Thomas Blake (minister)
Thomas Blake | |
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| Born | circa 1597 |
| Died | June 1657 |
| Nationality | English |
| Education | Christ Church, Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Parish priest, preacher and controversialist |
| Years active | 1620–1657 |
| Spouse | Jane |
| Religion | Puritan |
| Church | Church of England |
| Ordained | 24 December 1620 |
| Writings | Birth Privilege, or the Right of Infants to Baptism (1644), Vindiciae Foederis, a Treatise of the Covenant of God with Mankind (1653), Infant Baptism maintain'd in its Latitude (1653), The Covenant Sealed, or a Treatise of the Sacrament of both Covenants (1655), etc. |
Offices held | Vicar of Tamworth with Glascote and Hopwas, Vicar of Alkmund's, Shrewsbury |
Thomas Blake (1597?–1657) was an English Puritan clergyman and controversialist of moderate Presbyterian sympathies. He worked in Tamworth, Staffordshire and in Shrewsbury, from which he was ejected over the Engagement controversy. He disputed in print with Richard Baxter over admission to baptism and the Lords Supper.