Thomas Patient
Thomas Patient (?-1666) was a Particular Baptist preacher. He served a short time alongside William Kiffin and was one of the signatories of the 1644 Baptist Confession of Faith. After ministering several years in Ireland, he returned to London in 1666 and was appointed co-pastor with William Kiffin of the church meeting at Devonshire Square. He died one month later.
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The Life And Ministry Of Thomas Patient
He was for some time an Independent minister in America, where he embraced the principles of the Baptists. The consequence of this was, that he was violently persecuted and opposed by the Independents, who as little understood the principles of religious liberty, as those by whose opposition they had been obliged not long before to leave England. Returning to England, about 1640, he became the colleague of Mr. Kiffin, and signed the Confession of Faith, of the seven churches; and travelled with him through the country. Crosby says, he went with General Fleetwood into Ireland. This we suppose was in consequence of au order of Parliament, March 12, 1649, viz.
