Edward Perronet

John Wesley once noted in his diary that Edward himself "was thrown down and rolled in mud and mire" at Bolton.

After wearying of his requests, Wesley simply announced one day that Brother Perronet would speak.

He preached in the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion until his open aversion to the established church led to his becoming the minister of an Independent congregation.

During his life, Edward published three volumes of Christian poems, including a poetic rendering of the Scriptures.

Shortly before he died, 2 January 1792 in Canterbury, Kent, England, he uttered these last words: "Glory to God in the height of His divinity!