"that many most able scholars have never appeared in print."

Mr. Vines' writings are,

1. Caleb's Integrity in following the Lord fully. A sermon before the House of Commons, at their solemn fast, November 30, 1642-Numbers xiv. 24. 2. The Impostures of Seducing Teachers Discovered. A sermon before the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, at their anniversary meeting, from Ephesians iv. 14, 15.

3. A Sermon before both. Houses of Parliament, on a Public Thanksgiving for the great victory obtained near York.

4. The Posture of David's Spirit when in a Doubtful Condition. A sermon before the House of Commons-2 Samuel xv. 25, 26.

5. The Happiness of Israel. A sermon before both Houses of Parliament and the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London, on a day of solemn thanksgiving.

6. The Purifying of Unclean Hearts and Hands. A sermon before the House of Commons—James iv. 8. 7. Funeral Sermon for the Earl of Essex-2 Sam. iii. 38.

8. The Authors, Nature, and Danger of Heresy. Before the House of Commons-2 Peter ii. 1.

9. Obedience to Magistrates Supreme and Subordinate. Three sermons, preached at the election for Lord Mayor, &c., in three successive years.

10. The Corruption of Mind-2 Corinthians xi. 3. 11. A Treatise of the Right Institution, Administration, and Receiving of the Lord's Supper; delivered in twenty sermons, at Lawrence Jewry.

12. Christ, the Christian's only Gain.

13. God's Drawing, and Men's Coming to Christ. 14. The Saint's Nearness to God.

He died, February, 1655, of a bleeding at the nose. Dr. Jacombe says, "He was a burning and shining light,' possessing very excellent parts; taller by the head than his brethren. He was an accomplished scholar; a perfect master of the Greek language, an

excellent philologist, and an admirable orator. He was a ready and close disputant, and appeared to the admiration of many in the treaties of Uxbridge and Isle of Wight. His desire was to die preaching and praying. He had an undaunted spirit; and like Luther, nothing could deter him from the faithful discharge of duty." Mr. Newcomen calls him "a most acute disputant, a very happy public speaker, and an eminent divine." He was accounted, "the very prince of preachers, a thorough Calvinist, and a bold, honest man, without pride and flattery." Dr. Fuller describes him as "an excellent preacher, and the very champion of the Assembly;" and adds, "He was constant to his principles, yet moderate and charitable towards those who differed from him.”

WALKER, GEORGE, B. D., was born in Lancashire, 1581. When very young he was seized with the small-pox, and appeared to be at the point of death, but while they were waiting for his end, he started out of a swoon, and exclaimed, "Lord, take me not away till I have showed forth thy praise.' From this time he began to recover, and his parents were induced to dedicate his preserved life to God, in the ministry of the gospel. He was sent to St. John's College, Cambridge, where he obtained a high reputation for his diligence and literary attainments. Having finished his studies in the University, and taken the degree of Bachelor of Divinity, he went to London, and became Rector of John the Evangelist, in Watlingstreet, in 1614. In this station he continued to labour forty years; refusing all higher preferments, which were frequently offered to him. While here, he became chaplain to Dr. Felton, bishop of Ely: and the height of his reputation may be inferred from the fact that Dr. Featly, in his public disputations with Fisher, the Romanist, chose Mr. Walker as his second. He was eminently distinguished for his bold and successful opposition to popery; and on several occasions. engaged in public controversy with the most subtle Jesuits. One of these disputations took place on the

last of May, 1623, with a popish priest by the name of Smith, in the presence of a very large assembly. By the consent of both parties, an account of this controversy was printed. It seems, however, that the real name of his antagonist was Norris, who, Wood says, was a Doctor of Divinity; and the author of several tracts on this controversy.

In the year following, Mr. Walker was engaged in controversy with Fisher, the Jesuit, with whom, as well as others, he had many encounters; and published an account of the dispute, in a pamphlet entitled, "Fisher's Folly Unfolded; or, the Vaunting Jesuit's Challenge Answered."

