Samuel Bolton (1606 – 15 October 1654) was an

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clergyman and scholar, a member of the

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and Master of

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Life

Samuel Bolton was the son of William Bolton, of

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. He was born in

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in 1606, and educated at Christ's College, Cambridge. In 1643 he was chosen one of the Westminster assembly of divines. He was successively minister of St. Martin's, Ludgate Street, of

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, and of

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. He was appointed, on the death of Thomas Bainbrigg in 1646, master of Christ's College, Cambridge, and served as Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University in 1651. He has been identified with the Samuel Bolton who, in 1649, attended

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on the scaffold. He died, after a long illness, on 15 October 1654. Edmund Calamy preached his funeral sermon. Bolton's publication called, The Sinfulness of Sin, was originally delivered as a sermon to the

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on a solemn day of humiliation on 25 March 1646.

Quotes

*The law sends us to the gospel that we may be justified; and the gospel sends us to the law again to inquire what is our duty as those who are justified....The law sends us to the gospel for our justification; the gospel sends us to the law to frame our way of life.

Works

His books include: *''A Tossed Ship making for a Safe Harbour; or a Word in Season to a Sinking Kingdom'' (1644) *''The True Bounds of Christian Freedom'' (1645) *''A Vindication of the Rights of the Law and the Liberties of Grace'' (1646) *''The Arraignment of Error'' (1646) *''The Sinfulnesse of Sin'' (1646) *''The Guard of the Tree of Life'' (1647) *''The Wedding Garment'' *Posthumously, ''The Dead Saint speaking to Saints and Sinners,'' (with a portrait prefixed).

Family

He has been incorrectly identified both as a son and a brother of

Robert Bolton Robert Bolton (1572 – 16 December 1631) was an English clergyman and academic, noted as a preacher. Life He was born on Whit Sunday in Blackburn, Lancashire, the sixth son of Adam Bolton of Backhouse. He attended what is now Queen Elizabeth' ...

(1572–1631); Robert Bolton's son Samuel was a clergyman who died in 1668.

Notes

References

External links

monergism.org
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bolton, Samuel 1606 births 1654 deaths 17th-century English Anglican priests Westminster Divines Masters of Christ's College, Cambridge Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge