John Scott (1639–1695) was an English clergyman, known as a devotional writer, and a defender of Anglican orthodoxy in his preaching.
Life
He was son of Thomas Scott, a grazier of
Chippenham
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,
Wiltshire
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, and served as a youth a three years'
apprenticeship
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in London. Then, changing his course of life, he matriculated at
New Inn Hall, Oxford
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History Trilleck's Inn
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, 13 December 1658. He took no degree at the time, but later in life proceeded B.D. and D.D. (9 July 1685). He became successively minister of
St Thomas, Southwark,
perpetual curate
Perpetual curate was a class of resident parish priest or incumbent curate within the United Church of England and Ireland (name of the combined Anglican churches of England and Ireland from 1800 to 1871). The term is found in common use mainly ...
of
Trinity in the Minories, rector of
St Peter-le-Poor, 1 February 1678 (resigned before August 1691), and rector of
St Giles-in-the-Fields, being presented to the last benefice by the king, 7 August 1691. He was buried on 15 March 1694/5 (Old Style) in the rector's vault in St. Giles-in-the-Fields Church. He held a canonry of
St Paul's Cathedral
St Paul's Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Paul the Apostle, is an Anglican cathedral in London, England, the seat of the Bishop of London. The cathedral serves as the mother church of the Diocese of London in the Church of Engl ...
from 1685 till his death.
Works
Besides sermons published separately and preached on public occasions, Scott wrote:
* ''The Christian Life from its beginning to its Consummation in Glory … with directions for private devotion and forms of prayer fitted to the several states of Christians'', pts. i. and ii. The work ultimately extended to five volumes.
* ''Certain Cases of Conscience concerning the Lawfulness of Joyning with Forms of Prayer in Publick Worship''. In reply to this appeared ''An Answer to Dr. Scot's Case against Dissenters concerning Forms of Prayer and the Fallacy of the Story of Common plainly discovered'', 1700.
* ''The Eighth Note of the Church Examined, viz. Sanctity of Doctrine''
* ''The texts examined which papists cite out of the Bible for the proof of their doctrine and for prayers in an unknown tongue''.
* ''Practical Discourses upon Several Subjects'',
Scott wrote a preface for the second edition of
John March's sermons, 1699, and his ''Works'', with the
funeral sermon preached at his death by
Zacheus Isham, were collected in 1718.
[London, 2 vols.; Oxford, 1826, 6 vols.)] In the ''Devout Christian's Companion'', (1708; 1722) are "private devotions by J. S
ott, and some quotations from his book are given in
Philipp van Limborch's ''Book of Divinity'' and other devotional works.
References
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Notes
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1639 births
1695 deaths
17th-century English Anglican priests
Early modern Christian devotional writers