George Newton (minister)
George Newton (1602–1681) was an English ejected nonconformist minister.
Life
Newton was born in
During the period 1642–5, when Taunton was being contested for by parliamentarians and royalists, back and forth, Newton spent some time in
After the
Newton died 12 June 1681, and was buried in the chancel of St. Mary Magdalene's Church, where there was a monument with an inscription to his memory. His preaching was said to have been "plain, profitable, and successful".[1]
Works
Newton was the author of an Exposition and Notes on the 17th Chapter of John, 1670, and published several sermons, including Man's Wrath and God's Praise, or a Thanksgiving Sermon preached at Taunton the 11th of May (a day to be had in everlasting remembrance) for the gratious deliverance from the strait Siege, London, 1646, and A Sermon preached on the 11th of May, 1652, in Taunton, upon the occasion of the Great Deliverance received upon that Day, London, 1652.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 40. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/67079. Retrieved 30 September 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). "Newton, George". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 40. London: Smith, Elder & Co.