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Biographical Sketch

he returned to England, discouraged and burdened with debt. Being told that he must accept Episcopal ordination in order to carry on his work of pacification as a representative of the English Church, he was ordained the year after his return, not, however, renouncing his previous ordination. He was made one of the king's chaplains, and received a small living, which, we are told, cost him more for a curate than he received himself. Not long content to abstain from active labour for his beloved cause, we find him soon after his ordination attending the Frankfort Assembly, and the following year was