452 ' LIVES OF THE PURITANS. did not entertain his hearers with dry disputes about unpro- fitable rites and ceremonies, but fed them with the sincere milk of the word.. The Oxford historian says, ,4 he was much admired and followed by the puritanical party." One Mr. Fenner, a puritan minister, was apprehended by A rch- bishop Laud, and cast into prison, where he remained many years ; but he does not appear to be the same person.t Mr. Fenner died about 1640, aged forty years. Mr. Edmund Calamy, one of the ejected nonconformists in 1662, was his successor4 The writings of this pious divine discover much acquaintance with religion in all its parts ; and his manner is plain, zealous, and alarming.§ His WonKs.-1. The Riches of Grace, 1641.-2. A Treatise of Affections, 1642.-3. Christ's Alarm to Drowsy Sinners, 1650.- 4. Practical Divinity, 1650.--5. Divine Message to the Elect Soul, 1651.-6. Of wilful Impenitency, 1651.-7. Of Conscience, 1651.- 8. Hidden Manna, 1652.-And some others. SAMUEL WARD, B. D.-This excellent divine, the sort of Mr. John Ward, the old puritan, was born at Haverhil in Suffolk, and educated in Sidney college, Cambridge, where he was chosen fellow. Having finished his studies at the university, he became lecturer at Haverhil, where his labours were eminently useful. Among the first fruits of his ministry was the celebrated Mr. Samuel Fairclough.11 Mr. Wardafterwards became minister to one of the churches at Fenner's Works, Pref. Edit. 1651. t Wharton's Troubles of Laud, vol. i. p. 538, 546. t Palmer's Noncon. Mem. vol. i, p. 76. § Williams's Christian Preacher, p. 454. if The following account is given of Mr. Faircloogh's conversion. Mr. Ward having preached on the conversion of Zaccheus, he observed, " That no one who has wronged another can expect pardon fromGod who does not make restitution, if it be in his power." This was like a dart directed by the hand of Gad to the heart of young Fairclongh, who with one John Trigg (afterwards an eminent physician in London) had the pre- ceding week robbed the orchard of one Goodman Jude. The sermon drew forth, many tears, and he could get no sleep during that night. Early the next morning he went to his companion Trigg, and told him that hewas going to Jude's to give him a shilling for the pears he had stolen. Trigg, fearing the old man would acquaint the schoolmaster, and they should be beaten, strove to dissuade Fairclough from his purpose, who answered, that God would not pardon the sin without restitution. Trigg replied, " You talk like a fool, Sam: God will forgive us ten times sooner than old Jude will once." But Samuel persisted in his design, when Jude refused to take the money, and readily forgave him the wrong. But he could find no rest till he went to Mr. Ward and opened to him the stateof his soul.-Clark's Lives, last vol. part i. p. 154.
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