Originally published in 1912, this book forms part of a two-volume set on English Dissent between 1550 and 1641.

Introduction; Foreword; 1. The Anabaptists in England before 1612; 2. The gradual growth of Puritanism and its contribution to the development of English Separatism until 1581; 3. Robert Browne and the organization of the first English Congregational church; 4. The rise of the Barrowists; 5. The Barrowists under the leadership of Francis Johnson until 1597; 6. The Barrowists on the continent; 7. Certain obscure Barrowist and Separatist congregations between 1588 and 1641; 8. The Family of Love and the English Seekers; 9. The first two English Anabaptist congregations and their leaders; 10. The congregation of English Anabaptists under the leadership of Thomas Helwys and John Murton; 11. The English General, or Arminian, Anabaptists between 1624 and 1642; 12. The rise of the Independents; 13. The history of Henry Jacob's independent Puritan congregation in London; and the story of the rise of the English Particular, or Calvinistic, Anabaptists; Appendix. A critical examination of the Gould manuscript; 14. The churches of New England until about 1641; Appendix A. An additional note concerning the book entitled Truth's Champion; Appendix B. An additional note relating to A very plain and well grounded treatise concerning Baptisme; Appendix C. The latest discovery relating to John Wilkinson; Appendix D. The will of Ann Robinson, mother of John Robinson, pastor of the Pilgrim Fathers; Appendix E. Did any English General Anabaptist practise immersion before 1641?