Doddridge’s mo­ther was the daugh­ter of John Bau­man, an ex­iled Bo­he­mi­an cler­gy­man. Young­est of 20 child­­ren, at birth Phili­p showed so lit­tle sign of life that he was laid aside as dead. But one of his at­tend­ants, think­ing she pe­rceived some mo­tion, or breath, took that ne­ces­sa­ry care of him, on which, in those ten­der cir­cum­stanc­es, the fee­ble frame of life de­pend­ed, which was so near ex­pir­ing as soon as it was kin­dled. (Long, p. 128).

Dod­dridge at­tend­ed Kings­ton Gram­mar School at St. Al­bans, and a non­con­form­ist acad­e­my in Kib­worth, Lei­ces­ter­shire, Eng­land. He went on to be­come one of the dis­sent­ing cler­gy. He was pas­tor of an in­de­pend­ent con­gre­ga­tion and tu­tor of a sem­in­ary for dis­sent­ing min­is­ters at North­amp­ton from 1739 un­til his death. His works in­clude:

• The Rise and Pro­gress of Re­li­gion in the Soul, 1745
• The Fam­i­ly Ex­po­si­tor, 1739-56
• Hymns Found­ed on Var­i­ous Texts in the Ho­ly Script­ures. By the Late Rev­er­end Phil­ip Dod­dridge, D. D., pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly by Job Or­ton (J. Ed­dowes and J. Cot­ton, 1755)
• Scriptural Hymns by the Rev Phil­ip Dod­dridge, com­piled by his great-grand­son, John Dod­dridge Hum­phreys, 1839

• Hatfield, pp. 201-8
• Julian, p. 305-6, 1560
• Long, pp. 128-47
• Robinson, pp. 7-8
• Stulken, pp. 136-7

1. And Will the Great Eter­nal God
2. And Will the Judge De­scend?
3. Arise, My Tend’rest Thoughts, Arise
4. Awake, My Soul, Stretch Ev­ery Nerve
5. Beset with Snares on Ev­ery Hand
6. Blest Je­sus, Source of Grace Di­vine
7. Blest Je­sus While in Mor­tal Flesh
8. Do I Not Love Thee, O My Lord?
9. Eternal Source of Ev­ery Joy
10. Father of All, Thy Care We Bless
11. Father of Mer­cies in Thy House
    • Sav­ior, When to Hea­ven He Rose, The
12. Father of Peace, and God of Love
13. Fountain of Good, to Own Thy Love
14. God of My Life, Through All My Days
15. Grace, ’Tis a Charm­ing Sound
16. Great Former of This Var­i­ous Frame
17. Great God, We Sing Your Mighty Hand
18. Great Ruler of All Na­ture’s Frame
19. Hail to the Prince of Life and Peace
20. Hark, the Glad Sound!
21. House of Our God
22. How Gen­tle God’s Com­mands
23. How Rich Thy Boun­ty, King of Kings!
24. How Swift the Tor­rent Rolls
25. Jesus, I Love Thy Charm­ing Name
26. Jesus, My Lord, How Rich Thy Grace!
27. King of Heav’n His Ta­ble Spreads, The
28. Let the High Heav’ns Your Songs In­vite
29. Let Zi­on’s Watch­men All Awake
30. My God, and Is Thy Ta­ble Spread
31. My Gra­cious Lord, I Own Thy Right
32. My Help­er God, I Bless His Name
    • Our Help­er God, We Bless Thy Name
33. Not Ma­ny Years Their Rounds Shall Roll
34. Now Let Our Cheer­ful Eyes Sur­vey
35. Now Let Our Mourn­ing Hearts Re­vive
36. Now Let the Fee­ble All Be Strong
37. O God of Beth­el, by Whose Hand
38. O God of Sab­bath, Hear Our Vows
    • Lord of the Sab­bath, Hear Us Pray
    • Thine Earth­ly Sab­baths, Lord, We Love
39. O Hap­py Day, That Fixed My Choice
40. O Lord! And Is Thy Ta­ble Spread?
41. O Ye Im­mor­tal Throng
42. O Zi­on, Tune Thy Voice
43. See Is­ra­el’s Gen­tle Shep­herd Stand
44. Shine on Our Souls, Eter­nal God
45. Sing, Oh Ye Ran­somed of the Lord
46. Thine Earth­ly Sab­baths, Lord, We Love
47. Thrice Hap­py Souls
48. Tomorrow, Lord, Is Thine
49. Triumphant Zi­on, Lift Thy Head
50. When at This Dist­ance, Lord, We Trace
51. While on the Verge of Life I Stand
52. Why Will Ye Waste on Trif­ling Cares
53. Ye Bright Im­mor­tal Throng
54. Ye Gold­en Lamps of Heav’n Fare­well
55. Ye Hum­ble Souls That Seek the Lord
56. Ye Serv­ants of the Lord
57. Ye Sons of Men, with Joy Re­cord
58. Yes, the Re­deem­er Rose