John Griffith (c. 1622 — 1700) was an EnglishGeneral Baptistminister andphysician.
Little is known about John Griffith's early life. Griffith was born around 1622. He received university education, a medical training, and was known as Dr. Griffith.
He became convinced of Baptists views in 1640, was subsequently baptized, and established the Dunning's Alley church,Bishopsgate Street Without, inLondon around 1646.[1]
After theEnglish Restoration of 1660, Griffith frequently got into trouble as aconventicle preacher; and persistently declined theoath of allegiance. His difficulty was that the terms of the oath bound him to obey laws not then in being, and future sovereigns who might beRoman Catholic. Griffith was imprisoned atNewgate Prison in 1661 for 17 months. He was again committed on 18 April 1683, and is said to have spent 14 years in gaol.[1]
Griffith was free from molestation afterJames II's 1687Declaration of Indulgence. In 1698, the Dunning's Alley church which he ministered received an endowment under a trust created by Captain Pierce Johns' bequest. Griffith was an advocate ofclosed communion.
He died on 16 May 1700, aged 79 years old.[1]
Griffith published:[1]
Posthumous was
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Stephen, Leslie;Lee, Sidney, eds. (1890). "Griffith, John (1622?-1700)".Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 23. London:Smith, Elder & Co.
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