A devout Puritan, minister and author of many great religious and biblical works expanding to more than 35 volumes. He was born in Epworth in 1568 and went on to obtain his education at Crist's College of Cambridge. He later served through ministry in Batcombe until his death in 1641. Bibliography:A Large Catechisme Following The Order of the Common Authorized Catechisme 1602, 1607, 1612The Faithfull Shepheard- 1607Christian Advertisements And Counsels Of Peace 1608The Sinners Safetie, If Heere Hee Looke For Assurance, 1609Plain evidences: 1610Josuahs Godly Resolution In Conference With Caleb, 1612, 1629Two Twinnes: 1613A Weekes Worke, And A Worke For Every Weeke, 1616, 1628, 1650? Davids Musick: 1616A Staffe of Comforth to Stay the Weake, 1616Key Of Knowledge For The Opening Of The Secret Mysteries Of St Johns Mysticall Revelation, 1617The Fabulous Foundation Of The Popedom: 1619The Seaven Golden Candlestickes, 1621The Good Mans Grace. Or His Stay In All Distresse, 1621Looke Beyond Luther, 1623, 1624Rhemes Against Rome, 1626The Isle Of Man, 1627, 1628,A Gvide To Grand-Iury Men Divided Into Two Bookes: 1627, 1629, 1630Ruth's Recompense, 1628The Bible-Battells. Or The Sacred Art Military For The Rightly Wageing Of Warre According To Holy Writ, 1629The Common Catechisme With A Commentary Thereupon, By Questions And Answers, Following The Verie wordes, as they lie in their order without alteration and Good Christian, Looke to thy Creede, 1630, 1631, Christian See To Thy Conscience Or A Treatise Of The Nature, 1631The Ready Way to Good Works, 1635The Anatomie Of The Service Book, 1641A Threefold Treatise Of The Sabbath Distinctly 1641A short vievv of the prælaticall Church of England , 1641, 1661The Article of Christs Descension into Hell, 1641The Bibles Abstract And Epitome The Capitall Heads, 1642An Epistle Directed To All Justices Of Peace In England And Wales, 1642Certaine Positions Seriously To Bee Considered Of Shewing The Danger Of Doing Any Thing In And About the worship of God that hath not warrant from his written word, 1644Thesaurus Biblicus, Seu, Promptuarium Sacrum Whereunto Are Added All The Marginal Readings With The words of the text, etc (with William Retchford), 1661, 1664.