William Ames was an English Puritan minister, philosopher and controversialist.
He spent much of his time in the Netherlands. He is noted in the controversy between the Calvinists and the Arminians. ( See notes on both of them)
He studied at Christ’s College, Cambridge 1598 -BA and 1601 MA. He was chosen for a fellowship in Christ’s College but it was given instead to Valentine Carey.
Similar rebuffs followed and he ended up in the Netherlands.
On 7th of May 1622 he was installed at Franeker and stayed for 12 years. He was made rector in 1626.
His works were known over Europe and collected at Amsterdam in 5 volumes.
In 1633 he caught a cold from a flood which flooded his house and died.
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