Jeremiah Burroughs (sometimesBurroughes; 1599 –London, 13 November, 1646) was an EnglishCongregationalist and a well-knownPuritanpreacher.
Burroughs studied atEmmanuel College, Cambridge, and was graduatedM.A. in 1624,[1] but left the university because ofnon-conformity. He was assistant toEdmund Calamy atBury St. Edmunds, and in 1631 becamerector ofTivetshall,Norfolk. He was suspended for non-conformity in 1636 and soon afterward deprived, he went toRotterdam (1637) and became "teacher" of theEnglishchurch there. He returned toEngland in 1641 and served aspreacher at Stepney and Cripplegate, London. He was a member of theWestminster Assembly and one of the few who opposed thePresbyterian majority. He was one of the Five Dissenting Brethren who put their names to theIndependent manifesto,An Apologeticall Narration in early 1644. While one of the most distinguished of the EnglishIndependents, he was one of the most moderate, acting consistently in accordance with themotto on his study door (inLatin andGreek): "Opinionum varietas et opinantium unitas non sunt ασυστατα" ("Difference of belief and unity of believers are not inconsistent"). In 1646, Burroughs died from complications resulting from a fall from his horse on the way back from the Westminster Assembly.
Burroughs' publications were many, one of the most important beingAn Exposition with Practical Observations on the Prophecy of Hosea (4 vols., London, 1643–57), which, along with a number of his other works, has been recently reprinted:
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