A Body of Practical Divinity: Or a System of Evangelical Truths, Deduced from the Sacred Scriptures

John Gill (1697 -1771) was an English Baptist pastor, biblical scholar, and theologian who held to a firm Calvinistic soteriology. Born in Kettering, Northamptonshire, he attended Kettering Grammar School where he mastered the Latin classics and learned Greek by age 11. He continued self-study in everything from logic to Hebrew, his love for the latter remaining throughout his life.
In 1748, Gill was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity by the University of Aberdeen. He was a p...