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Baxter, Richard

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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An eminent Nonconformist divine, native of Shropshire, at first a conformist, and parish minister of Kidderminster for 19 years; sympathised with the Puritans, yet stopped short of going the full length with them; acted as chaplain to one of their regiments, and returned to Kidderminster; became, at the Restoration one of the king's chaplains; driven out of the Church by the Act of Uniformity, was thrown into prison at 70, let out, spent the rest of his days in peace; his popular works, "The Saint's Everlasting Rest," and his "Call to the Unconverted" (1615-1691).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Baxter, Richard'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​b/baxter-richard.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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