a Puritan divine, was born at Newcastle, March 29,1602, and died Feb. 1659. He was educated at Cambridge, became minister at Lynn, and afterward in London. He was a member of the Westminster Assembly, and afterward master of St. John's College and of Trinity College, Cambridge. Of his numerous writings, the most important are Arsmilla Catechetica, a chain of theological aphorisms (Cambr. 1659, 4to):-Tactica Sacra, de milite spirituali pugnante, vincente et triumphunti, dissertatio (Cantab. 1657, 4to). See Brook, Lives of the Puritans, iii, 315; Neal, History of the Puritans. iii. 115; Allibone, Dictionary of Authors, i, 71.
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More