THOMAS TEMPLE, D. D. MINISTER OF BATTERSEA, AND ONE OF THE ASSEMBLY OF DIVINES AT WESTMINSTER. THOMAS HOMAS TEMPLE was brother to Sir John Temple, Master of the Rolls, and one of his Majesty's Privy Council in Ireland. He was M. A. and sometime Fellow of Trinity-College, Dublin. He afterward resided for some time in Lincoln-College, Oxford. Wood says, that he continued not long in Lincoln-College. He was settled first at Winwick in Northamptonshire, then at Battersea, in the county of Surrey. At this last place he was labouring in the year 1639, having Mr Samuel Wells for his assistant. Upon the commencement of the civil war, he espoused the cause of the Parliament, In the year 1643, he was appointed one of the Licensers of the Press for Books of Divinity, and chosen to be one of the Assembly of Divines at Westminster; and he is said to have constantly attended during the session. He was appointed one of the Select Committee for the examination and approbation of those ministers who petitioned for sequestered livings. In the year 1645, he was chosen one of the Committee of Accommodation. In each of these public and important offices, he was eminently distinguished by his great learning and moderation. In the year 1648, he readily united with his brethren, the London ministers, in their declaration and protestation against the death of the King. Wood says that he was "a forward preacher; and a fre quent preacher before the members of the Long Parlia ment, and that he has certain sermons in print which he preached before the said members."a I have seen one of his sermons, which is entitled, Christ's Government in and over his People, from Psalm ii. 6, delivered before a Wood's Athenæ Oxon, vol. i. Neal and Brook's Puritans, vol. iii. Life and Writings of Thomas Temple. 183 Lond. 1642. An excel- the Honourable House of Commons, at their Public Fast, Oct. 26th, 1642. 4to. pp. 50. lent sermon. I have seen it in parts of Scotland.-Dr Temple is said to have been a learned divine but we have not been able to receive any more information respecting him, nor to say when he died. CHRISTOPHER TESDALE, A. M. PASTOR OF HUSBORNE-TARRANT, AND A MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY OF DIVINES AT WESTMINSTER. CHRISTOPHER TESDALE seems to have been born at Abingdon, a market-town in Berkshire in England; for Wood says that he was an Abingdon man born." He received his education in New-College, Oxford, where he proceeded Master of Arts, on the 10th of June, in the year 1618. He entered into the holy ministry, and became Pastor of Husborne-Tarrant, in the county of Southampton. At the commencement of the civil war, he espoused the cause of the Parliament; and in the year 1643, he was chosen a Member of the Assembly of Divines at Westminster, and is marked in Mr Neal's list as constantly attending during the session. He was also a preacher before the Long Parliament. He has published Hierusalem: or, A Vision of Peace; a sermon preached from Psalm cxxii. 6, Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem, before the Honourable House of Commons, at their monthly Fast, at Margaret's in Westminster, Aug. 28th, 1644. 4to. pp. 30. Lond. 1644.* In his Epistle Dedicatory to the House of Commons, he says: "Worthy Fathers of your country, It is said of the Ambassadors of the King of Persia, that coming to Athens, the metropolis of learning, in the time of the Seven Wise Men, they desired that each of them would deliver in his a Wood's Athenæ Oxon, vol. i. 2d edit. sentence that they might report unto their Master the Wisdom of Greece, which accordingly they did, only one of them was silent which the Ambassadors observing, entreated him also to cast in his symbol with the rest. Tell your Prince, saith he, that there are of the Grecians who can hold their peace. Verily, it had been my wisdom to have altogether held my peace in such an audience, or having once spoken, to have proceeded no farther; but as this sermon, such as it is, came to the birth by your authority, so your command now is the midwifery to bring it forth;-I shall then be your remembrancer by restoring the loss of the ear to the eye. Words, we say, are wind, and unless they be taken upon the wing, even while they are flying, and brought to the press, they are gone and lost. And now, ever honoured Patriots, that I have been God's remembrancer to you, I will be bold to be your remembrancer to God, that the Lord of Peace himself would give you peace always, and by all means, that he would let you see Jerusalem in prosperity, and peace upon Israel, and in recompence of all