Arthur Jackson 1593?-1666

Arthur Jackson (1593?-1666) was an English clergyman of strong Presbyterian and royalist views. He was imprisoned in 1651 for suspected complicity in the ‘presbyterian plot’ of Christopher Love, and ejected after the Act of Uniformity 1662.  He was minister of St. Faiths, London.

Jackson published:

1. ‘Help for the Understanding of the Holy Scripture; or, Annotations on the Historicall part of the Old Testament,’ &c., Cambridge and London, 1643, 4to; 2nd vol., 1646, 4to.

2. ‘Annotations on Job, the Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon,’ &c., 1658, 4to, 2 vols.
Posthumous was:
3. ‘Annotations upon … Isaiah,’ &c., 1682, 4to (edited by his son).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Jackson_(minister)
Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 29 - page 87


Annotations upon the Whole Book of Isaiah - 1682
Contains a brief account of the author's life (To the Christian Reader)

Singing of Psalms A Gospel Ordinance. Or A Treatise, wherein are handled these fur particulars. 1. Touching the duty itself, 2. Touching the matter to be sung, 3. Touching the singers, 4. Touching the manner of singing. - 1647  1650 Edition
By John Cotton

Singing of Psalmes the duty of Christians under the New Testament : or, A vindication of that Gospel-ordinance in V. sermons upon Ephesians 5.19 .. (1653) By Thomas Ford

Singing of Psalms, The Duty of Christians under the New Testament. By Thomas Ford (1652)

A Christian, Sober and Plain Exercitation on the Two Grand Practical Controversies of these Times : Infant Baptism and Singing of Psalms (1654) - Cuthbert Sydenham

   Part 1: Infant Baptism
    Part 2: GOSPEL-ORDINANCE concerning The Singing of Scripture - Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs; the lawfulness of that Ordinance

Fergusson, James 1621-1667



James Fergusson (1621-March 13, 1667) was a Scotch divine, minister of Kilwinning.


His works are:

1. Expositions of the Epistles to the Philippians and Colossians, Edinburgh, 1656.
2. Expositions of the Epistles to Galatians and Ephesians, Edinburgh, 1659.
3. Exposition of the Epistles to the Thessalonians, Glasgow, 1675.
4. Refutation of the Errors of Toleration, Erastianism, Independency, and Separation, Edinburgh, 1692.

He also issued several sermons, and left in manuscript an essay on singing the psalms.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ferguson_(minister)



Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 18 (1889) (see page 342)



(From "A literary history of Scotland" (1903) By John Hepburn Millar)



The genuine Presbyterian position, on the other hand, was admirably defended by James Fergusson (1621-67), minister of Kilwinning, who was the author of sundry expositions of St. Paul's Epistles, and of A brief refutation of the errors of Toleration, Erastianism, Independency, and Separation (1652). he refused the offer of the Divinity professorship in Glasgow University, and is reckoned to have had "a peculiar faculty of making things intricate, plain and easy to be understood."
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A Brief Exposition of the Epistles of Paul to the Galatians and Ephesians (1659) - James Fergusson


A Brief Exposition of the Epistles of Paul to the Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians (1841)
Reprinted from the Original Editions, 1656-1674
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A Brief Refutation of the Errors of Toleration, Erastianism, Independency and Separation.  Delivered in Some Sermons from 1 John 4:1.  Preach'd in the year 1652.  To which are added four sermons preach'd on several occasions (1692) - Mr. James Fergusson