modelled; and he had the true skill of fixing his accent. There was a proper force in his manner of speaking, without any undue transport. His expressions were conceived, and his sermons delivered, without the use of notes; and he was well qualified for that way of preaching. His strong memory, his ready invention, his great presence of mind, and his natural fluency, made him able to speak well and gracefully, with ease and a becoming boldness. He could clothe any matter in apt words, with all the ornaments of a regular elocution, and his discourses had all the graces of natural oratory. But what compleated all was, they came from a serious mind, which was visible both in his countenance and expressions. He spake from his very heart, as appeared in the forceableness of his words, sometimes in his tears, and ofen in both. He spoke with solemnity and majesty, and yet with so much meekness, as declared him to be a man of God and an ambassador of Christ. His gestures were admirably graceful, and expressive of what he delivered, in which he was a great example, both as to design and method. His design in the ordinary course of his preaching was vast and noble. He usually pursued some subject on various texts. Every head, with its enlargements was closely studied; and his particulars under each were admirably chosen. In his Applications he was most plain, familiar, and striking. They were like so many set discourses of persuasion; and were delivered with the most address, and with the greatest warmth and vigour. He entered upon them usually with some rouzing lively preface to gain attention, and then offered his motives, which were urged with the most pungent expressions. Here his earnestness increased together with the vehemence of his voice. He had a feeling apprehension of the importance of what he was urging upon his hearers, and every word was big with concern of mind. In easy but moving expressions, and with a distinguishing pathos, he would plead with sinners, some times for a whole sermon together, without flagging in his affections, or suffering his hearers to do it.

In prayer he was most solemn and fervent, and usually expressed himself much in scripture-language, and with a flood of affection; the very fountains of it seemed, in the performance of that duty, to be broken up, and the great deep of it opened so as often to force him to silence, till he had vented it by tears. He was a man of a distinguishing knowledge and experience in the mysteries of Christianity; and

of a discerning spirit, in understanding a work of grace upon the hearts of others. With a clear head and searching skill in divine things, he had a sincere and warm heart. The fire of zeal, and the light of knowledge, accompanied each other. He kept up a serious temper at all times, and in all places and company, without much discernible alteration or abatement; but this did not in the least sour his temper, which was habitually chearful.-His skill in government shewed itself in the managing a numerous congregation, of very different opinions and tempers: His integrity, modesty, and contempt of the world appeared in refusing the bishopric of Carlisle, as another of the family (Mr. Bernard Gilpin) had done before him, consonant to their motto, Dictis factisq; simplex.-The care of the churches lay upon him. His unblameable character procured him esteem amongst all but those whose ill-nature would suffer them to speak well of none who differed from them. He was much respected by many for the good he had done them as a physician. Among persons of rank and quality, all necessary means were scarcely thought to have been used, if Dr. Gilpin had not been consulted. This world was not in his eye; none could charge him with any thing like covetousness. He went about doing good both to the souls and bodies of men.-He had been a preacher in Lambeth, and at the Savoy, where he was assistant to Dr. Wilkins. Also at Durham, and at Greystock; but he lived longest in Newcastle. He went into the pulpit the last time he was in it, under a feverish indisposition, and preached from 2 Cor. v. 2. For in this we groan earnestly,' &c. and, to the surprize of all, he rather groaned than spake this sermon. His lungs being at that time too tender for his work, his disease seized that part, and he was brought home in a peripneumonia, which in ten days time put a period to his life.

WORKS. The Temple rebuilt; Sermons before the united ministers of Cumberland and Westmoreland.-The Heads of agreement between the ministers of these two counties.-A Treatise of Satan's Temptations.-An Assize sermon in 1660.-The comforts of divine love; on the death of Mr. Timothy Manlove.-Among several MSS. he left a valuable treatise concerning the pleasantness of the ways of religion.

HUTTON. Mr. JOHN JACKSON.

ST. JOHN'S CHAPEL. Mr. JAMES Carr.
KIRKHANDERS [R.] Mr. THOMAS COURTNEY.

KIRKLEVINGTON [V.] Mr. HOOPER.

LASENBY [V.] Mr. SIMON ATKINSON. A very acute man, and of good judgment; especially exact in his school learning. He died in Sept. 1694, in consequence of a cold, caught in travelling from Penrith, where he preached at the opening of a lecture, encouraged by Dr. Thomas Gibson, of Hatton Garden, in London.

MELMERBY [R.] Mr. WILLIAM HOPKINS.

PENRITH [V.] Mr. ROGER BALDWIN. After his ejection he removed into Lancashire, where he took a farm, for which he paid a considerable fine. Having three children, he took it for their lives, not putting in his own; but it pleased God that he outlived them all upon which he quitted the farm, and at length fixed at Eccles near Manchester, where he preached at Monks-Hall, for many years, acceptably and usefully. He was a solid, scriptural, judicious preacher; a man of good abilities, and of an agreeable temper. He was one of the Monday lecturers at Bolton. He died June 9, 1695, aged 70.

