, D. D. rector of Wichampton in Dorsetshire, and preacher at Market-Harborough
, D. D. rector of Wichampton in
Dorsetshire, and preacher at Market-Harborough in Leicestershire, for which latter county he was in the
commission of the peace, was born in Bury-street, St. James’s,
in 1722. He was admitted a scholar of Westminster in
1736, whence, in 1740, he was elected a student of Christchurch, Oxford, and took the degree of M. A. March 31,
1747 B. D. May 25, 1754; and D. D. July 8, 1757. He
was a very learned divine; and an able, active, magistrate. He was appointed chaplain in 1750; preacher at
Market-Harborough in Leicestershire in 1754; and in 1756
was presented by Richard Fleming, esq. to the rectory of
Wichampton. He died at Market-Harborough, April 9,
1780. His publications were, 1. “The Christian Sabbath
as old as the Creation,
” The Scripture Account of the Lord’s Supper. The Substance of Three
Sermons preached at Market-Harborough, in 1755, 1756,
”
8vo. 3. “The Fig-tree dried up; or the Story of that remarkable Transaction as it is related by St. Mark considered in a new light explained and vindicated in a Letter to . . . . . . . . . esq.
” A Defence of the Lord Bishop of London’s [Sherlock] Interpretation of the famous text in the book of Job, ‘ I know
that my Redeemer liveth,’ against the Exceptions of the
Bishop of Gloucester [Warburton], the Examiner of the
Bishop of London’s Principles; with occasional Remarks
on the argument of the Divine Legation, so far as this
point is concerned with it,
” Dissertation
on Daniel’s Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks,
” Remarks on Dr. Kennicott’s Letter,
” &c. The Case between Gerizirn and Ebal,
” &c. An Harmony of the Four Gospels, so far as relates to the History of our Saviour’s Resurrection, with a
Commentary and Notes,
” The Genealogy
of Jesus Christ, in Matthew and Luke, explained; and ttie
Jewish Objections removed,
”