them. Various anecdotes of other persons have ments*. He was particulary indebted, in various respects, to Mr. Job Orton, who bestowed much attention on the work: to Dr. Samuel Wilton, who with great labour examined the maps of all the coun- ties to ascertain the proper spelling of the names of places: and to Mr. Robinson of Cambridge, who carefully examined the Registers of inductions to livings in Cambridgeshire, and communicated va- rious corrections and additions. Many thanks are due to Edmund Calamy, Esq. grandson to the au- thor, who kindly favoured the Editor with a curious and valuable manuscript, drawn up with great la- bour, and presented to Dr. Calamy, with a hand- some Latin dedication, by the Rev. Mr. William Rastrick of Lynne-Regis in Norfolk, the author of the Letter, at the end of the Dr.'s Defence of mode- rate Nonconformity, on his quitting the Church of England. This MS. is entitled, INDEX eorum Theo- logorum Aliorumque, No. 2257, Qui propter Legem Uniformitatis Aug. 24. Anno 1662, ab Ecclesia Anglicana secesserunt. Alphabetico ordine, ac se- cundum Gradus suos dispositus. In this Index not only are their degrees accurately specified, but like- wise their rank in the church, whether Rectors, Vi- cars, Curates, or Lecturers †; and the computed * Valuable communications were received from the following Dissent- To this list the editor with peculiar pleasure subjoins the names of the + These are expressed by the letters R, V, C, L. D. signifies a Do- native. Perp. C. a perpetual curacy. S. a sequestered living. value of a great number of their livings. At the end of it are numerous Addenda et Emendenda, but mostly very minute, of which the Editor has availed himself; as likewise of the MS. notes of a clergyman, with which he was favoured in the course of the publication. With all these helps many articles are yet very short and imperfect, and the bare Names of a great number still appear in the list, whose characters and history are irrecoverably lost for want of a more timely care to preserve them.-On the whole, however, it is hoped that the work will be found to have received no inconsiderable improvements, among which none of the smallest is, that the Places from which the ministers were ejected, (before set down without any kind of method) are disposed in the order of the alphabet, for the sake of being the more readily found. It is presumed also that it will be an additional recommendation to this work, that it contains so many fine portraits of these worthies, almost all of them taken from original paintings, and executed by the ablest artists. pu The encouragement given to this undertaking by a very numerous list of subscribers, of various denominations, is highly gratifying to the Editor, who relies on the candour of the public with respect to such imperfections as may still be expected in a work of this nature, and requests his pious readers to unite with him in imploring a divine blessing on this blication, that it may prove the happy means of reviving the spirit of primitive christianity; of Nonconformity to a corrupt World; of Zeal for the rights of conscience, for the honour of Christ, for the credit and success of his institutions, and for the salvation of souls, which so eminently distinguished the original nonconformits, but which, alas! hath of late so visibly declined amongst their successors. Hackney, Nov. 1, 1774. ·} SAMUEL PALMER. BEING encouraged by the increasing demand for this work, to undertake a new edition; I gladly embrace the opportunity now afforded of bringing forward a considerable number of articles which were received too late to be inserted in the former; together with many important additions and corrections since made, in consequence of further researches, and the friendly communications of various correspondents. The chief additions which I have made are from scarce Funeral Sermons and Lives, which have fallen into my hands since the work was first published, and from the Farewell Sermons of the most distinguished of the London ministers*, the extracts from which, in some instances, will supply the defects in the biographical narratives, and throw considerable light on the characters of the men. Some new lives have also been inserted, principally from Mr. Cotton Mather's History of New England, the most considerable of which is that of Mr. John Bailey, whose name had not been before mentioned Many other additions and corrections have been received since the circulation of the proposals for this new edition, from different persons, to whom particular acknowledgements will be made in the close; as likewise to others who may hereafter contribute towards the perfection of this work: But in this place must be mentioned the special obligations which the public are under to Mr. Isaac James of Bristol, who has bestowed great pains in examining various records which had not before been consulted. Besides the above improvements, the reader must be in-formed, that greater liberties have now been taken than had *The COUNTRY-COLLECTION, intitled England's Remembrancer, I was not able to procure till the first volume of this edition was nearly printed off. I intended to have enriched the work with extracts from these discourses, which are generally more appropriate, and more perfect, than most in the London-collection. But to do justice to them, I feared would swell these volumes too much. If however there should be found room at the end of the work, probably some of the most striking passages may be subjoined by way of Appendix. The volume contains eighteen discourses, making near 600 pages, 8vo. The names of the preachers are not mentioned, but Dr. Calamy has supplied that defect. b been been before, with the original composition, which has been amended throughout; so that this may be considered as being, in a manner, a new work: which is mentioned to satisfy such persons as have intimated, that the improvements in this edition should have been separately printed for the accommodation of those who were possessed of the former. In consequence of the great quantity of new matter which has been introduced, it was found necessary to make an additional volume. It is to be regretted that this edition is so much more expensive than the former was: but if the additional price of paper, which is now doubled, and the increased expence of printing, be duly considered, this will be allowed to have been unavoidable. It is proper here to inform the reader, that this mark * signifies, that the article to which it is prefixed, was, in the former edition, entirely or for the most part new. These Brackets [ ] were used chiefly to distinguish the Editor's former additions, from the original work; but sometimes now occur to denote supplementary words in the new articles. * This prefixed to the name of a place, signifies that it is doubtful whether that be the place intended, or whether it be the true spelling. § Denotes that the Life, paragraph or note, to which it is prefixed, is entirely new, and peculiar to this edition. If any articles of moment should be dicovered by the editor, or received from correspondents, too late to be inserted in their proper places, they will be printed as Addenda, at the close of the volumes, as in the Biographia Britannica; together with such mistakes, or typographical errors as may be discovered, which it is almost impossible wholly to avoid. HACKNEY, Oct. 1, 1801. S. P. THE NONCONFORMIST'S MEMORIAL. INTRODUCTION. CONTAINING A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TIMES IN WHICH THE EJECTER MINISTERS LIVED, FROM THE RISE OF THE CIVIL WAR TO THE REVOLUTION: WITH THE REASONS OF THEIR NONCONFORMITY. Extracted from Dr. Calamy's Abridgment of the Life of Mr. Baxter. MR. R. RICHARD BAXTER, in the history of his life, published by Sylvester, has made some remarks on the occurrences of the Times in which he lived, from the rise of the civil war, which began soon after his settlement at Kidderminster (viz. in the reign of Charles I. 1641.) not unworthy the notice of posterity; the substance of which may properly serve as an Introduction to this account of the ejected ministers; in which his own life (being the original ground-work of Dr. Calamy's work) will make a distinguished figure among the Nonconformists in Worcestershire. SECT. I. A brief Account of the Civil War, to the Death of Charles I. THE nation had for some time been under great discontent, on account of the shameful attacks which had been made, by those in power, both on its civil and religious liberties. The general cry was for justice in the punishment of delinquents; which greatly alarmed the king and his favourites, who none of them knew how soon his own turn might come. The guilty judges were deeply accused in parliament, and some of them imprisoned, on account of |