466 LIVES OF THE PURITANS. piece, published in 1656, and dedicated to the lord protector, was, " Absolute Freedom fromSin, by Christ's Death for the World, as the Object of Faith, in Opposition to conditional, set Ruth by Mr. John Goodwin, in his book entitled, Re demption Redeemed;' and the final Perseverance ofthe Saints proceeding from Election, by the Grace of God alone, main- tained and sweetly reconciled with the aforesaid Doctrine. And the great Question, of God's eternal Decree of repro- bating the unbelieving World, cleared from that Odium cast upon it by Mr. Goodwin.". From these publications, it is evident how grossly both Edwards and Bailie have misrepresented the fact, in stating that Mr. Lamb main tained and taught either the arminian or antinomian tenets. On the contrary, it is extremely obvious, that, upon the disputed points, he was a strict Calvinist. During the protectorate of Oliver Cromwell, one Mr. Thomas Lamb was pastor of a baptist church which met in Lothbury, London, having one Mr. WilliamAllen to his col- league in the pastoral office. After the restoration, the two pastors conformed to the church of England, and wrote with great zeal against separation. Notwithstanding the improbability of there being two persons of the same name, both preachers among the baptists at the same time, and in the same neighbourhood, it is evident that this Mr. Lamb was a different person from the former.+ Our author had a son called Isaac, who was a zealous and useful preacher among the baptists, but, like his father, lie endured the cruel persecution of his enemies.t. OLIVER BOWLES, B. D.-This -venerable divine was, fellow of Queen's college, Cambridge, where he most probably received his education. He was a man of great piety, an excellent scholar, and a celebrated tutor. The famous Dr. Preston was one of his pupils.5 Upon his removal from the university, he became rector of Sutton in Bedfordshire, about the beginning of theyear 1607, where he continued upwards of fifty years. He was chosen one of the assemblyof divines ; when he constantly attended, and was very useful in that learned company. The as- sembly having petitioned the parliament for a fast, previous to its entering upon business, Mr. Bowles and Mr. Matthew 4, Crosby's Baptists, vol. iii. p. 55, 56. + Sylvester's Life of Baxter, part H. p. ISO. iii. 1$0. Appen. p. 51. t Crosby's Baptists, vol. iii. p. 101-103. Clark's Lives annexed to Martyrologie, p. 76.
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