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Okely, Francis

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

a learned English theologian, was born in 1718. His adherence to the Moravians prevented his being. ordained a minister in the Anglican Church. He died at Bedford May 9,1794. He wrote, The Nature and Necessity of the New Creature in Christ (1772, 8vo), translated from the German: The divine Visions of John Englebrecht (1781, 2 vols. 8vo); the works of this German visionary, had been published in German in 1658, some years after his death: A faithful Narrative of God's gracious Dealings with Hiel (1781, 8vo): Dawnings of the everlasting Gospel Light, glimmering out of a private Heart's epistolary Correspondence (Northampton, 1775, 8vo). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generae, 38:577; Darling, Cycl. Bibliog. 2:2232. (J. N. P.)

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Okely, Francis'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​o/okely-francis.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.