Background
Ball was born at Aberbury in Shropshire.
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Career
While still young he was appointed usher in the then famous school of Mr. Puller, at Epping, in Essex, where he stayed for two years. Then he entered Queens" College, Cambridge in 1615.
He proceeded Master of Arts in 1625.
He was received by John Preston as a pupil as recommended by Puller. When Preston became master of Emmanuel College, he took Ball along with him from Queens".
Ball obtained a fellowship, and had a large group of pupils. His exercises and sermons at Saint Mary"s gained him distinction as a preacher.
He accepted a call to the church of Northampton about 1630, and conducted the weekly lecture there for about twenty-seven years.
When the plague came to the town, he remained and ministered. He was three times married, and had a large family. He died, aged sixty-nine, in 1659, and was buried 21 June.
His funeral sermon was preached by his neighbour, John Howes.
lieutenant was published under the title of Real Comforts, and included notes on his life.
