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1630-1705
Biographical Note
John Howe, a leading writer and divine under the Commonwealth, was born in 1630, at Loughborough, in Leicestershire, England. He was educated at Cambridge and Oxford, and ordained by Charles Herle, rector of Winvick, whom he styled, “a primitive bishop.†He became chaplain to Cromwell and his son Richard. Among his contributions to Puritan theology are “The Good Man the Living Temple of God,†and “Vanity of Men as Mortal.†He was a man of intellect and imagination. His sermons, though often long and cumbersome, are marked by warmth of fancy and a sublimity of spirit superior to his style. Howe was a leading spirit in the effort made for the union of the Congregational and Presbyterian bodies. He died in 1705.