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ALSOP, VINCENT (c. 163o—1703)

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ALSOP, See also:VINCENT (c. 163o—1703) , See also:English See also:Nonconformist divine, was of See also:Northamptonshire origin and was educated at St See also:John's See also:College, See also:Cambridge. He received See also:deacon's orders from a See also:bishop, whereupon he settled as assistant-See also:master in the See also:free school of See also:Oakham, See also:Rutland. He was reclaimed from in-different courses and associates here by a very " painful " See also:minister, the Rev. See also:Benjamin See also:King. Subsequently he married Mr King's daughter, and " becoming a convert to his principles, received ordination in the Presbyterian way, not being satisfied with that which he had from the bishop." He was presented to the living of Wilby in Northamptonshire; but was thence ejected under the See also:act of Uniformity in 1662. After his ejection he preached privately at Oakham and See also:Wellingborough, sharing the See also:common pains and penalties of nonconformists,---e.g. he was imprisoned six months for praying with a sick See also:person. A bookagainst See also:William See also:Sherlock, See also:dean of St See also:Paul's, called Antisozzo (against See also:Socinus), written in the vein of See also:Andrew Marvell's See also:Rehearsal Transprosed, procured him much celebrity as a wit. Dr See also:Robert See also:South, no friend to nonconformists, publicly pronounced that Alsop had the See also:advantage of Sherlock in every way. Besides fame, Antisozzo procured for its author an invitation to succeed the See also:venerable See also:Thomas Cawton (the younger) as See also:independent minister in See also:Westminster. He accepted the See also:call and See also:drew See also:great multitudes to his See also:chapel. He published other books which showed a fecundity of wit, a playful strength of reasoning, and a provoking indomitableness of raillery.

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Goodman and Dr See also:Stillingfleet for antagonists, he more than held his own. His See also:Mischief of Impositions (168o) in See also:answer to Stillingfleet's Mischief of Separation, and Melius Inquirendum (1679) in answer to Goodman's Compassionate Inquiry, remain See also:historical landmarks in the See also:history of See also:nonconformity. Later on, from the entanglements of a son in alleged treasonable practices, he had to See also:sue for and obtained See also:pardon from King See also:James II. This seems to have given a somewhat See also:diplomatic See also:character ,to his closing years, inasmuch as, while remaining a nonconformist, he had a See also:good See also:deal to do with proposed See also:political-ecclesiastical compromises. He died on the 8th of May 1703, having preserved his "See also:spirits and smartness" to the last. See See also:Wood'sAthenae (See also:Bliss) iv. 106; See also:Calamy's See also:Life of See also:Baxter, ii. 487; See also:Wilson's History and See also:Ant. of Dissenting Churches, iv. 63-66. (A. J.

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