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<p> an English Protestant theologian, was born in 1597, and was educated at Oxford, where he became a gentleman commoner in 1627. He taught a school at Caermarthen, in Wales, and died in Ireland. He was a strong Calvinist. His [[Marrow]] of Modern Divinity, published in 1644, excited a vigorous controversy when republished in [[Scotland]] by Hogg (1718, 8vo). It went through numerous editions (12th ed. Lond. 1726, with notes by [[Thomas]] Boston, 2 vols. 8vo). fisher also wrote [[Appeal]] to the [[Conscience]] (Oxford, 1644, 8vo)':-Feast of Asses (1644, 4to) : - [[Caveat]] to the [[Sabbatarians]] (1650, 4to).-Allibone, Dictionary of Authors, s.v.; Hagenbach, History of Doctrines, ed. Smith, ii, 431. (See [[Marrow Controversy]]). </p> | Edward Fisher <ref name="term_40124" /> | ||
==References == | <p> an English [[Protestant]] theologian, was born in 1597, and was educated at Oxford, where he became a gentleman commoner in 1627. He taught a school at Caermarthen, in Wales, and died in Ireland. He was a strong Calvinist. His [[Marrow]] of Modern Divinity, published in 1644, excited a vigorous controversy when republished in [[Scotland]] by Hogg (1718, 8vo). It went through numerous editions (12th ed. Lond. 1726, with notes by [[Thomas]] Boston, 2 vols. 8vo). fisher also wrote [[Appeal]] to the [[Conscience]] (Oxford, 1644, 8vo)':-Feast of [[Asses]] (1644, 4to) : - [[Caveat]] to the [[Sabbatarians]] (1650, 4to).-Allibone, Dictionary of Authors, s.v.; Hagenbach, History of Doctrines, ed. Smith, ii, 431. (See [[Marrow Controversy]]). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_40124"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/fisher,+edward Edward Fisher from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_40124"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/fisher,+edward Edward Fisher from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Edward Fisher [1]
an English Protestant theologian, was born in 1597, and was educated at Oxford, where he became a gentleman commoner in 1627. He taught a school at Caermarthen, in Wales, and died in Ireland. He was a strong Calvinist. His Marrow of Modern Divinity, published in 1644, excited a vigorous controversy when republished in Scotland by Hogg (1718, 8vo). It went through numerous editions (12th ed. Lond. 1726, with notes by Thomas Boston, 2 vols. 8vo). fisher also wrote Appeal to the Conscience (Oxford, 1644, 8vo)':-Feast of Asses (1644, 4to) : - Caveat to the Sabbatarians (1650, 4to).-Allibone, Dictionary of Authors, s.v.; Hagenbach, History of Doctrines, ed. Smith, ii, 431. (See Marrow Controversy).
