Daniel Cawdrey (1588–1664) was an English clergyman, theologian, and writer known for his contributions to Puritanism and church governance. A member of the Westminster Assembly, he played a key role in Presbyterian debates during the English Civil War.
The youngest son of clergyman Robert Cawdrey, he studied at Sidney Sussex College and Peterhouse, Cambridge. He served as rector of Little Ilford (1617–25) before becoming vicar ofGreat Billing, Northamptonshire (1625.) A dedicated preacher, he frequently delivered sermons in Northampton.
A leading Presbyterian voice in the Westminster Assembly (1643,) Cawdrey advocated church discipline and opposed religious toleration. Ejected in 1662 for refusing to conform to the Act of Uniformity, he retired to Wellingborough, where he died in 1664.
Notable works include Sabbatum Redivivum (1641,) co-authored with Herbert Palmer, defending Sabbath observance; The Good Man a Publick Good (1643,) a sermon to Parliament; and Independency a Great Schism (1657,) critiquing Independent church governance.
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As the musician straineth his strings, and yet he breaketh none of them but maketh thereby a sweeter melody and better concord; so God, through affliction, makes his own better unto the fruition and enjoying of the life to come.
—Daniel Cawdrey
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