196 LIVES OF THE PURITANS. release might come that your highness might see it, both for your honour and safety, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them who have been long bound. The God of glory help you to lay such foundations in common equity and righteousness, that you may leave the nation in a better condition when you die than you found it: that you may give up your account with joy ; which is the hearty prayer of, Your highnesses humble servant, " JER. WHITAKER." His Wottics.-1. Christ the Settlement of Unsettled Times, a Sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, at their late public Fast, 25 Jan. 1642, printed 1642.-2. The Christian's Hope Triumphing, in a Sermon preached before the Right Honour- able the House of Lords, in Abbey-church, Westminster, May 18, being the Day appointed for solemn and public Humiliation, 1645. -3. The Danger of Greatnesse ; or, Uzziah, his, Exaltation and Destruction, a Sermon before the Lords and Commonsin Parliament, and the Assembly of Divines, in the Church of St. Martin's in the Fields, January 14, 1645, being a special Day of Humiliation set apart to seek God's Direction in the settling of Church Govern- ment, 1646. WILLIAM STRONG, A. M.-This excellent minister received his education in Katherine-hall, Cambridge, of Which he was chosen fellow. The master of the college was the celebrated Dr. Sibbs. Upon leaving the university, he was presented to the living of Long Crichill in Dorsetshire, where he continued till he was forced to flee from the cava- liers. Ile then fled to London, where he often preached before the parliament, was chosen -one of the additional divines to the assembly, and minister of St. Dunstan's in the West. After some time he gathered a congregation upon the plan of the independents, which assembled in West- minster abbey, and was composed of many parliament men and persons of quality residing in Westminstent He was chosen to the office of pastor in this society, December 9, 1650, upon which occasion he delivered a sermon on the order of a gospel church, which may be seen among his select sermons published after his death. He was after- wards nominated one of the triers for the approbation of preachers.t Wood's Athena's Oxon. vol. ii. p. 139. Calamy's Account, vol. ii. p. 41. Bishop Kennet pours great calumny upon those learned divines who wereappointed triers. " By the questions they were wont to ask," says
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