Andrew Perne
1596–1654
Wilby (Northants); steady member of the catechism committee.
Biography
Of Catharine Hall Cambridge, then Wilby in Northamptonshire — one of the more substantial Northamptonshire benefices, in a county thick with Puritan ministers. A working member of the catechism committee and the chapter committee on the Lord's Supper, Perne was a steady but unobtrusive Presbyterian voice in the East Midlands cohort. He preached the parliamentary fast sermon Gospell Courage (1643). Died at Wilby in 1654.
Principal works
- Gospell Courage (1643)
English Presbyterian divine
The great majority of the sitting members were English parish ministers of Presbyterian conviction. They formed the drafting core of the Assembly, manning its three standing committees and supplying most of the text of the Confession, the two Catechisms, and the Directory for Public Worship.