WHITFIELD. 373 household.. The author now cited denominates Mr. Dury 6 the Lithuanian scholar," and observes that in December, 1660, he was presented, by favour of the Earl of Man- chester, with so much a the Lithuanian Bible as was then printed, which was down to the Chronicles.+ Thus, Mr. Dury lived till after the restoration, but does not appear to have conformed, nor yet to have been ejected. Every thing seems to have given way to his favourite object; therefore he most probably discontinued his stated minis- terial exercises some time before this period. His WORKS.-1. Consultatio Theologica super negotio pacis Ecelesiast. 1641.-2. Epistolary Discourse to Tho. Goodwin, Ph. Nye, and Sam. Hartlib 1642.-3. Of Presbytery and Independency, 1646. -4. Model of Church Government, 1647.-5. Peace-maker the Gospel way, 1648.-6. Seasonable Discourse for Reformation, 1649.- 7. The reformed School, 1650.-8. The reformed Library-Keeper, 1650.-9. Bibliotheca Augusta sereniss. Princ. D. Augusti Ducis Brunovicensis etc., 1650,-10. The unchanged, constant, and single- hearted Peace-maker drawn forth into the World: or, a Vindication of John Dury from the Aspersions cast upon him in a nameless Pamphlet, called, "The time-serving Proteus, and ambidexter Divine, uncased to theWorld,' 1650.-11. Supplementto thereformed School, 1651.-12. Earnest Plea for Gospel Communion, 1651-13. A Sum- mary Platform of Divinity, 1654.-14. A Declaration of John Dory to make known the Truth of his Way and Deportment in all these Times of Trouble, 1660.-15. Irenicorum Tractatuum Prodromus, 1662.-And some others. HENRY WHITFIELD was the son of an eminent lawyer; and, his father designing him for the law, he was educated first in one of the universities, then at the inns of court. He was inclined to religion from a child ; and as he grew up to years of maturity, being desirous to he employed in preaching the gospel, he gave up all thoughts of the law, and entered upon the ministerial function. He became minister of Ockham in Surrey ; at which place, as also in the adjacent country, his labours were wonderfully blessed in the conversion of souls. During the period of twenty years he remained a conformist, but was highly esteemed by all pious nonconformists, many of whom, under the raolesta- tions andpersecutions of thebishops, were sheltered under his roof. At length, however, upon mature investigation and thorough conviction, he could no longer conform to the church of England. This soon brought him into those Kennet's Chronicle, p. 197, 198. + Ibid. p.868.
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