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He became Prolocutor of the [[Westminster Assembly]] in 1646, after the death of [[Twisse]]<ref>[http://members.aol.com/RSISBELL/due2.html]</ref>. The [[Westminster Confession of Faith]] of 1646 was drawn up by Herle with others<ref>Signatories with Herle were [[Cornelius Burges]], Assessor; [[Herbert Palmer]], Assessor; [[Henry Robroughe]], Scriba; [[Adoniram Byfield]], Scriba. [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Westminster_Confession_of_Faith]. For the making of the Confession, see [http://www.lgmarshall.org/Warfield/warfield_makingwest.html]. Herle was involved throughout.</ref>, drafting being assigned at one point to a small group of Herle, [[Edward Reynolds]] and [[Matthew Newcomen]]. |
He became Prolocutor of the [[Westminster Assembly]] in 1646, after the death of [[Twisse]]<ref>[http://members.aol.com/RSISBELL/due2.html]</ref>. The [[Westminster Confession of Faith]] of 1646 was drawn up by Herle with others<ref>Signatories with Herle were [[Cornelius Burges]], Assessor; [[Herbert Palmer]], Assessor; [[Henry Robroughe]], Scriba; [[Adoniram Byfield]], Scriba. [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Westminster_Confession_of_Faith]. For the making of the Confession, see [http://www.lgmarshall.org/Warfield/warfield_makingwest.html]. Herle was involved throughout.</ref>, drafting being assigned at one point to a small group of Herle, [[Edward Reynolds]] and [[Matthew Newcomen]]. |
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==Works== |
==Works== |
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*''A payre of compasses for church and state'' (1642)<ref> [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/top3mset/12487835]</ref> |
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*''The independency on scriptures of the independency of churches'' (1643)<ref>[http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/top3mset/12205845]</ref> |
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*''Ahab's fall by his prophets flatteries'' (1644)<ref>[http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/top3mset/12071571]</ref> |
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*''A Fuller Answer to a Treatise written by Dr. Ferne'' (1642)<ref>[http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/top3mset/13072504]</ref><ref>[http://oll.libertyfund.org//files/810/0086-01_LFeBk.pdf PDF], online text, from p. 223.</ref> |
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==Notes== |
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Revision as of 19:05, 13 July 2007
Charles Herle (1598-1659) was a prominent English theologian, of moderate Presbyterian views.
He graduated from Exeter College, Oxford with an M.A. in 1618. He was vicar of Winwick, Lancashire, from 1626.[1].
In a controversy with Henry Ferne, a Royalist, he insisted, against divine right theory, that a monarch's sovereignty was mediated by the people, rather than coming directly from God[2]. It has been suggested that this work marks the beginning of a transition from theories of mixed government to the doctrine of separation of powers[3].
His 1643 work on independent churches provoked reaction from New England[4], and controversy with Samuel Rutherford.
He became Prolocutor of the Westminster Assembly in 1646, after the death of Twisse[5]. The Westminster Confession of Faith of 1646 was drawn up by Herle with others[6], drafting being assigned at one point to a small group of Herle, Edward Reynolds and Matthew Newcomen.
Works
- A payre of compasses for church and state (1642)[7]
- The independency on scriptures of the independency of churches (1643)[8]
- Ahab's fall by his prophets flatteries (1644)[9]
- A Fuller Answer to a Treatise written by Dr. Ferne (1642)[10][11]
Notes
- ^ Concise Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ [1]
- ^ PDF, p. 26, online version of Vile, Constitutionalism and the Separation of Powers (1967).
- ^ Mather and William Tompson, Modest and Brotherly Answer to Mr. Charles Herle his Book, against the Independency of Churches.
- ^ [2]
- ^ Signatories with Herle were Cornelius Burges, Assessor; Herbert Palmer, Assessor; Henry Robroughe, Scriba; Adoniram Byfield, Scriba. [3]. For the making of the Confession, see [4]. Herle was involved throughout.
- ^ [5]
- ^ [6]
- ^ [7]
- ^ [8]
- ^ PDF, online text, from p. 223.