Hanserd Knollys
Hanserd Knollys | |
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Born | 1598 Lincolnshire |
Died | 1691 (aged 92–93) |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Minister |
Hanserd Knollys (1599–1691) was an English
Life
He was born at
On 24 December 1641 he reached London on his return, which was for his aged father, He opened a boarding-school on
He gathered a church of his own in 1646, meeting first for about a year, in Great St. Helen's, then in
Between 1645 and the Restoration Knollys met with no interference. He held some offices of profit under Cromwell's government. On the outbreak (7 January 1661) of
In London he once more resumed his school and his pastorate, preaching also a morning lecture on Sundays at Pinners' Hall, Old Broad Street, then in the hands of independents. On 10 May 1670 he was arrested at his meeting in George Yard, under the
He died on 19 September 1691, in his ninety-third year, and was buried in Bunhill Fields. The funeral sermon was preached by Thomas Harrison (1699–1702), particular Baptist minister at Petty France, and afterwards at Loriners' Hall. He married in 1630 or 1631; his wife died on 30 April 1671; he had at least three sons and a daughter; Isaac, his last surviving son, died on 16 November 1671.[3]
Works
- A Glimpse of Sion's Glory (1641)
- Christ Exalted (1645)
- An Exposition of the Eleventh Chapter of Revelation (1679)
- An Exposition of the First Chapter of the Song of Solomon (1656)
- An Exposition of the Whole Book of Revelation (1689)
- Mystical Babylon Unveiled ... (1679)
- The Parable of the Kingdom of Heaven Expounded (1674)
- The Rudiments of the Hebrew Grammar in English (1648)
- The Shining of a Flaming-fire in Zion (1646)
Legacy
The Hanserd Knollys Society was founded in London in 1845, "for the publication of the works of early English and other Baptist writers".[5] A total of ten volumes were published. Seven of the volumes were edited by Edward Bean Underhill. Other volumes were edited by George Offor, the Reverend C. Stovel, and the Reverend F. A. Cox. The two volumes by Thieleman J. van Braght were translated from the Dutch by the Reverend Benjamin Millard, while the first of the two volumes has illustrations by the engraver Jan Luyken.
- William Hendry Stowell (1856). "Works of the Hanserd Knollys Society". The Eclectic Review. XI: 275–.
- 1 E. Underhill, ed. (1846). Tracts on Liberty of Conscience. Hanserd Knollys Society.
- 2 E. Underhill, ed. (1847). The Records of a Church of Christ: Meeting in Broadmead, Bristol, 1640-1687. Hanserd Knollys Society.
- 3 John Bunyan (1847). G. Offor (ed.). The Pilgrim's Progress. Hanserd Knollys Society.
- 4 Roger Williams (1848). E. Underhill (ed.). The Bloudy Tenet of Persecution. Hanserd Knollys Society.
- 5 John Canne (1849). C. Stovel (ed.). A Necessity of Separation from the Church of England. Hanserd Knollys Society.
- 6 T. J. Van Braght; Jan Luiken (1850). E. Underhill (ed.). A Martyrology of the Churches of Christ, Commonly Called Baptists, During the Era of the Reformation. Vol. 1. Hanserd Knollys Society.
- 7 T. J. Van Braght (1853). A Martyrology of the Churches of Christ, Commonly Called Baptists, During the Era of the Reformation. Vol. 2. Hanserd Knollys Society.
- 8 C. M. Du Veil (1851). F. A. Cox (ed.). A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles. Hanserd Knollys Society.
- 9 E. Underhill, ed. (1854). Records of the Churches of Christ, Gathered at Fenstanton, Warboys, and Hexham, 1644-1720. Hanserd Knollys Society.
- 10 E. Underhill, ed. (1854). Confessions of Faith and Other Public Documents Illustrative of the History of the Baptist Churches of England in the 17th Century. Hanserd Knollys Society.
Notes
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, January 2010, accessed 20 September 2010
- ^ "Knollys, Hansard (KNLS629H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b c d e f s:Knollys, Hanserd (DNB00)
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). "Cox, Benjamin". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 12. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 404.
- ^ The first annual report of the Hanserd Knollys Society for the publication of the works of early English and other Baptist writers, 1845, 6, London, 1847
External links
Bibliography
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Knollys, Hanserd". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- Barry H. Howson (2001). Erroneous and Schismatical Opinions: The Questions of Orthodoxy Regarding the Theology of Hanserd Knollys (c. 1599-1691). Leiden: Brill. ISBN 90-04-11997-3.
- Dennis C. Bustin (2006). Paradox and Perseverance: Hanserd Knollys, Particular Baptist Pioneer in Seventeenth-Century England. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock Publishers. ISBN 978-1-59752-874-0.
- William L. Pitts, Jr.; Rady Roldán-Figueroa (2017). The Collected Works of Hanserd Knollys: Pamphlets on Religion. ISBN 978-0-88146-610-2.
- Hanserd Knollys (1646). The Shining of a Flaming-fire in Zion. London.
- Richard Bartlett (1837). Memoir of Hanserd Knollys. New Hampshire Historical Society. pp. 175–.
- "Hanserd Knollys in America". Christian Review. XXIII. Baltimore. Maryland: 438–. 1858.