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an English divine, was born in Hertfordshire, and educated at Christ Church, Oxford. In 1652 he left the State Church and set up a dissenting congregation (Presbyterian) at Rotherhithe. He died in 1674. Besides a life of his brother John (q.v.) and his sermons, he published The Saint's Encouragement (1675, 8vo): — Token for Children (1676, 8vo, and often): — Heaven upon Earth (1677, 8vo). See Allibone, Dict. of Authors, 1, 954; Hook, Eccles. Biog. 6:276.