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John Owen

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Death of Death Christ John Owen  -  Congregational theologian Source: Wikipedia Born at Stadhampton, Oxfordshire, Owen was educated at Queen’s College, Oxford, where he studied classics and theology and was ordained. Because of the “high-church” innovations introduced by Archbishop William … Continue reading

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William Perkins

William Perkins William Perkins was born in 1558 to Thomas and Hannah Perkins in the village of Marston Jabbett, in Bulkington parish, Warwickshire. As a youth, he indulged in recklessness, profanity, and drunkenness. In 1577, he entered Christ’s College in … Continue reading

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John Newton

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John Newton  -  Evangelical divine and hymn writer Source: Wikipedia Newton was born in London July 24, 1725, the son of a commander of a merchant ship which sailed the Mediterranean. When John was eleven, he went to sea with … Continue reading

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Robert Leighton

Robert Leighton (1611-1684)   Archbishop of Glasgow, was born, probably in London (others say at Ulishaven, Forfarshire), in 1611, the eldest son of Dr Alexander Leighton, and the author of Zion’s Plea against the Prelacie, whose terrible sufferings for having … Continue reading

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Matthew Mead

Matthew Mead (1629-1699)   During the time of Oliver Cromwell’s rule, Mead identified with the Independents. In 1658, Cromwell appointed Mead curate of Mew Chapel, Shadwell, near Stepney; however, Mead lost that position after the Restoration.” Joel Beeke, Meet the … Continue reading

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Walter Marshall

Walter Marshall was born in 1628 at Bishops Wearmouth in Durham, England. At age eleven, he went to study at Winchester College. He then became a fellow at New College, Oxford, from 1648 to 1657. He graduated with a Bachelor … Continue reading

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Cotton Mather

Cotton Mather (1663-1728) (b. Feb. 12, 1663, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony [U.S.]—d. Feb. 13, 1728, Boston), “American Congregational minister and author, supporter of the old order of the ruling clergy, who became the most celebrated of all New England Puritans. … Continue reading

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Andrew Murray

Andrew Murray  -  South-African Dutch Reformed leader, author of  devotional writings Murray was Born in Cape Town, South Africa, Murray became a noted missionary leader. His father was a Scottish Presbyterian serving the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa, and … Continue reading

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F. B. Meyer

F. B. Meyer  -  Baptist pastor and evangelist in England Frederick Brotherton Meyer  was born in London.  He attended Brighton College  and graduated from the University of London in 1869.  He studied theology at Regent’s Park College, Oxford and  began … Continue reading

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Joseph Mede

Joseph Mede  -  English Biblical scholar Joseph Mede (or Joseph Mead)  was a Fellow of Christ’s College, Cambridge from 1613. He is now remembered as a Biblical scholar. He was also a naturalist and Egyptologist. He was a Hebraist, and … Continue reading

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Thomas Manton

Thomas Manton  -  Puritan clergyman Born in Laurence Lydiard, Somerset, Manton was educated locally and then at Hart Hall, Oxford where he graduated BA in 1639.  Joseph Hall, bishop of Norwich, ordained him deacon the following year. He never took … Continue reading

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Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren  -  Baptist preacher and expositor Maclaren was born in Glasgow on February 11, 1826, and died in Manchester on May 5, 1910. He had been for almost sixty-five years a minister, entirely devoted to his calling.  He lived … Continue reading

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William Law

William Law  -  English spiritual writer and mystic Law  was born at King’s Cliffe, Northamptonshire. In 1705 he entered as a student at Emmanuel College, Cambridge; in 1711 he was elected fellow of his college and was ordained. He resided … Continue reading

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Hugh Latimer

Source: Wikipedia Hugh Latimer   -  Bishop of Worcester and Reformer Born in Leicestershire and educated at Cambridge, Latimer was at first antagonistic to the Reformation in England. He was converted in his thinking under the influence of Thomas Bilney, … Continue reading

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Martin Luther

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A Mighty Fortress Martin Luther  -  German reformer Martin Luther was born to peasant stock on November 10, 1483 in Eisleben in the Holy Roman Empire – in what is today eastern Germany.  Soon after Luther’s birth, his family moved … Continue reading

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Christopher Love

Christopher Love Christopher Love was born in Cardiff, Wales, in 1618. At the age of fourteen, he went to hear William Erbury, vicar of St. Mary’s in Cardiff, who would later stray into mysticism. His wife later wrote how Love … Continue reading

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John Lightfoot

John Lightfoot was another Cambridge-educated man. He had a reputation for oratory. His early career was chiefly scholarly and pastoral in several assignments. As a delegate to the Assembly he kept a journal; this has become a valuable historical record … Continue reading

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Abraham Kuyper

Abraham Kuyper  -  Dutch Calvinist statesman and theologian Source: Wikipedia Widely recognized as historian, theologian, philosopher, writer, and professor-educator, Kuyper was born in Maassluis, the son of a State Church (Reformed) pastor, later to accompany his family to the university … Continue reading

