HAYDEN. 411 Ally upon the minds of the jury, that they gavea verdict of not guilty, andbe was acquitted. Mr. Clark again laid his case at the feet of the archbishop, complaining of the hard usage he had met with from the bishop. The archbishop upon this called them both before him; and after an im- partial hearing of both parties, he commanded the bishop to go to Mr. Clark's church, and on the sabbath day, the congregation being present, to make a public acknowledg- ment of the wrong he had done him, which the bishop per- formed accordingly. And, remarkable as it may appear, Bishop Overton from that time became Mr. Clark's cordial friend, and so continued as long as he lived.. Mr. Clarkwas a zealous, constant, and laborious preacher. In addition to his own parish church, he had a chapel of ease at some distance, at each of which he preached twice every sabbath, and performed all other occasional services. This he continued during the greatest part of his time at Woolston, which was nearly forty-four years. He was peculiarly careful in the management and education of Isis children ; and God was pleased so to bless his endeavours, that he lived to behold a work of grace in all his seven children. Towards the close of life he laboured under a lingering and painful complaint, but was happily resigned to the will of God. As the hour of his dissolution ap- proached, his conversation became moreand more heavenly. He finished his course November 6, 1634, aged sixty-one years. He was a person of great learning and piety, an excellent and useful preacher, and an acute and powerful disputant.+ Mr. Samuel Clark of Bennet Fink, and author of the livesof many eminent persons, was his son ; and Mr. Samuel Clark, jun. and Mr. John Clark, were his grand- sons : all of whom were ejected in 16624 Jour HAYDEN was minister in Devonshire, and most grievously persecuted for nonconformity. Having spoken in his sermon against setting up images in churches, he was forced to quit the county, and was afterwards appre- hended in the dioceseof Norwich by Bishop Harsnet, whoo taking from him his horse, his money, and all his papers, caused him tobe shut up a close prisoner in the common jail of Norwich for thirteen weeks, where he was in danger Clark's Lives, p. 130. + Ibid. p. 130,131. t Palmer's Noncan. Meta. vol. i. p. 97,201. iii. p. 9
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