Oliver Bowles (died ) was an English Presbyterian minister and divine.
Life
Oliver Bowles, minister of
Sutton
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, was one of the oldest members of the
Westminster Assembly
The Westminster Assembly of Divines was a council of Divinity (academic discipline), divines (theologians) and members of the English Parliament appointed from 1643 to 1653 to restructure the Church of England. Several Scots also attended, and ...
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[Gordon 1886, p. 67.] He attained the degree of B.D., and was tutor to
John Preston at Queen's College, Cambridge. He probably died in or before 1646. However, some sources report that
Timothy Cruso
Timothy Cruso (1657–1697) was an English Presbyterianism, English Presbyterian minister and writer. He studied in the Newington Green Academy; proceeded M.A. at one of the Scotch universities; was pastor at Crutched Friars in 1688; was appoint ...
was impressed by the dying counsels of Bowles (died 5 September 1674), who advised him never to trouble his hearers "with useless or contending notions, but rather preach all in practicals".
[Gordon 1888, p. 264.] His son was the Presbyterian minister
Edward Bowles.
Works
He was author of:
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Zeale for God's House quickned: a Fast Sermon before the Assembly of the Lords, Commons, and Divines', 1643,
4to
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De Pastore Evangelico', 1649, 4to; 1655 and 1659,
16mo
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(published by his son, and dedicated to the
Earl of Manchester
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).
References
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Attribution:
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Further reading
* Kirby, Ethan Williams (1964).
"The English Presbyterians in the Westminster Assembly". ''Church History'', 33(4): pp. 418–428.
"Oliver Bowles (1574-1644)" A Puritan's Mind. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
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1640s deaths
English Presbyterian ministers
17th-century English writers
Year of birth missing
Year of death uncertain