William Twisse
William Twisse
William Twisse (1578 - 1646) was a prominent English
Puritan and
theologian. He received his education at
New College, Oxford earning his BA (1600), MA (1604), and DD
(1614). After several pastorates and teaching positions as chaplain
and university professor, he was appointed prolocutor of the
Westminster Assembly of Divines (1643). He was a
Calvinist of the
supralapsarian school and
considered "a learned and speculative genius." He distinguished
himself by his writings against
Arminianism -- In English is the
posthumously published Folio,
The Riches of GodÂ’s Love unto the Vessels of Mercy, consistent with his absolute Hatred or Reprobation of the Vessels of Wrath,
Oxford, 1653.
Resources
- The Life and Work of William Twisse by the Presbyterian Reformed Church
- William Twisse in Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge
- William Twisse in Lives of the Puritans (1813) at Google books