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<p> Clark, James (3), </p> <p> an English [[Baptist]] minister, was born at Fulbourne, Cambridgeshire, in 1792. He united with the Little Wild Street Church, London, and was one of the earliest students of Stepney College. He was pastor in Biggleswade in 1816, and after a short time. removed to Guildsborough, Northamptonshire, where he remained for twenty years. In 1839 he resigned, purposing: not to settle: again; He took up his residence in Edinburgh, and was instrumental in the formation of a Baptist Church, for which he preached for a time. He spent the closing years of his Life in [[Bristol]] and Leamington. During this period he published a work entitled Outlines of Theology, in 3 vols. He died Aug. 26, 1862. See' (Lond.) Baptist Handbook, 1863, p. 113. (J. C. S.) </p>
<p> Clark, James (1), </p> <p> a Scotch clergyman, took his degree at [[Edinburgh]] University in 1680; was licensed to preach in 1687; appointed to the living at Dutml bar in 1688; was a member of the General [[Assembly]] 51 in 1690; transferred to Innerwick in 1691; was a member of the assembly of 1692; transferred to Dirleton in 1697; and transferred to Tron Church, Glasgow. in 1702. He zealously opposed the union with England, and, on a fast day appointed by the assembly, he preached a sermon, which so much roused the lower class of people that they arose, threatened the authorities, and took possession of the city of Glasgow; After a life of piety, usefulness, and. popularity, he died in 1724, aged about sixty-four years. He published, Memento Mori: a Word to the healthful, Sick, and [[Dying]] (Edinb. 1698) :-Personal Calling, or the Communicant's [[Best]] [[Token]] (ibid. 1697) :-Presbyterian [[Government]] of the Church of [[Scotland]] Methodically [[Described]] (ibid. 1701) :-On [[Ruling]] [[Elders]] (ibid. 1705). Propagating [[Christianity]] in Scotland (ibid. 1710) Remarks on the Overtures [[Concerning]] [[Kirk-Sessions]] (1720). See [[Fasti]] Eccles. Scoticance, i, 327, 369, 375; ii, 11. </p>


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<ref name="term_32513"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/clark,+james+(3) James Clark from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_32515"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/clark,+james+(1) James Clark from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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