Joseph Caryl (November 1602 – 25 February 1673) was an English ejected minister.

Life

He was born in London, educated at

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, and graduated at Exeter College, Oxford, and became preacher at

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. He frequently preached before the Long Parliament, and was a member of the Westminster Assembly in 1643. By order of the parliament he attended Charles I in Holmby House, and in 1650 he was sent with

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to accompany Cromwell to Scotland. In 1662, following the Restoration, he was ejected from his church of St Magnus-the-Martyr near

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. He continued, however, to minister to an Independent congregation in London till his death in March 1673, when

succeeded him.

Works

His piety and learning are displayed in his commentary on Job (12 vols., 1651–1666; 2nd ed., 2 vols., fol. 1676–1677).

Family

Joseph Caryl married, and his daughter Elizabeth married the merchant Benjamin Shute; their child John Shute, the lawyer and theologian, was born at Theobalds, Essex. He changed his name, and became John Barrington, 1st Viscount Barrington.

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* ;Attribution * {{DEFAULTSORT:Caryl, Joseph 1602 births 1673 deaths Westminster Divines People educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford Ejected English ministers of 1662 English Calvinist and Reformed theologians 17th-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians English male non-fiction writers