eaching. In 1597 he took his degree of D. D. In the beginning of king James’s reign he was appointed chaplain in ordinary to his majesty; who had such an opinion of him as
, eldest brother to the archbishop,
was born also in the town of Guildford in 1560; educated
by the same schoolmaster; and afterwards sent to Balliol
college, Oxford, in 1575. In 1582 he took his degree of
M. A. and soon became a celebrated preacher; to which
talent he chiefly owed his preferment. Upon his first sermon at Worcester, he was chosen lecturer in that city, and
soon after rector of All Saints in the same place. John
Stanhope, esq. happening to hear him preach at Paul’s
cross, was so pleased with him, that he immediately presented him to the rich living of Bingham in Nottinghamshire. In 1594 he became no less eminent for his
writings than he had been for his excellence in preaching.
In 1597 he took his degree of D. D. In the beginning of
king James’s reign he was appointed chaplain in ordinary
to his majesty; who had such an opinion of him as a writer, that he ordered the doctor’s book “De Antichristo
”
to be reprinted with his own commentary upon part of the
Apocalypse. He had also acquired much reputation for his
writings against Dr. William Bishop, then a secular priest,
but afterwards titular bishop of Chalcedon. In 1609 he
was elected master of Balliol college; which trust he discharged with the utmost care and assiduity, by his frequent lectures to the scholars, by his continual presence at
public exercises, and by promoting discipline in the society. In May 1610 the king nominated Dr. Abbot one of
the fellows in the college of Chelsea, which had been,
lately founded for the encouragement and promotion of
polemical divinity. In November 1610 he was made prebendary of Normanton in the church of Southwell; and in
1612 his majesty appointed him regius professor of divinity
at Oxford; in which station he acquired the character of a
profound divine, though a more moderate Calvinist than
either of his two predecessors in the divinity-chair, Holland and Humphrey: for he countenanced the sublapsarian tenets concerning predestination. He was not, however, less an enemy to Dr. Laud than his brother; and in
one of his sermons pointed at him so directly, that Laud
intended to have taken some public notice of it.
me years; and came back to England in 1670, with a resolution to return to Tangier. He was appointed chaplain in ordinary to his majesty soon after his coming over; but had
, son of Lancelot Addison a.
clergyman, born at Mauldismeaburne in the parish of
Crosby Ravens worth in Westmoreland, in 1632, was educated at the grammar school of Appleby, and afterwards
sent to Queen’s college, Oxford, upon the foundation. He
was admitted B. A. Jan. 25, 1654, and M. A. July 4, 1657.
As he now had greatly distinguished himself in the univer?
sity, he was chosen one of the terras filii for the act celebrated in 1658; but, his oration abounding in personal
satire against the ignorance, hypocrisy, and avarice of those
then in power, he was compelled to make a recantation,
and to akk pardon on his knees. Soon after he left Oxford, and retired to Petworth in Sussex, where he resided
till the restoration. The gentlemen of Sussex having recommended him to Dr. King, bishop of Chester, as a man
who had suffered for his loyalty and attachment to th.e constitution of church and state; the bishop received him
kindly, and in all probability would have preferred him,
had he not, contrary to his lordship’s approbation, accepted of the chaplainship at Dunkirk; where he continued till
1662, when, the place being delivered up to the French,
he returned to England. The year following he went
chaplain to the garrison at Tangier, where he resided some
years; and came back to England in 1670, with a resolution to return to Tangier. He was appointed chaplain in
ordinary to his majesty soon after his coming over; but had
no thoughts, however, of quitting his chaplamship at Tangier, until it was conferred upon another, by which Mr.
Addison became poor in his circumstances. In this situation of his affairs, a gentleman in Wiltshire bestowed on
him the rectory of Milston, in Wilts, worth about 120l. per
annum. Soon after he was also made prebendary of Minor
pars altaris, in the cathedral of Sarum; and took the degrees of B. and D. D. at Oxford, July 6, 1675. His preferments, though not very considerable, enabled him to
live in the country with great decency and hospitality; and
he discharged his duty with a most conscientious diligence.
In 1683 the commissioners for ecclesiastical affairs, in consideration of his former service at Tangier, conferred upon
him the deanry of Lichfield, in which he was installed July
3; was collated to the archdeaconry of Coventry Dec. 8,
1684, and held it with his deanry in commendam. In the
convocation, which met Dec. 4, 1689, dean Addison was
one of the committee appointed by the lower house to acquaint the lords, that they had consented to a conference
on the subject of an address to the king. He died April
20, 1703, and was buried in the church-yard of Lichfield,
at the entrance of the west door, with the following epitaph
“Hie jacet Lancelotus Addison, S. T. P. hujus ecclesiae
decanus, necnon archidiaconus Coventrise, qui obiit 20
die Aprilis, ann. Dom. 1703, aetatis suae 71.
