Augustus Montague Toplady (4 November 1740 – 11 August 1778) was an Anglican cleric and hymn writer, he was a major Calvinist opponent of which English Anglican cleric and theologian who, with his brother Charles and fellow cleric George Whitefield, founded Methodism?
Augustus Toplady Augustus Montague Toplady (4 November 1740 – 11 August 1778) was an Anglican cleric and hymn writer. He was a major Calvinist opponent of John Wesley. He is best remembered as the author of the hymn "Rock of Ages". Three of his other hymns – "A Debtor to Mercy Alone", "Deathless Principle, Arise" and "Object of My First Desire" – are still occasionally sung today, though all three are far less popular than "Rock of Ages".
George Herbert George Herbert (3 April 1593 – 1 March 1633) was a Welsh-born poet, orator and Anglican priest. Herbert's poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poets, and he is recognised as "one of the foremost British devotional lyricists."