The HIS'TORY of the PuRITANs. VoL u. King an admired preacher in the univerfity, and was quickly preferred to the Charles II. .n f B b d . f K' !i . S _r; . 16 & 2 re~...ory 0 eerr:ror:om , an VICarage o tng on m omeljetfhzre. In ~)the year I 64 I he dofed with the parliament, and became rector of Ched– Jey near B~idgewater. He.re he ~ook into his family feveral young per– fans, and mftruB:ed them 10 the hberal arts and fciences; he was a mofl: excellent philofopher, a noted metaphyGcian, and well verfed in pole– mical divinity. With all thefe qualifications (fays Mr. Wood), he was a contemner of the world, generous, free-hearted, jolly, witty, and fa– cetious. He writ many books, and died in the city of Wells a little be– fore the fatal day of St. Bartholomew, and was buried in the cathedral church there. /Etatis 52. Of Dr. Dr. Humphrey Chambers was born in Somerfitjhire, and educated in Chambers. Uni·-.mjity College Oxon. In the year 1623 he was made rector of Cla– verton in Somerfetjhire, but was afterwards filenced by his diocefan, bilhop Piers, for preaching up the morality of the fabbath, and imprifoned for two years. He was one of the a!fembly of divines. In the year 1648 he was crated D. D. and had the rich rectory of Peufey given him by the earl of Pembroke. After the king's reftoration, he kept his living till the very day the aB: of uniformity took place, when having preached his farewel fermon on Pfal. cxxvi. 6, he went home, fell fick and died, and was buried in hs church at Peufey Sept. S, without the fervice of the church, which had juft then taken place. OjMr. Alh. Mr. Simeon Ajh was educated in Emmzuel College Cambridge. His firfl: fiation in the church was in Staffordjhire, where he contracted im ac– quaintance with the moft eminent puritans. He was difplaced from his living for refuGng to read the book if JPorts, and not conforming to the ceremonies. After fome time he got liberty to preach in an exempt church at Wroxhall, under the protection of Sir John Burgoin; and elfewhere, under the lord Brook in Warwickjhire. At the commencemen~ of the civil war he became chaplain to the earl of Manchejler, and had a confi– der~ble part in the Cambridge viGtation. After the king's death, he vigo– roufly oppofed the new commonwealth, and declaimed publicly againft the engagement. He was concerned in all the defigns for bringing in the king, and went with other London divines to congratulate his majefiy at Breda; He was a chrifiian of primitive fimplicity, and a non-confor– mifi of the old fiamp, being eminently fincere, charitable, holy, and of a chearful fpirit. He had a good paternal e!1ate, and was very hof– pitable, his houfe being much frequented by his brethren, by whom he was highly ell:eemed. He died in an advanced age on the very even– ing before Bartholomew day, in a chearful and firm expeCtation of a future happinefs. Mr.
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