” He was
twice married; first to Jane, daughter of Nathaniel Gulston, esq., and sister to Dr. William Gulston, bishop of
Bristol, by whom he had, Jane, who died in her infancy;
Joseph, or whom in thenext article; Gulston, who died governor of Fort St. George in the East Indies; Dorothy,
married first to Dr. Sartre, prebendary of Westminster, secondly to Daniel Combes, esq.; Anne, who died young;
and Lancelot, fellow of Magdalen college, Oxford, an
able classical scholar.
d there we are not informed, nor what degree he took. Having entered into holy orders, we find him a chaplain in ordinary to his majesty so early as in 1718, when he could
, the bishop’s second son, had the
same advantages of education with his elder brother, having a distinct tutor both at home and the university. He
pursued his studies, likewise, for two years at Leyden. At
Oxford he was admitted a commoner of Merton college;
but how long he studied there we are not informed, nor
what degree he took. Having entered into holy orders, we
find him a chaplain in ordinary to his majesty so early as in
1718, when he could not be thirty years of age. He is said
to have been a contributor to Hibernicus’s Letters, a periodical paper carried on at Dublin in the years 1725, 1726,
and 1727: and we believe there is no doubt of his having
been one of the writers of another valuable paper, entitled
“The Free-thinker,
” which was afterwards collected into
three volumes, 12mo. In the Hoadlian controversy he
was an able assistant to the eminent prelate from whom that
controversy received its denomination. Three pieces were
published by Mr. Burnet on this occasion, the first of which
was, “A Letter to the rev. Mr. Trapp, occasioned by his
Sermon on the real Nature of the Church and Kingdom of
Christ;
” the second, “An Answer to Mr. Law’s Letter to
the Lord Bishop of Bangor;
” and the third, “A full and
free examination of several important points relating to
Church-Authority, the Christian Priesthood, the positive
Institutions of the Christian Religion, and Church-Communion, in answer to the notions and principles contained
in Mr. Law’s second Letter to the lord bishop of Bangor.
”
Dr. Hoadly considered our author as one of his best defenders. In 1719 Mr. Burnet published an abridgment of
the third volume of his father’s History of the Reformation.
If he had not been cut off in early life, there is no doubt
but that he would have made a distinguished figure in the
literary world; and it is probable that he would have risen
to a high rank in the church. The Gilbert Burnet who
abridged the Boylean Lectures was another person.
hael Bassishaw, to which he was elected by that parish about two years before his death. He was also chaplain in ordinary to his majesty. He was cut off, however, in the
, eldest son of the preceding,
was born at St. Edmundsbury, in Suffolk, September 14,
1646, and educated in the free-school there, under the
care of Dr. Thomas Stephens, author of the notes on Statius’s Sylvse, who took very early notice of the promising
parts of his scholar. Before he was full thirteen years of
age, he was admitted a pensioner in Emanuel-college, in
Cambridge, September 5, 1659, under the tuition of Mr.
Thomas Jackson, where he took his degree of A. B. 1663,
A.M. 1667, and commenced D. D. in 1683. He was
then chosen one of the preachers of St. Edmundsbury,
which office he discharged for seven years with universal
reputation. From thence, at the instance of some considerable men of the long robe, whose business at the assizes there gave them opportunities of being acquainted
with his great worth and abilities, he was thought worthy
by the society of Gray’s-inn, to succeed the eminent Dr.
Cradock, as their preacher, which he continued to be all
the remaining part of his life, much to the satisfaction of
the society. He was also presented by the lord keeper
North (who was his wife’s kinsman) to the rectory of Farnham-royal, in Buckinghamshire, into which he was instituted May 14, 1683; but what he most valued next to his
preacher’s place at Gray’s-inn, was the lectureship of St.
Michael Bassishaw, to which he was elected by that parish
about two years before his death. He was also chaplain in
ordinary to his majesty. He was cut off, however, in the
prime of life. He was seized with the small-pox on a
Sunday evening, March the 16th, after having preached
at St. Martin in the Fields, in his Lent course there; and
died March 28, 1638. He was buried in a vault under part
of the church of St. Michael Bassishaw, in the grave
with his wife, Mrs. Thornasin North, a most virtuous and
accomplished woman, who died eighteen days after him,
of the same disease. We are assured by the testimony of
Dr. Sharp, that no man of a private condition, in the last
age, died more lamented, and his private virtuesand
public services are spoken of by all his contemporaries in
the highest terms. Bishop Burnet ranks him among those
worthy and eminent men whose lives and labours in a great
measure rescued the church from those reproaches that
the follies of others drew upon it; nor ought it to be forgotten, that he was one of those excellent divines who
made that noble stand against popery in the reign of king
James II. which will redound to their immortal honour.
The several things published by Dr. Clagett, are as follows: 1. “A Discourse concerning the Operations of the
Holy Spirit; with a confutation of some part of Dr. Owen’s
book upon that subject,
” Part I. Lond. A Reply to a pamphlet called
The Mischief of Impositions, by Mr. Alsop, which pretends to answer the dean of St. Paul’s (Dr. Stillingfleet’s)
Sermon concerning the Mischief of Separation,
” Lond.
An Answer to the Dissenters’ Objections
against the Common Prayers, and some other parts of the
divine service prescribed in the Liturgy of the Church of
England,
” Lond. The Difference of the
Case between the Separation of Protestants fromthe
Church of Rome, and the Separation of Dissenters from
the Church of England,
” Lond. The
State of the Church of Rome when the Reformation began, as it appears by the advices given to pope Paul III.
and Julius III. by creatures of their own.
