Shaw, Robert  1795-1863

Robert Shaw, Scottish Presbyterian (1795 - 1863) was a leader in the Original Secession Church and a minister at Whitburn (halfway between Edinburgh and Glasgow). He wrote The New Theology Examined (1843) and a highly regarded commentary on the Westminster Confession: The Reformed Faith: An Exposition Of The Westminster Confession Of Faith (1845).

Shaw, Robert (1795-1863), theologian. A native of Perth, he was educated at Edinburgh University and under Archibald Bruce at the divinity hall of the Associate Presbytery in Whitburn, West Lothian. In 1817, he was ordained to follow Bruce in Whitburn, where he remained until his death. He was synod clerk for the Original Secession Church from 1834 until he and the majority of the synod joined the Free Church in 1852. His Exposition of the Westminster Confession (Edinburgh, 1845) is the most thorough commentary by a Scottish Presbyterian. Writing in sympathy with its writers, Shaw elucidates the opposing views against which the Confession was framed. Shaw wrote articles for the Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review, and received the DD from the College of New Jersey (Princeton) in 1851. Other publications include Reflections on the Translation of Elijah (Edinburgh, 1835); and The New Theology Examined (Edinburgh, 1843), on the nature and extent of the atonement. – Sherman Isbell

From: Dictionary of Scottish Church History and Theology (Organizing editor: Nigel M. de S. Cameron; General editors: David F. Wright, David C. Lachman, and Donald E. Meek) (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1993), p. 770.

(Source: http://reiterations.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/a-short-biography-5/ )

Reflections on the Translation of Elijah: A Sermon Occasioned by the Death and Preached to the congregation of the Late Rev. Thomas M'Crie, D.D.: on Sabbath, 6th, September, 1835 - 1835

The New Theology Examined, In Regard to the Nature and Extent of the Atonement of Christ - 1843

An Exposition of the Confession of Faith of the Westminster Assembly of Divines - 1845


An exposition of the confession of faith of the Westminister assembly of divines. Revised by the committee of publication. (Philadelphia, Pres. bd. of pub., 1847) (page images at HathiTrust)
THIS IS AN ALTERED VERSION TO ACCOMODATE THE AMERICAN REVISIONS OF THE CONFESSION.

An Exposition of the Confession of Faith of the Westminster Assembly of Divines - Eighth Edition (1857)

Zanchi/Zanchius, Jerom (Girolami)  1516-1590

Girolamo Zanchi (Latin "Hieronymus Zanchius," thus Anglicized to "Jerome Zanchi/Zanchius") (February 2, 1516 – November 19, 1590) was an Italian Protestant Reformation clergyman and educator.

He was born the son of a noble lawyer and historian, in Alzano Lombardo near Bergamo. His father died in the plague of 1528 and his mother died only three years later. At age 15 he entered the monastery of the Augustinian Order of Regular Canons, where he studied Aristotle, languages and divinity. After completing his studies, he went to Lucca, and there under the influence of Peter Martyr Vermigli he opted for a theological career, being especially impressed by Vermigli's lectures on Romans. In addition to works of the Fathers, he became aware of Martin Bucer and Philipp Melanchthon, also read Martin Luther's writings and the Swiss reformers. John Calvin, however, had the greatest influence on him.

Even after Vermigli’s forced flight in 1542, Zanchi remained as a teacher at the monastery school. In 1551, however, he also was forced into exile. After a brief stay in Geneva, he wanted to go to England, but was called to Strasbourg and worked there as a professor of the Old Testament at the college of St. Thomas. His style is legalistic, and he interpreted with meticulous accuracy. In his overall theological orientation, he tacked neither directly along a Lutheran or a Calvinist line, although he was reckoned a Calvinist. He was one of the most learned theologians of the second half of the 16th Century, if he is not considered to be an especially original thinker. He was regarded an excellent teacher.

The demand for Strasbourg faculty and pastors to commit themselves to the Augsburg Confession created difficulties for him. He had previously declined offers to move to Geneva and Lausanne because he was committed to Strasbourg. However, he could not remain after the controversy with the Lutheran superintendent Johann Marbach. Zanchi had described the differences in the doctrine of the Eucharist between the Lutheran and Reformed as being relatively minor and also taught a strict Calvinist doctrine of predestination. After receiving many consultations from theologians outside of Strasbourg, the disputing parties were able to reach an agreement in constructing a formula of unity (The Strasbourg Consensus) signed by all the city's preachers and professors.

