Co'wl (cucullus), a sort of hood wom by certain classes of monks. Those wom by the Bernardines and Benedictines are of two kinds: the one white, very large, worn in ceremony, and when they assist at tiie oflioe ; the other black, wom on ordinary occa- sions and in the streets. Mabillon maintains Uiat the cowl is the same in its origin as the scapular (q. v.). Others distinguish two sorts of cowls ; the one a gown, reaching to the feet, having sleeves, and a capuchin, used in ceremonies ; the other a kind of hood to work in, called also a scapular, because it covers only the head and shoulders.— Farrar, £ccl. Diet. s. v. ; Bing- ham, Orig. Eccl. vii, 8, 6.
00*^7108, Giles Hooker, D.D., a Congregational minister, was bom in Farmington, Conn., Aug. 26, 1766« He graduated at Tale in 1789, entered the min- istry in May, 1791, and was installed pastor of the First Church at Bristol in 1792. He was appointed in 1810, by the Conn. Miss. Soc., to travel through the Northern part of Ohio. He accepted the position of pastor over Uie churches of Austinburgh and Morgan, Ohio, and was installed in 1811. He died in the former place July 6, 1886. He was made D.D. by Williams Col- lege, 1828.— Sprague, Annals, ii, 880.
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Cowper, William, an eminent Scotch divine, was born at Edinburgh in 1566. He studied at the Uni* versitj of St Andrews, and in 1585 was appointed min- ister of Bothkenner, Sterlingshire. In 1598 he re- moved to Pertli, where he continued until 1612, after which he was appointed bishop of Galloway. He died in 1619. His works breathe a spirt of cordial piety, and the simplicity and strength of his style are pecul. iarly worthy of commendation. Among them we re- mark "Heaven opened'' (5th ed., Lond. 1619, 4to). A collection of his works was published after his death (Lond. 1629, fol.).— Darling, Cjfckp. Bibl. s. v.
Cox, F. A., D.D., an eminent English Baptist min- ister, was bom abotft 1783. He was pastor of the Bap- tist church at Hackney, London, and was one of the leading men in many of the religious sodetiee of the metropolis. Of his works the most important are the Bitiory of the BapUtt Mistiont, a volume on Antigui- tiety reprinted from the Enesfdopadia MetropolUama; Our Young Men, a prize essay (1847) ; and a lA/e of Mekmctkon, He was a oontribator to the first series of the Journal of Sacred Literature. His name is wor- thy of being associated with those of Ryland, Poller, Carey, Marshman, Ward, Robert Hall, and John Fos- ter, who in recent times have brought honor on the Baptist denomination by their literary as well as their religious labors.
• Cox, Melville Beverldge, a Methodist Episco- pal missionary to Africa, was bom at Hallowell, Maine, in 1799 ; was converted in 1818 ; entered the ministry in 1822 ; on account of £uling health was superannu- ated from 1825 to 1881 ; and afterwards served some time as agent of the Wesleyan University. In 1881 he was stationed at Raleigh, N. C. Soon afterwards he volunteered to go to Africa as a missionary, and sailed from Norfolk Ya., November 6, 1832, arriving in Liberia March 8, 1833. Here at onoe her set to work to lay the foundations of the Church in Africa. He labored fiuthfnlly, organizing the mission, collect- ing information, and presiching and teaching incessant- ly. In a few montlks he had formed a school of 70 scholars ; but the African fever seized him, and on the 2l8t of July, 1833, after four months' labor, he died in triumph. Mr. Cox was a man of great piety and de- voted zeal.—Meth, Mag, and Quart Review, Jan. 1884 ; Amer, Miu. Memorial, p. 431; Cox, O. F., L{fe and Bemaine of M, B, Cox (N. Y. 18mo) ; Spiague, Amialif vu,656.
Cox, Richard, bbhop of Ely, was bom about 1500, at Whaddon, Buckinghamshire, Engknd. He was educated at Eton School and at Eling*s College, where he obtained a fellowship in 1519. He was in- vited by cardinal Wolsey to Oxford to fiU up his new foundation. For speaking his mind too freely of the corruptions of popery, he was deprived of his preferment and thrown into prison. When he had y recovered his liberty he left Oxford; some time after he was chosen mas- ter of Eton School, which flourished remarkably under him; and by the interest of archbishop Cranmer he ob- tained several dignities in the Church, viz., the archdeaconry of Ely, a prebend of the same church and of Lincoln, and the deanery of Christ Church. He was T appointed tutor to prince Edward, and ' on that prince's accession to the throne became a great favorite at court He was made a privy councillor and the king's almoner ; was elected chancellor of the University of Oxford in 1547 ; the next year installed canon of Wind- sor, and the year following dean of Westminster. About this time he was appointed one of the commissioners to
visit the University of Oxford, and Is aecused by as of abusing his authority by destroying many books of his zeal against popery. After Mary's miccmmm h| was stripped of his preferments and committed to ^ Marshalsea ; but his confinement waa not long, ai4 on his release he went to Strasborg, and tbenee H Frankfort, where he formed a kind of anlveni^, aai appointed a Greek and a Hebrew lecturer, a diviniqr professor, and a treasurer for the contribatians r«at» ted from England. On the death of Mary he retuzB* ed, and was the chief champion on the Protestant ade in the disputation at Westminster between e^iit p^ pists and an equal number of the Reformed dergj. His abilities and zeal were rewarded by the htshnpric of Ely, over which see he presided above 21 ytan. He opposed with great zeal the queen's retainiag tfas crucifix and lights in her chapel, and was a streaaoei advocate for the marriage of the clergy, against wfakh she had contracted a strange aversion. He was sea of the compilers of the Liturgy of the Church of Eng- land ; and when a new translation of the Bible wu made in the reign of Elizabeth, now commonly knovn by the name of " The Bishop^s Bible," the Four Goi- pels, the Acts of the Apostles, and the Epistle to the Romans were allotted to him for his portion. A ncB- ber of his tracts on the Romish controversy are to bt found in the addenda to Burnet's Hidory <^tke Reform ntaUon, Several letters and small pieces of his hare been published by Stiype in his Amide of the R^fitrma- fiofi.— Downe, life ofBiakop Cox; Collier, Eedemud' cai Hietory; Kippis, BiograpMa Briiamuea, iv, 896 sq. Cos (Heb. yip, KoU, the same name elaewhoe Anglicized Eoz [q. v.]. Sept Km), the faOur of Anub and others of the posterity of Jodah (1 Chnn. iv, 8, where, however, his own parentage is not stated, unless he be a son or brother of Ashur in rer. fy B.C« post 1618.