GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-000442
NameJohn Ball
TitleMr
Gendermale
DenominationDissenter - Presbyterian
Livedb. ca. 1654-11-01 - d. 1745-05-06 (old)
Linked Manuscripts
Linked SermonsSermon 1 on Deuteronomy 6:5 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Genesis 6:9 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Hebrews 2:3 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Matthew 22:11 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Romans 12:11 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Deuteronomy 6:5 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Genesis 6:9 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Hebrews 2:3 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Matthew 22:11 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Romans 12:11 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 3 on Deuteronomy 6:5 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 3 on Hebrews 2:3 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 4 on Hebrews 2:3 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 2 Corinthians 6:18 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Ecclesiastes 7:2 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Hebrews 6:15 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on James 2:23 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on John 14:6 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Mark 13:26 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Numbers 32:23 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 126:5 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 23:1 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 48:14 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 73:25-26 -- preacher (autograph: no)
Linked Reports
Source of DataJeanne Shami; Hannah Wood
Biographical Sources ConsultedODNB (Article: 1216); CL Catalogue
Other NoteJohn Ball was born in November 1654 to William Ball (1624-1670), ejected presbyterian minister, and his wife Susanna. He studied with Henry Hickman at his academy in Dunthorp and with Ames Short at Lyme Regis; he went on to open his own academy for conformists and nonconformists in Dorset. After Monmouth’s rebellion in 1685, Ball departed for the Netherlands where he studied medicine at Utrecht. He was ordained in January 1696 and settled in Honiton; from this year onwards he attended the Exeter assembly and served as moderator five times. In 1705 he reunited the Presbyterians with the Baptists at the Bridge Assembly. He was a leader of the orthodox dissenters during the Exeter controversy (1716-1719), publishing “Arius Detected and Confuted” in 1719 as part of the debate; he also published “An Answer to some Common Objections” (1727), “The Importance of Right Apprehensions of God with Respect to Religion and Virtue” (1736), and the sermon “Some Remarks on a New Way of Preaching” (1737). He died at Honiton in 6 May 1745, predeceased by his wife.
GEMMS record createdApril 26, 2016
GEMMS record last editedJanuary 29, 2024