500 LIVES OF THE PURITANS. enemies to his principles.. Dr. Mather, speaking of other excellent men, makes honourable mention of him as a person of a most pious and worthy character.i. Though our excellent historian, Mr. Neal, appears to cast some reflections upon him, he does not seem to have deserved them.t Granger uncandidly and unjustly insinuates, " that he was strongly tinctured with quakerism."§ His WORKS.-1. Christ exalted ; a lost Sinner sought and saved by Christ ; God's People an holy People ; being the Sum of divers Sermons preached in Suffolk, 1646.-2. The Shining of a Flaming Fire in Zion ; an Answer to Mr. Saltmarsh, his thirteen Exceptions against the Grounds of New Baptism, in his Book, entitled, The Smoke of the Temple, 1646.11-3. A Preface to Mr. Collier's book, entitled, The Exaltation of Christ, 1647.-4. The Parable of the Kingdom of Heaven Expounded, Matt. xxv. 1-3., 1664.-5. Gram- matica Latinae, Greg & Hebraicae, cumpendium ; rhetoriew ad umbratio ; item radices Grecae & Hebraiew, omnes quw in sacra- Scriptura veteris& novi Testamehti occurrent, 1665.-6. An Exposi- tion of the whole Book of the Revelations, 1668.-7. An Essay of sacred Rhetoric, used by the Holy Spirit in the Scripture of Truth, 1675.-8. Last Legacy to the Church, 1692.-9. Some Account of his Life, to .the year 1670, continued by Mr. Kiffin, 1692.-10. The World that now is, and that which is to come.-11. A Defence of Singing the Praises of God.-12. Preface to Mr. Keach's Instructions for Children. JOHN WARD, A. M.-This excellent person was the son of Mr. Nathaniel Ward, and grandson of old Mr. John Ward of Haverhil in Suffolk, where he was born, November 5, 1606. He possessed the spirit of his forefathers, being a, pious, learned, and conscientious nonconformist. Refus- ing to aspire after worldly emolument, he was content with a mean and obscure situation in the county of Suffolk. Though he used to say, " as there is no place like the sea for fishing, so the more hearers a minister has, the greater reason there is to hope that somewill be caught in the gospel net ;" yet, on account of his uncommon modestyand humility, he preferred entering upon his ministry where he should be least exposed to public notice. He was so extremely gg Life of Mr. Knollys, by himself. Edit. 1692.-Crosby's Baptists, vol. i. p. 226-212, 314-344. -Harrison's Fun. Ser. for Mr. Knollys. -I. Mather's Hist of New Eng.b. iii. p.7. 4.. Neal's Puritans, vol. iii. p. 151. 11 Granger's Biog. Hist. vol. iii. p. 118. q The author last mentioned observeson these two books of controversy ; If the reader should have patience to peruse these two very singular pieces, he will most probably be of opinion, that there is much more smoke thAp fire in them both."-Ibid.
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