John Gill (23 November 1697 – 14 October 1771) was an English Baptist pastor, biblical scholar, and theologian who held to a firm Calvinistic soteriology.

At the age of about 12, Gill heard a sermon from his pastor, William Wallis, on the text, "And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?"

During Gill's ministry, the church strongly supported the preaching of George Whitefield at nearby Kennington Common.

He wrote a preface to the Hymns of Richard Davis and edited John Skepp’s book titled 'Divine Energy'.

[7] The work was a lengthy counter to contemporary Anglican Arminian Priest Daniel Whitby who had been attacking Calvinist doctrine.

Gill goes to great lengths in quoting numerous Church Fathers in an attempt to show that the Five Points and other Calvinistic ideas were held in early Christianity.