The HIS T 0 R Y of the Pu-:R-rTAN·s. V II OL, , Oliver profdfor of the univerfity. He was afterwards prebendary of Winchef– Prote~or. ter, rector of Meonjtoke in Hampjhire, and in the year 1630 warden of .. ~ Wickham college near Winchefler; in all which places he behaved with great reputation. In the beginning of the civil wars he took part with the parliament, was chofen one of the a!fembly of divines, took the co– venant, and other oath~, and kept his wardeniliip to his death; he pub. liilied feverallearned works, and died at Winchejter Augu.ft II, J6 s8, aged feventy years. Of M r. SyMr. Sydrach Symp.fon_, a meek. and quiet divin,e, of the independent per– drach Symp- fuaiion, was educated 111 Camhrzdge, but forcea to fly his country for fon. non-conformity, in the times of archbiiliop Laud. He was one of the di!fenting brethren in the a!fembly, and behaved with great temper and moderation. Bi!hop Kennet fays, he was filenced for fome time from preaching, becaufe he differed in judgment from the a!ftmbly in points of church difcipline, but was reftored to his liberty OClober 2 8, 1646. He afterwards gathered a congregation in London, after the manner of the in– .dependents, which met in Ab-church near Canonjtreet. Upon the refig:• .nation of Mr. Vines in the year 16 50 for refufing the engagement, he w~s by the vifitors made mafter of Pembroke Hall Cambridge. He was a di– vine of confiderable learning, and of great piety and devotion. In his lail ficknefs he was under fome darknefs, and melancholy apprehenfions; upon which account fome of his friends and brethren a!fembled in his own houfe to affiil him with their prayers; and in the evening, when they took their leave, he thanked them, and faid, he was now fatisfied in his foul ; and lifting up his hands towards heaven faid, he is come, he is come. And that night died. OfD:. Rob. Dr. Robert Harris was born at Broad Campden in Gloucejterjhire, 1578, Harm. and educated in Magdalen College Oxon. He preached for fome time about Oxford, and fettled afterwards at Hanwel, in the place of famous Mr. Dodd, then fufpended for non-conformity; here he continued till the breaking out of the civil wars, when by the king's foldiers he was driven to London. He was appointed one of the aifembly of divines, and minif~ ter of St. Botolph Bijhopjgate. In the year 1646 he was one of the fix preachers to the univeriity of Oxford, and next year one of their vifi– tors, when he was created D. D. and made prefident of Trinity College and reCtor of Garlington near Oiford, which is always annexed to it. Here he continued till his death, governing his college with a paternal affection, being reverenced by the fiudents as a father. The infcription over his grave gives him a great charaCter ; but the royalifts charge him, and I believe jufily, with being a notorious pluralill:. He died De· cember_ u, 1658, in the eightieth yea~ of his age.
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