John Saltmarsh (clergyman)

John Saltmarsh (born Yorkshire, died 1647) was a radical English religious and controversial writer and preacher. He is considered one of the Seekers.William Haller called him that strange genius, part poet and part whirling dervish. In his time he was a renowned prophet.

He studied at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He became a parish priest at Heslerton in 1635, then Brasted in 1645.

He was a chaplain in the army of Thomas Fairfax. From his deathbed, he rode from Ilford to Windsor to admonish Fairfax on backsliding.

He argued strongly for religious toleration and liberty of conscience. He considered that heaven on earth was possible. Samuel Rutherford accused Saltmarsh of antinomianism.Peter Toon writes

He believed in universal salvation, and agreed with John Bunyan on the lack of necessity for baptism. He also regarded observance of Sunday as the Sabbath as not required.

A controversy with Thomas Fuller brought forth his pamphlet Examinations. Fuller

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