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July 1578 A.D. Rev. Dr.
William Twisse—Anglican, Reformed Prayer
Book Churchman, & Prolocutor of Westminster Assembly
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William Twisse (born near Newbury, England, 1578–1646) was a prominent English clergyman and theologian. He became
Prolocutor of the Westminster Assembly, putting him at the head of the churchmen of the Commonwealth. He was
described by a Scottish member, Robert Baillie, as “very good, beloved of all, and
highlie esteemed; but merelie bookish”.[1]
Contents
Life
He was appointed chaplain to Elizabeth of Bohemia, by her father James I of England, in 1612. This position was short-lived, and he returned to England from Heidelberg around 1613.
He was then given a living at Newton Longueville.[4] He was involved
with Henry Savile in the 1618 edition of the works of Thomas Bradwardine.[5] He was vicar of
Newbury from 1620.[6] There he was known
as an opponent of William Laud.[7]
Views
He was a strong defender of a Calvinist, supralapsarian position.[8] In his Vindiciae
gratiae of 1632 he attacked Jacobus Arminius, and in Dissertatio de
scientia media of 1639 adopted certain Dominican arguments,[5] on justification. His views were in a minority at the Westminster Assembly.[9]
A premillennialist,[10] he wrote a preface
to the 1643 English translation, Key of the Revelation, of Joseph Mede's influential Clavis Apocalyptica.
Mede was a friend and correspondent.[11]
Works
- A Discovery of D. Jackson's Vanity (1631) against Thomas Jackson
- Vindiciae Gratiae (Amsterdam, 1632)
- The Riches of Gods Love (1653),[12] with Henry Jeanes and John Goodwin
- An Examination of Mr. Cotton's Analysis of The Ninth Chapter of Romans[13]
- The Five Points of Grace and of Predestination[14]
- Of the Morality of the Fourth Commandment
- A Treatise of Mr. Cotton's Clearing Certaine Doubts Concerning Predestination
- The Doctrine of the Synod of Dort and Arles, Reduced to the Practice (1650)
- Of the morality of the Fourth Commandment, as still in force to binde Christians : delivered by way of answer to the translator of Doctor Prideaux his lecture, concerning the doctrine of the Sabbath (1641) OL14032019M
References
1. Jump up ^ Description of the Westminster Assembly – Robert Baillie. Reformation Scotland. Retrieved on 2012-07-10.
3. Jump up ^ The Life and Work of William Twisse – Presbyterian
Reformed Church. Presbyterianreformed.org.
Retrieved on 2012-07-10.
4. Jump up ^ Rectors of the Parish Church of St Faith, Newton
Longville. Met.open.ac.uk (2001-01-06).
Retrieved on 2012-07-10.
6. Jump up ^
"Twisse, William". Dictionary of National Biography.
London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.; [1].
7. Jump up ^ Newbury in the first of the Civil Wars in Englan. Newbury-society.org.uk. Retrieved on 2012-07-10.
9. Jump up ^ Report on
Justification, presented to the Seventy-third General Assembly of the Orthodox
Presbyterian Church, Committee on Christian
Education Orthodox Presbyterian Church, p. 71.
11. Jump up ^ Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra | AHR Forum: Entangled
Histories: Borderland Historiographies in New Clothes? | The American
Historical Review, 112.3. The History
Cooperative. Retrieved on 2012-07-10.
12. Jump up ^ William Twisse; Henry Jeanes; John Goodwin (1653) The riches of Gods love unto the vessells of mercy,
consistent with his absolute hatred or reprobation of the vessells of wrath,
or, An answer unto a book entituled, Gods love unto mankind ... . Oxford : Printed by L.L. and H.H..
13. Jump up ^ William Twisse, A short Survey of the ninth Chapter to the Romans, so
farre as it treateth of the Doctrine Of Predestination. Truecovenanter.com. Retrieved on 2012-07-10.
14. Jump up ^ William Twisse, THE FIVE
POINTS of Grace & of Predestination Defined and Defended Against an
Arminian Remonstrant. 5solas.org. Retrieved
on 2012-07-10.
Further reading
- Sarah Hutton, Thomas Jackson, Oxford Platonist, and William Twisse, Aristotelian, Journal of the History of Ideas, Vol. 39, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec., 1978)
- Vernon, E.C. (2004). "Twisse, William (1577/8–1646)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/27921. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
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