Toplady at­tend­ed West­min­ster School, Lon­don, and Trin­i­ty Coll­ege, Dub­lin. He was or­dained an Ang­li­can priest in 1762, and served as Cur­ate at Blag­don and Far­leigh. In 1766, he be­came Vi­car of Broad­hem­bu­ry, De­von­shire. He left the Ang­li­can church in 1775, moved to Lon­don, and be­gan preach­ing at the French Cal­vin­ist church in Lei­ces­ter Fields. His works in­clude:

• The Doc­trine of Ab­so­lute Pre­des­tin­a­tion Stat­ed and As­sert­ed, 1769
• Historic Proof of the Doc­trin­al Cal­vin­ism of the Church of Eng­land, 1774
• The Church of Eng­land Vin­di­cat­ed from the Charge of Ar­min­i­an­ism, 1774
• Poems on Sac­red Sub­jects, 1775
• Psalms and Hymns, 1776

• Erickson, pp. 409-10
• Julian, p. 1182-83, 1267
• Wright, pp. 11-243

1. Can My Hea­ven-Born Soul Sub­mit?
2. Come from on High, My King and God
   • O Might This Worth­less Heart of Mine
3. Compared with Christ, in All Be­sides
4. Deathless Prin­ci­ple Arise
5. Debtor to Mer­cy Alone, A
6. Earnest of Fu­ture Bliss
7. Eternal Hal­le­lu­jahs Be to the Fa­ther Giv­en
8. Fountain of Ne­ver Ceas­ing Grace
9. From Thy Su­preme Tri­bun­al, Lord
   • Spotless Sav­ior Lived for Me, The
10. From Whence This Fear and Un­belief
11. Grace, ’Tis a Charm­ing Sound
12. Great God, Whom Hea­ven, and Earth and Sea
13. How Vast the Ben­e­fits Di­vine
    • Not for the Works Which We Have Done
14. I Saw, and Lo! A Count­less Throng
15. If, on a Qui­et Sea
16. Immovable Our Hope Re­mains
17. Jesus, God of Love, At­tend
18. Jesus, Im­mut­a­bly the Same
19. Jesus, Thy Pow­er I Fain Would Feel
20. Lord, I Feel a Car­nal Mind
21. My Yield­ing Heart Dis­solves as Wax
    • O Je­sus, Man­i­fest Thy Grace
22. Not to My­self I Owe
    • Father’s Grace and Love, The
    • Not to Our­selves We Owe
23. O Pre­cious Blood, O Glor­i­ous Death
24. O That My Heart Was Right with Thee
25. O Thou That Hear’st the Pray­er of Faith
26. O Thou Who Didst Thy Glo­ry Leave
27. O When Wilt Thou My Sav­ior Be
    • Jesus, the Sin­ner’s Rest Thou Art
28. Object of My First De­sire
29. Pilot of the Soul, Awake
30. Prayer Can Mer­cy’s Door Un­lock
31. Redeemer, Whi­ther Should I Flee?
32. Refining Full­er, Make Me Clean
33. Remember, Lord, That Je­sus Bled
34. Rock of Ag­es
35. Surely Christ Thy Griefs Hath Borne
    • Weary Sin­ner, Keep Thine Eyes
    • Weeping Soul, No Long­er Mourn
36. What Though I Can­not Break My Chain
37. What Tho’ My Frail Eye­lids Re­fuse
    • Inspirer and Hear­er of Pray­er
    • O Tu pre­cum in­spir­a­tor
    • Sovereign Pro­tec­tor I Have, A
38. When Lan­guor and Dis­ease In­vade
39. Whom Have I in Hea­ven but Thee?
    • If My Lord Him­self Re­veal
40. Your Harps, Ye Trem­bling Saints

1. Ho­ly Ghost, Di­spel Our Sad­ness