” 6. “A Discourse concerning the Invocation of the Blessed Virgin
and the Saints,
” Lond. A Paraphrase,
with notes, upon the sixth Chapter of St. John, shewing
that there is neither good reason, nor sufficient authority
to suppose that the Eucharist is discoursed of in that
chapter, much less to infer the doctrine of Transubstantiation from it.
” Lond. 1686, 4to. Reprinted in 1689,
8vo, at the end of his second volume of sermons. 8. “Of
the Humanity and Chanty of Christians. A Sermon
preached at the Suffolk Feast, at St. Michael, Cornhill,
London, November 30, 1686.
” 9. “A Discourse concerning the pretended Sacrament of Extreme Unction,
&.c.
” in three parts. “With a letter to the Vindicator of
the bishop of Condom,
” Lond. A second letter to the Vindicator of the bishop of Condom,
”
Lond. Authority of Councils, and the
Rule of Faith, with an answer to the Eight Theses laid
down for the Trial of the English Reformation.
” The first
part, about Councils, by Hutchinson, esq. the rest
by Dr. Clagett, 4to. 12. “Notion of Idolatry considered
and confuted,
” Lond. Cardinal Bellarmine’s
seventh note, of the Union of the Members among themselves, and with the Head.
” 14. “His twelfth note, Of
the Light of Prophecy, examined and confuted.
” 15. “A
View of the whole Controversy between the Representer
and the Answerer; in which are laid open some of the
methods by which Protestants are misrepresented by Papists,
” Lond. 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,
” London,
Several captious Queries concerning
the English Reformation, first in Latin, and afterwards by
T. W. in English, briefly and fully answered,
” Lond.
A Preface concerning the Testimony of
Miracles, prefixed to The School of the Eucharist established upon the miraculous respects and acknowledgements,
which Beasts, Birds, and Insects, upon several occasions,
have rendered to the Sacrament of the Altar.
” Translated
by another hand, from the original French of F. Toussain
Bridoul, a Jesuit," Lond. 1687, 4to. Besides these, after
his decease, his brother, Mr. Nicolas Clagett, published
four volumes of his sermons: the first in 1689, contained seventeen sermons; one of which was greatly admired by
queen Mary, who desired to have it read more than once
during her last illness: Text, Job ii. 10. The second
volume, printed in 1693, contained eleven sermons; a Paraphrase and Notes upon the first, second, third, fourth, fifth,
seventh, and eighth Chapters of the Gospel of St. John.
The Paraphrase, and Notes on the sixth Chapter, which had
been published before: A Discourse of Church- Unity, with
Directions now, in this divided State of Christendom, to keep
within the Unity of the Church A Discourse of Humanity
and Charity And a Letter concerning Protestants Charity
to Papists published by Dr. Clagett. The third and fourth
volumes did not come out till 1720, at so great a distance
of tune from the two former volumes, that the booksellers
would not call them the third and fourth volumes, but the
first and second volumes, as well as the former; only notice was given, that they were never before published.
ry of Bothall in Northumberland; and in 1737, by the recommendation of queen Caroline, was appointed chaplain in ordinary to his majesty. In 1739 he assumed the name and
, an English prelate, was the second son of George Henry, seventh earl of Kinnoul, and Abigail, youngest daughter of Robert Harley, earl of Oxford and Mortimer, lord high treasurer of Great Britain. He was born in London, Nov. 10, 1711, and after being educated at Westminster school, was admitted student of Christ church, Oxford, where he prosecuted his studies with great diligence and credit. When he had taken his first degree in arts, he accompanied his cousingerman, Thomas duke of Leeds, on a tour to the continent. From that he returned in 1735 to college, to pursue the study of divinity; the same year, June 13, he was admitted M. A. and soon after entered into holy orders, and was presented by the Oxford family to the rectory of Bothall in Northumberland; and in 1737, by the recommendation of queen Caroline, was appointed chaplain in ordinary to his majesty. In 1739 he assumed the name and arms of Drummond, as heir in entail of his great grandfather William, first viscount of Strathallan. In 1743, he attended the king abroad, and on his return was installed prebendary of Westminster, and in 1745 was admitted B. D. and D. D. In 1748 he was promoted to the see of St. Asaph; a diocese where his name will ever be revered, and which he constantly mentioned with peculiar affection and delight, as having enjoyed there for thirteen years, a situation most congenial to his feelings, and an extent of patronage most gratifying to his benevolent heart.
