Hanserd Knollys
Hanserd Knollys (1599-1691) was a Particular Baptist preacher. In 1646, he organized a church and was appointed the pastor, but the congregation moved from place to place for several years in an effort to avoid persecution. Knollys himself was arrested on many occasions for preaching the gospel, and even forced to find temporary refuge in America and Germany. He lived out his remaining years in England, exerting a positive influence upon the Particular Baptists in London and other parts of the country.
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The Life And Ministry Of Hanserd Knollys
Hanserd Knollys, Baptist. The precise spot of ground where rest the remains of this eminent man of God, cannot now be pointed out. He died Sept. 19th, 1691, in the 93rd year of his age. Hanserd Knollys was born about the year 1598, at Chalkwell, in Lincolnshire. He had the advantage of descending from religious parents, who took great care of his education, and had him instructed in the principles of religion and sound literature. For this purpose they maintained a tutor in their house till he was fit for the University, when they sent him to Cambridge. Though he had long been noticed for his pious dispositions, yet he attributed his effectual conversion to God, to some sermons he heard at Cambridge, preached by…
