Stennett (grand­fa­ther of hymn­ist Sam­u­el Sten­nett) at­tend­ed the Gram­mar School at Wall­ing­ford, then moved to Lon­don at age 22. He worked sev­er­al years there as a tu­tor. In 1688, he mar­ried a daugh­ter of George Guill, a French Pro­test­ant re­fu­gee. 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. His works in­clude:

• 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. His works were col­lect­ed af­ter his death and pub­lished in 1732 in four vol­umes.

Sources

Hymns

1. Another Six Days’ Work Is Done
2. Gracious Redeemer, How Di­vine
3. Great Redeemer We Adore, The
4. Immortal Praise Be Giv­en
5. Jesus, O Word Di­vine­ly Sweet
6. Lord, at Thy Table I Be­hold
7. My Blessèd Sav­ior, Is Thy Love
8. Whene’er One Sin­ner Turns to God