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JOHN PRESTON (1587-1628)

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 307 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOHN
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PRESTON (1587-1628)  ,
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English Puritan divine, was
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born at Heyford in
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Northamptonshire and was educated at Queens'
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College,
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Cambridge (
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fellow 1609) . He took orders, and on becoming
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dean of his college
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drew large crowds to hear his
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preaching . On the
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duke of
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Buckingham's
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advice he was appointed
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chaplain to
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Prince
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Charles in 162o; in 1622 he became preacher at
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Lincoln's
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Inn and
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master of
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Emmanuel College, Cambridge . After the
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accession of Charles I. he worked hard on behalf of the Puritan cause, but could accomplish little or nothing against
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Archbishop
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Laud . In
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theology he was a stanch Calvinist and his writings had considerable popularity .

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