rs. In April 1663, he was made prebendary of North Auiton, in the cathedral of Salisbury, being then chaplain in ordinary to his majesty; and, the llth of February following,
, a learned divine in the seventeenth
century, who wrote several pieces in vindication of the
Church of England, was born at St. Helier’s in the Isle of
Jersey, in 1625. About the end of 1640, he was entered
of Merton-college in Oxford; but when that city came
to be garrisoned for king Charles I. he retired into France:
and, having studied for some time at Caen in Normandy,
took the degree of master of arts, in the Sylvanian college
of that place, on the 8th of July 1664. Then he applied
himself to the study of divinity, for above two years, at
Saumur, under the celebrated Amyrault, divinity reader in
that Protestant university. In 1647 he returned to Jersey,
and continued for some time until the reduction of that
island by the parliament-forces in 1651, when on account of his being in the defence of it for the king, he was
forced to withdraw, or rather was expelled thence. He
then went to Paris, and received episcopal ordination in
the chapel of sir Richard Browne, knt. his majesty’s resident in France, from the hands of Thomas, bishop of Galloway. From Paris, he removed to St. Malo’s, whence the
reformed church of Caen invited him to be one of their
ministers, in the absence of the learned Samuel Bochart,
who was going into Sweden. Not long after, the landgrave of Hesse having written to the ministers of Paris, to
send him a minister to preach in French at his highness’s
court, he was by them recommended to that prince, but
preferred being chaplain to the duke de la Force, father to
the princess of Turenne; in which station he continued
above eight years. Upon the restoration he came over to
England, and was very instrumental in setting up the new
episcopal French church at the Savoy in London, in which
he officiated first on Sunday, 14 July, 1661, and continued
there for some years after, much to the satisfaction of his
hearers. In April 1663, he was made prebendary of North
Auiton, in the cathedral of Salisbury, being then chaplain
in ordinary to his majesty; and, the llth of February following, succeeded to a canonry of Windsor. On the 1st
of July, 1668, he was installed into the fourth prebend of
Durham, and had a rich donative conferred on him. The
28th of February, 1669-70, he was actually created doctor
of divinity, by virtue of the chancellor’s letters. In 1677,
king Charles II. gave him the deanery of Windsor, vacant
by the death of Dr. Bruno Ryves, into which he was installed July 27. He had also the great living of Witney in
Oxfordshire conferred on him, all which preferments he
obtained, partly through his own qualifications, being not
only a good scholar, but also “a perfect courtier, skilful
in the arts of getting into the favour of great men;
” and
partly through his great interest with king Charles II., to
whom he was personally known both in Jersey and France.
Mr. Wood thinks, that, had he lived some years longer,
he would undoubtedly have been promoted to a bishopric.
He published several things; and, among the rest, 1. “The
Liturgy of the Church of England asserted, in a Sermon,
preached [in French] at the chapel of the Savov, before
the French Congregation, which usually assembles in that
place, upon the first day that divine service was there celebrated according to the Liturgy of the Church of England.
” Translated into English by G. B. doctor in physic,
Lond. 1662, 4to. 2. “A View of the Government and
public Worship of God in the reformed churches of England, as it is established by the act of uniformity,
” Lond.
Apologia
pro ministris trt Anglia (vulgo) noneonformistis,
” by an
anonymous author, supposed to be Henry Hickman, he
published, 3. “Sanctae Ecclesise Anglicanao ad versus iniquas atque inverecundas Schismaticorum Criminationes,
Vindiciae.
” The presbyterians, taking great offence at it,
published these answers: 1. “Bonasus Vapulans or some
castigations given to Mr. John Durel for fouling himself
and others in his English and Latin book,
” Loud. The Nonconformists
vindicated from the Abuses put upon them by Mr. Durel
and Mr. Scrivner.
” 2. Dr. Lewis Du Moulin published
also this answer thereto: “Patronus bonre fidei, in causa
Puritanorum,
” &c Lond. Theoremata philosophise,
” consisting of some theses maintained at the university of Caen;
a French and Latin edition of the Common Prayer Book;
and a French translation of the Whole Duty of Man,
partly written by his wife.
, D. D. chaplain in ordinary to his majesty, born 1721, was the son of Richard
, D. D. chaplain in ordinary to
his majesty, born 1721, was the son of Richard Francklin,
well known as the printer of an anti-ministerial paper caUed
“The Craftsman,
” in the conduct of which he received
great assistance from lord Bolingbroke, Mr. Pulteney, and
other excellent writers, who then opposed sir Robert Waipole’s measures. By the advice of the second of these
gentlemen, young Francklin was devoted to the church,
with a promise of being provided for by Mr. Pulteney,
who afterwards forgot his undertaking. Yet his father had
a claim, from his sufferings at least, to all that these
patriots could do for him. While engaged in their service, he was prosecuted by the crown several times, and
had been confined several years in the King’s-bench prison
for a letter written from the Hague, and printed by him at
their desire. It is true, indeed, that several noblemen;
and gentlemen subscribed a sum of 50l. each to Francklin,
as a compensation for his losses, but it is as true that no
more than three of them paid their money, of whom Mr.
Pulteney was one.
