Chap. IX. 'Ihe HIS T 0 R Y if the PuRITANS. G>ther offences of the like nature; He died at London I 652. with K. Charles I. the reputation of a good fcholar, having been well refpeCl:ed by Mr. ~ Selden and others. Dr. Henry Hammond univedity orator, was a very learned man, and avr.Ham,. g reat divine highly e!teemed by king Charles I. He affilled at the mond.. . ' , d l d h k' h' h I . l h Vide hu lift•" treaty of Uxbrtdge, an attence t e mg as 1s c ap am w.1en e was permitted. After his ejectment he retired to :he ~ouf~ of s:r J. Packington of Worceflerjhire, where he employed h1s tane m wntmg feveral valuable and learned treatifes in defence of the hierarchy of the church of England, and in the fiudy of the new teftament. He died April zs; 1 66o. The heads of colleges who fucceeded thoft: that were ejected ·by authority of parliament, were Dr. Edward Reynolds vice-ch,1ncellor of the univerfiiy, and dean of New heads of" Cbrijl-Cburch in the place of Dr. Fei!; he was probationer-fellow of c; 11 egeds that C 11 ' h 6 h" h h b ' d b h' ;uccee ed. Merton- osege 111 t e year I 20. w IC e o tatne y IS uncommon Dr. Rev- :fkill in the greek tongue; he was a good difputant anet orator, a popu- noJd,, ;ft. lar divine, and in great efl:eem in the city of Lmdm, bein?; preacher to ·bijbop, the honourable fociety of .Lincoln's-!fln Mr. rVood confe!fes, he W.1S a A~~· Ox. p• . perfon of excellent parts and endowments, of a very good wit fancy and 5 • jucig, nent, anrl much eil:~emed bv all p.• nies for his florid ftile. Sir Tho. Brnen ~dds, that he was a divine of lingular afftbility, meeknefs, and hu ility; of great learning, a frequent preacher, and a confbnt refident. He conformed at the the reltoration and was made bilhop of Nor-wich, and died I 676. Dr. John Wi!kins promoted to the wardenlnip of Wadham College in Dr. Wilkins , the place of D•·. Pit. He was educated in Magdalen Hall, and was aft. bijbop. chaplain to Charles count Palatine of the Rhine. A little bdore the re- Ath. Ox. P· · fioration he came to London, and was mini fl:er of St. Lawrence-Jury, sos. and preacher to the fociety at Lincoln's-lwt. Mr. Wood admits, that he was a perfon of ra re gifts, a noted theologift and preacher, a curiOLlS critic, an excellent mathematician, and as well feen in mechanifm, and the· new ph iiofophy, as any in his time. ]n the year 16 s6. he married the fi{l:tr of 0. Cromwell, then lorrl protel'l:or of England, and had the headfhip of Trimty College inCambridge conferred up::m him, which is the bell: preferment in that univer ii ty. He was afte rwards a member of the ro)'al" : f~ie~y, t,o. w_hich he was a conliderable benefaCtor. Dr. Burnet fays, that · b1lho~ Wtf,?~m was a man of as great a mind, as true a judgment, of as_emment_ vlrtu~, and as good a foul, as any he ever knew. Archbifhop · 'Iillotfon g1ves h1m an equal charaB:er; and feveral members of the ro)'al jbciety acknowledge him to have been an ornament .to the univt~rii ty' and ~ tnglijh :
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