Chap. Ill. 7be HIS T 0 RY of the PuRITANS, 467 wars,between England, Scotland, and Holland. No man was more beOliver loved by theprejbyterian minifters of London than Mr. Whitaker. When Pro~e&lot. he was feized with the violent and acute pain of the fione about the be- ~ ginning of November, many days of prayer and fafiing were obferved for ' his recovery, but the diflemper was incurable. He bore his pains with uncommon patience, fearing nothing more than to dilhonour God by unreafonable complaints. When his diflemper was mofi violent, he would defire his friends to withdraw, that they might not be affected with his roarings. At length natu re being quite fpent, he cheerfully refigned his foul into the hancls of his Redeemer, about the fifty- fift h year of his age. His funeral fermon was preached by Mr. Cafam)', who gave him a large and deferved encomium. Mr. Richard Vines, of whom mention has been made already, was M.-. Rich. born at Blazon in Leicefterjhire, educated in Magdalen College Cambridge, ~·~r. where he commenced M.A. He was firfl: fchool-maJ1er at Hinck!ey, then ~o~;~es, minifler of Weddington in Warwickjhire. At the beginning of the civil p. 134. war he was driven from his parilh, and forced to take !helter in Coventry. When the affembly of divines was convened, he was chofen one of their number; and, as Fuller fays, was the champion of their party. While he was at London be became minifl:er of St. Clements Danes; afterwards he removed to Watton in Herifordjhire, and was chofen mafler of Pembroke Hall in Cambridge, but refigned that, and his living of St. Lawrence Jewry, on account of the engagement. He was a fon of thunder, and therefore compared to Luther; but moderate and charitable to them who differed from him in judgment. The parliament employed him in all their treaties with the king; and his majefl:y, though of a different judgment, valued him for his ingenuity, feldom {peaking to him without touching his hat, which Mr. Vines returned with mofi refpeCl:fullanguage and gefl:ures. He was an admi1able fcholar; holy and pious in his con– verfa·iop, and indefatigable in his labours, which wafted his fi rength and brought him into a confumption, when he bad lived about fifty fi.x years. · He was buried in his own parith church Fab. 7, 1655 ; his funeral fermon being preached by Dr. Jacomb, who gave him his jufi commendation. He was a perfect mafier of the greek tongue, a good philologifi, and an admira~le difput.ant. He was a thorough calvinijl, and a bold honeft man without pnde or flattery. Mr. Newcomen calls him dijj;utator acu– tiffimus, concionator jtelicijjimus, theologus eximius. Many funeral poems and elegies were publilhed on his death. The protector having diifolved his fecond parliament without confirm- The protellor ing their acts, was obliged fl:i\1 to rely on the military arm ; this, together appoints ma- . h h ' fi .n· · r. 1 ; or-general< w.n t e m urre:-LIOns 111 tevera parts of the country, induced him for .. h1s greater fecunty, to canton the nation into eleven difiriCl:s, and place 0 o o 2 ·aver
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