h he resigned in 1770 on being made regius professor of civil law. In February 1774 he was appointed chaplain in ordinary to his majesty; in 1775 was created D. D. by royal
, a learned English prelate, was born at Mansfield in Derbyshire, Jan. 18, 1733. He was the eldest son of Mr. Samuel Hallifax, apothecary, by Hannah, daughter of Mr. Jebb, of Mansfield, by which alliance our author became first cousin of the late sir Richard, and Dr. John Jebb. He was admitted of Jesus college, Cambridge, where he distinguished himself in his academical exercises, and he was in the list of wranglers, as they are called, and obtained the chancellor’s gold medal forclassical learning, and some prize dissertations. He proceeded A. B. in 1744, and A.M. in 1747, and afterwards removed to Trinity Hall (where are only two fellowships in divinity), and proceeded LL.D. in 1761. In Nov. 1765 he was presented to the rectory of Chaddington, in Buckinghamshire, and in 1768 was elected professor of Arabic in the university of Cambridge, which he resigned in 1770 on being made regius professor of civil law. In February 1774 he was appointed chaplain in ordinary to his majesty; in 1775 was created D. D. by royal mandate, and on the death of Dr. Topham succeeded him as master of the faculties in Doctors Commons. From Mrs. Galley, relict of Dr. Galley, prebendary of Gloucester, he received, without any solicitation on his part, but merely as a reward for his eminent services in the cause of religion, the valuable rectory of Warsop, in Nottinghamshire, in 1778. In 1781 he was advanced to the see of Gloucester, and thence was translated to the see of St. Asaph in 1787, being the first English bishop that was translated to that see, and the second that was translated to a bishopric in North Wales. He died of the stone, March 4, 1790, when only fifty-seven years of age. He married one of the daughters of Dr. Cooke, provost of King’s college, Cambridge, who wrote the elegant epitaph on his monument in the church of Warsop, where bishop Hallifax was buried at his own desire, near a favourite son who was interred there. By his wife he left another son and six daughters.
s college, in the room of Dr. Crew, promoted to the bishopric of Oxford. He was afterwards appointed chaplain in ordinary to his majesty, rector of Bladon near Woodstock
, an English divine, was born at Barkby in Leicestershire, about 1621, and educated there in grammar learning, under the vicar of that town. He was entered of Lincoln college, Oxford, in 1640; and, about the same time, being a constant hearer of archbishop Usher’s sermons in All-hallows church in that university, he conceived such a high opinion of that prelate, as to wish to make him the pattern of his life. Soon after, Oxford being garrisoned upon the breaking out of the civil wars, he bore arms for the king at his own charge; and therefore, in 1645, when he was a candidate for the degree of bachelor of arts, he was admitted to it without paying fees. Upon the approach of the parliamentary visitors, who usurped the whole power of the university, he went abroad, and became preacher to the company of English merchants at Rotterdam and Dort. In 1661, he was created bachelor of divinity; and, in 1663, chosen fellow of his college, without his solicitation or knowledge. In 1669, while he was at Dort in Holland, he was made doctor of divinity at Oxford; and, in 1672, elected rector of his college, in the room of Dr. Crew, promoted to the bishopric of Oxford. He was afterwards appointed chaplain in ordinary to his majesty, rector of Bladon near Woodstock in Oxfordshire, in May 1680, and was installed dean of Gloucester on April 30, 1681. He resigned Bladon in the year 1682. He died at Lincoln-college in 1685. By his will he gave to the public library at Oxford all such of his books, whether manuscript or printed, as were not then in the library, excepting such only as he had not other-wise disposed of, and the remaining part to Lincoln-college library; in which college also he fitted up the common room, and built the garden-wall.
the royal cause, was promoted to a canonry of Christ-church, and made archdeacon of Chichester, and chaplain in ordinary to his majesty, which preferments he held to the
, an English poet and divine, was
born at Hatherlagh in Devonshire, in 1604. He received
his education at Westminster-school; and was afterwards
removed to Christ-church in Oxford, when he was about
twenty. He took his bachelor and master of arts degrees in the regular way; and then, entering into holy
orders, was presented by his college to the vicarages of
Cassington, near Woodstock, and of Pyrton, near Watlington in Oxfordshire. He became, says W T ood, “a quaint
preacher, and a noted poet;
” and, in the latter capacity,
distinguished himself by the production of two plays, entitled “The City Match,
” a comedy; and “The Amorous
War,
” a tragi-comedy. When the rebellion broke out,
and Charles I. was obliged to keep his court at Oxford, to
avoid being exposed to the resentment of the populace in
London, where tumults then prevailed, Dr. Mayne was
one of those divines who were appointed to preach before
his majesty. In 1646, he was created a doctor of divinity;
and the year after, printed a sermon at Oxford, “Against
false prophets,
” upon Ezek. xxii. 26. which occasioned a
dispute between him and the memorable antagonist of
Chillingworth, Mr. Cheynell. Cheynell had attacked his
sermon from the pulpit at St. Mary’s in Oxford; and
several letters passed between them, which were published
by Dr. Mayne the same year, in a piece entitled “A
late printed sermon against false prophets vindicated by
letter from the causeless aspersions of Mr. Francis Cheynell; by Jasper Mayne, D. D. the misunderstood author
of it.
” Mayne having said, in one of his letters to Cheynell, that “God, upon a true repentance, is not so fatally
tied to the spindle of absolute reprobation, as not to keep
his promise, and seal merciful pardons;
” Cheynell animadverted upon him in the following terms: “Sir, Reprobatio est tremendum mysterium. How dare you jet
upon such a subject, at the thought of which each Christian trembles? Can any man repent, that is given up to
a reprobate mind and impenitent heart? And is not every
man finally impenitent, save those few to whom God gives
repentance freely, powerfully, effectually? See what it
is for a man to come from Ben Jonson or Lucian, to treat
immediately of the high and stupendous mysteries of religion. The Lord God pardon this wicked thought of your
heart, that you may not perish in the bond of iniquity and
gall of bitterness. Be pleased to study the ixth chapter
to the Romans.
