1847.] List of Portraits in Dr. Williams's Library. 585 eleven years, he is said to have had "a copious invention, a penetrating judgment, a faithful memory, and vigorous affections." His discourses and treatises extend to six volumes octavo. He bequeathed most of his large estate to a variety of useful and benevoleut objects. The great bequest of his will was for the establishment of a public library in London. For this purpose he had bought Dr. Bates's valuable collection of books as an addition to his own, at a cost of between £500 and £600. He authorized his trustees to erect a suitable building, the site for which was purchased by them in 1727, in Red-Cross street; and the library was opened in 1729. The terms on which it may be used are very liberal, all persons being admitted on application to one of the trustees. Since the library was established, very considerable additions have been made by legacies as well as by contributions in money and books. It has an annual income of £100 for the increase of the books. The number of volumes amounts to 30,000. In 1841, a new catalogue was made, in two volumes. Among the books and curiosities are the works of Graevius and Gronovius, Rymer's Foedera, the early editions of Milton's Works, with the first edition of the Paradise Lost, etc. Dr. Williams's library will be particularly memorable as the scene of preparation for many of those struggles for the rights of conscience whose results have greatly promoted the interests of the Dissenters. Here, for example, those efforts were planned which brought about the repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts. The large room or chamber in which these deliberations were carried on is adorned with a magnificent collection of the portraits of the Nonconformist fathers, and of their more immediate suc cessors. At our request the worthy librarian, Dr. Cogan,' prepared a catalogue of these portraits, which we here subjoin, adding some biographical notices. A few of the portraits are found in other parts of the house. Those with a cross prefixed are prints. Alsop, Vincent, d. 1703, pastor at Westminster, the opponent of Sherlock. Amory, Thomas, D. D., b. 1701, tutor of the academy, Taunton, pastor of Pres. Ch. Old Jewry, London, colleague with Dr. Price of Newington Green, d. 1774. Annesley, Samuel, D. D., b. 1619. "Goods distrained in 1682 for 1 Son of the author of the treatise on the Passions. latent convictions, i. e. on oaths of persons he had never seen," d. 1696. Avery, Benjamin, D. D., d. 1764. Baker, Rev. Samuel, pastor at Bridport 1687-1727, d. 1748, "an excellent evangelical minister." Barkstead, Francis. He and the two following were relatives of Dr. Williams's second wife. Barkstead, Francis, jun. Barkstead, Col. John, d. 1662. + Barrow, Isaac, D. D., b. 1630, d. 1677, the well-known preacher and mathematician. Bates, William, D. D., b. Nov. 1628, pastor of St. Dunstan's-in-thewest, and of Hackney, London, d. July 14, 1699. Baxter, Rev. Richard, b. 1615, d. 1691, the distinguished preacher and author, one of Cromwell's chaplains, etc. Bayes, Rev. Joshua, b. 1671, pastor of a church, Hatton garden, London, d. 1746. †Bellarmine, Rev. Robert, b. 1542, d. 1621. Belsham, Rev. Thomas, b. 1750, d. 1829. Benson, George, D. D., b. 1699, commentator, colleague of Dr. Lardner, London, d. 1762. + Bradbury, Rev. Thomas, b. 1677, pastor at Fetter-lane and Carey St., London, d. 1759. Burgess, Rev. Daniel, b. 1645, pastor Brydges St., Covent garden, London, d. 1713. Burroughs, Rev. Joseph, b. 1685, "a learned and judicious divine,” minister of a general Bap. Cong., Barbican, London, d. 1761. Byfield, Rev. Nicholas, b. 1580, commentator on Colossians and Peter, pastor in Chester and Isleworth, d. 1620. Cartwright, Rev. Thomas, Lady Margaret's professor of divinity, Cambridge, preacher at Antwerp, opponent of Whitgift, etc. d. 1603. Caryl, Rev. Joseph, b. 1601, preacher at Lincoln's Inn, member of Westminster Assembly, ejected from church of St. Magnus, London-bridge, commentator on Job, d. 1673. Case, Rev. Thomas, one of the assembly of divines, ejected from St. Mary Magdalene, Milk St. London, styled by Baxter, "a holy, faithful, servant of God," d. 1682. Chamier, Rev. Daniel, d. 1621, "sound" says Baxter, "in doctrine and life," pastor in Wetherby and London. †Chandler, Samuel, D. D., b. 1693, eminent for learning, a celebrated controversialist on the Romish question, d. 1766. 1847.] List of Portraits in Red-Cross Library. 