an eminent English divine, son of Edmund the elder, was educated at St. Paul's School, and at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, of which he became a fellowin 1668. He was chosen minister of St. Mary Aldermanbury, April 25, 1677, and soon after appointed chaplain to the king. In 1683 he became vicar of St. Lawrence Jewry, with St. Mary Magdalen, Milk Street, attached. June 18,1685, he became a prebendary of St. Paul's. He died in January, 1686. He published several single sermons, and some collections of sermons. His celebrated Discourse about a Scrupulous Conscience was preached in 1683. and published: the following year. See Chalmers, Biog. Dict. s.v.; Allibone, Dict; of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v.
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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