Chap. III. The HIS T 0 R Y of the PuRITANS. <vards removed to Sidney College, where he became remarkable for his fkill Oliver in the hebrew and greek languages. After his ordination he was chofen Protellor. • 'fl f L' l' L d . d 1 /1. • b ·t. h 1654 ' mlllllter o tnco n s- rm, an occuptc t 1at natton ten years; u m t e ~ year r6rr. he was prefemed to the reCtory of Rotherhithe, where he continued till his death, In the year 1643 he was chofen a member of the affembly of divines, and was an ornament and reputation to it. When the earl of Mantbejler viGted and reformed ·the univerfity of Cambridge, he offered Mr. Gataker the mafierlhip of 'Trinity College, but he refufed it · on the account of his health. Mr. Gataker was a very learned man, and a confiderable critic and linguift, as appears by his writings, which were ve– ry numerous, conftdering his infirm fiate of health. He was a confl:ant preacher, of a moll: holy and examplary deportment, ·but withal of great modefty. It is hard, fays Mr. Eachard, to fay, which was moll: remark– able his exemplary piety and charity, his polite literature, or his humility and modefiy in refufing preferments. He maintained a correfpondence with Salmajius, Hornbeck, and other learned foreigners, and was in high ell:eem both at home and in the Low Countries, where he. had travelled.· H e died of age, and a complication of infirmities, July 27, I 654, in the eightieth year of his age. Mr. William Strong was educated in Katberine Hall Cambridge, ofOj Mr. which he was fellow. He was afterwards reCtor of More Chrichel in Dor- Strong. fitfhire, where he continued till he was forced to fly from the cavaliers; :.t~.1 ~"· he then came to London and was chofen one of the affembly of divines, and minifter of St. Du'!flan's in the Wejl. After fome time he became preacher at Wejlmznjler Abbey, where he died fuddenly in the vigor of life, anrl was buried in the Abbey Church July 4, 1654· His funeral Jermon was preached by Mr. Ob. Sedg~vick, who fays that he was fo plain in heart, h deep in j udgment, lo painful in fiudy, fo exaCt in preach ing, and in a word, fo fit for ail the parts of the minill:erial fervice, that he did net know hi s equal. Bot after the reftoration his bones were dug up, and removed to St. Margaret's Church-Y'ard, with thofe of othet• eminent prelby~er ian divines. He publil11ed feveral fermons, and theological treatifes in his lifetime ; and after his death there was a pofl:humous one upon the covenants, in the pref~ce to which Mr. 'l'beophilus Gale obfervc:s, that the au thor was a wonder of nature for natural parts, and a miracle of grace for h is deep in light into the more profound myfteries of the gofpel. His thoughts were fublnne, but clear and penetrating, efpecially in interpreting difficult texts. Mr. Andrew Fern, was educated in Cambridge, and from thence re- Of Mr. moved to Welby in Nortbamptonjhire, where he maintained the charaCter Pern. of a zealous laborious and fuccefsful preacher, for twenty feven years. In VoL. II. 0 o o the
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