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See also:AUGUSTUS MONTAGUE See also:TOPLADY (1740-1778)
, See also:Anglican divine, was See also:born at See also:Farnham, See also:Surrey, and educated at See also:Westminster and Trinity See also:College, See also:Dublin
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Although originally a follower of See also:Wesley, he in 1758 adopted extreme Calvinist opinions
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He was ordained in 1762 and became See also:vicar of Harpford with Fenn-Ottery, See also:Devonshire, in 1766
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In 1768 he exchanged to the living of Broadhembury, Devonshire
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He is chiefly known as a writer of See also:hymns and poems, including " See also:Rock of Ages," and the collections entitled Poems on Sacred Subjects (Dublin, 1759) and See also:Psalms and Hymns for Public and Private See also:Worship (See also:London, 1776)
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His best See also:prose See also:work is the Historic See also:Proof of the Doctrinal Calvinism of the See also: |
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