Introduction

Biography

Stennett was the grand­fa­ther of hym­nist Sam­uel Ste­nnett, and hus­band of a daugh­ter of George Guill, a French Pro­test­ant re­fu­gee (mar­ried 1688).

He at­tend­ed the Gram­mar School at Wall­ing­ford, Ox­ford­shire, then moved to Lon­don at age 22. He worked sev­er­al years there as a tu­tor.

The next year, he be­came a preach­er at the Bap­tist Sab­ba­tar­ian con­gre­ga­tion then meet­ing in De­von­shire Square, Lon­don (af­ter­ward in Pin­ners’ Hall). He be­came the pas­tor there in 1690, and served un­til his death.

Works

• Hymns in Com­me­mo­ra­tion of the Suf­fer­ings of our Bless­ed Sav­iour Je­sus Christ, Com­pos’d for the Ce­le­bra­tion of His Ho­ly Sup­per, 1697
• A po­et­ic­al Ver­sion of So­lo­mon’s Song of Songs, 1697 (se­cond ed­it­ion, 1703; third ed­it­ion, 1769)
• Hymns Com­posed for the Ce­le­bra­tion of the Ho­ly Or­di­nance of Bap­tism, 1712 (se­cond ed­it­ion, 1722)

Stennett al­so trans­lat­ed Dac­ier’s Plato and oth­er works from the French, and pub­lished se­ver­al ser­mons preached on the days of Na­tion­al Thanks­giv­ing and oth­er pub­lic oc­ca­sions.

After his death, his works were col­lect­ed and pub­lished in 1732 in four vol­umes.