Capel, Richard, an English divine, was born in Gloucester in 1586, educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, and in 1609 was made fellow. He was presented by Stephens with the rectory of Eastington, in his native county, where he wrote his excellent book on Tenmptations, in which he set out to prove that there is no temptation to which a man is subject but what might be suggested by his own corruption, without any suggestion from Satan. When the reading of the Book of Sports on the Lord's Day was pressed upon him, he refused to comply, and willingly resigned his see, preaching afterwards gratuitously to neighboring congregations. He died Sept. 21, 1656. See Fuller, Worthies of England (ed. Nuttall), i, 563; Rose, Gen. Biog. Diet. 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