PLUMLAND [R.] Mr. GAWEN EGGLESFIELD.
SOWERBY [V.] Mr. PETER JACKSON.

THURSBY. See Yorkshire.

TORPENHOW [V.] Mr. THOMAS TURNER.
WETHERHALL [C.] Mr. WILCOX.

Mr. GEORGE NICOHLSON. He was educated at Oxford, under Mr. Theophilus Gale. He went down into Cumberland a little before the Bartholomew-act took place. Mr. Hopkins, who had gathered a church at Melmerby, resigned it into his hands; and by the connivance of Mr. West, (who succeeded Mr. Broadley at Glassenby, he preached for about a year, both at Glassenby) and Kirkoswold: For Mr West, who was a prebendary, hoped to have drawn him into conformity by mildness, and fair promises of doing great things for him. While he was here, a certain curate, being instigated by other persons, as he was praying before his sermon, began to read the Common-prayer, but upon perceiving a general disgust, desisted. After the Act took place, which kept him out of the public churches, he preached in private houses as opportunity offered. Sir Philip Musgrave once surprized a meeting where he was the preacher; and thereupon the goods of the master of the house were seized, and some also of his; and they were forced to pay

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LLESTRY [C.] Mr. TIMOTHY STANIFORTH. He and

AMr. Jonathan Staniforth of Hognarston, were brothers,

the sons of an ancient godly minister, and both of them good For several years they lived together, and gave themselves much to reading, as they had a good library. After their ejectment, and the passing of the Oxford-act, they were driven from place to place; but in all places they laboured for the good of souls, as they had opportunity, and not without success. They often preached in the night, for the greater security, particularly about Heage, and many had cause, to bless God for their services there. They at length removed to a very obscure, though honest family, where they died, within a little time of each other, with much satisfaction, and with lively hopes of that heavenly inheritance which they had chosen and long laboured for.

ASTON upon Trent [R. S.] Mr. THOMAS PALmer. He had been minister of St. Lawrence-Poultney church in London, from whence he removed to this place. He was ejected from hence soon after the Restoration, to make room for Mr. Clark, the sequestered clergyman. About July 1663, he was imprisoned at Nottingham, [where he was pastor of a church] for preaching in conventicles.

§ WORKS. Before the Restoration, he printed a small piece, entitled, A little map of the old world; with a map of Monarchy, and epitome of Papacy. He seems, from this piece, to have been a violent enemy to Charles I.

BARROW upon Trent [V. 201. augmented to 401.] DANIEL SHELMERDINE, M. A. of Christ Col. Camb. Son of Mr. Shelmerdine of Matlock. He was born at Crich, Jan. 1636, or 1637; educated at Repton-school, and ordained by the classical presbytery of Wirksworth.He first preached in the family of colonel Grevis, of Mosely in Worcestershire, where he was for some time chaplain. From thence he removed to preach at Barrow

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and Twyford, two small places adjacent, where he was silenced by the Act of Uniformity. He afterwards rented a farm at Twyford for seventeen years. He was several times imprisoned, and suffered much on the account of Nonconformity. When liberty was settled by law, he preached occasionally at Derby and several other places; not daring to hide his Lord's talent in a napkin. He died at Findren in this county, in October 1699. He was a valuable man, and a useful preacher.

BLACKWELL [V.] Mr. ISAAC BACON.

BREDSALL [R.] JOHN HERON, M. A. Of Christ's Col. Camb. His father was minister at Stapenhill, near Burton upon Trent, where he was born in August, 1608. He had many providential deliverances in his childhood, which, when he grew up, he thankfully recorded. He laid a good foundation in school-learning, under Mr. Whitehead at Repton. At Cambridge (where he was admitted May 2, 1675,) he was under the tuition of Mr. Wm. Chappel, afterwards Bp. of Cork, and Ross,. in Ireland. In 1628, he went into Yorkshire, to Mr. Thurscrosse, an acquaintance of his tutor's, and prebendary of York, with whom he lived for some time at Kirby-Moor-side, reading prayers for hin, and teaching school in the town. Being bent upon the ministry, he made application to the learned Dr. Morton, Bp. of Coventry and Litchfield, who having examined and approved him, ordained him both deacon and presbyter, 1630. În a year and a half he removed to Eggington, where he was houshold chaplain to Sir H. Leigh, and preached at Newton-sulney. While he continued in this family, he preached a week-day lecture at Bratby, at the request of a a religious lady, Catherine, countess of Chesterfield. In 1633, he removed to Ashborne, where he succeeded Mr. Taylor as lecturer. Here he was put into the High-commission-court, and summoned by a pursuivant to appear at Lambeth; which occasioned him much trouble and expence. He was forced to remove to Derby, in the time of the civil war, and was no sooner gone from home than his house was plundered. From Derby he removed with his family, in 1644, to Brodsall, where he continued till his ejectment in 1662.

He was a very studious and learned man, well read in history. He possessed a sound judgment, and was a great master of method, having thoroughly digested his tutor's manner of preaching. He was very ready in scripture chro

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