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<p> a learned English divine, was a native of Middlesex, and became a commoner of Queen's College, Oxford, in 1650, where he took his A.M. in 1657. In 1660 he was elected fellow of All-Souls, and entered holy orders at about the same time. He was first preferred to the rectory of Welwvn, in Hertfordshire, and took his degree of D.D. in 1677. An April, 1692, he was inducted into the living of St. [[Andrew]] Undershaft, London, to which he was presented by king William. He died in October, 1697, and was interred at Welwyn. His works are, A [[Brief]] Account of Some Expressions in St. Athanatsius's [[Creed]] (Oxford, 1663, 4to): — An Explication of the Decalogue, or Ten Commandments, and an Explication of the [[Catechism]] of the [[Church]] of [[England]] (Loud. 1676-88, 4 pts. fol.):Of the [[Sacraments]] in General, etc. (ibid. 1686, 8vo): — Of the [[Sacrament]] of [[Baptism]] in Particular among the [[Heathen]] and Jews, etc. (1687, 8vo). See Chalmers, Biog. Dict. S.v.; Allibone Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v.; Darling, Cyclop. Bibliog. s.v. </p>

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