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<p> a Puritan divine, was born in 1572, and died in 1631. He was especially famous as a reliever of afflicted consciences. He professed on his death-bed that he never in his sermons taught any thing but what he had first sought to work on his own heart. He is the author of A [[Discourse]] on [[Happiness]] (Lond. 1611, 4to; 6 editions during the author's lifetime); Instructions relative to afflicted Consciences (6.)1, 4to); [[Helps]] to [[Humiliation]] (Oxford, 1631, 8vo); On the four last Things (London, 1633, 4to); D vout Prayers (1638, 8vo). -Middleton, [[Evangelical]] Biography, 3:18. </p>
<p> Bolton, [[Robert]] (1), </p> <p> an English clergyman, was born in 1697, and educated at Wadham College, Oxford. He became dean of [[Carlisle]] in 1735, and died in 1763. He wrote, The [[Employment]] of Time (1750): '''''—''''' The Ghost of Ernest (1757): '''''—''''' [[Letters]] and Tracts on the Choice of Company, etc. (1761): '''''—''''' and some other works. See Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v.: </p>


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Latest revision as of 08:21, 15 October 2021

Robert Bolton [1]

Bolton, Robert (1),

an English clergyman, was born in 1697, and educated at Wadham College, Oxford. He became dean of Carlisle in 1735, and died in 1763. He wrote, The Employment of Time (1750): The Ghost of Ernest (1757): Letters and Tracts on the Choice of Company, etc. (1761): and some other works. See Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v.:

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