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John Knox

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John Knox  -  Scottish reformer Little information has survived about his early life, beyond that he was was probably born in Haddington, about 17 miles outside of Edinburgh and later educated at St Andrews just at the time reformed Christian … Continue reading

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Thomas Hooker

Thomas Hooker (1586-1647) Thomas Hooker was born in Leicestershire around 1586. He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and became Rector of Esher in Surrey in 1620. In the will of Thomas Williarnson, a churchwarden of Chelmsford Parish Church (now … Continue reading

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John Angell James

John Angell James (1785-1859) John Angell James was an English Nonconformist clergyman and writer. He was born at Blandford Forum. After seven years apprenticeship to a linen-draper in Poole, Dorset, he decided to become a preacher, and in 1802 he … Continue reading

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Robert Jamieson

Robert Jamieson  -  (1802-1880), Scottish divine Jamieson was the son of a baker in Edinburgh, born there on Jan 3, 1802.  He was educated at the high school and matriculated at Edinburgh University with the intention of of studying for … Continue reading

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Joseph Hall

  Joseph Hall received his early education at the local Ashby Grammar School, founded by his father’s patron the Earl, and was later sent (1589) to Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The college was Puritan in tone, and Hall was undoubtedly under … Continue reading

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Matthew Henry

Matthew was Philip Henry’s second son. Born prematurely to his mother Katherine Henry, he apparently suffered from a weak constitution during his childhood. But what he lacked in physical health he made up for in spiritual vigor. Schooled by his … Continue reading

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John Howe

John Howe English Puritan divine, born on the 17th of May 1630 at Loughborough, Leicestershire … Though excelled by Baxter as a pulpit orator, and by Owen in exegetical ingenuity and in almost every department of theological learning, Howe compares … Continue reading

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Thomas Gouge

Thomas Gouge, English Puritan (1605 — October 29, 1681) was the son of William Gouge and a noted minister in his own right. He was ejected from his pulpit for nonconformity in 1662. He was known for his generosity and … Continue reading

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George Gillespie

Rev. George Gillespie was one of that remarkable band of statesmanlike ministers that God gave to Scotland in the seventeenth century. Gillespie died while yet a young man, but before he died, as Rutherford wrote to him on his deathbed, … Continue reading

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William Guthrie

William Guthrie  -  Scottish Presbyterian Minister and Author When the Lord raises up a number of faithful ministers of the gospel at once, as He did in Scotland with the Covenanters in the seventeenth century, not all of them are … Continue reading

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William Gurnall

William Gurnall  -  English author and clergyman William  was born at King’s Lynn, Norfolk, was educated at the free grammar school of his native town, and in 1631 was nominated to the Lynn scholarship in Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he … Continue reading

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WILLIAM CAVE

WILLIAM CAVE (1637–1713), English divine, was born at Pickwell in Leicestershire . He was educated at St John’s College,Cambridge, and successively held the livings of Islington (1662), of All-Hallows the Great, Thames Street, London (1679), and of Isleworth in Middlesex … Continue reading

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William Bradford

William Bradford (1590-1657) As a boy in England, William Bradford was caught up in the fervour of the Protestant Reformation and became a dedicated member of the Separatist Church, the “left wing” of Puritanism, when only 12. Seven years later … Continue reading

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Thomas Case

Thomas Case (1598 – 1682) Nonconformist Divine. Was born at Bexley in 1598, and educated at Christ Church, Oxford. Being expelled from the iving of Erpingham, in Norfolk, for Nonconformity, he joined the Parliament, and was appointed, when that party … Continue reading

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SAMUEL BOLTON

SAMUEL BOLTON Samuel Bolton was born in London in 1606, was educated at Manchester School, matriculated as a pensioner at Christ’s College, Cambridge, in 1625, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1629 and a Master of Arts … Continue reading

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John Ball

John Ball (October 1585 – 1640) was an English puritan divine, born in Cassington, Oxfordshire. After taking his BA degree from St Mary’s Hall, Oxford, in 1608, he went into Cheshire to act as tutor to the children of Lady … Continue reading

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Edmund Calamy

Edmund Calamy (February 1600- October 29, 1666) Known as “the elder” he was an English Presbyterian church leader. Of Huguenot descent, he was born in Walbrook, London, and educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where his opposition to the Arminianism excluded … Continue reading

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David Clarkson

David Clarkson Richard Baxter commended David Clarkson for “solid judgment, healing moderate principles, acquaintance with the Fathers, great ministerial abilities, and a godly upright life” (Reliquiae Baxterianae, 1696, 3:97). Born at Bradford, in Yorkshire, Clarkson was educated at Trinity College, … Continue reading

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William Bridge

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William Bridge was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and served for several years as a fellow there as well. He served a five-year pastorate in Essex before accepting a call to Norwich. As a non-conformist, in 1637 he was officially … Continue reading

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Thomas Cartwright

Thomas Cartwright (c. 1535 – December 27, 1603) was an English Puritan churchman. He was born in Hertfordshire, and studied divinity at St John’s College, Cambridge. On the accession of Queen Mary I of England in 1553, he was forced … Continue reading

