“ GOODWIN, JOHN (c. 1594–1665) , English Nonconformist divine, was born in Norfolk and educated at Queens’ College, Cambridge, where he was elected fellow in 1617. He was vicar of St Stephen’s, Coleman Street, London, from 1633 to 1645, when he was ejected by parliament for his attacks on Presbyterianism, especially in his Θεομαχία (1644) . He thereupon established an independent congregation, and put his literary gifts at Oliver Cromwell’s service. ”