Name John Ball Role Puritan | Died October 20, 1640 | |
Books A Treatise of the Covenant of Grace: Wherein the Graduall Breakings Out of Gospel-grace from Adam to Christ are Clearly Discovered, the Differences Betwixt the Old and New Testament are Laid Open, Divers Errours of Arminians and Others are Confuted; the Nature of Uprightnesse, and the Way of Christ in Bringing the Soul Into Communion with Himself: Together with Many Other Points, Both Doctrinally and Practically Profitable, are Solidly Handled | ||
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John Ball (October 1585 – 20 October 1640) was an English puritan divine.
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Life
He was born in Cassington, Oxfordshire.
After taking his BA degree from St Mary Hall, Oxford, in 1608, he went into Cheshire to act as tutor to the children of Lady Cholmondeley. He adopted Puritan views, and after being ordained without subscription, was appointed to the small curacy of Whitmore in Staffordshire. He was soon deprived by John Bridgeman, the high church bishop of Chester, who put him to much suffering.
He became a schoolmaster and earned a wide and high reputation for his scholarship and piety. He died on 20 October 1640.
Works
The most popular of his numerous works was A Short Catechisme, containing all the Principal Grounds of Religion (14 editions before 1632). His Treatise of Faith (1632), and Friendly Trial of the Grounds tending to Separation (1640), the latter of which defines his position with regard to the church, are also valuable.