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Editor's Notes

• #3: English Sabbatarianism is generally associated with two individuals: John Traske (1585-1636); and, TheophilusBrabourne (1590-1662). Dorothy Traske (1585?-1645) was also a major figure in keeping the early Traskite congregations growing in numbers.TraskiteSabbatarians generally held the the following tenets: 1) a literal Fourth Commandment; 2) Christ did not change the Sabbath; 3) God had created the Seventh day to rest. They also observed many of the Mosaic Laws especially in regards to dietary laws.Some of the better known Independent congregations with Sabbatarian leanings:The Mill Yard Church (London) is often considered one of the first established Sabbatarian congregations in London. Its exact beginnings are still unclear. It may have developed from an earlier Seventh-Day Baptist congregation.Dr. Peter Chamberlen (1601-1683), John More (d. 1702), or William Saller (or Sallows), a London compass maker are often named as the first possible Elders of the congregation. John James (d. 1661) was an Elder. He was arrested, and put on trial for holding Fifth Monarchy views. During the trial he stated that he did not support the Venner Rising (1661)at the time. He stated that he did have later second thoughts that if he could do it over again, he would. This was enough for the Crown and he was found guilty. He would suffer a rather cruel and harsh death at the hands of the Government at Tyburn in 1661. Some have suggested that he became an object lesson of the Governmental anger.The Lothbury Square (London) Congregation (1652-54) was a short lived endeavor. Peter Chamberlen and John More (or Moore) establish a Sabbatarian congregation with possible connections with the earlier Mill Yard Church (London).A prominent independent London pastor Henry Jessey (d. 1663), of the Jacob-Lathrop-Jessey Congregation developed Sabbatarian leaning in the mid-1650's. He and his congregation would be linked with Sabbatarianism. Jessey became associated with the Fifth Monarchy Men until the Restoration(1660).Some of the better known Sabbatarian congregation in London were:The Bell Lane Church in Spitalfields (London)(ca. 1662- ) membership of Particular/Calvinist Baptists as a Seventh Day Baptist under the pastorship of John Belcher (d. 1695), (or Belchar, Bellchar) from 1664-95. Belcher was a bricklayer by profession and itinerant preacher with Fifth Monarchist leanings. He was arrested with John Canne (1590?-1667) and Wentworth Day (d. 1662) at a conventicle in Swan Alley, Coleman Street (London) on 1 April 1658 with other Fifth Monarchy Men. Belcher was released later that same month. Belcher was a major radical, but he did not support the Venner Rising (1661) due to personal differences of opinions with Venner.Swan Alley, Coleman Street, (London) Congregation to ca. 1661. The congregation was heavily linked with the Fifth Monarchy Men. Arms and ammunition were found there in 1657. It became a favorite meeting place for Fifth Monarchists activists. There was a close relationship during the period from 1650-1660 between many Sabbatarians and the general Fifth Monarchists movement. Many of these Sabbatarian congregations survived the Restoration(1660). Sabbatarianism would continue to grow and prosper in England into the eighteenth century.