When Calvin chided him for his equivocation, Zanchi went public with his views again causing the controversy to erupt anew. He consequently left from Strasbourg to become the pastor of the Italian Protestant congregation in the Graubünden in Chiavenna. In 1568 he received a call to the University of Heidelberg, where he took over the chair of Dogmatics formerly occupied by Zacharias Ursinus. Here he wrote important works which tend to bear either an apologetic or polemical character. His method of presentation is quite scholastic. After the Palatinate returned to Lutheranism during the reign of Elector Ludwig VI, Zanchi moved with many other Reformed professors to the Casmirianum, a Reformed academy in Neustadt in the dominions of Count Palatine Johann Casimir. He died during a return visit to Heidelberg and was buried in the University Church.

Zanchius was a voluminous writer whose works include, Confession of the Christian Religion and Observation on the Divine Attributes. He is perhaps best known for his book The Doctrine of Absolute Predestination, which is still in publication today.

The following is a translation of the inscription on the headstone of Zanchius' grave:

'Here Zanchius rests, whom love of truth constrained
to quit his own and seek a foreign land.
How good and great he was, how formed to shine,
How fraught with science human and divine;
Sufficient proof his numerous writings give,
And those who heard him teach and saw him live.
Earth still enjoys him, though his soul has fled:
His name is deathless, though his dust is dead.'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girolamo_Zanchi

Below is from "A Biographical Historical and Chronological dictionary: Containing a Faithful Account of the Lives, Characters, and Actions of The Most Eminent Persons of All Ages and All Countries; including also The Revolutions of States, and the Succession of Sovereign Princes" (2nd Edition) - 1806 - By John Watkins, LL.D.

On Doctrine web site

The doctrine of absolute predestination stated and asserted : translated, in great measure, from the Latin of Jerom Zanchius ; with some account of his life prefixed ; and an appendix concerning the fate of the ancients ; also a caveat against unsound doctrines (1793)

 
The doctrine of absolute predestination stated and asserted: (1811)
 
The Doctrine of Absolute Predestination: AUDIO from Still Waters Revival Books
 
THE DOCTRINE OF ABSOLUTE PREDESTINATION (1930) 
From ON DOCTRINE web site

OBSERVATIONS ON THE DIVINE ATTRIBUTES
Neccesary To Be Premised
In Order To Our Better Understanding
THE DOCTRINE OF PREDESTINATION
From ON DOCTRINE web site

Confession of the Christian Religion (Download e-Sword Module)

Confession of the Christian Religion (Download TWM - GBK TWM Module)
By Jerome Zanchius
Zanchius is a very old author (from the 1500s). This is the style of old Doctrines Books, they are a series of discussions on general topics without being very “systematized”. Scriptures, God, the divine person, and divine properties, predestination, omnipotence, creation, angels, man’s fall, redemption, the law, Christ the Redeemer, dispensations, the Gospel and the Law, Baptism, the Lord’s Supper, Faith-Hope-Charity, Repentance, Justification, regeneration, good works, oaths and vows, the church, magistrates or civil law, the state of souls after death, the resurrection of the dead, eternal life,

Contents
Dedicatory Epistle To Ulysses Martinengus, Earl of Barchen
Chapter 1: Of the Holy Scriptures: the foundation of all Christian religion
Chapter 2: Of God and the divine person and properties
Chapter 3: Of the foreknowledge and predestination of God
Chapter 4: Of the omnipotence and will of God
Chapter 5: Of the creation of the world, angels and of man’s first estate
Chapter 6: Of the providence and government of the world
Chapter 7: Of man’s fall and of original sin and the fruites thereof
Chapter 8: Of man’s freewill after his fall
Chapter 9: Of the promise of redemption and salvation by Christ
Chapter 10: Of the Law
Chapter 11: Of Christ the redeemer
Chapter 12: Of the true dispensation of redemption, the salvation and life which is laid up in Christ alone, and therefore of the necessary uniting and participation with Christ
Chapter 13: Of the Gospel, and of the abrogation of the Law by the Gospel
Chapter 14: Of the Sacraments of the New Testament
Chapter 15: Of Baptism
Chapter 16: Of the Lord’s Supper
Chapter 17: Of Faith, Hope and Charity
Chapter 18: Of Repentance
Chapter 19: Of Justification
Chapter 20: Of the regenerate man’s free choice and power to do good
Chapter 21: Of good works
Chapter 22: Of invocation and on oaths
Chapter 23: Of Christ’s church in general
Chapter 24: Of the militant church
Chapter 25: Of the governament of the militant church and of the ecclesiastical ministry
Chapter 26: Of a magistrate
Chapter 27: Of perpetual remission of sins in the church of Christ
Chapter 28: Of the state of souls after death and of the resurrection of the dead
Chapter 29: Of the glorious coming of our Lord Jesus Christ to Judge the quick and the dead
Chapter 30: Of eternal life
Appendices
I: Observations of the same Zanchius upon his own Confessions
II: An appendix to the eleventh chapter of Christ the redeemer or of the person of Christ
III: Certain positions of the same Zanchius

