William Romaine
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Church of England
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, was author of works once held in much favour by the evangelicals, namely the trilogy The Life, the Walk, and the Triumph of Faith.
Romaine went to Oxford University, became a priest in December 1738. Later, he worked as a preacher at St. Dunstans, Fleet Street, then as rector of St. Annes, Blackfriars. He was also appointed professor of astronomy
Astronomy
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at Gresham College
Gresham College
Gresham College is an institution of higher learning located at Barnard's Inn Hall off Holborn in central London, England. It was founded in 1597 under the will of Sir Thomas Gresham and today it hosts over 140 free public lectures every year within the City of London.-History:Sir Thomas Gresham,...
, London, although he is not known to have made any contribution to the subject.
Works
- Treatises Upon the Life, Walk and Triumph of Faith
- The Self-existence of Jesus Christ
- Living by Faith in Christ
- The Gospel
- The Legal Spirit slain
- At War and Yet At Peace
- Thy Walk with God
- Prayer
- Walk in Obedience to God
- Essay on Psalmody (1757)
See also
- Gresham Professor of AstronomyGresham Professor of AstronomyThe Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College, London, gives free educational lectures to the general public. The college was founded for this purpose in 1596 / 7, when it appointed seven professors; this has since increased to eight and in addition the college now has visiting professors.The...
- Letters from the Late Rev. William Romaine, to a Friend, on the Most Important Subjects, During a Correspondence of Twenty Years