Tobias Crisp

In the end he proved a divisive figure for English Calvinists, with a serious controversy arising from the republication of his works in the 1690s.

A few months later, Tobias was removed for being party to a simoniacal (i.e., the sale of a clerical office) contract.

While at Brinkworth, Tobias had been suspected of antinomianism, and as soon as his opinions became known from his preaching in London, his theories on the doctrine of free grace were bitterly attacked.

After his death his discourses were published by Robert Lancaster under the title Christ alone Exalted, in editions from 1643.

In 1690 his Works were republished with additions by one of his sons, and again in 1755 by John Gill, minister of Carter Lane Baptist Chapel, near Tooley Street.

Still, his doctrine of salvation possessed antinomian leanings and fell outside the bounds Reformed orthodoxy, especially as set forth in the Westminster Standards a in the years following his death.