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<p> a scholar of the 17th century, was the son of [[Baldwin]] Collins, who was born at. Coventry, a pious preacher, very bountiful to the poor, and whom queen [[Elizabeth]] constantly called father Collins. Samuel was born and educated at Eton; became fellow of King's College, Cambridge; afterwards provost and. regius professor there, being a man of admirable wit and memory, and the most fluent Latinist of the age. He retained his professorship throughout his life read his lectures twice a week for forty years, declined the bishopric, of Bristol, and died in 1651. See Fuller, [[Worthies]] of [[England]] (ed. Nuttall), 1:209. </p>
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<p> an English [[Baptist]] minister, was born at Culworth, Northamptonshire, December 22, 1798. He was received into the Church at the age of twenty, and manifested a desire to preach, in 1826 went to supply the pulpit at Grundesburgh, and after preaching one year was chosen pastor of the society, in which relation he continued for nearly fifty years. He took an active part in the organization of the [[Suffolk]] County Home [[Mission]] in 1831, and was its secretary for more than forty years. He originated, in 1833, the [[Gospel]] Herald, a low-priced Baptist magazine, and edited it for twenty-five years. He was unable to preach during the last three years of his life, and died June 17, 1881. See (Lond.) Baptist Hand-book, 1882, page 298. </p>
 
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<ref name="term_33593"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/collins,+samuel+(1) Samuel Collins from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_33601"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/collins,+samuel+(3) Samuel Collins from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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Samuel Collins [1]

an English Baptist minister, was born at Culworth, Northamptonshire, December 22, 1798. He was received into the Church at the age of twenty, and manifested a desire to preach, in 1826 went to supply the pulpit at Grundesburgh, and after preaching one year was chosen pastor of the society, in which relation he continued for nearly fifty years. He took an active part in the organization of the Suffolk County Home Mission in 1831, and was its secretary for more than forty years. He originated, in 1833, the Gospel Herald, a low-priced Baptist magazine, and edited it for twenty-five years. He was unable to preach during the last three years of his life, and died June 17, 1881. See (Lond.) Baptist Hand-book, 1882, page 298.

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