Mr. Walker seems to have been a man of genuine piety, and very strict in his life; and especially observant of the Christian Sabbath. The religious duty of observing the Lord's day, he often inculcated from the pulpit, and in his writings. Some sermons which he published on this subject, occasioned him no small trouble; for he was first admonished by his bishop, and then arraigned in the star chamber, and fined and imprisoned. His case was brought before the House of Commons in 1641, when it was resolved, "that his commitment and confinement were against the law and liberty of the subject." From this time, he remained with his flock, without molestation, until the day of his death.

In 1643, Mr. Walker was chosen one of the Assembly of Divines at Westminster, where he is marked by Neal as giving constant attendance. By his generous conduct in the Assembly, he obtained a very high reputation, and was appointed on the committee to whom it belonged, to ordain ministers, by the imposition of hands. On the trial of archbishop Laud, he was a witness against him, and testified that he had endeavoured to introduce into the church, Arminianism and popish superstitions. He sometimes preached before the Parliament. He united with the ministers of London, in protesting against the death of the king, whom he declared ought to be set at liberty.

Mr. Walker died in the year 1651, when he was about seventy years of age.

The character given of him by Dr. Fuller is, "that he was well skilled in the oriental languages, and an excellent logician and divine; a man of a holy life, an humble spirit, and a liberal hand. By means of his own liberality, and his persuasions, about a thousand pounds were raised for the support of ministers in his native country.

He wrote all his sermons, but made no use of his notes in the pulpit; although he always had them in his pocket.

The published writings of Mr. Walker are,

1. Socinianism, in the Fundamental Point of Justification, Discovered and Confuted.

2. The Doctrine of the Holy Weekly Sabbath. 3. The Manifold Wisdom of God.

4. God made Visible in all His Works-before the House of Commons.

5. Controversial Tracts, on Popery.

WALLIS, JOHN, D. D., was born in Kent county, November 23, 1616. His father was an eminently pious, learned, and orthodox divine, in the same county; but died while his son was very young. Under the assiduous care of a pious mother, however, he was "brought up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord."

In the year 1625, there was a great plague in London and other places; and among the rest, Ashford was visited. On this occasion he was sent to school to a Scotchman, by the name of Moffat, where he continued for several years; and when this school was broken up, he was sent to a school in Essex, which had a good reputation. Here he became a very expert Latin and Greek scholar; and as the custom of both schools was to speak in Latin, he acquired a great facility in the use of this language, which was of eminent service to him afterwards. In the University, he paid much attention to Hebrew, which he had commenced before. He also learned

logic, music, and French; and while spending his vacation at his mother's, he was instructed in arithmetic by a younger brother: this was his first entrance into a science in which, afterwards, he became so eminent. It was in 1632, that he was sent to Cambridge, where he became a student of Emanuel College, under the tuition of Mr. Anthony Burgess, whom he describes as "a learned tutor, an able disputant, an eminent preacher, and an orthodox divine."

Mr. Wallis was always considered one of the best scholars in the college to which he belonged. He took his first degree in the arts in 1637, and his second in 1640, in which year he entered the sacred ministry. For several years he acted as chaplain; first, in the family of Sir Richard Darby, and afterwards, of Lady Vere. He was one year fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge, but upon his marriage, he vacated his fellowship. About 1644, he was chosen one of the secretaries to the Assembly of Divines at Westminster. During his attendance, he was employed to preach in London, until his removal to Oxford. In that University he pursued his studies with so much proficiency, that he acquired the reputation of being one of the ablest mathematicians of the age in which he lived. He acquired also an extraordinary skill in decyphering letters written in cypher, and was often employed in that arduous work; but he complains that his services of this kind were poorly remunerated. When, in consequence of the civil wars, many learned men from the Universities took refuge in London, he and a number of others, agreed to meet weekly for mutual improvement in the sciences. This was the commencement of the Royal Society. In 1649, he became Savilian professor of Geometry, at Oxford, where he spent the remainder of his days. He opened his lectures with an elegant speech in Latin, which was printed. In 1654, he took the degree of Doctor of Divinity; and in 1658, was chosen keeper of the archives of the University of Oxford. At the restoration, he was treated with great respect. The king himself entertained a favourable opinion of him, and