Ralph Venning

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Ralph Venning (Devonshire, England, c. 1621-March 10 of 1673 or 1674), was a nonconformist divine. He achieved his Master of Arts at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 1650, and was a lecturer at St. Olave's Church in Southwark; he was ejected in 1663 along with many others of his persuasion, due to the Act of Uniformity 1662. He was thereafter a preacher at Pewterers Hall, London, 1663-74. Venning published numerous sermons and tracts.

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  • Orthodox Paradoxes, Or, A Believer Clearing Truth by Seeming Contradictions (1650)
  • Sin: The Plague of Plagues (published 1669)
  • The Puritans on Loving One Another
  • The Sinfulness of Sin
  • Learning, in Christ's School
  • Warning to Backsliders
  • Way to Happiness

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