Arthur Jackson

[VirginiaHuguenot]

Arthur Jackson, English Puritan (c. 1593 -- August 5, 1666), was an eminent minister and Biblical commentator. He was one of the signers of the Epistle to the Reader commending the Westminster Standards. He was one of the men arrested by Cromwell for "participation" in Christopher Love's "plot." He was released but then spent 17 weeks in prison for refusing to testify against Love. When King Charles II was restored to the throne, Jackson presented him with a Bible with the admonition that "it should be the rule of his government and of his life." He later served as one of the Savoy commissioners. Nevertheless, he was ejected from his pulpit in 1662 for nonconformity. In the remaining years of his life he continued to labor in producing a well-regarded exposition of various portions of the Old Testament but while working on the third chapter of Jeremiah he died of a lingering and painful condition.

[Edited on 10-10-2006 by VirginiaHuguenot]