Samuel Bolton (1606 – 15 October 1654) was an
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clergyman and scholar, a member of the
Westminster Assembly and Master of
Christ's College, Cambridge
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.
Life
Samuel Bolton was the son of William Bolton, of
Lancashire
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He was born in
London
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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
St. Saviour's, Southwark, and of
St. Andrew's, Holborn
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History
Roman and medieval
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.
He was appointed, on the death of
Thomas Bainbrigg
Thomas Bainbrigg (Bainbridge) (died 1646) was an English college head.
Life
A northerner, he was possibly from Kirkby Lonsdale. He graduated B.A. at Christ's College, Cambridge in 1597, M.A. in 1600.John Peile, ''Biographical Register of Chris ...
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
Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland 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 ]House of Commons of England
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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 Elizabet ...
(1572–1631);[ Robert Bolton's son Samuel was a clergyman who died in 1668.]
Notes
References
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External links
monergism.org
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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