Clagett, Nicholas
, an English divine, was born
in Canterbury about the year 1607, and in 1628 was entered
a student of Merton-college, in Oxford, where in October
| 1631, he took his degree of B. A. Afterwards he remoYed
to Magdalen-hall, and took his degree of M. A. in June
1634, being then generally esteemed a very able moderator in philosophy. About 1636 he became vicar of Melbourne, in Dorsetshire; and some years after was elected
preacher at St. Mary’s church, in St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk, where he was held in great veneration for his edifying
manner of preaching, and for his singular piety. He died
Sept. 12, 1663, and was buried in the chancel of St. Mary’s
Church, before mentioned. He published, “The Abuses
of God’s Grace, discovered in the kinds, causes, &c. proposed as a seasonable check to the wanton libertinism of
the present age,” Oxon. 1659, 4to. Though he was a
man eminent in himself, he was more so for being the father of the two following divines. 1
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The Abuses
of God’s Grace, discovered in the kinds, causes, &c. proposed as a seasonable check to the wanton libertinism of
the present age, 1659
Works Online
Works found by this author (or others with similar names) in the Early English Books Online Collection:
The abuse of Gods grace: discovered in the kinds, causes, punishments, symptoms, cures, differences, cautions, and other practical improvements thereof. Proposed as a seasonable check to the wanton libertinisme of the present age. By Nicholas Claget, minister of the Gospel at Edmundsbury in Suffolk, M.A. of Magdalen Hall, Oxon. (1659) by Clagett, Nicholas, 1610?-1662.
A persuasive to peaceableness and obedience, seasonable and proper for these times being a sermon preached at Bury Saint Edmunds in Suffolk, on July 29, 1683, in the time of the assizes held there / by Nicholas Clagett ... (1683) by Clagett, Nicholas, 1654-1727.
A perswasive to an ingenuous tryal of opinions in religion (1685) by Clagett, Nicholas, 1654-1727.
An answer to the representer's reflections upon the state and view of the controversy with a reply to the vindicator's full answer, shewing, that the vindicator has utterly ruined the new design of expounding and representing popery. (1688) by Clagett, Nicholas, 1654-1727.
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