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Holford, George Peter d. 1839

George Peter Holford (d. 1839) was the second son of Peter Holford (d. 1804) who made an immense fortune by supplying London with fresh water through a canal. The Holfords had been seated at Westonbirt since 1666 when a Holford married the heiress Sarah Crew.

The Destruction of Jerusalem, including a narrative of the calamities which befell the Jews.  With a brief description of the City and Temple (Third Edition) - 1858 - George Peter Holford
This book was originally published in 1805.
The destruction of Jerusalem an absolute and irresistible proof of the divine origin of Christianity... - 1805
Letter to the editor of the Quarterly review on a misstatement contained in the 42d volume of ... 1830 - George Peter Holford
Statements and observations concerning the hulks 1826 - George Peter Holford
Substance of the speech of George Holford ... on the bill to amend ... - 1815
An account of the general penitentiary at Millbank ; containing a ... - 1828
The storm; a drama. [Followed by] Berthier's dream at Rome - 1801
Observations on the necessity of introducing a sufficient number ... -1808

Shedd, William Greenough Thayer  1820-1894

William Greenough Thayer Shedd (June 21, 1820 – November 17, 1894), son of the Reverend Marshall Shedd and Eliza Thayer, was an American Presbyterian Theologian born in Acton, Massachusetts.

In 1835, Shedd enrolled at the University of Vermont, and became a protégé of UVM president James Marsh. Under the influence of his mentor, Shedd was deeply affected by the thought of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Transcendentalism. He graduated from UVM in 1839 and taught school for one year, during which time he began to attend the Presbyterian church. Being called to the ministry, Shedd entered Andover Theological Seminary in 1840 and studied under theologian Leonard Woods. He graduated in 1843.
After a short pastorate at Brandon, Vermont, he was successively professor of English literature at the University of Vermont (1845–1852), professor of sacred rhetoric in Auburn Theological Seminary (1852–1854), professor of church history in Andover Theological Seminary (1854–1862), and, after one year (1862–1863) as associate pastor of the Brick Church of New York City, of sacred literature (1863–1874) and of systematic theology (1874–1890) in Union Theological Seminary. He died in New York City on November 17, 1894.
Dr. Shedd was a high Calvinist and was one of the greatest systematic theologians of the American Presbyterian church. His great work was Dogmatic Theology (3 vols, 1888–1894). He served as editor of Coleridge's Complete Works (7 vols, New York, 1894), and he also wrote:

• Lectures on the Philosophy of History (1856), in which he applied to history the doctrine of organic evolution
• Discourses and Essays (1856)
• A Manual of Church History (2 vols, 1857), a translation of Guericke
• A History of Christian Doctrine (2 vols, 1863)
• Homiletics and Pastoral Theology (1867)
• Sermons to the Natural Man (1871)
• Theological Essays (1877)
• Literary Essays (1878)
• Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans (1879)
• Sermons to the Spiritual Man (1884)
• The Doctrine of Endless Punishment (1885)

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Homiletics and pastoral theology - Shedd, William Greenough Thayer, 1820-1894
Includes bibliographical footnotes

Homiletics and pastoral theology, with an appendix - Shedd, William Greenough Thayer, 1820-1894

