Nathaniel Holmes (theologian)

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Nathaniel Holmes or Homes[note 1] (1599–1678) was an English Independent theologian and preacher. He has been described as a “Puritan writer of great ability".[1]

Life

He graduated with a B.A. from

Henry Burton;[2] he was rector of St Mary Staining, Oat Lane, Aldersgate, in London to 1662. In 1644 his Gospell-Musick defended and promoted psalm-singing, and reprinted the preface to the Bay Psalm Book.[3]

A convinced

House of Commons in 1641, under the influence of Thomas Brightman.[4] In 1650, in another sermon to the Commons after the battle of Dunbar, he cited the Book of Daniel and Book of Revelation.[5] He has been considered a follower of Johann Heinrich Alsted.[6]

He with

Menasseh ben Israel, about the official return of Jews to England, and the supposed Lost Tribes found in North America.[7] This interest was prompted by John Dury’s interest,[8] and was shared with others.[9] His philo-Semitism has been noted, for example, by Werner Sombart.[10]

Views

His 1640 work on

salvation by works.[13]

He wrote against witchcraft,[14] proposing an influential three-fold scheme of possession,[15] and astrology, regretting its prevalence.[16]

Works

  • Usury is Injury (1640),
    OCLC 55196276
  • Gospell Musick (1644)
  • Daemonologie and Theologie (1650)
  • The Resurrection Revealed, or The Dawning of the Day Star
  • Some Glimpses of Israel's Call Approaching
  • Revelation Revealed (1653)
  • Commentary on Canticles

Notes

  1. ^ Also Nathanael.

References

  1. ISBN 0-8341-0332-X
    .
  2. ^ The Concise Dictionary of National Biography.
  3. OCLC 382590
    .
  4. ^ Bacon, Richard. "A Westminster Bibliography Part 5: Hermeneutical Background". First Presbyterian Church of Rowlett. Archived from the original on 31 October 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2010.[unreliable source?]
  5. ISBN 978-0-7139-9078-2
    .
  6. ^ Larsen, David L. "Some key issues in the history of premillennialism" (PDF). Pre-Trib Research Center. p. 7. Retrieved October 29, 2010.[unreliable source?]
  7. ^ Van der Waal, Ernestine G.E. (1985). "Three Letters by Menasseh Ben Israel to John Durie: English Philo-Judaism and the Spes Israelis" (PDF). Nederlands Archief voor Kerkgeschiedenis. 65: 49, 53.
  8. ^ Tillotson, Jonathan Mark. "The Whitehall Conference of 1655 and the Readmission of the Jews to England". Readmissionofthejews.blogspot.com. Retrieved 29 October 2010.[unreliable source?]
  9. ISBN 978-0-674-01291-2
    .. (This source also mentions Samuel Hartlib and Margaret Fell.)
  10. OCLC 501337657
    .
  11. ISBN 978-0-7139-9078-2
    .
  12. ISBN 978-0-14-013732-3
    .
  13. ISBN 978-0-19-925192-6. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 2007-09-29.
  14. ISBN 978-0-19-521360-7
    . (Citing Daemonologie of 1650.)
  15. ^ PDF, p. 119.[dead link]
  16. ISBN 978-0-19-521360-7
    . (Citing Plain Dealing, a sermon of 1652.)
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