Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
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1893 text
Dr. William Bates, one of the most eminent of the Puritan divines, and who took part in the Savoy Conference. His collected writings were published in 1700, and fill a large folio volume. The Dissenters called him silver-tongued Bates. Calamy affirmed that if Bates would have conformed to the Established Church he might have been raised to any bishopric in the kingdom. He died in 1699, aged seventy-four.
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Bates’ works are still in print, I have the 4 volume set. I have read some of them and they are very good.
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More: BRIEF MEMOIR OF THE REV. W. BATES, D. D. By Rev. W.Farmer:
Born nov 1625 Emanuel Coll: then King’s Coll; 1644 BA 1660 DD
“Eleuchus motuum nuperrime”. was produced by his father
talk of the Savoy conference
.’ Dr. Gunning appeared to lean considerably towards a reconciliation of the church of England to Rome. He used, says Bishop Burnet, all the arts of sophistry in as confident a manner, as if they had been sound reasoning, and was very fond of Popish rituals and ceremonies.