Oliver Bowles

{{Short description|English Presbyterian minister and divine (died c. 1646)}}

Oliver Bowles (died {{Circa|1646}}) was an English Presbyterian minister and divine.

Life

Oliver Bowles, minister of Sutton, was one of the oldest members of the Westminster Assembly.Gordon 1886, p. 67. He attained the degree of B.D., and was tutor to John Preston at Queens' College, Cambridge.Gordon 1896, p. 308. He probably died in or before 1646.Wright 2004. However, some sources report that Timothy Cruso was impressed by the dying counsels of Bowles (died 5 September 1674), who advised him never to trouble his hearers "with useless or contending notions, but rather preach all in practicals".Gordon 1888, p. 264. His son was the Presbyterian minister Edward Bowles.

Works

He was author of:

[https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo2/A77155.0001.001?view=toc Zeale for God's House quickned: a Fast Sermon before the Assembly of the Lords, Commons, and Divines], 1643, 4to.
[https://books.google.com/books?id=iCFlAAAAcAAJ De Pastore Evangelico], 1649, 4to; 1655 and 1659, 16mo (published by his son, and dedicated to the Earl of Manchester).

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Sources

{{cite ODNB|last=Wright|first=Stephen|last2=|first2=|date=2004|title=Bowles, Edward (bap. 1613, d. 1662), clergyman|id=3068}}

Attribution:

{{cite DNB|last=Gordon|first=Alexander|wstitle=Bowles, Edward|volume=6|pages=67-68}}
{{cite DNB|last=Gordon|first=Alexander|wstitle=Cruso, Timothy|volume=13|pages=264-265}}
{{cite DNB|last=Gordon|first=Alexander|wstitle=Preston, John (1587-1628)|volume=46|pages=308-311}}

Oliver Bowles

Life

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