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    of Norwich , a Mr . * Foviffer > Jo ^ n

    Rough , * a Scotchman , August ^ Bernber , a foreigner , and Dr . Bentham , of whom we have ( pp * 6 , 7 . ) the following interesting account :-i " Thomas Bentham , D . D ., born at Sherbourne , in Yorkshire , arid educated at Magdalen College , Oxford . Upon

    Queen Mary ' s accession , be was deprived of his Fellowship 5 when he retired to Zurich , and then to Bazi ] , where be became preacher to the English exiles . . Afterwards , being recalled by his Protestant brethren , he was made superintendast of their congregation in London . In this si . tuation he continued till the death of tbe

    Queen , encouraging and confirming his people in their faith by his pious disci , pline , constant preaching , and resolute behaviour in the Protestant cause . ' Under his care and direction , they often met by hundreds for divine worship , without discovery , notwithstanding they were under the nose of the vigilant and cruel Bonner . f

    Upon the accession of Elizabeth , he was nominated to the bishoprick of Litchfield and Coventry , which he filled with great moderation till his death , Feb . 21 , 1578 , 9 . J Dr . Bent ham was held in great repute for learning * and piety . It was with

    considerable reluctance that he complied with the Queen ' s injunctions for suppressing tht prophecifings . His letter to his archdeacon upon this subject , ^ bears strong marks of a pious mind 5 but at tbe samt time shews the extent to which the Queen

    carried her prerogative , and the blind obedience she exacted from her subjects . The Prophecyings were religious meeting * instituted by the clergy , for explaining the scriptures and promoting knowledge and piety . One very important benefit arising from them was , that they occasioned a familiar intercourse between the clergy and their people , and excited a

    laudable emulation in watching over their respective flocks . The Queen complained of them to the Archbishop , ^ as nurseriei of Puritanism ; she said that the laity neglected their secular affairs by repairing to these meetings , which filled their heads with notions and might occasion disputes and seditions in the state . She moreover told him that it was good for the church

    ? Mr . Wilson ' s account of this reformer closes with an ill-timed pun . " At length * after much rough usage , he ended his life joyfully in the flames , Dec . 1677 . " Tht joke was probably borrowed . t " Heylin ' s Hist , of the Reform , pp-79 , 80 . " " t " Wood ' * Athen . Oxon . i . 192 , 704 . « jf « See Near * Puritans , i . * W 4 « Dr . Edmund Q « admit . "

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    168 Review . D —Wilson t issecting Churches .

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    it pot be said that the Dissenters and "Methodists have met each other half way , and that if Dissenters have teemed to become Methodists , the Methodists have really become Dissenters ? * ¦

    Mr . Wilson ' s plan is to trace the history of every particular place of worship , according to its situation , in the Metropolis , and then to give sketches of the lives of the ministers

    who have successively officiated in its pulpit , allotting of course the largest space to such as were distinguished by their activity or are still known by their writings . Where the same minister has been placed at different times over several congregations , reference is made from page to page , in the manner of a dictionary . This method is attended with

    inconveniences , but they were unavoidable A . work like this can be viewed only in detail ; and as we deem it worthy of particular notice we shall go through it carefully , extracting

    passages which are peculiarly interesting , and making such remarks as appear to us to be subservient to the cause of truth and liberty . Our resview will extend through several numbers , but we do not fear that we shall

    try the patience of our readers , since every article will be complete in itself , or rather , every extract and every remark will be intelligible without further reference , and independent of what may go before and come after .

    The first section of the History is on the " Rise of the first Nonconforming Churches : " it begins with an account of the Protestant congregation in London in the reign of Queen Mary , of persecuting memory- This

    church consisted of about two hundred members . Their meetings were held alternately near Aldgate and Blackfriars , in Thames Street , and in ships upon the river . Sometimes they assembled in the villages about London , and especially at Islington , that

    they might the more easily elude the bishop ' s officers and spies . For the same reason they often met in the night . A credulous martyrologist , CHark ,- has recorded some of their providential deliverances . Their ministers appear to have been , Dr . Edmund Scambler , afterwards Bishop

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1816, page 168, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2450/page/40/