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His Compend qfOivmity is recognised as a staodnd k the denomination. He also wrote a Commentate os the New Tettameni^—UniversaUst Befitier/br IBSJ, p. 81 sq.
Cobbet, Thomas, a Congregational minister, was bom at Newbury, Berkshire, Eng., in 1608, and aerved in the ministry of the Church of England for a ahoit time. Ejected for nonconformity, he came to Sev England, arriving June 26, 1687. He served for tv^ ty years as collegiate pastor in Lynn, and lemorcd to Ipswich, where he died Nov. 5, 1685. He pahliafed A Vindication qfike Covenant o/tke CkOdrem ofCkank Members (1643) :—A Defence of Infant BcqiUtm (1645): — J%s dvU MctgistrcBte^s Power in Matters qf RtiSgikn modestly debated, ete. (1653) i—A practical Dimxmrm m Prayer (1654) .—A Treatise on the Honor due from Chil- dren to their Parents (1656).— Spragne, AnnaU, i, 1Q2.
Cobba, Nicholas Hanmbr, D.D., a biahop of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States, was bom February 5, 1795. He was the first bishop of tbe diooese of Alabisima, being consecrated October SQi, 1844. He died January 11, 1861.
Cobham, Lord (Sir John Oldcasde\ a LoIUrd mar- tyr of the fifteenth century. Of his early lile little is Imown. He was bom in the reign of Edward III; married the niece of Henry, lord Cobham, and obtain- ed his title. He entered tiie military life, and gained great distinction. According to Bayle, ** in all ad- venturous acte of worldly manhood he was ever fints- nate, doughty, noble, and valiant." By his niilitazT talents he acquired the esteem both of Henry IT and Henry V. In conjunction with Sir Richard Stovv, Sir Thomas Latimer, and others, he drew op a n«a»- her of articles, which, in the form of a remonstruiec against the oonruptions of the clergy, they presented to the House of Commons. He put himself to great expense in collecting, transcribing, and dispersing tlie works of Wydiffe. He also ftiraished LolUrd itiner- ant preachers with shelter at his mansion at Cowling Castle, in Kent. These proceedings made him Terr obnoxious 'to the clergy. During ^e first year of the reign of Henry V, the principsl subject of debate was the growth of heresy. Thomas Arundel (q. v.), arch- bishop of Canterbury, requested the king to send com- missioners to Oxford to inquire into the growth of her- esy. The commissioners reported to the archbidu^ who informed the Convocation that the increase of heresy was especially owing to lord Cobham, who en- couraged scholars fh>m Oxford and other places to propagate heretical opinions throughout the country. The archbishop, accompanied by a large body of the clergy, waited upon Henry, and, having laid before him the offbnce of lord Cobham, begged, in all kma^Sty and charitjfy that his majesty wcild suffer C&eai, far Christ's sake, to put him to death. To this humane request the king replied that he thought snch vio- lence more destractive of trath than of error; that he himself would reason with lord Cobham ; and, if that should prove ineffectual, he would leave him to the censure of the Church. Henry endeavored to per- suade lord Cobham to retract, but he returned the following answer: *'I ever was a dutifol subject to your majesty, and I hope ever shall be. Next to God, I profess obedience to my king. But as ibr the spirit- ual dominion of the pope, I never could see on what foundation it is claimed, nor can I pay him any obedi- ence. As sure as God*s word is tme, to me it Is Ailly evident that he is the great Antichrist foretold in hoh- writ." This answer so displeased the king that he gave the archbishop leave to proceed against lord Cob- ham ** according to the devilish decrees which they call the laws of the holy Church** (Bayle). On the 11th of September, the day fixed for his appearance, the primate and his associates sat in consistory ; when, lord Cobham not appearing, the archbishop excommu- nicated him. Cobbiun now drew up a confession of
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