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3 unusual facts about Benjamin Woodbridge


Benjamin Woodbridge

In 1652 he attempted to refute two ministers of Salisbury, Thomas Warren and William Eyre, in a sermon on Justification by Faith, which was published and commended by Richard Baxter.

He was the son of John Woodbridge (1582–1637), rector of Stanton Fitzwarren, Wiltshire, and his wife Sarah (1593–1663), daughter of Robert Parker.

The book was written in reply to a treatise entitled Preaching without Ordination, published the previous year by Edmund Chillenden.



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