The Life And Ministry Of Ann Brine
On August 11, 1745, John Gill preached a sermon occasioned by the death of Mrs. Ann Brine, late wife of John Brine. He spoke on Romans 8:33,34, the two heads of his sermon being:—
I. That no charge shall be brought against, nor any condemnation brought upon, the elect of God.
II. That the Father’s justification of them, the Son’s dying for them, his resurrection from the dead, session at the right hand of God, and intercession on their account, are a sufficient and full security to them from all charges and condemnation whatever.
After delivering his exposition, he proceeded to say a few words about the late Mrs. Ann Brine:—
“Thus have I endeavoured to improve this passage of scripture upon the mournful occasion of the death of Mrs. Ann Brine, late member of the church of Christ in this place (near Cripplegate) and late wife of the pastor of it; at whose request I have preached from it to you; it having been of regular use to the deceased.
It may now be expected I should say something concerning her, which will be chiefly about the gracious experience she was favoured with. She was a daughter of Mr John Moore of Northampton; an eminent preacher of the gospel, a minister of the Baptist denomination, of considerable abilities and learning, whom I had the honour to have a personal knowledge of, and acquaintance with. But though she had a religious education, her conversion, her knowledge of Christ, nd experimental acquaintance with divine things, were not owing to that, but to the efficacy of divine grace: by several papers of her own writing, put into my hands, it appears, how she came by the knowledge of salvation by Christ, and the great doctrines of the gospel; which were the support of her soul, and the foundation of her joy. These express the fight and sense she had of sin; her abhorrence and detestation of it—the view she had of the loveliness of Christ; of the necessity and suitableness of salvation by him; and how she was enabled to cast her soul on him, and trust in him for eternal life and happiness.”
Ann Brine (?-1745) was a Strict and Particular Baptist believer. She was the daughter of John Moore, a gospel preacher who served as pastor of a church in Northampton for twenty-six years, and under whose minister Anne Dutton was nurtured in the faith. She became the wife of John Brine, a gospel preacher who served as pastor of a church meeting in Cripplegate, London.
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