See also:JOHN See also:COSIN (1594–1672)
, See also:English divine, was See also:born at See also:Norwich on the 3oth of See also:November 1594
.
He was educated at Norwich See also:grammar school and at See also:Caius See also:College, See also:Cambridge, where he was See also:scholar and afterwards See also:fellow
.
On taking orders he was appointed secretary to See also:Bishop Overall of See also:Lichfield, and then domestic See also:chaplain to Bishop See also:Neile of See also:Durham
.
In See also:December 1624 he was made a See also:prebendary of Durham, and in the following See also:year See also:archdeacon of the See also:East See also:Riding of See also:Yorkshire
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In 1628 he took his degree of D.D
.
He first became known as an author in 1627, when he published his Collection of Private Devotions, a See also:manual stated to have been prepared by command of See also:Charles I., for the use of the See also:queen's maids of See also:honour.' This See also:book, together with his insistence on points of See also:ritual in his See also:cathedral See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church and his friendship with See also:Laud, exposed him to the suspicions and hostility of the Puritans; and the book was rudely handled by See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Prynne and See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Burton
.
In 1628 See also:Cosin took See also:part in the See also:prosecution of a See also:brother prebendary, See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter See also:Smart, for a See also:sermon against high church practices; and the prebendary was deprived
.
In 1634 Cosin was appointed See also:master of Peterhouse, Cambridge; and in 164o he became See also:vice-See also:chancellor of the university
.
In See also:October of this year he was promoted to the deanery of See also:Peterborough
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A few days before his See also:installation the See also:Long See also:Parliament had met; and among the complainants who hastened to See also:appeal to it for redress was the ex-prebendary, Smart
.
His See also:petition against the new See also:dean was considered; and See also:early in 1641 Cosin was sequestered from his benefices
.
Articles of See also:impeachment, were, two months later, presented against him, but he was dismissed on See also:bail, and was not again called for
.
For sending the university See also:plate to the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king, he was deprived of the mastership of Peterhouse (1642)
.
He thereupon withdrew to See also:France, preached at See also:Paris, and served as chaplain to some members of the See also:house-hold of the exiled royal See also:family
.
At the Restoration he returned to See also:England, was reinstated in the mastership, restored to all his benefices, and in a few months raised to the see of Durham (December 1660)
.
At the See also:convocation in 1661 he played a prominent part in the revision of the See also:prayer-book, and endeavoured with some success to bring both prayers and rubrics into completer agreement with See also:ancient liturgies
.
He administered his See also:diocese with conspicuous ability and success for about eleven years; and applied a large See also:share of his revenues to the promotion of the interests of the Church, of See also:schools and of charitable institutions
.
He died in See also:London on the 15th of See also:January 1672
.
Cosin occupies an interesting and See also:peculiar position among the churchmen of his See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time
.
Though a ritualist and a rigorous enforcer of outward conformity, he was uncompromisingly hostile to See also:Roman Catholicism, and most of his writings illustrate this antagonism
.
In France he was on friendly terms with
' See See also:John See also:Evelyn's See also:Diary (Oct
.
12, 1651)
.
See also:Huguenots, justifying himself on the ground that their non-episcopal ordination had not been of their own seeking, and at the See also:Savoy See also:conference in 1661 he tried hard to effect a reconciliation with the Presbyterians
.
He differed from the See also:majority of his colleagues in his strict attitude towards See also:Sunday observance and in favouring, in thecase of See also:adultery, both See also:divorce and the re-See also:marriage of the See also:innocent party
.
He was a genial See also:companion, See also:frank and outspoken, and a See also:good See also:man of business
.
Among his writings (most of which were published posthumously) are a Historia Transubstantiationis Papalis (1675), Notes and Collections on the Book of See also:Common Prayer (171o) and A Scholastical See also:History of the See also:Canon of See also:Holy Scripture (1657)
.
A collected edition of his See also:works, forming 5 vols. of the See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford Library of Anglo-See also:Catholic See also:Theology, was published between 1843 and 1855 ; and his See also:Correspondence (2 vols.) was edited by Canon Ornsby for the See also:Surtees Society (1868–187o)
.
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