ANGEL-R. ROBINSON. 237 :turned out for refusing the engagement. About the same time the company of mercers in London made choice of-him as public lecturer at Grantham in Lincolnshire ; and not long after he was appointed assistant to the commissioners of that county, for ejecting ignorant and scandalous ministers and schoolmasters, but did not long survive the appointment. He died in the beginninc, of June, 1655, when his remains were interred in Grantham church. Having gained a dis- tinguished reputation, and being so exceedingly belovedwhile he lived, his funeral was attended by a great number of ministers, when Mr. Lawrence Sarson delivered an oration at his grave, in high commendation of his character. Wood denominates him " a frequent and painful preacher ; a man mighty in word and doctrine among the puritans ;" and adds, " that as his name was Angel, so he was a man indeed of angelical understanding and a burning and shining light, and he continued to shine as a burning light, until God translatedhim to shine as a star in the kingdom of heaven for even". Mr. Henry Vaughan, ejected at the restoration, was his successor at Grantham.t His WORKS.-1. The right ordering of the Conversation, 1659.- 2. Funeral Sermon at the Burial of John Lord Darcey, 1659.- 3. Preparation for the Communion, 1659.-4. The right Government of the Thoughts ; or, a Discovery of all vain, unprofitable, idle, and wicked Though0, 1659. RALPH BoniNsoN.-This holy minister was born at Heswall in Cheshire,-in the month of June, 1614, and edu- cated in Katherine-hall, Cambridge. Here, for several years, lie made gooduse of his time-and academical advantages, and came forth well qualified for the ministry. Upon the com- mencement of. the national confusions, in 1642, he left the university and went to London, where he gained consider- able reputation. Being richly furnished with gifts and graces, he was greatly beloved by the London ministers, and his preaching rendered him exceedingly popular. He ac- cepted an invitation to the pastoral charge' at St. Mary's, Woolnoth, and was ordained presbyter, by fasting and prayer and the imposition of hands. In the year 1647 he was chosen one of the scribes to the first provincial assembly in London. In 1648 he unitedwith the London ministers in Athenfe Oxon. vol. ii. p. 118. t Pahner'c Noucon. Mein. vol. ii. p. 417.
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