This excerpt comes from the opening page of A Voice from Prison by Hercules Collins when he was imprisoned in 1684.
To the Church of God, formerly meeting in Old-Gravel-Lane Wapping, and all who were strangers and foreigners, but now fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God.
Revelation 3:11
Behold, I come quickly; hold [...]
Archive for February, 2008
On Preaching from Prison
Posted in A Voice from Prison on February 11, 2008 | Comments Off
Hercules Collins, the Poet
Posted in The Marrow of Gospel History on February 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Adam the First Paradise lost,
Where once he sweetly sang:
But was regain’d by Man’s good Friend,
Christ the triumphant King.
He Satan fought, and gain’d the Fort,
Yea won the Field and Day.
The Woman’s Seed did break the Head,
Of Man’s grand Enemy.
From The Marrow of Gospel History (1696) by Hercules Collins
An Old Gospel
Posted in Orthodox Catechism on February 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »
In the preface to his first published word, An Orthodox Catechism (1680), Hercules Collins expresses his solidarity with the orthodoxy of the past. The Orthodox Catechism was a adaptation of the Heidelberg Catechism (1563) which had been adopted at the Synod of Dort (1618-1619). The text of the Collins’ Catechism virtually reproduces the [...]
Ernest Kevan on Hercules Collins
Posted in Biographical on February 2, 2008 | No Comments »
In 1933, E.F. Kevan (then pastor of Church Hill Baptist Church, Walthamstow) wrote a history of his church titled London’s Oldest Baptist Church in which he outlines the church’s 300 year history (at that time, it was founded by John Spilsbury in 1633). Hercules Collins served as the third pastor of this historic congregation following [...]
19th Century English Baptist Historian Joseph Ivimey on Hercules Collins
Posted in Biographical on February 2, 2008 | No Comments »
From Joseph Ivimey’s A History of the English Baptists Vol. 2, pp. 435-438.
He became the minister of this church in 1677, and watched over it till his death, a period of twenty-five years. He attended the meetings of the general Assembly in London. We are indebted for what we know of this worthy minister to [...]
18th Century English Baptist Historian Thomas Crosby on Hercules Collins
Posted in Biographical on February 2, 2008 | No Comments »
from Thomas Crosby’s The History of the English Baptists. Vol. 3, pp. 129-130 (BSB)
Mr. Hercules Collins, a faithful minister of the gospel; though he had not a learned education, yet was a very useful and laborious servant of Christ, and one that suffered imprisonment for his sake. He began to be religious early, and continued [...]
Welcome
Posted in Uncategorized on February 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Welcome to HerculesCollins.com, the online home for the 17th century British Particular Baptist pastor Hercules Collins. The purpose of this website is to provide information about this relatively unknown man of God, his times, and his contemporaries.
Much of what will be posted here will be the product of research which I am doing for [...]
