CHADDERTON. 441 learn, under that good father Dr. Chadderton, in a well- tempered society : the cunning tricks of packing, siding, bandying, and skirmishing, with and between great men, I confess myself ignorant in, and am now, I fear, too old to be taught. Dr. Chadderton, in the year 1622, resigned his mastership to the famous Dr. Preston, lest he should be succeeded by a person of Arminian principles; but.he sur- vived Preston, and lived to see Dr. Sancroft, and, after him, Dr. Holdsworth, in the same office. Dr. Chadderton was a decided puritan, but a divine of great moderation. He united with his brethren in their classical associations, and subscribed the i4 Book of Disci- pline."; In the year 1603, he was one of the puritan divines nominated by King James to attend the Hampton- court confetence. Erhard, by mistake, says, that Chad- derton and his brethren were chosen by the puritans.t It is extremely obvious, that they were all appointed by his majesty. Chadderton, on this occasion, said very little ; only towards the close of the conference, when he per- ceived the king was determined to carry all by force, he requested upon his knees, that the wearing of the surplice, and the use of the cross in baptism, might not be urged upon certain pious and faithful ministers in Lancashire, especially the vicar of Rochdale ; but his request was wholly disregarded. The tyrannizing spiritof his majesty, and the contemptible flattery of the prelates, so palpably manifest on this occasion, will be a stain on their character to the latest posterity.s Dr. Chadderton was a divine ofgreat abilities and learn- ing, on account of which he was appointed by the king to be one of the translators of the Bible: this was the transla- tion of the present authorized version.l He died November 13, 1640 ; but of his age, as well as the place of his inter- ment, our various authorities are divided. Mr. Clark says he was ninety-four years old ; but Archdeacon Echdrd, who styles him 4, a grave, pious, and excellent preacher," Aikin's Lives of Selden and Usher, p. 323. 1- Neal's Puritans, vol. i. p. 423. Echard58Hist. of Eng. vol.,ii. p. 186. S Bishop Bancroft, falling downon his knee, protested, " Thathis heart melted with joy, and he made haste to acknowledge unto Almighty God, the singular mercy in giving them such a king, as, since Christ's time, the like had not been." ArchbishopWtsitgift and the temporal lords were, guilty of the like or worse flattery.-Barloto's Account, p. 170-176.-- Fuller's Church Hist. b. x. p. "20. Burnet's Hist. of Refor. vol. ii. Rec. p. 267. PllMlMMMMIMPIRIKIaliu.Ik.oks.at;tok may -,fir
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