In 1628 he exchanged Queen's College for Sydney-Sussex College, and in
the following year he was presented by the master and fellows of
Corpus Christi College to the curacy of St. Benet's, Cambridge.
Within a twelvemonth after--namely, in 1631--HE made his first
appearance as an author. His _Davia's Heinous Sin, Hearty Repentance,
Heavy Punishment_, which came out in that year, was his sole adventure
of noteworthy compass as a versifier; and he certainly testified his
discretion in choosing thenceforward to be satisfied with writing
prose. A valuable prebend attached to the Salisbury Cathedral was
bestowed on him at this time, near about which he is supposed to have
delivered, in discourses, his so-called _Comment on Ruth_. Next we
hear of him as rector of Broadwindsor, where, probably, he composed
his _History of the Holy War_, published in 1639. His _Holy State_ was
given to the world in 1642. Having just before this removed to London
under circumstances which are involved in some obscurity, he was there
appointed lecturer to the Inns of Court and to the Savoy Chapel. But
trouble awaited him, as it then awaited all other loyalists whom it
had not overtaken already, and 1643 found him a refugee at Oxford.
There he was warmly welcomed by the king and his adherents, but on his
imprudently daring to urge lenient counsels, his moderation gave as
much dissatisfaction to the court party as it had previously given to
the Parliamentarians, and he fell into temporary disgrace.
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