Education
He graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1618, Master of Arts
He graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1618, Master of Arts
In the Westminster Assembly he was the clerical leader of the Erastian party, alongside the lawyer John Selden. Selden praised him, with Thomas Erastus, in his De Synedriis. He was a native of Oxford, and entered Magdalen Hall, Oxford in 1615. in 1621, and took holy orders.
He held for a time the rectory of Blyton in Lincolnshire, which he exchanged in 1642 for that of Saint Peter"s, Cornhill.
Anthony Wood says that he died early in 1647. He published sermons and tracts.
Lamont sees Coleman"s preaching in 1644 as an important precursor of Thomas Hobbes, anticipating principles to be found in Leviathan. In 1645 Coleman was strongly opposed by George Gillespie.
He could point to John Ley arguing just this way, to attack John Saltmarsh.
According to Lamont:
Lamont sums up the Erastians in relation to theocracy in this way:.