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John Tillotson was the son of a Puritan clothier in Sowerby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom, where he was born in October 1630.
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John Tillotson was the son of a Puritan clothier in Sowerby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom, where he was born in October 1630.
He entered as a pensioner of Clare Hall, Cambridge, in 1647, graduated in 1650 and was made fellow of his college in 1651.
The result of this reading, and of the influence of John Wilkins, master of Trinity College, Cambridge, was seen in the general tone of his preaching, which was practical rather than theological.
In 1656 he became tutor to the son of Edmond Prideaux, attorney-general to Cromwell.
About 1661 he was ordained without subscription by T. Sydserf, a Scottish bishop.
Tillotson was present at the Savoy Conference in 1661, and remained identified with the Presbyterians till, the passing of the Act of Uniformity in 1662.
He now devoted himself to an exact study of biblical and patristic writers, especially Basil and Chrysostom.
Tillotson employed his controversial weapons with some skill against atheism and popery.
In 1663 he published a characteristic sermon on " The Wisdom of being Religious, " and in 1666 replied to John Sergeant's Sure Fooling in Christianity by a pamphlet on the " Rule of Faith. "
The same year he received the degree of D. D.
In 1670 he became prebendary and in 1672 dean of Canterbury.
In 1675 he edited John Wilkins's Principles of Natural Religion, completing what was left unfinished of it, and in 1682 his Sermons.
He afterwards enjoyed the friendship of Lady Russell, and it was partly through her that he obtained so much influence with Princess Anne, who followed his advice in regard to the settlement of the crown on William of Orange.
He possessed the special confidence of William and Mary, and was made clerk of the closet to the king in March 1689.
He was also about the same time named dean of St Paul's.
Soon afterwards he was elected to succeed Sancroft; but accepted the promotion with extreme reluctance, and it was deferred from time to time, at his request, till April 1691.
In 1693 he published four lectures on the Socinian controversy.
His attempts to reform certain abuses of the Church, especially that of clerical nonresidence, awakened much ill-will, and of this the Jacobites took advantage, pursuing him to the end of his life with insult and reproach.
For his manuscript sermons Tillotson's widow received 2500 guineas.
Ralph Barker edited some 250 of them together with the " Rule of Faith " (1695 - 1704).
In 1752 an edition appeared in 3 vols. , with Life by Thomas Birch, compiled from Tillotson's original papers and letters.
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Despite his personal views, he was tolerant towards non-jurors and worked with Nottingham, the moderate Tory secretary of state, to preserve peace in the church.
He married Elizabeth French, a niece of Oliver Cromwell.