your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope, he would fill you with length of honourable time here, and with a glorious eternity hereafter. Your's in the Lord, the meanest and lowest of all my Master's servants, * CHRISTOPHER TESDALE. In the above-mentioned sermon, he says: "The people were able to say, by their own happy experience, that our Saviour Christ taught as one having authority, and not as the Scribes and Pharisees, those dull Doctors of the Law, who were never able to keep Moses's chair warm, but cold sermons made bold sinners." And in p. 23, he says, " "Surely God is about some great work, he intends some great blessing to the land; we trust he will bless our eyes with the happy sight of the King in his beauty, the Lord Jesus upon his glorious throne, with all his holy ordinances about him in their purity and power, that in his time the righteous may flourish, and abundance of peace as long as the moon endureth." And, speaking of fervent prayers with strong cries and tears at the Mercy-seat and the throne of Grace, he says: "A cold suitor begs his own denial; God will have us Jacobs, before we shall be Israels. "That which is soon gotten, is as soon forgotten.-Though God keep silence sometimes at our prayers, he will not hold his peace at our tears, Psalm xxxix. 12." In the application of the sermon, he makes a motion for a new association: "That zealous prayer, sound counsel, constant resolution, and speedy action, be firmly joined together."-In exhorting his hearers to strive together, as fellow-soldiers, with all their might, for the Faith of the Gospel, he says: "We must even compass Babylon, as the Israelites did Jericho, yet seven times more in one day, and shout against it with a great shout, before the walls will come down, and the angel cry, Babylon is fallen, is fallen." THOMAS THOROWGOOD, B. D. RECTOR OF GRIMSTON, AND ONE OF THE ASSEMBLY OF DIVINES AT WESTMINSTER. THOMAS HOMAS THOROWGOOD received his education in the University of Cambridge, where he proceeded Master of Arts. He entered into the office of the holy ministry, and was afterward Bachelor of Divinity. On the 9th of July, in the year 1622, he, with several other Cambridge Scholars, was incorporated of the University of Oxford. Wood says, that they were taken into the bosom of this University."-In the troublesome times of the civil war, Mr Thorowgood espoused the cause of the Parliament, and was called to preach before them, and chosen one of the Assembly of Divines at Westminster; and is represented as constantly attending. In the Ordinance of Parliament for calling an Assembly of Learned and Godly Divines in 1643, he is said to be." Thomas Thorowgood of Massingham," but in the year 1644, he is said to be Rector of Grimston, in the county of Nor folk. He has published, Moderation Justified, and the Lord's being at hand Improved; a sermon preached from Phil. iv. 5, at Westminster, before the Honourable House of Commons, at their Solemn Fast, Dec. 25th, 1644. 4to. pp. 33. Lond. 1645.-Jews in America: or, Probabili. ties that the Americans are of that Race. With the Removal of some contrary reasonings, and earnest desires for effectual endeavours to make them Christian. 4to. pp. 139. Lond. 1650. It has been said, that the American Indians have called themselves the children of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. Mr Thorowgood grounds his conjectures on their own acknowledgment, their rites and customs, and their man. ner of speech, resembling those of the Jews, and the like. ANTHONY TUCKNEY, D. D. MINISTER OF BOSTON, MASTER OF EMANUEL AND ST. JOHNS'COLLEGE, PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY, IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, AND A MEMBER OF THE ASSEMRLY OF DIVINES AT WESTMINSTER. ANTH NTHONY TUCKNEY was the son of Mr Tuckney, Minister of Kirton, about three miles from Boston in Lincolnshire. He was born in Sept. 1599, and educated in Emanuel-College, Cambridge. When he had taken the degree of Master of Arts, he, for some time left the Col. lege, and became domestic chaplain to the Earl of Lincoln. But being afterward chosen Fellow of his College, he returned thither, and continued there till after his commencing Bachelor of Divinity. During that time, he was a most diligent and conscientious tutor. He trained up many pupils, who were afterward highly use ful both in church and state; and who always retained a grateful remembrance of him. He left the University upon the invitation of the people of Boston, in his native. country. Upon their solicitation, he became assistant to the celebrated Mr John Cotton, minister of Boston. He |