Samuel Hoard (1599–1658) was an English clergyman and controversialist in the

Arminian Arminianism is a branch of Protestantism based on the theological ideas of the Dutch Reformed theologian Jacobus Arminius (1560–1609) and his historic supporters known as Remonstrants. Dutch Arminianism was originally articulated in the ''Re ...

interest. He is credited with the first worked-out attack on

Calvinistic Calvinism (also called the Reformed Tradition, Reformed Protestantism, Reformed Christianity, or simply Reformed) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice set down by John Ca ...

doctrine by an English churchman.

Life

He was born in London in 1599, and became either a clerk or a chorister of

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, in 1614. He matriculated on 10 October 1617, and migrated to

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, where he graduated B.A. 20 April 1618, and commenced M.A. in 1621. He became chaplain to

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, who presented him in 1626 to the rectory of

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, near Ongar, Essex. On 15 June 1630 he was admitted B.D. at Oxford. In 1637 he was collated to the prebend of

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in the church of St Paul. He died on 15 February 1657 O.S., and was buried in the chancel of Moreton Church. Wood says he was "well read in the fathers and schoolmen, was a good disputant and preacher, a zealous Calvinist in the beginning, but a greater Arminian afterwards".

Works

His ''Gods Love to Mankind; manifested by disproving his absolute Decree for their Damnation'' provoked several answers.

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was, according to Lee Gatiss, influential in replying to the Arminian positions of Hoard and Henry Mason. Some pieces by Mason were included in ''Gods Love to Mankind''. There was also a reply from

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, and Hoard's work is referred to by

Nathaniel Culverwel Nathaniel Culverwell (alternative spellings ''Nathanael'' or ''Culverwel''; 1619–1651) was an English author and theologian, born in Middlesex. He was baptized on 14 January 1619 at the church of St. Margaret Moses where his father was rector. H ...

. A posthumous work of

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, with

Henry Jeanes Henry Jeanes (1611–1662) was an English clergyman and puritan controversialist. Life He was son of Christopher Jeanes of Kingston, Somerset, born at Allansay. He became in 1626 a commoner of New Inn Hall, Oxford, where, according to Anthony ...

and John Goodwin, also replied explicitly.''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'' (1653).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoard, Samuel 17th-century English Anglican priests 1599 births 1658 deaths Arminian ministers Arminian writers