, second son of the preceding, was born in 1590 at Chiswick in Middlesex, where his father and
, second son of the preceding,
was born in 1590 at Chiswick in Middlesex, where his
father and mother lived and died. He was educated at
Oxford, first in Magdalen college, where he completed his
degrees in arts in 1610, and next year was chosen fellow
of All Souls. Entering into orders, he was made chaplain to James I. and doctor of divinity, and principal of
Al ban -hall. He was reputed a very learned man for his
time, an able preacher, and good disputant. “His compositions were much valued by the greatest men then in the
church; and the sermons which he published in his lifetime, as also those published after his death, in all thirteen, were then looked upon as choice pieces, very serviceable to the church and commonwealth. He died of
the plague at Oxford, July 25, 1625, and was buried in
St. Mary’s church-yard, where a monument was afterwards
erected to his memory. Of his works, six of his
” Sermons“were published, Lond. 1623, 8vo; one Lond. 1624,
4to; and six after his death, Oxford, 1629, 4to. He wrote
also on
” The Authority, Universality, and Visibility of
the Church," Lond. 1625, 4to, and 1638, 12mo, and left
some Mss. behind him.