BRIGHT-PECK. 263 but he was most probably released upon the meeting of the long parliament, towards the close of this year. Mr. Bright was afterwards chosen fellow of Emanuel college, Cambridge; but he still continued in his beloved work of preaching. Hewas next chosen minister of Christ- church, London ; but he did not long survive his removal. During his last sickness, he often said, "I thank God I came not to London for money. I brought a good conscience from Cambridge, and I thank God I have not lived to spoil it." He died in the month of December, 1656 ; when his funeral sermon was preached by Mr. Samuel Jacomb, and afterwards published. He was zealous, courageous, and conscientious in the support of divine Vuth ; yet of great candour, affection, and moderation. He was a man of great piety, good learning, excellent ministerial abilitieS, and admirable industry. Many elegies were published upon his death.. He had the character of a very good man, and was endowed with a considerable Aare of patience, which indeed he very much needed, having the afflictionof a very froward and clamorous wife. On thiS account, many thought it a happiness to him to bedull of hearing.- This worthy servant of Christ is, bymistake, includ9d amongthe -ejected ministers after the restoration.+ ROBERT PECK.-This zealous puritan was rector of -Bighorn in Norfolk, to which he was preferred in the year 1605. He was a zealous nonconformist to the ceremonies and corruptions of the church, for which he was severely persecuted by Bishop Ilarsnet. Having catechized his family and sung a psalm in his own house, on a Lord's day evening, when some of his neighbours attended, his lordship enjoined him,,and all who were present, to do penance, re- quiring them to say, I confess my errors. Those who refused were immediately excommunicated, and required to pay heavy costs. All this appeared under the bishop's own hand. For this, and similar instances of his oppression and cruelty, the citizens of Norwich, in the year 1623, presented a complaint against his lordship in the house of commons. In the bishop's answer to this complaint, he had nothing to say against Mr. Peck's doctrine and life, only his non- conformity. He pleaded, in his own defence, " That Jacomb's Funeral Sermon for Mr. Bright. Palmer's lioncon. 1Mem. vol, ii. 328.
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