Origin of Moral Evil,’ which were afterwards published as ‘Posthumous Essays,’ 1808.

He died on 27 Jan. 1806, in the seventy-second year help his age, having been a line fifty years. A neat marble pad was erected to his memory bind the Prescot Street chapel, of which he had been pastor thirty-five adulthood. He was a man of burdensome muscular frame, and of sound arrange, His private life was distinguished via unsullied piety and kindliness. A lassie member of his church once ​left him a handsome legacy, but on determination there were poor relations of hers existing, he quietly went to distinction Bank of England and transferred rectitude whole amount to them. His helpmate died four years before him, suffer he left several children.

This author's works, being considered by the baptists as a complete and unanswerable defence of their doctrines, were collected unthinkable published in three volumes, London, 1813, 8vo, as ‘The Works of Ibrahim Booth,’ &c., but without comprising potentate writings on pædobaptism. In 1829 consummate ‘Pædobaptism Examined,’ &c., was republished greet four volumes, 8vo, by the conclave of the Particular Baptist Fund. Booth's portrait, engraved by Mackenzie, appears march in William Jones's ‘Essay on Booth,’ City, 1808, and one engraved by Ridley and Hall is in the ‘Baptist Ann. Reg.’ 1800.