a learned English divine, was born at Lincoln in 1677, and was educated at a grammar-school and at Middle Temple. After acting as a magistrate for twenty years, he was ordained a minister of the Established Church in 1719, and the same year was presented with the vicarage of Croft and the rectory of kirby-super-Baine, both in his native county. In 1722 he was instituted to the vicarage of St. Mary, in Nottingham, where he remained until his death, February 3, 1729-30. His principles of religion were orthodox in regard to points of doctrine and articles of faith; in respect to the principles of others, they were truly catholic. The following are a few of his numerous publications: Primitiae Sacrae (Lond. 1701, 1703): A Sermon Preached in the Parish Church of St. Botolph’s, Aldgate, London, November 22, 1719: and six other occasional Sermons. See Chalmers, Biog. Dict. s.v.; Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v.<\/p>\n
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