587 Charnock, Stephen, B. D., b. 1629, chaplain of Henry Cromwell lieutenant of Ireland, pastor of an Independent church in London, author of the work on the Divine Attributes, d. 1680. Chester, Rev. John, d. 1696. Clarke, Rev. Samuel, son of Rev. Sam'l Clark, the ejected minister of St. Bennet Fink, London, d. 1701. Coligni, Gaspard de, b. 1517, the celebrated admiral of France, murdered at the massacre of St. Bartholomew's eve, Aug. 24, 1572. Conder, John, D. D., b. 1714, d. 1781. Cotton, Rev. Thomas, b. 1654, d. 1730. Disnay, John, D. D. (a bust), b. 1746, author of a life of Dr. Jortin, d. 1802. Evans, John, D. D., b. 1678, co-pastor and successor of Dr. Daniel Williams, lecturer at Salter's hall, author of discourses on Christian Temper, etc., d. May 16, 1730. +Fénélon, Francois, apb. of Cambray, b. 1651, d. 1715. Flavel, Rev. John, b. 1627, pastor at Deptford and Dartmouth, the well-known author, d. 1691. Fleming, Rev. Caleb, b. 1698, d. 1779, writer in favor of Paedobaptism. Frankland, Rev. Richard, b. 1630, d. 1698. Gale, John, D. D., b. 1680, one of the ablest of the General Baptist ministers, educated at Leyden and Amsterdam, the opponent of Dr. Wall on Infant Baptism, d. 1721. Geddes, Alexander, LL. D., b. 1737, a liberal Roman Catholic divine, author of a new translation of the Bible, d. 1802. Gough, Rev. William, of Marlborough. Griffith, Rev. George, d. 1694. Grove, Rev. Henry, b. 1683, tutor in the Dissenting academy, Taunton, d. 1738. Hall, Rev. Thomas, b. 1686, d. 1762. Harris, William, D. D., b. 1675, forty years pastor of a church in Crutched Friars, London, author of a work on the Messianic Prophecies, etc. d. 1740. Haynes, Rev. Hopton, d. 1749. Henry, Matthew, the great commentator, b. 1662, d. 1714. Coll. Cambridge, ejected from Plymouth, silenced by Laud, father-in-law of John Howe, d. 1667. Hughes, Obadiah, D. D., b. 1603, minister at Southwark and Westminster. Hussey, Rev. Joseph, b. 1660, d. 1726. Jacomb, Thomas, D. D., b. 1622, educated in Magdalen Hall, Oxford, and Emmanuel and Trinity, Cambridge, ejected from Ludgate parish, London, in 1662, d. in 1687, in the house of his protectress, the countess dowager of Exeter. Jervis, Rev. Thomas, (a bust) b. 1748, successor of Dr. Kippis in Westminster, and pastor at Mill-Hill chapel, Leeds. Kippis, Andrew, D. D., F. R. S., b. 1725, pastor at Boston, at Westminster, tutor in Coward college, editor of New Annual Register, Biographica Britannica, etc. d. 1795. Lindsay, James, D. D., b. 1753. Mallet, Rev. Philip (a bust), d. 1812. Manton, Thomas, D. D., b. 1620, educated at Wadham Coll., Oxford, minister at Stoke-Newington and Covent garden, London, styled by Dr. Bates a divine of a "rich fancy, a strong memory, a happy elocution, an excellent Christian," etc., d. 1677. † Mather, Increase, D. D., b. 1639, Boston, N. E., d. 1733. Mauduit, Jasper, of Hackney, chairman of the Committee for managing the affairs of the Dissenters. Mayo, Rev. Richard, b. 1631, d. 1695, “an affectionate and useful preacher" at Kingston and London. Milton, John, b. 1608, d. 1674. Morgan, Dr. Thomas, b. 1752, librarian of Dr. Williams's library from 1804 till his death in 1821. Newman, Rev. John, b. 1676, d. 1741. Oakes, Rev. John, d. 1688, "of a sweet and even temper," successor of Thos. Vincent, London. Oakes, John, of Cheshunt, Middlesex. Oldcastle, Sir John, Lord Cobham, the martyr, burnt in St. Giles's Fields in 1418. Oldfield, Joshua, D. D., b. 1656. Palmer, Rev. John, b. 1729, d. 1790. †Pearce, Richard Edward, d. 1673. Perkins, Rev. William, b. 1552, fellow of Christ's Coll., Cambridge, a distinguished preacher, a "strict Calvinist," opponent of Arminius of Leyden, works in 3 vols. folio, d. 1602. Pett, Samuel, M. D. (a bust), b. 1765, d. 1823. 1847.] List of Portraits. 589 Rees, Abraham, D. D., b. in Wales, 1743, pastor of Pres. ch. of St. Thomas's, Southwark and Old Jewry, London, editor of the Cyclopaedia, 45 vols., qt., d. June 9, 1825. Ridgeley, Thomas, D. D., b. 1667, author of the Body of Divinity, d. 1734. Robinson, Benjamin, d. 1724. Rogers, Rev. Daniel. Rogers, Rev. Timothy, d. 1729, co-pastor with Mr. Shower in London. Say, Rev. Samuel, b. 1676, d. 1743. Shower, Rev. John, b. 1657, co-pastor with John Howe in 1690 in London, afterwards pastor in Old Jewry and Jewin St., an eloquent and very devoted minister, d. 1715. Steel, Rev. Richard, b. 1629, d. 1692. Sylvester, Rev. Matthew, b. 1637. Toller, Rev. Thomas N., (medallion model), b. 1756, forty-five years pastor of a Baptist ch. Kettering, Northamptonshire, friend of Robert Hall, d. Feb. 25, 1821. Tong, Rev. William, b. 1662, pastor in Coventry, lecturer at Salter's Hall, biographer of Matthew Henry, etc., d. 1727. Tindal, Matthew, D. D., b. 1657, d. 1733. Vincent, Rev. Nathaniel, b. 1644, author of a treatise on the Shorter Catechism, d. 1697. Wadsworth, Rev. Thomas, d. 1672. Watson, Rev. Thomas, rector of St. Stephen's, Walbrook, London. Watts, Isaac, D. D., b. 1674, d. 1748, the well-known sacred poet. Williams, Daniel, D. D., b. 1644, founder of the library, d. 1716. Williams, Mrs., second wife of preceding, before the widow of Francis Barkstead, Jr. Williams, Dr. John, b. 1727, a short time librarian of Williams's library, d. 1798. Wilton, Samuel, D. D., b. 1744, minister at Tooting, Surry, and the Weighhouse, London, d. 1778. †Woodward, Rev. William, d. 1691, tutor in Oxford and minister in Leominster. Wright, Samuel, D. D., b. 1683, distinguished for pulpit talents, thirty-eight years pastor of a church which met at Blackfriars and Carter-lane, London, d. 1746. Within a few years great changes have occurred in the doctrinal opinions of one of the three united bodies. The Unitarians, |