Joseph Symonds

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Joseph Symonds (d. 1652) was an English Pastor and Puritans.[1]

Career

When Joseph Symonds was a young man he was assistant to Thomas Gataker at Rotherhithe.[1] He was appointed Rector (ecclesiastical) of St Martin Pomary Ironmonger-lane, London,[2] in 1632.[1] He was persecuted by William Laud for adopting the church government views of the Independents.[1] Symonds took refuge in the Netherlands in 1639, where he along with William Bridge and Jeremiah Burroughs was appointed pastor of an English-speaking congregation at Rotterdam.[1][3]

Symonds returned to England in 1647 and became vice president and fellow of Eton College which office he held until his death in 1652.[1]

Controversy

Symonds after his return to England[4] was accused by some to have preached:

  • Toleration and liberty for all men to worship God according to their consciences[4]
  • In favor of Believer's baptism[4]
  • Antinomianism[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Beeke, Joel R. (2006). Meet the Puritans : with a guide to modern reprints. Randall J. Pederson. Grand Rapids, MI: Reformation Heritage Books. ISBN 978-1-60178-000-3. OCLC 77184678.
  2. Laud, William. "Wharton's Troubles of Laud, vol. i." quod.lib.umich.edu. p. 559. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  3. Baillie, Robert (1645). A dissuasive from the errours of the time. London. pp. 174–175. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-05.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Edwards, Thomas (1646). Gangrsena, part 3. pp. 241–242. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-21.

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