William Romaine
William Romaine (1714-1795) was a sovereign grace Anglican preacher and author. He served as curate for Banstead, Surrey; Horton, Middlesex; St. Olave’s, Southwark. In 1766, he was appointed Rector of St. Andrew by the Wardrobe. In addition to these fixed places of ministry, he served as an itinerate preacher proclaiming the gospel throughout Yorkshire and the West Country.
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The Life And Legacy Of William Romaine
The Rev. William Romaine was born on the twenty-fifth day of September 1714. The place of his birth was Hartlepool, a town in the county of Durham. His father was one of the French Protestants who took refuge in England upon the revocation of the edict of Nants: he settled in this place as a merchant, and became a member of the corporation, which is a very ancient one. He was a dealer in corn, and a man fearing God and hating covetousness, of which he gave a remarkable proof in the year 1741. This country was then at war with Spain, and, either from this circumstance or from scarcity, there was “a considerable advance in the price of wheat, from six to fifteen shillings…
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The Life And Ministry Of William Romaine
William Romaine was born at Hartlepool, in the county of Durham, September 25th, 1714. The house in which he was born is still standing in the High Street, at the corner of St. Mary Street, and is at present used as a butcher's shop. It is encouraging to find that there are those in the county of Durham who so far revere his memory, and love the same truths that he proclaimed, as to erect, only a few years since, a tablet to his memory. Romaine's father was one of the French Protestants who took refuge in England after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. He settled at Hartlepool as a corn merchant, and appears to have prospered in business. He died at the…
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The Life And Testimony Of William Romaine
William Romaine, author of the "Life, Walk, and Triumph of Faith" (1714-1795), was born at Hartlepool, and was a member of an Huguenot family of refugees. He was a profound Hebrew scholar, and the brightest ornament of Oxford University during his career there. He was upwards of thirty years of age when the Lord was pleased to let him see and feel the plague of his own heart. He writes: "In despair of all things else, I betook myself to Jesus, and was most kindly received." He endured much persecution because of his discriminating ministry, which was sometimes exercised at his University, and more frequently at St. Dunstan's, Fleet Street, and other London churches where he was curate or lecturer. He died rector of St.…
