BORN and the Isle of Wight. Having lived through the troubles of those evil times, he died in 1660, just before his intended preferment, after the Restoration, to the bishopric of Worcester. His works fill four folio volumes. 1605 Bishop JEREMY TAYLOR. One of the most eminent writers of the English Church, and a man of remarkable devotion. He was chaplain to King Charles I., lived in retirement through the great rebellion, and after the Restoration was appointed bishop of Down and Connor; and died in 1677. He is the author of the "Holy Living and Dying," ""The Golden Grove," &c. 1613 1616 Dr. ROBERT LEIGHTON. Born at London, and appointed, first, bishop of Dunblane, and then archbishop of Glasgow. Overborne with the violence of the evil times in which his lot had fallen, he resigned his archbishopric, and retired into Sussex. He was a man of a most primitive piety, and of a truly heavenly spirit, which breathes in every line of his well-known Commentary upon the 1st Epistle of St. Peter. Dr. DANIEL BREVINT was born in Jersey, educated in the Protestant College at Saumur in France, and first fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, on Laud's foundation. Expelled thence by the parliamentary visitors in the great rebellion, for refusing to take the covenant, he fled into France, and became pastor of a Protestant congregation in Normandy. After the Restoration he returned to England; was made prebendary of Durham, and then dean of Lincoln; and died May 5, 1695. His residence in France led him to study deeply the Romish controversy, and made him, he says, "acquainted with every corner of that Church." His principal works were,-1. "The Mystery of the Roman Mass laid open," &c. ; 2. "Saul and Samuel at Endor, or the new Ways of Service and Salvation which tempt Men to Rome, truly represented and refuted;" and, 3. " The Christian Sacrament and Sacrifice," &c., republished in 1739, upon the high recommendation of it by Waterland in his Charge; and some Latin works exposing the corruptions of the Church of Rome. BORN Dr. SIMON PATRICK. One of the most learned 1626 men of his day, and sometime bishop of Ely. During the reign of James II. he stood forward as a defender of the reformed faith against the busy attempts of the Romanists. He and Dr. Jane were appointed to defend their faith against two Roman priests in the presence of James II.; the king, going off in anger during the contest, was heard to say, "he never heard a bad cause so well maintained." James continued to use all his endeavours to draw him over to the Romish Church. But the dean, as he then was, withstood them all, replying boldly, "that he could not give up so weli proved a religion." He died in May 1707, aged 80. Dr. LANCELOT ADDISON was dean of Lichfield 1632 and archdeacon of Coventry in 1683, 1684, and left behind him many pious works. Amongst others, one upon "The Genuine Use and Necessity of the Two Sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's Supper, with our obligation frequently to receive the latter." Died 1697. Dr. THOMAS KEN. A man of remarkable holi- 1637 ness and singleness of heart. He was chaplain to C BORN 16 1638 bishop Morley of Winchester, and by him made rector of Brighstone, Isle of Wight, and afterwards prebendary of Winchester. He boldly withstood vice, not fearing the greatest men, but reproving it first in the Prince of Orange, and afterwards in King Charles II. He was appointed bishop of Bath and Wells; of which he suffered himself to be deprived after the revolution of 1688, rather than take what he believed to be unlawful oaths. He died in the year 1710-11, leaving behind him many devotional works in prose and verse. He is the author of the Morning, Evening, and Midnight Hymns. Dr. ANTHONY SPARROW, bishop of Exeter and Norwich, author of the "Rationale, or Practical Exposition of the Book of Common Prayer." He died in 1688. Dr. WILLIAM BEVERIDGE. A man of profound learning and great holiness; he was styled "the great reviver and restorer of primitive piety." In 1691 he refused to take the see of Bath and Wells, of which Bishop Ken had been deprived; but in 1704 was consecrated bishop of St. Asaph. He died in 1707, and was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral. He left the greater part of his fortune to the Societies for spreading Christian knowledge. 1642 Dr. GEORGE HICKES. One of the most celebrated of those divines who refused, on conscientious grounds, to take the oaths to William and Mary after the revolution, and was for that reason deprived of the deanery of Worcester. He was a man of uncommon parts and profound learning. After an unquiet life in evil times, he died in his 74th year, December 1715. BORN Dr. THOMAS COMBER was prebendary of York 1645 and dean of Durham; he died in 1699, leaving several learned works, which relate chiefly to the Book of Common Prayer. JOHN KETTLEWELL, vicar of Coleshill in War- 1653 wickshire, was deprived for refusing to take the oaths to William and Mary. He was a man of wisdom and learning, but still more remarkable for eminent devotion. He died in 1695, aged 41, leaving an unblemished name, and many holy works, to edify the Church. Dr. THOMAS WILSON, bishop of Sodor and Man, 1663 administered that see for 57 years, with the holiness, zeal, and simplicity of an apostle; and left behind him, to the Church, the legacy of a most holy example, and many pious writings: amongst which is the "Short and plain Instructions for the better Understanding of the Lord's Supper." Dr. JOHN POTTER. A learned man; for ten 1614 years archbishop of Canterbury. He died in 1747. WHEN YOUR HANDS UNTIE THESE STRINGS, TO WAIT UPON EACH MORNING SIGH; OF YOUR WELL-PERFUMED PRAYER: THESE WHITE PLUMES OF HIS HE'LL LEND YOU, CRASHAW. |