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John Murton
John Murton (c. 1584–1656) was an English Separatist minister and early advocate for religious liberty who played a formative role in the development of Baptist theology and practice during the early seventeenth century. A colleague of Thomas Helwys in the English Separatist movement, Murton authored An Humble Supplication to the King's Majesty (1620), a pioneering defense of conscience rights and toleration that challenged the established church's monopoly on religious authority. His theological contributions to the emerging Baptist movement and his principled arguments for the separation of church and state established him as a significant figure in the intellectual history of religious dissent and the conceptual foundations of modern religious freedom.
From An Humble Supplication to the King's Majesty
To the High and Mighty KING, JAMES, By the Grace of God, King of Great Brittain, France, and Ireland. To the Right Excellent and Noble PRINCE, CHARLES, Prince of Wales, &c. To all the Right Hanorable NOBILITY, Grave and Honorable JUDGES, and to all other the Right Worshipful GENTRY, of all Estates and Degrees, assembled in this present Parliament. Right High and Mighty, Right Excellent & Noble,
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