” The same year Mayne published also
another piece, entitled, “OXAOMAXIAj or, the people’s
war examined according to the principles of scripture and
reason, in two of the most plausible pretences of it. ID
answer to a letter sent by a person of quality, who desired
satisfaction.
” In this piece he examines, first, how far the
power of a king, who is truly a king, not one only in name,
extends itself over subjects; secondly, whether any such
power belongs to the king of England; and, thirdly, if
there does, how far it is to be obeyed, and not resisted.
The conclusion he draws is, that the parliamentary resistance to the king was rebellion. We cannot be surprized
if a man of such principles was deprived of his studentship
at Christ-church, in 1648, and soon after of both his livings. During the time of the usurpation, he was chaplain to the earl of Devonshire, and consequently became
the companion of the celebrated Hobbes, who then attended his lordship; but, as Wood informs us, Mayne and
he did not agree well together. At the restoration he
not only recovered both his livings, but, for his services
and attachment to the royal cause, was promoted to a
canonry of Christ-church, and made archdeacon of Chichester, and chaplain in ordinary to his majesty, which
preferments he held to the time of his death, Dec. 6, 1672.
He was interred in the choir at Christ-church, where a
monument was erected for him, at the charge of his executors, Dr. Robert South, and Dr. John Lamphire. By
his will he left 500l. towards the re-building of St. Paul’s
cathedral, and lOOl each to both of his livings. Though
very orthodox in his opinions, and severe in his manners,
he is said to have been a most facetious and pleasant companion, and a great joker. Of this last, Langbaine gives an
instance which affords no very pleasing specimen of Mayne,
either as a serious or a jocular man. Langbaine says that
he had a servant, who had long lived with him; to whom he
bequeathed a trunk, “with something in it,
” as he said,
“which would make him drink after his death.
” The
doctor dying, the servant immediately paid a visit to the
trunk; but instead of a treasure, or at least a valuable
legacy, which he expected, he found Only a red herring.
uently in the church of St. Peter in the East. After the restoration of Charles II. he was appointed chaplain in ordinary to his majesty, and a prebendary of Canterbury,
, son of the preceding, and a
clergyman of the church of England, was born at Paris,
about 1600. He studied at Leyden, where he was admitted
to the degree of doctor of divinity. He afterwards came
to England, and was incorporated in the same degree at
the university of Cambridge. He was patronized by Richard, earl of Cork, who appointed him governor to his
sons, whom he afterwards accompanied to Oxford. Here
Du Moulin remained two years or more, and preached frequently in the church of St. Peter in the East. After the
restoration of Charles II. he was appointed chaplain in
ordinary to his majesty, and a prebendary of Canterbury,
in which city he spent the remainder of his life. He died
in 1684, in the eighty-fourth year of his age. He was
author of several works, of which we may mention, 1.
“The Peace of the Soul;
” a translation of which was
published by Dr. John Scrope, in 1765, 2 vols. 2. “A
Defence of the, Protestant Religion.
” Of this book the
reader may see a curious account in Gent. Mag. vol. XLIII.
p. 369. He was author of the famous work entitled “Regii Sanguinis Clamor ad Coelum,
” which was published at
the Hague, in
cient Poetry” was published in 1775, a third in 1794, and a fourth in 1814. In 1769 he was nominated chaplain in ordinary to his majesty; in 1778 he was promoted to the deanery
, a late learned prelate, a descendant
of the ancient earls of Northumberland, was born at
Bridgenorth in Shropshire, in 1728, and educated at Christ
church, Oxford. In July 1753 he took the degree of M.A.;
and in 1756 he was presented by that college to the vicarage of Easton Mauduit, in Northamptonshire, which he
held with the rectory of Wilbye, in the same county, given
him by the earl of Sussex. In 1761 he began his literary
career, by publishing “Han Kiou Chouan,
” a translation
from the Chinese; which was followed, in 1762, by a collection of “Chinese Miscellanies,
” and in Five
Pieces of Runic Poetry,
” translated from the Icelandic language. In Song
of Solomon,
” with a commentary and annotations. The
year following he published the “Reliques of Antient
English Poetry,
” a work which constitutes an aera in the
history of English literature in the eighteenth century.
Perhaps the perusal of a folio volume of ancient manuscripts
given to the bishop by a friend, in early life (from which he afterwards made large extracts in the “Reliques,
”) led
his mind to those studies in which he so eminently distinguished himself. It appears likewise that Shenstone encouraged him in publishing the “Reliques.
” The same
year he published “A Key to the New Testament,
” a concise manual for Students of Sacred Literature, which has
been adopted in the universities, and often reprinted. After
the publication of the “Reliques,
” he was invited by the
late duke and duchess of Northumberland to reside with
them as their domestic chaplain. In 1769 he published
“A Sermon preached before the Sons of the Clergy at St.
Paul’s.
” In The Northumberland
Household Book
” through the press; the same year he
published “The Hermit of Wark worth,
”' and a translation
of Mallet’s “Northern Antiquities,
” with notes. A second
edition of the “Reliques of Ancient Poetry
” was published
in Don
Quixote.
” In Select Collection of
Miscellany Poems.
” When elevated to the mitre, Mr.
