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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.

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

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



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