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William Bates

On the utility of Biography or personal history, there is a general concurrence of opinion. Some there are, who, in point of utility, judge its claims to be superior to those of general history. Without presuming to decide those claims, … Continue reading

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Simeon Ashe

Simeon Ashe was educated at Emmanuel College at Cambridge in the early seventeenth century and began his preaching ministry in Staffordshire, England. Later he was chaplain to the Earl of Manchester, also serving faithfully as a chaplain in the Army … Continue reading

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Ralph Erskine

Ralph Erskine (1685-1752) , Scottish divine, brother of Ebenezer Erskine (q.v.), was See also: BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791) born on the 18th of March 1685 . After studying at the university of Edinburgh, he was in 1711 ordained assistant … Continue reading

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Isaac Ambrose

ISAAC AMBROSE Isaac Ambrose was born in 1604, the son of Richard Ambrose, vicar of Ormskirk, Lancashire. Entering Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1621, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1624, and was ordained to the ministry. He … Continue reading

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Joseph Alleine

Joseph Alleine (1634-1668) Born at Devizes, Wiltshire, early in 1634, Joseph Alleine loved and served the Lord from childhood. A contemporary witness identified 1645 as the year of Alleine’s “setting forth in the Christian race.” From eleven years of age … Continue reading

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David Dickson

David Dickson (1583-1662) David Dickson was born about the year 1583. He was the only son of Mr John Dick or Dickson, merchant in Glasgow, whose father was an old feuar and possessor of some lands in the barony of … Continue reading

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Thomas Doolittle

Thomas Doolittle (1630-1707) Thomas Doolittle was born at Kidderminster, Worcestershire. While at the grammar school in Kidderminster, Doolittle heard Richard Baxter preach sermons that were later published as The Saints’ Everlasting Rest (1653). Those addresses led to Doolittle’s conversion in … Continue reading

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Jeremiah Burroughs

Burroughs studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and was graduated M.A. in 1624, but left the university because of non-conformity. He was assistant to Edmund Calamy at Bury St. Edmunds, and in 1631 became rector of Tivetshall, Norfolk. He was suspended … Continue reading

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Thomas Brooks

Thomas Brooks Thomas Brooks was born in 1608. He entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 1625, where such New England Puritans as Thomas Hooker, John Cotton, and Thomas Shepard were also educated, but he appears to have left before graduating. Brooks … Continue reading

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Thomas Goodwin

Goodwin, Thomas (1600-1680) “Congregational divine. Born in Norfolk and educated at Cambridge, he became a fellow of St. Catherine’s and vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Cambridge. On becoming a Congregationalist in 1634 he resigned and moved to London. In 1639 … Continue reading

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John Gill

John Gill  -   (1697 – 1771), English Baptist, Biblical  scholar,  staunch Calvinist Source: Wikipedia John Gill  was born November 23, 1697 in Kettering, Northamptonshire.  In his youth, he attended Kettering Grammar School, mastering the Latin classics and learning Greek by … Continue reading

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Thomas Fuller

Thomas Fuller  -  English churchman and historian Source: Wikipedia Fuller was born in Aldwinkle St Peter’s, Northamptonshire, C England, UK. He studied at Cambridge, was appointed preacher to the Chapel Royal at the Savoy, London (1641–3), and during the Civil … Continue reading

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John Flavel

John Flavel  -  Puritan theologian Source: Wikipedia Flavel was born at Bromsgrove in Wordesterchire.  He was the elder son of Richard Flavel, described in contemporary records as “a painful and eminent minister.” After receiving his early education, partly at home … Continue reading

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Desiderius Erasmus

Desiderius Erasmus  -  Humanist scholar Source: Wikipedia The Dutch humanist, Desiderius Erasmus, was born at Rotterdam, apparently on October 28, 1466, the illegitimate son of a physician’s daughter by a man who afterwards turned monk. He was called Gerrit Gerritszoon … Continue reading

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Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards  -  American puritan theologian and philosopher Source: Wikipedia Edwards was born in East Windsor, Connecticut, to Timothy Edwards, pastor of East Windsor, and Esther Edwards. The only son in a family of eleven children, he entered Yale in … Continue reading

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Philip Doddridge

Philip Doddridge  -  Non-conformist and hymn-writer Source: hymntime.com/tch Eighteenth century England produced many excellent hymnwriters whose hymns are still sung today – Isaac Watts, Charles Wesley, and the Puritan Philip Doddridge, who died on October 26, 1751. Philip Doddridge was … Continue reading

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Thomas Cranmer

Thomas Cranmer  -  Archbishop of Canterbury and author of the Book of Common Prayer of 1549 Source: Wikipedia Thomas Cranmer was born in Nottinghamshire on July 2, 1489, the son of Thomas Cranmer Senior and his wife, Agnes (Hatfield). He … Continue reading

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John Cotton

John Cotton  -  New England Puritan minister Source: Wikipedia John Cotton was an English clergyman and colonist. He was a principal figure among the New England Puritan ministers, who also included Thomas Hooker, Increase Mather (who became his son-in-law), John … Continue reading

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