At the Conference, under the reign of King James I of England (formerly James VI of Scotland) in 1604, some leading Puritans had a chance to present to the king their ideas for change in the Church of England. But James dismissed most of their opinions rather rudely. On only one point did he consent to the demands of the Puritans. He was willing to have a new translation of the Scriptures made. From this decision came what we call the King James version of the Bible.

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In 1603, when Queen Elizabeth died without an heir, James VI of Scotland, the son of Mary Queen of Scots, became James I of England, uniting for the first time the two kingdoms. When the Puritans presented their ideas for change in the Church of England at the Hampton Court Conference in 1604, King James rejected most of their opinions, but did consent to have a new translation of the Scriptures made, resulting in the King James Version of the Bible.

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At Hampton Court Conference in 1604 the Puritans presented to King James I their ideas for change in the Church of England. He consented on only one of their points, he was willing to have a new translation of the Scriptures made. From this decision came what we call the King James version of the Bible.

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Pastor and leader of the Scrooby congregation. When, after the Hampton Court Conference, they left the Church of England and moved to Holland for safety and freedom of worship they realized that their children were forgetting the English language and customs. So, ten years after leaving England, they returned to England and set sail from Plymouth for New England in the Mayflower.

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Some in the Puritan movement grew impatient for change in the Church. Shortly after the Hampton Court Conference, little groups of believers began to meet for worship as they felt the Bible taught them — not according to bishops and prayer books. They were determined to obey God even if their nation's leaders were not. We call this movement Separatism because the groups were intent upon leaving the Church of England.

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After the Hampton Court Conference, little groups of believers began to meet for worship as they felt the Bible taught them — not according to bishops and prayer books. This movement was identified as separatism because the groups were intent upon leaving the Church of England. One of these groups was in Gainsborough in northern England. By 1608 this group had moved to Amsterdam, Holland for safety and freedom of worship. John Smyth was the pastor of this flock. A Cambridge graduate, he studied his Greek New Testament with care and discovered that the practice of baptizing babies never appeared in its pages. If babies were not included in the covenant of grace — only mature believers in Jesus Christ — then shouldn't churches be constituted by confession of faith rather than ties of covenants? Smyth and forty members of the Amsterdam congregation answered, "yes", and were baptized upon the profession of their