an English divine, who was rector of St. Mary Aldermanbury, London, and chaplain to the archbishop of Canterbury. His "Remains contain much ingenious and solid criticism." They are commended by John Wesley, ahd also by Charles Wesley, who took from them some hints for hymns. He died in 1655. We have from him Sermons (London, 1650, 4to): — Sermons (1654, 4to): — Essays towards the Amendment of the English Trans. of the Bible (1659, fol): — Remains, or select Script. of the New Test. (1676, 2 volumes, fol.). — Darling, Cyclopaed. Bibliographica, 1:1230; Allibone, Dictionary of Authors, 1:658; Wesley, Works (N.Y. ed.), 7:601.
The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature was edited by John McClintock and James Strong. It contains nearly 50,000 articles pertaining to Biblical and other religious literature, people, creeds, etc. It is a fantastic research tool for broad Christian study.
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