The Works of George Bull, D.D., Lord Bishop of St. David's (Volume 7)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846 Excerpt: ... and manners; and more especially, since by such as these, he was chiefly crowded after and applauded. It was about the year 1630, that he began to be famous in the city of Worcester, and in 1641, he had the living of All-Saints in Bristol given him by Fiennes, who managed that city for the parliament, where he continued till 1643, wheu the city was surrendered to the king's party; sowing in that time the seeds of some of those opinions wherewith that city so abounded when Mr. Bull first came into the neighbourhood of it. Afterwards going to London, he became Master of the Temple; where he preached against the antinomians, as he says in his epistle dedicatory before his Animadversions upon the Harmonia, with a design to shew how their errors did proceed from a misunderstanding of the doctrine of the justification of a sinner. He continued in this place about four years, when he was supplanted by one Johnson. After this he went to Bewdley in Worcestershire, at which time Mr. Baxter was minister of Kidderminster, another market town, about three miles distant from that place, being very much followed. They preached against one another's doctrines, and published books against each other. Tombes was the head of the anabaptists, and Baxter of the presbyterians: the victory, as it is usual, was claimed by both sides: but some of the learned, who were affected to neither of them, yielded the advantage both of learning and argument to the former, while yet they were as far 1676. from approving his cause, as even Mr. Baxter himself could be. Certain it is, that his doctrine did spread mightily in a little time, a considerable number both of presbyterians and independents being brought over by him. In 1653, being in London, he was appointed one of the triers of publi...