 Gervase Babington was born in Nottingham. His parents sent him to Trinity College, where he was under the tutelage of William Whitgift, one of the English Reformers. He was such a laborious and successful student that he was made fellow of that college, later receiving his Doctor of Divinity degree. The Earl of Pembroke called him to be his personal chaplain, and he was later appointed bishop of Landaff in Wales in 1591. After four years in that office, Queen Elizabeth called him to the same position in Exeter. He gave himself not only to preaching, but to writing books for the understanding of God's people. It was said of him that "he was a true pattern of piety to the people, of learning to the ministry, and of wisdom to all governors. Gervase Babington died in 1610 of a fever and was buried in the cathedral in Worcester.
None of his works have gone into modern reprint, but they were highly prized in his own day. Soli Deo Gloria has a copy of his collected Works from 1615, which contain Consolatory Annotations upon Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy; The Ten Commandments, the Lord's Prayer, and the Articles of the Creed; A Comparison or Collation Between Human Frailty and Faith; and Three Worthy and Learned Sermons. |
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