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<p> Baker, John (2), </p> <p> an English Wesleyan minister, was born at Bideford, Devonshire, in 1793. He was brought to Christ at the age of seventeen; entered the itinerancy in 1818; went to Western Africa as a missionary the same year; labored at [[Sierra]] Leone and St. Mary's (1819-20) until repeated attacks of fever compelled him to leave with a broken constitution. He also labored at St. Vincent, W. I., in 1822, and in [[England]] from 1823. His last illness seized him while in the pulpit, and he died at Brighton, Nov. 17, 1845. He had a vigorous understanding, and his discourses were original and replete with evangelical truth. He was ardently attached to the whole economy of his Church, and supported it with firmness and integrity. He retained his missionary ardor to the last. See Minutes of the British Conference, 1846. </p>
<p> Baker, John (1), </p> <p> a [[Protestant]] martyr, was an Englishman by birth, and dwelt in Cadiz, Spain. He was apprehended and burned in Seville, Nov. 2, 1558, for his faithful adherence to the truth. See Fox, Acts and Monuments, 8:516. </p>


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<ref name="term_22649"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/baker,+john+(2) John Baker from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_22651"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/baker,+john+(1) John Baker from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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John Baker [1]

Baker, John (1),

a Protestant martyr, was an Englishman by birth, and dwelt in Cadiz, Spain. He was apprehended and burned in Seville, Nov. 2, 1558, for his faithful adherence to the truth. See Fox, Acts and Monuments, 8:516.

References

  1. ↑ John Baker from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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