Willem Teellinck
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Willem Teellinck (January 4, 1579,
Biography
Willem was born to Joost Teellinck, a mayor of Zierikzee, and Johanna de Jonge in 1579. His father died when he was 15. Willem received an excellent education. He studied at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, and then received a doctorate from the University of Poitiers in France. He then lived among the Puritans in England for a time. It was at this time that he became a Calvinist. In England Willem met Martha Greendon. She was a Puritan woman, and the two were married. It was while in England that Willem also decided to become a minister and give up the pursuit of law. Dutch church historians tend to think of Willem, and perhaps his brother Eewout, as giving the original impulse to Precicianism as a movement.[1]
Ministry
Willem studied theology at the University of Leiden under both
In 1613 Willem Teellinck took a call to the pastorate in Middelburg. He served here until his death in 1629. The church grew under his leadership, and he gained quite a reputation as a very godly minister, even going as far to continually visit the sick even during an outbreak of pestilence and plague. At the age of 50, Willem Teellinck died. Thousands mourned his death.
Works
Teellinck wrote at least 127 manuscripts, including 20 full-length books (many of his books were printed by Middelburg printer
Sources
- Introduction to the Path of True Godliness, edited by Joel Beeke
References
- ^ Can These Bones Live?, F. Ernest Stoeffler, Christian History, Volume V, No 2 1986, page 4
- S2CID 144002511.