Africa and colonization. An address delivered before the Massachusetts Colonization Society, May 27, 1857 - Shedd, William Greenough Thayer, 1820-1894
Birney Anti-Slavery Collection
Calvinism : pure and mixed ; a defence of the Westminster standards - Shedd, William Greenough Thayer, 1820-1894
A critical and doctrinal commentary upon the Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans .. - Shedd, William Greenough Thayer, 1820-1894
Discourses and Essays by William G. T. Shedd - Shedd, William Greenough Thayer, 1820-1894
The method, and influence, of theological studies.--
The true nature of the beautiful, and its relation to culture.--
The characteristics, and importance, of a natural rhetoric.--
The nature, and influence, of the historic spirit.--
The relation of language, and style, to thought.--
The doctrine of original sin.--
Dogmatic theology (Volume 1) - Shedd, William Greenough Thayer, 1820-1894
Vol. 1
Dogmatic theology (Volume 2) - Shedd, William Greenough Thayer, 1820-1894
Vol. 2
Dogmatic theology (Volume 3) - Shedd, William Greenough Thayer, 1820-1894
Vol. 3 - Supplement
A history of Christian doctrine (Volume 1) - Shedd, William Greenough Thayer, 1820-1894
Includes bibliography and index
A history of Christian doctrine (Volume 2) - Shedd, William Greenough Thayer, 1820-1894
Includes bibliography and index
Lectures upon the philosophy of history - Shedd, William Greenough Thayer, 1820-1894
Literary essays - Shedd, William Greenough Thayer, 1820-1894
The true nature of the beautiful and its relation to culture.--
The influence and method of English studies.--
The ethical theory of rhetoric and eloquence.--
The characteristics and importance of a natural rhetoric.--
The relation of a language and style to thought.--
Scientific and popular education.--
Intellectual temperance.--
The Puritan character.--
The African nature.--
Coleridge as a philosopher and theologian...
The proposed revision of the Westminster Standards - Shedd, William Greenough Thayer, 1820-1894
Includes bibliographic reference
Motives to prayer for colleges [microform] : an address delivered in the First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York, February 26, 1863 - Shedd, William Greenough Thayer, 1820-1894
Sermons to the spiritual man - Shedd, William Greenough Thayer, 1820-1894
Sermons to the natural man - Shedd, William Greenough Thayer, 1820-1894
The Union and the war : a sermon, preached November 27, 1862 - Shedd, William Greenough Thayer, 1820-1894
The Doctrine of Endless Punishment - William Greenough Thayer Shedd
The complete works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge : with an introductory essay upon his philosophical and theological opinions (Volume 1) - Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834
Vol. I. Introductory essay / by the American editor. Aids to reflection / with a preliminary essay by James Marsh ; edited by Henry Nelson Coleridge. The statesman's manual, or, The Bible the best guide to political skill and foresight : a lay sermon, addressed to the higher classes of society, with an appendix containing comments and essays connected with the study of the inspired writings / with the author's last corrections and notes, by Henry Nelson Coleridge -- Vol...
The complete works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. With an introductory essay upon his philosophical and theological opinions (Volume 2) - Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834
Vol. 2
The complete works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge : with an introductory essay upon his philosophical and theological opinions (Volume 3) - Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834
Vol. I. Introductory essay / by the American editor. Aids to reflection / with a preliminary essay by James Marsh ; edited by Henry Nelson Coleridge. The statesman's manual, or, The Bible the best guide to political skill and foresight : a lay sermon, addressed to the higher classes of society, with an appendix containing comments and essays connected with the study of the inspired writings / with the author's last corrections and notes, by Henry Nelson Coleridge -- Vol...

The complete works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. With an introductory essay upon his philosophical and theological opinions (Volume 4) - Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834
Vol. 4
The complete works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge : with an introductory essay upon his philosophical and theological opinions (Volume 5) - Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834
Vol. I. Introductory essay / by the American editor. Aids to reflection / with a preliminary essay by James Marsh ; edited by Henry Nelson Coleridge. The statesman's manual, or, The Bible the best guide to political skill and foresight : a lay sermon, addressed to the higher classes of society, with an appendix containing comments and essays connected with the study of the inspired writings / with the author's last corrections and notes, by Henry Nelson Coleridge -- Vol...
The complete works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Volume 6) - Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834
The complete works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge : with an introductory essay upon his philosophical and theological opinions (Volume 7) - Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834
Vol. I. Introductory essay / by the American editor. Aids to reflection / with a preliminary essay by James Marsh ; edited by Henry Nelson Coleridge. The statesman's manual, or, The Bible the best guide to political skill and foresight : a lay sermon, addressed to the higher classes of society, with an appendix containing comments and essays connected with the study of the inspired writings / with the author's last corrections and notes, by Henry Nelson Coleridge -- Vol...
A manual of church history (Volume 1) - Guericke, Heinrich Ernst Ferdinand, 1803-1878
Translation of v. 1 and v. 2 of: Handbuch der Kirchengeschichte
A manual of church history (Volume 2) - Guericke, Heinrich Ernst Ferdinand, 1803-1878
Translation of v. 1 and v. 2 of: Handbuch der Kirchengeschichte
The confessions of Augustine - Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Edited with an Introduction by W.G.T. Shedd.

