October 12 – 1643 = Parliament orders Westminster Assembly to make a new church government Acts 15:2 And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
October 11 – 1531 = Zwingli dies on the battle field. John 18:11 So Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?” Ulrich Zwingli had been the main reformer of... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
October 10 – 1633 John Cotton made teacher of First Church Boston 2 Timothy 1:9 who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
October 9 – 1620= Louisa Coligny dies 1620 Cardinal Richeleau cannot convert her to Romanism on death bed. 2 Corinthians 1:5 “For though we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.” Louisa... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
October 8 – 1559 = Don Carlos De Seso and 12 others died by fire or strangling for believing Lutheran teaching. Judges 6:23 But the LORD said to him, “Peace be to you. Do not fear; you shall not die.” Don Carlos De Seso was a noble who... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
October 7 – 1649 = Elector Charles Lewis re-entered the Palatinate for the first time since the 30 Years War Ezra 3:12 But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ houses, old men who had seen the first house, wept with a... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
October 6 – 1536 = William Tyndale dies a martyr’s death outside of Brussels. Acts 9:18 And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he rose and was baptized; William Tyndale believed that the... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
October 5 – 1600 = Thomas Goodwin born Philemon 1:3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Thomas Goodwin was born October 5, 1600 in England. He attended Christ College at Cambridge where the Puritan influence... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
October 4 – 1656 = University of Duisburg opens as a Reformed University And when they called for the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the secretary, and Joah the son of Asaph,... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
October 3 – 1692 = Increase Mather preaches “Cases of Conscience against Evil Spirits”. Matthew 12:7 “If you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.” The Salem Witch Trials had... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
