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<p> a Nonjuror, was born at Bettishanger, Kent, 1667, graduated at Corpus Christi, Cambridge, 1689, and received deacon's orders in the following year. In 1703 he became rector of Bettihanger, and two years after of Rucking. After this period he began to entertain scruples of the lawfulness of the oath of allegiance to [[William]] and Mary; and he entered the communion of the [[Nonjurors]] under [[Bishop]] Hickes, July 1, 1715. He lived in obscurity after this, and died March 5, 1743. He was learned and indefatigable; of his numerous writings we mention, An Account of | Thomas Brett <ref name="term_27372" /> | ||
==References == | <p> a Nonjuror, was born at Bettishanger, Kent, 1667, graduated at Corpus Christi, Cambridge, 1689, and received deacon's orders in the following year. In 1703 he became rector of Bettihanger, and two years after of Rucking. After this period he began to entertain scruples of the lawfulness of the oath of allegiance to [[William]] and Mary; and he entered the communion of the [[Nonjurors]] under [[Bishop]] Hickes, July 1, 1715. He lived in obscurity after this, and died March 5, 1743. He was learned and indefatigable; of his numerous writings we mention, An Account of Church [[Government]] and Governors (Lond. 1707, 8vo; best ed. 1710, 8vo) :-The Honor of the [[Christian]] [[Priesthood]] (new ed. Oxf. 1838):-Various Works on [[Lay]] Baptism:-Six Sermons (1715): - The Independency of the Church upon the State as to its [[Spiritual]] [[Powers]] (Lond. 1717, 8vo):-The [[Divine]] Right of [[Episcopacy]] (1718, 2d ed. 1728, 8vo):-A [[Collection]] of and Dissertation on the [[Principal]] Liturgies used in the Christian Church (1720, 8vo).-New [[Genesis]] Biog. Diet. v, 44; Hook, Eccl. Biog. 3:92-115. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_27372"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/brett,+thomas,+ll.d. Thomas Brett from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_27372"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/brett,+thomas,+ll.d. Thomas Brett from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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