Chap. IlL T'he H rs T 0 R y of the PuRIT'ANSe ' '503 ' Mr. Edward Corbel was born in Shropjhire, and educated in Merton Oliver Co!/eue Oxrord where he took the degrees in arts, aud was made proba- Pro6tcctor· • 0 ")' I I • h f h f h I 57• twner fellow of ms college. In 1638 e was one o. . t e proctors o t e ~ univerlity ; but being a puritan divine was denied the rectory of ChathamOfMi. Cor- : by archbiih op Laud, then in the Tower;. u~on ~hich an ordinance of W~od's·. parliament came out May 17, I 643, ap~o~ntmg h1.m rector. of Chatham. Fafii. He was a member of the affembly of d ivmes, a w1tnefs agamil: the archbilhop at his trial ; one of the preachers appointed to reconcile the Oxford fcholars to the parliament; a'nd afterwards one of the vifitors, orator, and canon of Chrijt Cburcb, in the room of Dr. Hammond, which he loon after quitted, and became rector of Great Hajely in Oxfordjhire, where l1e continued to his death, He was a very confiderable divine, a valuable preacher, and a perfon of remarkable integrity and il:eadinefs of.' confcience. Mr. 'james Cr.anford was born in Coventry, and fometime mafl:er of OfMr· .. the free-.fchool there: He was educated in Baliol College Oxford, where ~anf~rd.:. he .took the degrees in arts, and was at length. rector of St. Cbri/lopher's At~~t'x, le Stocks, near the Old Exchange London. He was an exact linguiil:, well p. 2II. acquainted with the finhers and fch oolmen, as well as with the modern divines; a zealous prelbyterian, and a laborious preacher, Mr. Fuller Fuller'~ adds, that he was.~ fubtle d.ifputant, orthod_ox in judgment, and a per- ~~~tll~r· ~ fon of great humdtty, chanty and moderati on towards all men. In the 128 • P · beg.inning of the civil wars, he was appointed -lieenfer of the prefs in L ondon, which gave him an occa!ion to write feveral epifl:les before books, . belides fome treati fes tha t he publi!hed of his own. He died April 27, 1657, aged about fifty-five years. The protector's arms were no lcfs fuccefsful this fummer than they had r6s8. been the lafl:, fo r ia the month of June, mar(hall 'I.urenne in conjunc~ D un kirk dt– tion with the englijh forces, laid fiege to Dunkirk, then in p.o!Teilion of the ltvered 10 th~ ~ r . d h' h b. l b h , en• hfh. ;pamar s, w 1c toug 1t on an engagement etween t e two armtes: "' T hejj){mijh forces conlifl:ed of 30.000 men, but major-general l\1organ. w ho covered the fiege, attacked the right wing of theJpanifh·army which came to relieve it w .i th uooo englijh, who routed the whole army, which was followed with the fmTender of the town Jtlne 2 5. The french look~ ed on, and faid, they never faw a more glorious action in their li ves•. Cardinal Mazarineintended to keep this Important place in frencb hands, , t·on trary to the late treaty; of which his highnefs being informed, ac– quainted the ambalfador ;.. but his excellency denying any fuch intended breach of contrat!, the proteCl'or pulled out of his pocket a copy of the cardinal's private order, and de fired him to let his eminence know, that if the keys of Dunkirk were not delivered to L ockbart within an hour after it was taken, he would come in perfon, and dcmaqd them at the gates of.
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