ér styles him" an excellent preacher, and the veryhampion of the Assembly:" and adds, "that he was constant to his principles, yet moderate and charitable oward those who differed from him." Many funeral Doems and elegies were composed upon his death, both n Latin and in English. I have seen and read thirteen of these. Dr Jacombe says, that he was very averse to rint any thing of his own. But Dr Fuller observes, that many most able scholars have never publicly appeared in print: nor can their less learning be inferred from their more modesty." Mr Vines was author of the following learned Writings, which have been printed. 1. Caleb's Integrity in following the Lord fully; a ser mon from Numb. xiv. 24, before the Honourable House of Commons, at their Solemn Fast, Nov. 30th, 1642. Lond. 1642, and 1646. 2. The Impostures of Seducing Teachers Discovered; a sermon from Eph. iv. 14, 15, before the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen of the City of London, at their Anniversary meeting, April 23d, 1644. The 2d edit. Lond. 1656. 3. A sermon preached from Isa. lxiii. 8, before the Right Honourable, the Lord's and Commons, at Margaret's, Westminster, upon Thursday, July 18th, 1644, being the day of Public Thanksgiving for the great victo ry obtained near York. 4to. pp. 21. Lond. 1644, and 1646. At the conclusion of this sermon, he says, "Finally, let all men fortify their hearts against the evils which follow good success, that we be not made more loose in our Covenant than before; for we have reason to account this day to be the fruit of our entering and holding fast unto that. I say this day, which shews you the two nations formerly two, now made one in a covenant, in the field together, in a victory together, and in a pulpit to a Fuller's Worthies of England, fol, Lond. 1662. Ch. Hist. Cent: 17. Clark's Lives, Neal's Puritans, vol. iii, and iv. Jacombe's Fun. Ser. for Mr Vines. VOL. II. 2 E gether, paying unto God his praises, and so let them be for ever, one Judah yet ruling with God, and faithful with the saints." 4. The Posture of David's Spirit, when he was in a Doubtful Condition; a sermon from 2 Sam. xv. 25, 26, before the House of Commons, Oct. 22d, 1644. Fast, 4to. pp. 26. Lond. 1644. 5. The Happiness of Israel; a sermon from Deut. xxxiii. 29, before both Houses of Parliament, the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London being present, in Christ's Church, on a day of Solemn Thanksgiving, 12th March, 1645. The 2d edit. Lond. 1656. 6. The Purifying of Unclean Hearts and Hands; a sermon from James iv. 8, before the Honourable House of Commons, at their Solemn Fast, Jan. 28th, 1646. 4to. pp. 31. Lond. 1646. 7. Funeral Sermon for the Earl of Essex, from 2 Sam, iii. 38. Oct. 22d, 1646. Lond. 1646. 8. The Authors, Nature, and Danger, of Heresy; a sermon from 2 Pet. ii. 1, before the Commons, 4to. pp. 70. Lond. 1647. 9. Obedience to Magistrates both Supreme and Subordi nate, in three sermons from 1 Pet. ii. 13-16, and Tit iii. 1, preached upon the Anniversary election-day of three Lord Mayors successively, Sept. 29th, 1653, 1654, and 1655, at the Church of Lawrence-Jewry, London, 1656. 10. The Corruption of Mind; a sermon preached from 2 Cor. xi. 3, at Paul's, 24th June, 1655. Lond. 1656. I have seen these twelve sermons, by Mr Vines, collected into one volume, in Scotland. Mr Vines was also the author of A Treatise of the Right Institution, Administration, and Receiving, of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper; delivered in twenty sermons at Lawrence-Jewry, London. Small 4to. pp. 376. Lond. 1657, 1660.-Christ the Christian's only Gain, 1661.-God's Drawing and Man's Coming to Christ, 1662.-The Saint's Nearness to God, a small piece, Lond. 1662. Dedicated by Wm. Drury to the Countess Dowager of Exeter. It is said, that it was written upon request of an acquaintance. Since writing the above, I have seen the third edition of Mr Vines's Treatise on the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, London, 1677. And my Correspondent at London says, "a Bookseller told me that he had sold the sin gle Funeral Sermon for the Earl of Essex, with a Head, by Vines, for 7s. and 6d. to be sent to Scotland."-A Funeral Sermon for Mr William Strong has been men tioned, in the list of Mr Vines's Writings, but I do not recollect to have seen it. When Mr Vines was schoolmaster at Hinckley, he had for one of his pupils Mr John Cleiveland, a noted Royalist and popular Poet in the reign of Charles I, who, it is said, "owed the heaving of his natural fancy, by the choicest elegancies in Greek and Latin, to Mr Vines," a Brook's Puritans, vol. iii. under Vines. Countess Dowager of Exeter. It is said, that it was written upon request of an acquaintance. ' Since writing the above, I have seen the third edition of Mr Vines's Treatise on the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, London, 1677. And my Correspondent at London says, "a Bookseller told me that he had sold the single Funeral Sermon for the Earl of Essex, with a Head, by Vines, for 7s. and 6d. to be sent to Scotland.”—A Funeral Sermon for Mr William Strong has been mentioned, in the list of Mr Vines's Writings, but I do not recollect to have seen it. When Mr Vines was schoolmaster at Hinckley, he had for one of his pupils Mr John Cleivland, a noted Royalist and popular Poet in the reign of Charles I, who, it is said,owed the heaving of his natural fancy, by the choicest elegancies in Greek and Latin, to Mr Vines." GEORGE WALKER, B. D. PASTOR OF JOHN EVANGELIST'S, LONDON, AND A MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY OF DIVINES AT WESTMINSTER. GEORGE EORGE WALKER was born at Hawkshead, a market-town, in Fourness, in Lancashire, a maritime county, in the North-west part of England, in the year 1581. He was descended from religious parents, who were highly beneficial unto him, in his early years, and peculiarly attentive to his education. It pleased the Lord to visit him, when he was a child, with the small pox, and while those persons who attended him stood expecting his dissolution, he started out of a trance, with the following remarkable ejaculation, or fervent prayer, Lord, take me not away till I have shewed forth thy praises. This induced his parents, upon his recovery, to devote him in a solemn manner, to the important work of the holy ministry. VOL. II. a Brook's Puritans, vol. iii. under Vines. |