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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_29501" /> ==
 
<p> an eminent English divine, was born in London A.D. 1600, and took his B.A. degree at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, in 1619. After spending some years as chaplain to the bishop of Ely, in 1626 he was made a lecturer at [[Bury]] St. Edmund's, where he continued until the publication of bishop Wren's "Articles," and the enforcement of the order for the reading of the "Book of Sports," compelled him to protest, and to leave the diocese. He then received the living of Rochford, but in 1639, having avowed himself a Presbyterian, he was made lecturer of St. Mary's, Aldermanbury, in London, which office he filled for twenty years. In the ecclesiastical controversies of the times he bore a prominent part. He joined with Marshall, Young, Newcomen, and Spurstow in writing, under the title of Smectymnuus, a reply to bishop Hall's "Divine Right of Episcopacy." As a preacher Mr. Calamy was greatly admired, and listened to by persons of the first distinction during the twenty years that he officiated in St. Mary's. His celebrity was so well established by his writings, as well as by the distinguished station which he occupied among the ministers in the metropolis, that he was one of the divines appointed by the House of Lords in 1641 to devise a plan for reconciling the differences which then divided the Church in regard to ecclesiastical discipline. This led to the Savoy [[Conference]] (q.v.), at which he appeared in support of some alterations in the Liturgy, and replied to the reasons urged against them by the Episcopal divines. As a member of the [[Westminster]] [[Assembly]] (q.v.), he earnestly opposed the execution of king Charles, and promoted the restoration of his son, who made him one of his chaplains, and offered him the see of [[Lichfield]] and Coventry, which he refused. When the Act of [[Uniformity]] was passed he resigned his preferment, but refused, like many others, to gathera congregation, preferring regularly to attend the church in which he had so long officiated. He died Oct. 29,1666, of a nervous disorder occasioned by the sight of the misery caused by the fire of London. He published The [[Godly]] Man's Ark, Sermons on &nbsp;Psalms 119:72 (Lond. 1693, 17th ed.12mo); The Noble-man's [[Pattern]] (Lond. 1643, 4to), and many single sermons, etc. </p>
Edmund Calamy <ref name="term_29502" />
       
<p> grandson of the preceding, was born in London April 5, 1671. At the age of seventeen he went to the University of Utrecht, where he was placed under the tuition of the distinguished professors De Vries and Graevius. In 1691, when [[Principal]] Carstairs was sent to [[Holland]] in quest of a gentleman to fill a professor's chair in the University of Edinburgh, he applied to Calamy, and pressed him to accept the situation; but he declined the honor, though soon afterward he returned to [[England]] for the purpose of pursuing his studies in the Bodleian Library. In 1700 he began to preach among the Nonconformists, and in 1703 he took charge of a congregation in Westminster, which he held for many years. In 1703 he arranged for the press Baxter's Life and Times, which publication gave rise to a dispute between Calamy and Hoadley. In 1709 he was made D.D. by the universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Aberdeen. After a laborious life, divided between preaching and writing, he died, June 3, 1732. Among his works are Discourses on [[Inspiration]] (Lond. 1710, 8vo): '''''—''''' Sermons on the [[Trinity]] (Lond. 1722, 8vo): '''''—''''' [[Defense]] of moderate Non-conformity(Lond. 1703-5, 3 vols. 8vo): '''''—''''' The Non-conformist's [[Memorial]] (Lond.1721, 2 vols. 8vo): '''''—''''' History of his Life and Times, edited by Rutt (Lond.1829, 2 vols. 8vo). </p>
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_70256" /> ==
 
<p> A Presbyterian divine, born in London; favourable to Royalty, but zealously opposed to Episcopacy, against which he vigor ously protested with his pen; opposed the execution of [[Charles]] I. and the protectorate of Cromwell; made chaplain to Charles II. after the Restoration; refused a bishopric, which he could not, on conscientious grounds, accept (1600-1666). </p>
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Edmund Calamy [1]

grandson of the preceding, was born in London April 5, 1671. At the age of seventeen he went to the University of Utrecht, where he was placed under the tuition of the distinguished professors De Vries and Graevius. In 1691, when Principal Carstairs was sent to Holland in quest of a gentleman to fill a professor's chair in the University of Edinburgh, he applied to Calamy, and pressed him to accept the situation; but he declined the honor, though soon afterward he returned to England for the purpose of pursuing his studies in the Bodleian Library. In 1700 he began to preach among the Nonconformists, and in 1703 he took charge of a congregation in Westminster, which he held for many years. In 1703 he arranged for the press Baxter's Life and Times, which publication gave rise to a dispute between Calamy and Hoadley. In 1709 he was made D.D. by the universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Aberdeen. After a laborious life, divided between preaching and writing, he died, June 3, 1732. Among his works are Discourses on Inspiration (Lond. 1710, 8vo): — Sermons on the Trinity (Lond. 1722, 8vo): — Defense of moderate Non-conformity(Lond. 1703-5, 3 vols. 8vo): — The Non-conformist's Memorial (Lond.1721, 2 vols. 8vo): — History of his Life and Times, edited by Rutt (Lond.1829, 2 vols. 8vo).

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  1. ↑ Edmund Calamy from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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