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Benjamin Griffith <ref name="term_42320" />  

<p> a minister prominent among the early [[Baptists]] in America. He was born in County Cardigan, South Wales, in 1688, and came to this country in 1710, settling in [[Montgomery]] township, Penn. He was baptized in 1711, called to the ministry in 1722, and ordained in 1725. He enjoyed a successful ministry, labored extensively, and churches still exist that were formed in the field of his itinerant labors. He published — </p> <p> 1. A Treatise of [[Church]] [[Discipline]] : — </p> <p> 2. Vindication of the [[Doctrine]] of the [[Resurrection]] : — </p> <p> 3. [[Answer]] to "The [[Divine]] [[Right]] of Infant Baptism," printed by B. Franklin, 1747. </p> <p> He also wrote An Essay on the [[Power]] and Duty of an Association, and left it in MS. It was published in 1832. He died in 1768. (L.E.S.) </p>

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