 

Smeaton, George 1814-1889

George Smeaton (1814–89) was a Scottish theologian ordained to the ministry of the Church of Scotland at Falkland in the Presbytery of Cupar (1839). He was among the numerous ministers who emerged in 1843 during the Disruption to form the Free Church of Scotland. Smeaton was a divinity school classmate and contemporary of such men as Robert Murray McCheyne and Andrew and Horatius Bonar.

He was appointed professor at the Free Church College in Aberdeen (1854), and later became Professor of Exegetical Theology at New College, Edinburgh (1857).

Significant works

The Doctrine of the Atonement, As Taught by Christ Himself (1868), Banner of Truth, 1991.

The Doctrine of the Atonement, As Taught by the Apostles (1870), Banner of Truth, 1991.

The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit (1882), Banner of Truth, 1961.

The Scottish Theory of Ecclesiastical Establishments (1875), Reformation Bookshelf CD's, Vol. 25

http://www.theopedia.com/George_Smeaton

The doctrine of the atonement : as taught by Christ himself, or The sayings of Jesus on the atonement, exegetically expounded and classified - (1868) - Smeaton, George, 1814-1889

The doctrine of the atonement, as taught by the Apostles; or, The sayings of the Apostles ... (1870) - George Smeaton

The Doctrine of the Atonement : As Taught by the Apostles ... (1870)- Smeaton, George, 1814-1889
From the library of B.B. Warfield

Doctrine of the Holy Spirit (1882) By George Smeaton

The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit - (1882) Smeaton, George, 1814-1889

Moore, George Foot 1851-1931

George Foot Moore (October 15, 1851 – May 16, 1931) He graduated from Yale University in 1872, where he was a member of Skull and Bones. He was awarded the highest theological qualifiction – the D.D.. He was Professor Emeritus 1928–31, Frothingham Professor of History Religion 1904–28, Professor of Theology, Harvard University, 1902–04; President 1899–1901, Professor of Hebrew, Andover Theological Seminary, 1883–1902. He was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania and died in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

An eminent Asian scholar and a noted teacher, he wrote a number of books, including The Literature of the Old Testament (1913),History of Religions (Vol. I, 1913; Vol. II, 1919), Metempsychosis (The Ingersoll Lecture, 1914), and Judaism in the First Centuries of the Christian Era (1927). Among his technical writings, two stand out: History of Religions (1914, 1919) and Judaism (two volumes, 1927). He also contributed to the Encyclopaedia Biblica George Foot Moore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Biographical Sketch at Harvard University web site

The following books on the "History of Religions" are recommended by Kenneth Scott Latourette in "A History of Christianity".

History of Religions (Volume 1) - 1914 - Moore, George Foot, 1851-1931
v.1. China, Japan, Egypt, Babylonia, Assyria, India, Persia, Greece, Rome

History of Religions (Volume 2) - 1919 - Moore, George Foot, 1851-1931
v.2. Judaism, Christianity, Mohammedanism

Wylie, Samuel Brown 1773-1852

Biographical Sketch at Covenanter.org


Biographical Sketch at University of Pennsylvania Archives


Memoir of Alexander McLeod (1855) [at archive.org]


The Two Sons of Oil, or, The Faithful Witness for Magistracy and Ministry Upon a Scriptural Basis (1850) [at archive.org]

The Two Sons of Oil (Reading and Commentary by Rev. Brian Schwertley)


An Introduction to the Knowledge of Greek Grammar (1838) [at archive.org]

Balfour, William 1821-1895



Modern English Biography: (Supplement v.1-3) By Frederic Boase (1908)

The Establishment Principle Defended (1873)

Hoskier, Herman Charles 1864-1938

Herman Charles Hoskier (1864–1938), was a biblical scholar, British textual critic, and son of a merchant banker, Herman Hoskier (1832–1904).

Hoskier, as textual critic, supported the Byzantine text-type against the Alexandrian text-type. He compared, in Codex B and It Allies, the text of Codex Vaticanus with Codex Sinaiticus, and showed how many significant disagreements the best witnesses of the Alexandrian text have. Hoskier attempted to demonstrate that Vaticanus presents a text which has been conformed to the Coptic versions. Hoskier compared text of the Minuscule 700 with the Textus Receptus and exhibited 2724 differences.

