John Strickland
c. 1601–1670
Salisbury preacher; preached parliamentary fast sermons.
Biography
Of Queen's College Oxford, then Burton-on-Trent and (from 1638) New Sarum (Salisbury) where he was a senior cathedral lecturer through the war. Strickland preached fast sermons before the Long Parliament in 1644 and 1645 (Mercy Rejoycing Against Judgement, 1645) and was a steady Presbyterian voice in the catechetical committee. He was ejected at the Restoration from his Salisbury lectureship and again in 1662 under the Act of Uniformity. Died in 1670.
Principal works
- Mercy Rejoycing Against Judgement (1645)
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.