Byfield, Richard (2)
Byfield, Richard
an English Nonconformist, brother of Nicholas, was born in Worcestershire, studied at Cambridge, and became curate of Isleworth. He held the living of Long-Ditton during the Commonwealth, and was ejected at the Restoration. He was a member of the Assembly of Divines, and a vigorous opponent of prelacy and superstition. He died 1664. Among his writings were The Light of Faith (Lond. 1630, 8vo): The Doctrine of the Sabbath (Lond. 1632, 4to): The Power of the Christ of God (Lond. 1641, 4to): The Gospel’s Glory without Prejudice to the Law (Lond. 1659, sm. 8vo). Darling, Cyclop. Bibliographica, 1, 535; Allibone, Dict. of Authors, 1, 317.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Byfield, Richard (2)
an English Nonconformist, brother of Nicholas, was born in Worcestershire, studied at Cambridge, and became curate of Isleworth. He held the living of Long-Ditton during the Commonwealth, and was ejected at the Restoration. He was a member of the Assembly of Divines, and a vigorous opponent of prelacy and superstition. He died 1664. Among his writings were The Light of Faith (Lond. 1630, 8vo): The Doctrine of the Sabbath (Lond. 1632, 4to): The Power of the Christ of God (Lond. 1641, 4to): The Gospel’s Glory without Prejudice to the Law (Lond. 1659, sm. 8vo). Darling, Cyclop. Bibliographica, 1, 535; Allibone, Dict. of Authors, 1, 317.