sidrach, simpson, 1600, 1655, english, independent, minister, leaders, independent, faction, westminster, assembly, life, edit, came, from, lincolnshire, educated, sizar, emmanuel, college, queens, college, cambridge, after, losing, church, england, status, un. Sidrach Simpson c 1600 1655 was an English Independent minister one of the leaders of the Independent faction in the Westminster Assembly Sidrach SimpsonLife editSidrach Simpson came from Lincolnshire He was educated as a sizar at Emmanuel College and Queens College Cambridge 1 After losing his Church of England status under William Laud he spent time as a minister in the Netherlands In the Westminster Assembly he was one of the Five Dissenting Brethren putting their names to the An Apologeticall Narration presented to Parliament on 3 January 1644 The others in the group were William Bridge Jeremiah Burroughs Thomas Goodwin and Philip Nye all with a comparable Dutch background as ministers Burroughs and Simpson both in Rotterdam 2 and united in a form of Congregationalism 3 4 He was also in the group of ten dominated by Independents condemning in 1652 the Racovian Catechism with Nye and Bridge six further Independents 5 John Dury and Adoniram Byfield 6 He became Master of Pembroke Hall Cambridge in 1650 but was drifting in his last years to the outer extremes in his positions citation needed He was preoccupied with his concurrent post as rector in London at St Mary Abchurch and then from 1653 at St Bartholomew by the Exchange 7 8 Oliver Cromwell had him imprisoned for aggressive preaching 8 Notes edit Simpson Sidrach SM616S A Cambridge Alumni Database University of Cambridge Jeremiah Burroughs c 1600 1646 by Dr Joel Beeke and Randall J Pederson Michael R Watts The Dissenters 1978 pp 99 100 Lev mov HTM Archived from the original on 20 November 2008 Retrieved 21 October 2008 Namely John Owen William Strong William Bridge William Greenhill George Griffith and Thomas Harrison Statesman2 Archived from the original on 9 September 2007 Retrieved 12 July 2007 The colleges and halls Pembroke British History Online a b Concise Dictionary of National Biography Academic officesPreceded byRichard Vines Master of Pembroke College Cambridge1650 1655 Succeeded byWilliam Moses Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sidrach Simpson amp oldid 1166460839, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
