Hezekiah Holland (minister)
Hezekiah Holland (c. 1617 – after 1660) was an
Probably born in
Before long, the General Baptists were gathering a large number of adherents in Kent, and Holland found that he needed to take part in religious controversy with George Hammon, preacher of Biddenden, one of the Baptist leaders.[1]
In his work An exposition or, A short, but full, plaine, and perfect epitome of the most choice commentaries upon the
In Adam's Condition in Paradise Discovered (1656), Holland addressed his opponent Hammon, remarking "you have gotten into great repute with those who know not how to contradict you". Hammon, in a work dated 1660, refers to Holland as being still at Sutton Valence, but this was the year of the
Publications
- A Christian looking-glasse, or, A glimps of Christs unchangably everlasting love discovered in several sermons, in the parish-church of Sutton-Valence (Printed by T. R. & E. M. for George Calvert, at the Half-moon in Watling-street, neer Pauls stump, 1649)
- Anglo-Hibernus, An exposition or, A short, but full, plaine, and perfect epitome of the most choice commentaries upon the Revelation of Saint John (1650)[6]
- Adam's Condition in Paradise Discovered Wherein Is Proved That Adam Had Right to Eternall Life, in Innocency, and Forfeited It, for Him and His (1656)[7]
Notes
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography(Oxford University Press, 2007)
- ^ a b Bryan W. Ball, A great expectation: eschatological thought in English Protestantism to 1660, p. 32
- ^ James Granger, A biographical history of England, from Egbert the Great to the revolution (1804 edition), p. 48
- ^ Alfred Edersheim, Israel's watchman (and prophetic expositor) (1880), p. 244
- ^ Bryan W. Ball, The Soul Sleepers: Christian Mortalism from Wycliffe to Priestley (James Clarke & Co., 2008), p. 111
- ^ brief details at books.google.com
- ^ brief details at books.google.com