Hoskier collated every known Greek manuscript of the Apocalypse up to 1918, a task that took 30 years for him to accomplish. The result of this work was published in 1929 (Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse). Hoskier shows parallels between Papyrus 46 and the Ethiopic Version in the Pauline epistles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_C._Hoskier

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Codex B and its allies : a study and an indictment, Part 1 (1914) - Hoskier, H. C. (Herman Charles), 1864-1938

Codex B and its allies - Hoskier - Part B of Part 1 - (Smaller or Higher Res File) (1914 - Hoskier, H. C. (Herman Charles), 1863-1938

Codex B and its allies, a study and an indictment, Part 2 (1914) - Hoskier, H. C. (Herman Charles), 1864-1938

A commentary on the various readings in the text of the epistle to the Hebrews in the Chester-Beatty Papyrus P46 (circa 200 A.D.) [microform] - Hoskier, H. C. (Herman Charles), 1864-1938

A full account and collation of the Greek cursive Codex Evangelium 604 (with two facsimiles) [Egerton 2610 in the British Museum]; together with ten appendices .. - Hoskier, H. C. (Herman Charles), 1864-1938

Concerning the genesis of the versions of the N.T.; remarks suggested by the study of P and the allied questions as regards the Gospels - Hoskier, H. C. (Herman Charles), 1864-1938

Concerning the date of the Bohairic version; covering a detailed examination of the text of the Apocalypse and a review of some of the writings of the Egyptian monks - Hoskier, H. C. (Herman Charles), 1864-1938

The text of Codex Usserianus 2., r2 [microform] ("Garland of Howth") with critical notes to supplement and correct the collation of the late T.K. Abbott - Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Library. Mss. (A.4.6)

Immortality (1925) - Hoskier, H. C. (Herman Charles), 1864-1938

Baily (Bayly), Lewis c. 1565-1631

Lewis Bayly (possibly Carmarthen, possibly Biggar, year unknown – Bangor, 26 October 1631) was an Anglican bishop.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Bayly

Life

He was educated at Oxford, became vicar of Evesham, Worcestershire, and probably in 1604 became rector of St. Matthew's Church, Friday street, London. He was then chaplain to Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (died 1612), later chaplain to King James I, who, in 1616, appointed him bishop of Bangor. He was an ardent Puritan.

Works

Bayly's fame rests on his book The Practice of Piety, directing a Christian how to walk that he may please God (date of first edition unknown; 3d edition, London, 1613; reprinted as ISBN 1-877611-66-2). It reached its 74th edition in 1821 and has been translated into French, German, Dutch, Italian, Polish, Romansh, Welsh, and into the language of the Massachusetts Indians. In The Netherlands it became the best sold reformed book of the 17th century. It was one of the two books which John Bunyan's wife brought withher—the other one being Arthur Dent's Plain Man's Pathway to Heaven (ISBN 1-877611-69-7)—and it was by reading it that Bunyan was first spiritually awakened.

Family and descendants

Bayly married Anne, daughter of Sir Henry Bagenal. Their son Nicholas Bayly represented Newry in the Irish House of Commons. Nicholas's son Edward Bayly was created a Baronet in 1730. His grandson Henry Bayly succeeded as 10th Baron Paget in 1769 and assumed the surname of Paget in 1770. He was made Earl of Uxbridge in 1784. His eldest son, Henry Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge gained fame at the Battle of Waterloo and was created Marquess of Anglesey (see this article for more information on the Bayly and Paget families). Lewis Bayly died in October 1631.^[1]

References

1. ^ thepeerage.com Rt. Rev. Lewis Bayly

• A biographical is prefixed to the Practice of Piety, London, 1842
• A. á Wood, Athenae Oxonienses, ed. P. Bliss, ii, 525-531, 4 vols., London, 1813-20
• This article includes content derived from the Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, 1914, which is in the public domain.

External links

• The Practice of Piety: Directing a Christian How to Walk, that He May Please God at the Christian Classics Ethereal Library
• Works of Lewis Bayly in Post-Reformation Digital Library

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Bishop Bayly and his "Practice of Piety" from THE BIBLIOGRAPHER (1883) by Henry Benjamim Wheatley


Dictionary of National Biography - 1906


An Ecclesiastical Biography (1844) by Walter Farquhar Hook

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The Practice of Piety - 1719