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John Ley

1583–1662

Subdean of Chester; Westminster Annotator; mediator between Presbyterians and conformists.

Holds the Westminster position on all 35 attributes.

Biography

Of Christ Church Oxford, then Great Budworth (Cheshire) for forty years (from 1616) and subdean of Chester Cathedral. Ley contributed to the Westminster Annotations on the Bible (1645-47), the major Reformed commentary on the whole canon to come out of the Assembly years, alongside Gataker, Reynolds, and others. A moderate Presbyterian widely consulted by his peers as a careful exegete, he had been a Reformed conformist before the Civil War — held the subdeanery at Chester before being made Provost in 1645. Patternes of Piety (1640) was a catechetical handbook, A Discourse of Disputations Chiefly Concerning Matters of Religion (1658) summed up his approach to controverted theology. Died in office at Solihull in 1662, three weeks after the Act of Uniformity could have ejected him.

Principal works

Patternes of Piety (1640)
A Discourse of Disputations Chiefly Concerning Matters of Religion (1658)

Role at the Assembly

English Presbyterian divine

The great majority of the sitting members were English parish ministers of Presbyterian conviction. They formed the drafting core of the Assembly, manning its three standing committees and supplying most of the text of the Confession, the two Catechisms, and the Directory for Public Worship.

Ontology placement · 0 overrides of 35

I. ✦ Scripture

Sufficiency Express-And-Good-Consequence Canon 66-Book-Protestant-Canon Authority Self-Authenticating-With-Internal-Witness Interpretation Scripture-Interprets-Scripture Necessity Necessary-After-The-Fall

II. ✠ God & Decree

Trinity Nicene-With-Filioque Order of Decrees Deliberately-Permits-Both Extent of Atonement Particular Reprobation Preterition-And-Just-Condemnation Covenant of Redemption Implicit-Affirmed

III. ⊕ Covenant

Number of Covenants Bi-Covenantal Mosaic Covenant Administration-Of-Grace Children of Believers Federal-Inclusion-Paedobaptist Testamental Continuity One-Substance-Different-Administrations

IV. ☧ Christology

Natures Chalcedonian-Two-Natures Offices Prophet-Priest-King States & Descent Humiliation-And-Exaltation; No-Local-Descent Active-Obedience Imputation Active-And-Passive-Obedience-Imputed

V. ✚ Soteriology

Effectual Calling Effectual-And-Renewing Justification Ground Imputed-Righteousness-Of-Christ Saving Faith Receptive-Resting-On-Christ-Alone Perseverance Certain-For-The-Elect Assurance Attainable-But-Not-Essence-Of-Faith

VI. ⚖ Law & Sanctification

Uses of the Law Three-Uses-Affirmed Tripartite Division Moral-Judicial-Ceremonial Sabbath Lords-Day-Fourth-Commandment-Perpetual Good Works Necessary-Fruit-Not-Meritorious

VII. ☩ Ecclesiology & Worship

Polity Presbyterian-Jure-Divino Sacramental Efficacy Signs-And-Seals-Conferring-Grace-By-Spirit Regulative Principle Strict-Only-What-Commanded Censures & Synods Three-Degrees-With-Graded-Synods

VIII. ⌛ Civil & Last Things

Magistrate's Role Custos-Utriusque-Tabulae (1646) Oaths & Marriage Oaths-Lawful-Serious; Divorce-Adultery-Or-Desertion Intermediate State Immediate-Conscious-With-God-Or-Judgment Final Judgment Single-Universal-Judgment-By-Christ

Cite this divine

Study Reformed, “John Ley” (Divine), Westminster Standards Atlas, version 79a5f9880ac1, https://studyreformed.com/atlas/cite/persona/john-ley/.

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