70 LIVES OF THE PURITANS. the judieious, the faithful, and the laborious Hooker." That peace which he enjoyed in his own mind, through believing in Christ, for the space of thirty years, continued firm and unshaken to the last.. Mr. Henry Whitfield gives the follow- ing testimony of his worth : I did not think," says he, " there had been such a man on the earth, in whom' there shone so many incomparable excellencies; and in whom learning and wisdom were so admirably tempered with zeal, holiness, and watchfulness." And for his great abilities and glorious services in both Englands, says Mr. Ashe, he deserves a place in the first rank of those. worthies whose lives are preserved.t Fuller has honoured him with a place among the learned writers and fellows of Emanuel college, Cambridge.t His Wouxs.-1. The Soul's Implantation into Christ, 1637.- 2.Tlie Unbeliever's Preparing for Christ, 1638.-3.The Soul's effectual Calling to Christ,' 1638.-4. The Soul's Humiliation, 1640.-5. A Survey of the Summe of Church-Discipline, 1648.-6. The Doubting Christian drawn to Christ, 1652.-7. The Application of Redemption by the Word, 1656.-8. TheSpiritual Rule of the Lord's Kingdom.- 9. Farewell Sermon on Jer. xiv. 9. published in Mr. Fenner's Works. -And probably some others. JOHN SA LTMARSH, A. M.-This person was descended from a respectable and ancient family of the same name at Saltm i arsh n Yorkshire, and educated in Magdalen college, Cambridge, where he enjoyed the patronage and support of Sir John Metharri, his kinsman. Hewas a person of a fine, active fancy, no contemptible poet, and a good preacher; but no friend to bishops and ceremonies.§ About the year 1641, he became minister at Northampton, afterwards at Braisted in Kent, and, at length, was chosen to the office of chaplain in Sir Thomas Fairfax's army ; where, tohis great honour, he is said to have always preached up peace and unity. He meddled not with matters of discipline, but wholly laboured to draw souls from sin to Christ.!! He afterwards openly declared his sentiments concerning the war, saying, " That all means should be used to keep the king and people from a sudden union ; that the war being against popery, should be cherished, as the surest means to engage the people; and that if the king would not, in the end, grant their demands, * Morton's Memorial, p. 125. -1- Mather's Hist. of New. Eng. b. iii. p. 64-68, Fuller's Hist. of Camb. p. 147. § Fuller's Worthies, part iii. p. 212. I Wood's Athenm Oxon. vol. ii. p. 192.
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