John Sedgwick

son of Joseph Sedg. a northern man born, sometimes Vicar of S. Peters Church in Marlborough, afterwards of Ogbourne S. Andrew, in Wilts. was born in the Parish of S. Peter, in the said town of Marlborough, educated in Grammar learning at that place. and in Logic in Queens Coll, into which he made his first entry in Easter term, an. 1619, and in that of his age 18. But making no long stay there, he translated himself to Magd. Hall, where he applyed his mind to Divinity before he was Bach. of Arts. In the time of Christmas 1621 he was admitted to the order of a Deacon by the Bishop of London, and in Nov. and Dec. following, being a Candidate for the degree of Bach. of Arts, had his Grace denied four times by the Regents because ((a))((a)) Reg. congreg. Univ. Ox. notat. in dors. cum litera O, fol. 3. a. that when he was to be admitted to the order of Deacon, he did belye the University in using the title of Bach. of Arts before he was admitted to that degree, &c. At length begging pardon for what he had done, and making a publick submission before the ven. house of Congregation of Regents, he was admitted to that degree, on the sixth of the said month of Dec. Afterwards he had some small Cure about Bishopsgate in London confer’d on him, took the degree of Master, and at length that of Bach. of Div. About which time he was a Preacher at Chiswick in Middlesex, afterwards Minister of Coggeshall in Essex, and a [•] length upon the breaking out of the Rebellion, was ma [••] a member of a Sub committee for the advancement of money to carry on the War against the King, and by a factious party became Rector of S. Alphage near London Wall and Cripplegate, in the place of a loyal person, first shamefully abused, then ejected, and soon after dead with grief. In that place being setled, tho it was but for a short time, he exercised his gifts in preaching against Prelacy, and encouraging his Parishioners to Rebellion. He would dispute and reason much against Antinomians, as those that were his Contemporaries have told me; and tho he seemed to be a Saint, yet he was ((b))((b)) Sober sadness, or, historical observations &c. of a prevailing party in both Houses of Parl. Lond. 1643. in qu. p. 33. a Simoniake and perjur’d, standing both upon record. Also, as another ((c))((c)) The Author of Merc. Aulicus, in the fortieth week, an. 1643. p. 576. saith, Tho he had but one thumb, yet would he have had not an eare, had not his Majesty bestowed two on him, when twelve years since (about 1633) they were sentenced to the pillory. Since which time he hath been such a grateful penitent, that in one day he was proved guilty but of simony, sacriledge, and adultery, &c. His works are,

Sermons, as (1) Fury fiered, or crueltie scourged, on Amos 1.12. Lond. 1625. oct. preached at S. Buttolphs without Bishopsgate. (2) The bearing and burden of the spirit, in two sermons on Prov. 18.14. Lond. 1639. oct. (3) Eye of faith open to God, on .... Lond. 1640. in tw. (4) Wonder working God. or, the Lord doing wonders, on .... Lond. 1641. in tw. with Englands troubles, in qu. which I have not yet seen.

Antinomianisme anatomized. Or, a glass for the lawless; who denie the moral law unto Christians under the Gospel. Lond. 1643. qu. The substance of it is an extract from one of the books of Dr. Tho. Taylor. At length after all his actings to carry on the blessed cause, he did very unwillingly give up the ghost in Octob. in the year sixteen hundred forty and three; whereupon his body was buried in the chancel of his Church of St. Alphage before mention’d,1643. on the 15 day of the same month. What relates farther to his death and burial, let another ((d))((d)) Idem ibid p. 640. speak for me, as he had received it by letters from London. “ Joh. Sedgwick (one of the three brothers ((e))((e)) The other two brothers were Obadiah and Joseph. with four fingers on a hand) hath spent his lungs, and caused Mr. Tho. Case to exercise his, which he did very mournfully in his Funeral sermon lately preached, telling the auditory, that his departed brother was now free from plunder, and that when he was ready to expire, he would often ask, how does the Army? how does his ((f))((f)) Robert Earl of Essex. Excellency? with many such sweet expressions, as moved some Citizen to send Mr. Case a fair new Gown, lest he chance to recurr to his old way of borrowing, &c. ”