William Spurstowe
English clergyman and theologian (d. 1666)
William Spurstowe (Spurstow) (c. 1605–1666) was an English clergyman, theologian, and member of the Westminster Assembly . He was one of the Smectymnuus group of Presbyterian clergy, supplying the final WS (read as UUS) of the acronym.
Life
His father William Spurstow was a mercer in London. The son studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge . [1] [2]
He became a Fellow of St. Katherine's Hall College, Cambridge in 1638, during the Mastership of Ralph Brownrigg , and succeeded as Master in 1645 . At the time it was strongly Puritan in tone, with John Arrowsmith , John Bond , Thomas Goodwin , Andrew Perne and William Strong as other Fellows. [3] [4] [5]
In the late 1630s he was an associate of John Hampden , and in 1638 he became vicar of Great Hampden . [6] [7] Later he was chaplain to Hampden's troops. [8]
He became vicar of Hackney in 1643, and was made Master of his college. He was deprived of the mastership, in 1650. [9]
After the Restoration, he was consulted on the Declaration of Indulgence . [10] He was ejected from his parish of Hackney for nonconformity, in 1662. He remained in Hackney, welcomed Richard Baxter , employed Ezekiel Hopkins , and provided a focus for numerous other ejected ministers. [11] He built six almshouses there, work starting shortly before his death. [12]
Works
- Englands Patterne and Duty in Its Monthly Fasts (1643)
- Englands eminent judgments, caus'd by the abuse of Gods eminent mercies (1644)
- The Magistrate's Dignity and Duty (1653)
- The Wels of Salvation Opened . London: T.R. & E.M. 1655.
- Death and the Grave No Bar to Believers Happinesse (1656)
- A Crown of Life, the Reward of Faithfulnesse (1662)
- The Spiritual Chymist; Or, Six Decads of Divine Meditations on Several Subjects . 1666.
- The Wiles of Satan . 1666.
- Tract Entitled True and Faithful Relation of a Worthy Discourse: Between Colonel John Hampden and Colonel Oliver Cromwell . Chapman and Hall. 1847.
Notes
- ↑ "William Spurstowe (SPRW623W)" . A Cambridge Alumni Database . University of Cambridge.
- ↑ "ADVENTURERS IN THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COMPANY - from the Book the Massachusets Bay Company and Its Predecessors" .
- ↑ Barry H. Howson, Erroneous and Schismatical Opinions: The Questions of Orthodoxy Regarding the Theology of Hanserd Knollys (c. 1599-1691) (2001), note p. 155.
- ↑ "Richard Sibbes on Entertaining the Holy Spirit" . www.puritansermons.com . Archived from the original on 16 January 2000.
- ↑ "Thomas Goodwin - the readable puritan" .
- ↑ "Rectors of the Parish Church of St Mary Magdalen, Great Hampden" . met.open.ac.uk . Archived from the original on 17 April 2001.
- ↑ Tom Webster, Kenneth Shipps, The Diary of Samuel Rogers, 1634-1638 (2004), note p. 83.
- ↑ Cecil E. Lucas Phillips, Cromwell's Captains (1973), p. 81.
- ↑ "Hackney: The Parish Church | British History Online" .
- ↑ Thomas Scanlan, Colonial Writing and the New World, 1583-1671: Allegories of Desire (1999), p. 160.
- ↑ "Hackney: Protestant Nonconformity | British History Online" .
- ↑ "Records of the Reverend Dr William Spurstowe's Charity, Hackney" .
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