See also:JOHN See also:HOWE (1630-17o6)
, See also:English Puritan divine, was See also:born on the 17th of May 163o at See also:Loughborough, See also:Leicestershire, where his See also:father was See also:vicar
.
On the 19th of May 1647 he entered See also:Christ's See also:College, See also:Cambridge, as a See also:sizar, and in the following See also:year took his degree of B.A
.
During his See also:residence at the university he made the acquaintance of See also:Ralph See also:Cudworth, 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 More and See also:John See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith, from intercourse with whom, as well as from See also:direct acquaintance with the Dialogues themselves, his mind received that " Platonic tinge " so perceptible in his writings
.
Immediately after See also:graduation at Cambridge, he migrated to 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, where he became See also:fellow and See also:chaplain of Magdalen College, proceeding M.A. in 1652
.
He was then ordained by See also:Charles Herle (1598-1659), the Puritan See also:rector of Winwick, and in 1654 went as perpetual See also:curate to See also:Great See also:Torrington in See also:Devon, where he preached the discourses which later took shape in his See also:treatises on The Blessedness of the Righteous and on Delighting in See also:God
.
In the beginning of 1657 a See also:journey to See also:London accidentally brought See also:Howe under the See also:notice of See also:Cromwell, who made him his domestic chaplain
.
In this position his conduct was such as to win the praise of even the bitterest enemies of his party
.
Without overlooking his fellow-Puritans, he was always ready to help pious and learned men of other See also:schools
.
See also:Seth See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
Ward (afterwards See also:bishop of See also:Exeter) and See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Fuller were among those who profited by Howe's kindness, and were not ashamed subsequently to See also:express their gratitude for it
.
On the resignation of See also:Richard Cromwell, Howe returned to Great Torrington, to leave it again in 1662 on the passing of the See also:Act of Uniformity
.
For several years he led a wandering and uncertain See also:life, See also:preaching in See also:secret as occasion offered to handfuls of trusted hearers
.
Being in straits he published in 1668 The Blessedness of the Righteous ; the reputation which he thus acquired procured him an invitation from See also:Lord See also:Massereene, of See also:Antrim See also:Castle, See also:Ireland, with whom he lived for five or six years as domestic chaplain, frequently preaching in public, with the approval of the bishop of the See also:diocese
.
Here too he produced the most eloquent of his shorter treatises, The Vanity of See also:Man as Mortal, and On Delighting in God, and planned his best See also:work, The Living See also:Temple
.
In the beginning of 1676 he accepted an invitation to become See also:joint-pastor of a non-conformist See also:congregation at Haberdashers' See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall, London; and in the same year he published the first See also:part of The Living Temple entitled Concerning God's Existence and his Conversableness with Man: Against See also:Atheism or the Epicurean See also:Deism
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In 1677 appeared his tractate On the Reconcileableness of God's Prescience of the Sins of Alen with the See also:Wisdom and Sincerity of His Counsels, Exhortations and whatsoever means He uses to prevent them,which was attacked from various quarters, and had See also:Andrew Marvell for one of its defenders
.
On Thoughtfulness for the Morrow followed in 1681; Self-See also:Dedication and See also:Union among Protestants in 1682, and The Redeemer's Tears wept over Lost Souls in 1684
.
For five years after his See also:settlement in London Howe enjoyed See also:comparative freedom, and was on not unfriendly terms with many eminent Anglicans, such as See also:Stillingfleet, See also:Tillotson, John See also:Sharp and Richard Kidder; but the greater severity which began to be exercised towards nonconformists in 1681 so interfered with his See also:liberty that in 168.5 he gladly accepted the invitation of See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip, Lord See also:Wharton, to travel abroad with him
.
In 1686 he determined to See also:settle for a 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 at See also:Utrecht, where he officiated in the English See also:chapel
.
Among his See also:friends there was See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert See also:Burnet, by whose See also:influence he obtained several confidential interviews with 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 of See also:Orange
.
In 1687 Howe availed himself of the See also:declaration for liberty of See also:conscience to return to See also:England, and in the following year he headed the deputation of See also:nonconformist ministers who went to congratulate William on his See also:accession to the English See also:throne
.
The See also:remainder of his life was uneventful
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His influence was always on the See also:side of mutual forbearance, between conformists and dissenters in 1689, and between Congregationalists and Presbyterians in 1690
.
In 1693 he published three discourses On the Carnality of Religious Contention, suggested by the disputes that became rife among nonconformists as soon as liberty of See also:doctrine and See also:worship had been granted
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In 1694 and 1695 he published various treatises on the subject of the Trinity, the See also:principal being A See also:Calm and See also:Solemn Inquiry concerning the Possibility of a Trinity in the Godhead
.
• The second part of The Living Temple, entitled Animadversions on Spinosa and a See also:French Writer pretending to confute him, with a recapitulation of the former part and an See also:account of the destitution and restitution of God's Temple among Men, appeared in 1702
.
In 1701 he had some controversy with See also:Daniel See also:Defoe on the question of occasional conformity
.
In 1705 he published a discourse On See also:Patience in the Expectation of Future Blessedness, but his See also:health had begun to fail, and he died in London on the 2nd of See also:April 1706
.
Richard Cromwell visited him in his last illness
.
Though excelled by See also:Baxter as a See also:pulpit orator, and by See also:Owen in exegetical ingenuity and in almost every See also:department of theological learning, Howe compares favourably with either as a sagacious and profound thinker, while he was much more successful in combining religious earnestness and fervour of conviction with large-hearted tolerance and cultured breadth of view
.
He was a man of high principle and See also:fine presence, and it was said of him " that he never made an enemy and never lost a friend."
The See also:works published in his lifetime, including a number of sermons, were collected into 2 vols. fol. in 1724, and again reprinted in 3 vols
.
8vo. in 1848
.
A See also:complete edition of the Whole Works, including much See also:posthumous and additional See also:matter, appeared with a memoir in 8 vols. in 1822; this was reprinted in I vol. in 1838 and in 6 vols. in 1862-1863
.
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See also:Calamy's Life (1724) forms the basis of The Life and See also:Character of Howe, with an See also:Analysis of his Writings, by Henry See also:Rogers (1836, new ed
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See also a See also:sketch by R
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See also:Horton (1896)
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