Nichols was also under further obligations in the “History
of Hinckley,
” Surrey’s Poems,
” and also
with a good edition of the Works of Villiers duke of Buckingham; both which, from a variety of causes, remained
many years unfinished in the warehouse of Mr. Tonson in
the Savoy; but were resumed in 1795, and nearly brought
to a conclusion, when the whole impression of both works
was unfortunately consumed by the fire in Red Lion
Passage in 1808. His lordship died at his episcopal palace,
Dromore, on Sept. 30, 1811, in his eighty-third year. So
much of his life had passed in the literary world, strictly
so called, that authentic memoirs of his life would form an
interesting addition to our literary history, but nothing has
yet appeared from the parties most able to contribute such
information. The preceding particulars we believe to be
correct, as far as they go, but we cannot offer them as satisfactory.
ands. However, he republished the “Resuscitatio,” with some additions, in 1661; at which time he was chaplain in ordinary to his majesty king Charles II. He was so great
, a learned English divine, and
editor of lord Bacon’s works, was born at Norwich about
1588. He was admitted a Bible-clerk in Bene't college,
Cambridge, under the tuition of Mr. Chapman, on the
22d of January, 1660, and took both the degrees in arts
before the 19th of March, 1609, when he was elected a
fellow of the house. Upon this he commenced tutor, and
was ordained deacon by the bishop of Ely, at Downham,
September 22, 1611; not long after which, he was presented by the university of Cambridge to the rectory of
Bowthorpe in Norfolk, and was instituted to it Dec. 10,
1612. In 1616, by the favour of sir Francis Bacon, who
procured the living for him of the college, he obtained the
rectory of Landbeach. He had commenced B. D. the year
before, and upon his patron’s being made lord-keeper of
the great seal, was appointed his domestic chaplain. While
Mr. Rawley was in this situation, he proceeded D. D. in
1621. He was of great use to his master, in writing down,
compiling, digesting, and publishing his works; to many
of which he wrote prefaces and dedications, as well as
translated several of them into Latin. These, with some
other pieces committed to his care, he collected together,
and printed, after his lordship’s decease, London, 1638,
folio, with a dedication to king Charles, one of whose
chaplains he then was. In 1657, he published at London,
in folio, under the title of “Resuscitatio,
” several others
of lord Bacon’s tracts; to which at the request of many
foreigners, and natives of the kingdom, he prefixed some
account of his patron’s life. This, which is thought to be
drawn up in a clear and manly style, shews Dr. Rawley to
have been an able writer. It was likewise translated into
Latin, and placed before the “Opuscula varia Posthuma,
”
printed in 8vo the year following, which, he tells us, were
the last things he had in his hands. However, he republished the “Resuscitatio,
” with some additions, in Camden’s Britannia,
” with “Ciceronis Opera,
” in 2 vols. and Plato, in 3 vols. folio. These
books were delivered by his executor Mr. John Rawley, to
whose care we are indebted for those Remains of lord Bacon
which were published by Dr. Tenison.
faculty. Notwithstanding this compliance with the usurping powers, he was, on the restoration, made chaplain in ordinary to his majesty, prebendary of Gloucester in 1665,
, an English divine, was born about 1604, of a good family, in the parish of Eldsfield, Worcestershire. He entered of Baliol college, Oxford, as a commoner in 1621, took the degree of B. A. in Nov. 1625, in 1628 was made probationer fellow, and in 1630 completed his master’s degree. On the commencement of the rebellion, he travelled into France with William lord Sandys, whose sister, the lady Mary, he afterwards married. Soon after his return he obtained the mastership of his college, Feb. 20, 1650, being at that time bachelor of divinity, and next year took his doctor’s degree in the same faculty. Notwithstanding this compliance with the usurping powers, he was, on the restoration, made chaplain in ordinary to his majesty, prebendary of Gloucester in 1665, and rector of Bladon near Woodstock in Oxfordshire. He died, master of Baliol college, June 2, 1672, and was buried in the chapel.
, D. D. F. R. and A. Ss. master of the Temple, and chaplain in ordinary to his majesty, was born in Yorkshire in 1713, and,
, D. D. F. R. and A. Ss. master of
the Temple, and chaplain in ordinary to his majesty, was
born in Yorkshire in 1713, and, after passing some time at
the grammar-school of Hull, came to Westminster, where
he studied under the celebrated Dr. Freind. While here,
he fell into a youthful mistake, which rendered his continuance at the seminary uneasy to himself and his relations, who becoming acquainted with the late Principal
Blackwell, then at London, they settled Mr. Sharpe with
him in the summer of 1731. Mr. Blackwell was at that
time Professor of Greek in the Marischal College of Aberdeen, and was publishing his “Enquiry into the Life and
Writings of Homer,
” so that Mr. Sharpe’s friends judged
he might have a fair opportunity of making a considerable
proficiency in the Greek language under a person so
eniinently skilled in it. Mr. Sharpe was boarded in his house
four years without stirring out of Scotland; and after he
had finished his studies, returned to England, and in a few
years entered into orders. When Dr. Seeker was promoted to the deanery of St. Paul’s, Mr. Sharpe was appointed minister of the Broad -way chapel, St. James’s, in
which he continued till the death of Dr. Nicholls, of the
Temple, when, on account of his great learning, he was
declared the Doctor’s successor, and in this station he was
at his death, which happened at the Temple-house, Jan.
