Oliver Bowles (died ) was an English Presbyterian minister and divine.
Life Bowles was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge, of which he was a Fellow from 1599 to 1606, and tutor to John Preston.Gordon 1896, p. 308.
Oliver Bowles, minister of Sutton, was one of the oldest members of the Westminster Assembly.Gordon 1886, p. 67. He probably died in or before 1646.Wright 2004. However, some sources report that Timothy Cruso was impressed by the dying counsels of Bowles (died 5 September 1674), who advised him never to trouble his hearers "with useless or contending notions, but rather preach all in practicals".Gordon 1888, p. 264. His son was the Presbyterian minister Edward Bowles.
Works He was author of:
Zeale for God's House quickned: a Fast Sermon before the Assembly of the Lords, Commons, and Divines, 1643, 4to. De Pastore Evangelico, 1649, 4to; 1655 and 1659, 16mo (published by his son, and dedicated to the Earl of Manchester).
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Further reading
Kirby, Ethan Williams (1964). "The English Presbyterians in the Westminster Assembly". Church History, 33(4): pp. 418–428. "Oliver Bowles (1574-1644)". A Puritan's Mind. Retrieved 24 September 2022.