Bennet, Benjamin (2)
Bennet, Benjamin
a Presbyterian minister, was born at Wellesburgh, Leicestershire, 1674, and was for many years pastor of a Presbyterian church at Newcastle-upon- Tyne. He was an industrious and successful pastor, and still more eminent as a writer. He published Memorials of the Reformation (Lond. 2d ed. 1721, 8vo); Irenicum, a Review of Controversies on the Trinity, Church Authority, etc. (1722, 8vo); Christian Oratory, or the Devotions of the Closet (many editions); Discourses against Popery (1714, 8vo); Sermons on Inspiration (1730, 8vo). Darling, Cyclop. Bibliographica, 1, 243; Allibone, Dict. of Authors, 1, 165.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Bennet, Benjamin (2)
a Baptist minister, was born in New Jersey in 1762. He received a public school education, studied theology, and was ordained as a minister of the Gospel at Middletown, N. J. Subsequently he was elected a representative from New Jersey to the Fourteenth Congress, and was re-elected to the Fifteenth Congress. His term of service continued from Jan. 15, 1816, to March 3, 1819. His death took place at Middletown, Oct. 8, 1840. See Poore, Congressional Directory, p. 280. (J. C. S.)