Education
He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he was a sizar, from 1649, graduating 1652.
He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he was a sizar, from 1649, graduating 1652.
He was a noted theologian. He became a Fellow there in 1655, and vicar of Stranground, Huntingdonshire, in 1659. He was deprived in 1662.
He was rector of Rayne Parva, Essex, from 1664 to 1674, having conformed to the Acting of 1662.
He was later vicar of Saint Martin Outwich, London, and in 1689 a royal chaplain, and dean of Peterborough. His A Demonstration of the Messias has been identified as a significant influence on the librettist Charles Jennens, in writing the words for the Messiah of Handel.
This book also took up suggestions of Joseph Mede on multiple authorship of the Book of Zechariah.