MARSHA LL. 253 to be Lord and Christ over this our Israel.". There is more to the same purpose ; but this contains a sufficient specimen. Newcourt calls him " The Geneva-Bull, and a factious and rebellious divine ;"t and Wood styles him " a notori- ous independent, and the archflamen of the rebellious rout."1: The fact however is, he never was an independent, but lived and died an avowed presbyterian. And with respect to his rebellion, what is observed abovewill afford every impartial reader a, sufficient refutation of the charge. Fuller has classed him among the learned writers of Emanuel college ;F, and gives him the following character : " He was a minister well qualified for his work ; yet so supple, that he did not break a joint in all, the alterations of the times. Although some suspected him of deserting his presbyterian principles ; yet upon his death-bed he gave full satisfaction of the con- trary. '11 He died in the month of November, 1655, when his remains were interred with great funeral solemnity in Westminster abbey, but were dug up, together with many others, at the restoration.1 Mr. Hugh Glover, ejected in 1662, was his successor at Finchingfield... Mr. Marshall wrote with considerable ability against the baptists, and published many sermons 'preached before the parliament, the titles of some of which we have collected. His WORKS.-1. A Sermon preached before the Honourable House ofCommons, at their public Fast, Nov. 17, 1640-1641.-2. A Peace- Offering to God. a Sermon to the Honourable House of Commons, at their public Thanksgiving, Sept. 7, 1641-1641.-3. Alert). Cursed; or, a Sermon to the Conunons at their late solemn Fast, Feb. 23, 1641 -1641.-4. Reformation and Desolation; or, a Sermon tending to the Discovery of the Symptoms of a People to whom God willby us be reconciled, preached before the Commonsat their late public Fast, Dec. 22, 1641-1642.-5. The Song of Moses the Servant of God, and the Song of the Lamb, opened in a Sermon before the COMMORS at their late solemn Day of Thanksgiving, June 15, 1643-1643,-- 6. ACopy of a Letter written by Mr. Stephen Marshall to a Friend of his in the City, for the necessary Vindication of himself and his Ministry, against the altogether groundless, most unjust, and ungodly Aspersion cast upon him by certain 1VIalignants in the City, 1643.- 7. A Sermon.of the Baptizing of Infants, preached in Abbey-church, * L'Estrange's Dissenters' Sayings, part ii. p. 40, 55. Newcourt's Repert. Eccl. vol. ii. p. 265. +.1- Wood's Athenre, vol. ii. p. 375, 715. § Hist. of Cam. p, 147. Li Fuller's Worthies, part ii. p. 52, 53. 1 Kennet's Chronicle, p. 536. a a Palmer's Noncon. Mem. vol. ii. p. 200.
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