Samuel Bolton

Samuel Bolton (1606 – 15 October 1654) was an English clergyman and scholar, a member of the Westminster Assembly and Master of Christ's College, Cambridge.

Life Samuel Bolton was the son of William Bolton, of Lancashire. He was born in London in 1606, and educated at Christ's College, Cambridge. In 1643 he was chosen one of the Westminster assembly of divines. He was successively minister of St. Martin's, Ludgate Street, of St. Saviour's, Southwark, and of St. Andrew's, Holborn.

He was appointed, on the death of Thomas Bainbrigg in 1646, master of Christ's College, Cambridge, and served as Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University in 1651. He has been identified with the Samuel Bolton who, in 1649, attended Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland on the scaffold. He died, after a long illness, on 15 October 1654. Edmund Calamy preached his funeral sermon.

Works His books include:

A Tossed Ship making for a Safe Harbour; or a Word in Season to a Sinking Kingdom (1644) The True Bounds of Christian Freedom (1645) A Vindication of the Rights of the Law and the Liberties of Grace (1646) The Arraignment of Error (1646) The Sinfulnesse of Sin (1646) The Guard of the Tree of Life (1647) The Wedding Garment Posthumously, The Dead Saint speaking to Saints and Sinners, (with a portrait prefixed).