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Dr.
Peter Chamberlen - Woodham Mortimer, Essex, England
 St.
Margaret's Chapel in Essex, England, contains the tombstone of Puritan
Sabbath keeping Dr. Peter Chamberlen, a respected, trusted, and much
loved physician to three sets of kings and queens in 17th century
England.
The inscription on the tombstone
reads as follows:
"The said Peter Chamberlen toock ye degree of Doctor in Physick,
in fever all Universities born att home and abroad and lived such
above three score years being physician in ordinary to three Kings
and Queens of England. viz. King James & Queen Anne; King Charles
ye first & Queen Mary; King Charles ye second & Queen Katherine;
& also tosome forraine Princes; having travelled most of partes
of Europe and speaking most of the languages.
As for his religion he was a Christian keeping ye Commandments of God & faith of Jesus.
being baptized about ye year 1648, & keeping ye 7th day for ye saboth above 32 years.
To tell his Learning and his Life to Men: Enough is said by here lyes
Chamberlen."
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Century of The Sabbath in History
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"Here is the patience
of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments
of God, and the faith of Jesus."
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