John Scott (1639–1695)
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John Scott was an English clergyman, known as a devotional writer, and a defender of Anglican orthodoxy in his preaching.
, Wiltshire
, and served as a youth a three years' apprenticeship
in London. Then, changing his course of life, he matriculated at New Inn Hall, Oxford, 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
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 in the rector's vault in St. Giles's Church in 1695. He held a canonry of St Paul's Cathedral
from 1685 till his death.
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. In the ‘Devout Christian's Companion,’ (1708; 1722) are ‘private devotions by J. S[cott],’ and some quotations from his book are given in Philipp van Limborch
's ‘Book of Divinity’ and other devotional works.
Life
He was son of Thomas Scott, a grazier of ChippenhamChippenham
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, Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
, and served as a youth a three years' apprenticeship
Apprenticeship
Apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of practitioners of a skill. Apprentices or protégés build their careers from apprenticeships...
in London. Then, changing his course of life, he matriculated at New Inn Hall, Oxford, 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
A Perpetual Curate was a clergyman of the Church of England officiating as parish priest in a small or sparsely peopled parish or districtAs noted below the term perpetual was not to be understood literally but was used to indicate he was not a curate but the parish priest and of higher...
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 in the rector's vault in St. Giles's Church in 1695. He held a canonry of St Paul's Cathedral
St Paul's Cathedral
St Paul's Cathedral, London, is a Church of England cathedral and seat of the Bishop of London. Its dedication to Paul the Apostle dates back to the original church on this site, founded in AD 604. St Paul's sits at the top of Ludgate Hill, the highest point in the City of London, and is the mother...
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. In the ‘Devout Christian's Companion,’ (1708; 1722) are ‘private devotions by J. S[cott],’ and some quotations from his book are given in Philipp van Limborch
Philipp van Limborch
Philipp van Limborch , Dutch Remonstrant theologian, was born at Amsterdam, where his father was a lawyer.He received his education at Utrecht, at Leiden, in his native city, and finally at Utrecht University, which he entered in 1652...
's ‘Book of Divinity’ and other devotional works.