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 doctrine by an English churchman.
Life
He was born in London in 1599, and became either a clerk or a chorister of
All Souls' College, Oxford
All Souls College (official name: College of the Souls of All the Faithful Departed) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Unique to All Souls, all of its members automatically become fellows (i.e., full members o ...
, in 1614. He matriculated on 10 October 1617, and migrated to
St Mary Hall, where he graduated B.A. 20 April 1618, and commenced M.A. in 1621.
He became chaplain to
Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick, who presented him in 1626 to the rectory of
Moreton, near
Ongar, Essex. On 15 June 1630 he was admitted B.D. at Oxford. In 1637 he was collated to the prebend of
Willesden
Willesden () is an area of northwest London, situated 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Charing Cross. It is historically a parish in the county of Middlesex that was incorporated as the Municipal Borough of Willesden in 1933, and has formed ...
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".
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Works
His ''Gods Love to Mankind; manifested by disproving his absolute Decree for their Damnation'' provoked several answers. John Davenant
John Davenant (20 May 1572, in London – 20 April 1641, in Salisbury) was an English academic and bishop of Salisbury from 1621. He also served as one of the English delegates to the Synod of Dort.
Life
He was educated at Queens' College, ...
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 Moïse Amyraut, and Hoard's work is referred to by Nathaniel Culverwel. A posthumous work of William Twisse, 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 John Goodwin may refer to:
Politicians
*John Goodwin (Parliamentarian) (1603–1674), Member of Parliament for Reigate
* John B. Goodwin (1850–1921), Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia in the late 1880s
*John Noble Goodwin (1824–1887), 1st Governor of ...
, 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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17th-century English Anglican priests
1599 births
1658 deaths
Arminian ministers
Arminian writers