Background
Adam Clarke was born in the townland of Moybeg Kirley near Tobermore in Northern Ireland in 1762 or 1760.
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Clarke's Commentary Volume 5 Matthew - Acts (Matthew - Acts, Volume 5)
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A Classic Work - A Help to a Better Understanding of the Sacred Writings
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Adam Clarke
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After receiving a very limited education Adam Clarke was apprenticed to a linen manufacturer, but, finding the employment uncongenial, he resumed school-life at the institution founded by Wesley at Kingswood, near Bristol.
Career
In 1782 Adam Clarke entered on the duties of the ministry, being appointed by Wesley to the Bradford (Wiltshire)circuit. His popularity as a preacher was very great, and his influence in the denomination is indicated by the fact that he was three times (1806, 1814, 1822) chosen to be president of the conference. He served twice on the London circuit, the second period being extended considerably longer than the rule allowed, at the special request of the British and Foreign Bible Society, who had employed him in the preparation of their Arabic Bible. Though ardent in his pastoral work, he found time for diligent study of Hebrew and other Oriental languages, undertaken chiefly with the view of qualifying himself for the great work of his life, his Commentary on the Holy Scriptures (8 vols. , 18x0-1826). In 1802 he published a Bibliographical Dictionary in six volumes, to which he afterwards added a supplement. He was selected by the Records Commission to re-edit Rymer's Foedera, a task which after ten years' labour (1808 - 1818) he had to resign.
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Clarke's Commentary Volume 5 Matthew - Acts (Matthew - Acts, Volume 5)
(A Classic Work - A Help to a Better Understanding of the ...)
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Clarke's Commentary Volume 5 Matthew - Acts (Matthew - Acts, Volume 5)
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August 16, 1832 (aged 72) -
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Catholic