Daniel Cawdry (Cawdrey) (1588–1664) was an English clergyman, member of the

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, and ejected minister of 1662.

Life

He was the youngest son of Robert Cawdry, and was educated at Sidney Sussex College and Peterhouse, Cambridge. From about 1617 to 1625 he was rector of Little Ilford. He was instituted to the living of Great Billing,

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, in 1625, 'in the presentation of the king by wardship of Christopher Hatton, esq.' Along with James Cranford and William Castle, he preached often at Northampton. He became one of the leading members of

from 1643, and was vicar of

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in London from 1644 to 1648. He was one of the presbyterian ministers who signed the address to General Fairfax remonstrating against all personal violence against the king

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. At the Restoration he was recommended to

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for a bishopric. Instead he refused to submit to the Act of Uniformity 1662, and was ejected. He retired to

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, where he died in October 1664 in his seventy-sixth year.

Works

He was a voluminous writer of controversial works, both against the Anglicans on the one side and the Independents on the other; and he took on both Henry Hammond and John Owen. He considered

religious toleration Religious toleration may signify "no more than forbearance and the permission given by the adherents of a dominant religion for other religions to exist, even though the latter are looked on with disapproval as inferior, mistaken, or harmful". ...

"the last and most desperate design of Antichrist." His works include: *''Sabbatum Redivivum; or, the Christian Sabbath vindicated'', 1641 (with Herbert Palmer). * ''The Good Man a Publick Good'', 1643. *''The Inconsistency of the Independent Way with Scripture and itself'', 1651. *''An Answer to Mr. Giles Firmin's Questions concerning Baptism'', 1652. *''A Diatribe concerning Superstition, Will-worship, and the Christmas Festival'', 1654. *''Independence, a Great Schism, proved against Dr. (John) Owen's Apology'', 1657. *''Survey of Dr. Owen's Review of his Treatise on Schism'', 1658. *''A Vindication of the Diatribe against Dr. Hammond; or, the Account audited and discounted'', 1658, *''Bowing towards the Altar Superstitious; being an answer to Dr. Duncan's "Determination"'', 1661.

Theophilus Brabourne Theophilus Brabourne (1590–1662) was an English Puritan clergyman and theological writer on the Christian Sabbath. Early life Brabourne was a native of Norwich. The date of his birth is fixed by his own statement in 1654: 'I am 64 yeares of a ...

answered him on the Sabbatarian question.DNB article on Brabourne. He also published devotional works and sermons.

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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cawdry, Daniel 1588 births 1664 deaths English Presbyterian ministers of the Interregnum (England) Westminster Divines Ejected English ministers of 1662 Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge Alumni of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge People from the London Borough of Newham People from Billing, Northamptonshire People from Wellingborough