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LARDNER, NATHANIEL (1684-1768)

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LARDNER, NATHANIEL (1684-1768) , See also:

ENGLISH

English theologian, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

HAWKHURST

Hawkhurst, See also:

Kent. After studying for the Presbyterian See also:

MINISTRY

ministry in See also:

LONDON

London, and also at See also:

Utrecht and See also:

LEIDEN

Leiden, he took See also:

LICENCE (through the French from Lat. licentia, licere, to be lawful)

licence as a preacher in 1709, but was not successful. In 1713 he entered the See also:

FAMILY

family of a See also:

LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady of See also:

RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank as See also:

TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor and domestic See also:

CHAPLAIN

chaplain, where he remained until 1721. In 1724 he was appointed to deliver the Tuesday evening lecture in the Presbyterian See also:

CHAPEL

chapel, Old Jewry, London, and in 1729 he became assistant See also:

MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister to the Presbyterian See also:

CONGREGATION (Lat. congregatio, a gathering together, from cum, with, grex, gregis, a flock, herd)

congregation in Crutched Friars. He was given the degree of D.D. by Marischal See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

Aberdeen, in 1745. He died at Hawkhurst on the 24th of See also:

JULY

July 1768. An See also:

ANONYMOUS

anonymous See also:

VOLUME

volume of See also:

MEMOIRS

Memoirs appeared in 1769; and a See also:

LIFE

life by See also:

Andrew See also:

KIPPIS, ANDREW (1725–1795)

Kippis is prefixed to the edition of the See also:

WORKS

Works of Lardner, published in it vols., 8vo in 1788, in 4 vols. 40 in 1817, and Io vols. 8vo in 1827. The full See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of his See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

WORK

work—a work which, though now out of date, entitles its author to be regarded as the founder of See also:

MODERN

modern See also:

CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical See also:

RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research in the See also:

field of See also:

early See also:

Christian literature—is The Credibility of the See also:

GOSPEL (O. Eng. godspel, i.e. good news, a translation of Lat. bona annuntiatio, or evangelium, Gr. evayyeXwv; cf. Goth. iu spillon, " to announce good news," Ulfilas' translation of the Greek, from iu, that which is good, and spellon to announce)

Gospel See also:

HISTORY

History; or the Principal Facts of the New Testament confirmed by Passages of See also:

Ancient Authors. who were contemporary with our Saviour or his Apostles, or lived near their See also:

time. See also:

PART

Part i., in 2 vols.

8vo, appeared in 1727; the publication of part ii., in 12 vols. 8vo, began in 1733 and ended in 1755. In 1730 there was a second edition of part i., and the Additions and Alterations were also published separately. A Supplement, otherwise entitled A History of the Apostles and Evangelists, Writers of the New Testa-:nent, was added in 3 vols. (1756—1757), and reprinted in 176o. Other works by Lardner are A Large Collection of Ancient Jewish and See also:

HEATHEN

Heathen Testimonies to the Truth of the Christian See also:

REVELATION, BOOK OF

Revelation, with Notes and Observations (4 vols., 4to, 1764—1767) ; The History of the Heretics of the two first Centuries after See also:

Christ, published posthumously in 178o and a considerable number of occasional sermons.

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