Attersoll, William a clergyman of the Church of England, rector of East Hoadley, was ejected for non-conformity in 1662, and was subsequently minister at Isfield, Sussex. His writings include A Commentary on the Epistle to Philemon (London, 1612 and 1633, fol.): — A Commentary on the History of Balaam and Balac (4to): — A Commentarie upon the Fourth Book of Moses, called Numbers (London, 1618; and in Dutch, at Amsterdam, in 1667): — The Trumpet of God (London): — De Sacramentis (4to): — Catechismus. The work on the sacraments was printed in English in 1614, under the title The New Covenant. He also wrote Three Treatises, on Lu 12:1; Lu 13:1; Jon 3:4. — Landon, Ecclesiastical Dictionary, 1, 610; Allibone, Dictionary of Authors, 1, 81.
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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