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    Sylva Blographica . ( Continued from p . 581 . ) IV . ~ VrO . 217 . NICHOLAS CLAG-_ 1 _ > I GETT was born in Canterbury , about 1607 ; , entered a Student of Merton College , in 1628 , took one degree in Arts , went afterwards to Magdalen Hall , and as a member of that house took the degree of Master of that faculty , being esteemed by the

    generality thereof a very able Moderator in Philosophy . Afterwards he became Vifcar of Melbourne , in Derbyshire , and some years after , Rector of St . Mary ' s , at Bury , in Suffolk , where he was held in great veneration by the precise party for his singular piety . * He hath written

    " The Abuses of God ' s Grace , discovered in the Kinds , Causes , &c , proposed as a seasonable Check to the wanton Libertinisrne of the present Age . " Ooaon , 1659 . He paid his last debt to nature , Sept . 12 , 1663 , aged about 56 , and was buried in St . Mary ' s aforesaid . ( Athen . Oxon . )

    V . No . 218 . Job Royse , son of a Scrivener , of London , where he was born in 1631 . Educated , partly , in the Free School at Abingdon , ( founded by John Royce , 1563 , ) he became a student in Pembroke College , 1650 , and soon after was elected one of the Post Masters of Merton College ,

    * Calami / says " he had been 18 years , or more , minister at Bury , at the time of his ejectment ; and had there given abundant testimonies of his industry and fidelity in the discharge of his ministry . " Cont . 787 .

    fMr , Claggetthad two sons , who were divines of some eminence in the Established Church . His grandson became Bishop of Exeter . See Biog . Brit . III . 592—595 .

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    where continuing under the tuition o f a severe Presbyterian , he became well qualified with the spirit , t 6 ok one degree in Arts , 1655 , left the College soon after , retiring to the great city became a puling Levite ainong the brethren , for whose sake and at their instance , he wrote and published

    " The Spirit's Touchstone ; or the Teaching of Christ ' s Spirit on the Hearts of Believers ; being a clear Discovery how a Man may certainly know , whether he be really taught by the Spirit-of God . " Lond . 1657 .

    Dying in J 663 , he was buried in some church in or near London , bein g then weary of the change of the times , and the wickedness , forsooth , that foil lowed . ( Athen . Owon . J

    VI . No . 224 . Samuel Smith , a minister ' s son , was born in Worcestershire , * entered a Batler + of St .

    Mary ' s Hall in 1603 , aged 15 , left the University without a degree , became beneficed at Prittiewell , in Essex , and about the beginning of King Charles L in his own country , where continuing till 1642 , did then retire to London

    for shelter , sided with the Presbyterians , and became a frequent preacher among them . Afterwards he returned to his cure , had another conferred upon him in Shropshire , was an assistant to the

    commissioners of that county , for the ejection of such whom they called scandalous and ignorant ministers and schoolmasters , J lived after his Majesty ' s restoration , and soon after was silenced . His works , which are mostly

    Sermons , are these : " David ' s Blessed Man ; or a short Exposition upon the First Psalm : " printed the 15 th time , 1686 . " David ' s Repentance ; or a plain and familiar Exposition of the 51 st Psalm / ' 1619 .

    Several Sermons , — ( 1 ) " Joseph and his Mistress , " in 5 Sermons , on Gen . xxxix . 7—9 , 1619 . ( 2 ) " Noah ' s Dove ; or Tidings of Peace to the Godly : " Funeral Sermon on Psalm xxxvii . 37 , 1619 . ( 3 ) " Christ ' s Preparation to hia own Death , " in 2

    Ser-* At Dudley . See Reliq . Baoet . 9 . + See supra , p . 579 , Note + J See ibid ., Nbte %

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    derable eminence in one " of the Islands , I have been led to consider the Negroes as greatly benefited by the exertions of the Methodists . It would be satisfactory , however , to know the opinion of a person who has resided among Q ' these people as a Missionary , — '

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    666 St / lva ' Ri&grapliica .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1821, page 666, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2506/page/34/