8, 1771. The Doctor never was married. His abilities
and attainments in every kind of useful knowledge were
conspicuous, and his skill in the Oriental languages extensive and uncommon.
hirtynine articles, who had some scruples on that obligation (see Chillingworth). Dr. Sheldon became chaplain in ordinary to his majesty, and was afterwards clerk of the
, archbishop of Canterbury, was
youngest son of Roger Sheldon of Stanton in Staffordshire,
and was born there July 19, 1593. His Christian name
was given him at his baptism by Gilbert earl of Shrewsbury, to whom his father was a menial servant, although
descended from the ancient family of the Sheldons of Staffordshire. In the latter end of 1613 he was admitted a
commoner of Trinity college, Oxford, and took the degree
of bachelor of arts Nov. 27, 1617, and that of master, May
20, 1620. In 1622 he was elected fellow of All Souls’
college, and about the same time entered into holy orders,
and afterwards became domestic chaplain to the lord keeper
Coventry, who gave him a prebend of Gloucester. The
lord keeper had a high esteem for him, and employed him^
in various affairs relating both to church and state. Lord
Clarendon, who mentions this, adds, that Sheldon was
very early looked upon as equal to any preferment the
church could yield; and sir Francis Wen man would often
say, when Sheldon visited at lord Falkland’s house, that
“he was born and bred to be archbishop of Canterbury.
”
Lord Coventry therefore recommended him to Charles I,
as a person well versed in political affairs. He was some
time rector of Ickford in Bucks, and presented to the
rectory of Newington by archbishop Laud. November 11,
1628, he proceeded bachelor of divinity; and, May 2, 1632,
he was presented by the king to the vicarage of Hackney
in Middlesex, then void by the promotion of David Dolben to the bishopric of Bangor. On June 25, 1634, he
compounded for his degree of doctor of divinity; and in
the middle of March 1635, was elected warden of All Souls*
college. About the same time he wrote some letters to
Mr. Chilling-worth concerning subscription to the thirtynine articles, who had some scruples on that obligation
(see Chillingworth). Dr. Sheldon became chaplain in
ordinary to his majesty, and was afterwards clerk of the
closet, and was intended for master of the Savoy; but the
commotions which ensued prevented those promotions.
During the rebellion he adhered to the royal cause, and in
Feb. 1644- was one of the, king’s chaplains sent by his majesty to attend his commissioners at the treaty of Uxbridge,
vvUere he argued so earnestly in favour of the church, as
to incur the resentment of the parliamentary commissioners,
which they afterwards made him feel. In April 1646 he
attended the king at Oxford, and was witness to a remarkable vow which his majesty made there, the purport of
which was, that when it should please God to re-establish
his throne, he would restore to the church all impropriations, lands, &c. which were taken from any episcopal see,
cathedral, collegiate church, &c. This vow, which is in
the appendix to Echard’s history, was preserved thirteen
years under ground by Dr. Sheldon. In August 1647 there
passed some letters between Dr. Sheldon and several gentlemen, then prisoners in the Tower of London for the
royal cause, who had scruples about applying for their
liberty to the usurping powers, if in the king’s opinion
such application should seem prejudicial to his majesty’s
interest. On submitting this matter to the king, he gave
them permission to act as they should think fit.
of Lincoln; in 1673, dean of St. Asaph, at which time he took his degree of D. D. and was appointed chaplain in ordinary to his majesty. In 1683 y he was presented to the
, a pious and learned bishop
of Chester, was born at Hemel-Hempstead in Hertfordshire, in 1633, and admitted scholar of Trinity college,
Oxford, in June 1652, where in 1656 he became fellow
and master of arts. After taking orders, he married a relation of Dr. Dolben, bishop of Rochester, and by his interest was made warden of Manchester college in Lancashire.
He was aiso in 1670 made prebendary of Leicester St.
Margaret in the church of Lincoln; in 1673, dean of St.
Asaph, at which time he took his degree of D. D. and was
appointed chaplain in ordinary to his majesty. In 1683 y he was presented to the rectory of St. Mary Aldermanbury,
London, and the following year resigned the wardenship
of Manchester college. In 1689, he was consecrated
bishop of Chester, over which he presided, in constant residence, and with the most anxious cave for its interests,
both spiritual and temporal, for eighteen years. He died
Feb. 12, 1707, and was interred in his cathedral, where a
long Latin inscription records his character, without exaggeration. Besides some occasional sermons, and a charge
to his clergy, his works were chiefly levelled at the doctrines of popery, in which controversy, he published, 1.
“Discourse concerning the necessity of Reformation, \
respect to the errors and corruptions of the church of
Rome,
” Lond. Discourse on the Pope’s Supremacy,
” in answer to
Dr. Godden, ibid. 1.688, 4to. 3. “The people’s right to
read the Holy Scriptures asserted,
” ibid. The lay-Christian’s obligation to read the Holy Scriptures,
” ibid. Examination
” of Bellarmin’s fourteenth note concerning the unhappy end of
the church’s enemies," &c. &c.