Jackson, Arthur, an English Nonconformist di- vine, was born in Suffolk in 1593. He studied at Trin- ity College, Cambridge, became lecturer, and afterwards minister of St. Michael's, Wood Street, London. Subse- quently he received the living of St. P'aith's, but was ejected for nonconformity in 1662, and died in 1666. His annotations are still esteemed. His \iritings are principally in the exegetical department, and are gener- ally considered valuable even in our day. Of these the best arc, A Help for the vinlerstaudiiu/ i>f the Holy Scripture (Camb. 1043, 3 vols. 4to) ■. — Aniwiations on
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the n-hole Booh of Isaiah (London, 1682, 4to).— Darling, L'ljdop. Biblioj. s. V. ; Allibone, Diet, of Authors, s. v.
Jackson, Cyril, a celebrated English divine, was born in 1742. He was educated at Oxibrd University, and, after holding several benefices, was appointed dean of Christ Church, Oxford, which position he held until the time of his death, April 9, 1819.
Jackson, James B., a minister of the ^Methodist Episcopal Chiu-ch South, was born and reared in Clarke County, (Ja. The date of his birth is not known to us, neither are we aware of the date of his conversion, though it appears, from the miiuites of the Florida Con- ference, of which he was a member, that it must have been about the age of fourteen. He was honored by his associates in the ministry as a man of superior abilities, and held some of the best appointments in the Florida Conference. He was also professor in Andrew Female College for a number of years. At the time of his death, Feb. 18, 1868, he was presiding elder of Jacksonville Dis- trict. In all, he spent about thirty years in the minis- try. See Minutes of A nn. Conf. M. E. Ch. South, iii, 227.
Jackson, John, an English Arian divine and great Hebraist of the last century, was born at Lensey, in Yorkshire, in 1086. He studied at Doncaster School and at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he took his bach- elor's degree, but could not obtain that of master of arts on account of his Arian principles. In 1712 the corpo- ration of Doncaster presented him with the rectory of Rossington, but the chancellor of the duchy of Lancas- ter having made him confrater of Wigston's Hospital, in Leicester, a position which required no subscription of him, he removed to the hospital, and in 1729 suc- ceeded to its mastership. He died in 1703. Jackson carried on a lively controversy with several of England's most cUstinguished orthodox writers of divinity, more especially with bishop Warburton (q. v.) . He also wrote a large number of works, the principal of which are. The Duty of a Christian set forth and explained in sev- eral practical Discourses, being an Exposition of the Lord's Prayer, etc. (Lond. 1728, 12mo) : — The Existence and Unity of God jjroved from hii Nature and A ttri- hufes, being a Vindication of Dr. Clarke's Deni07istration of the Being and A ttributes of God, etc. (London, 1734, 8vo) : — The Belief of a future State proved to be a fun- damental A rticle of the Religion of the Hebrews, and held by the Philosophers, etc. (Lond, 17-45, 8vo) : — Chro- nological Antiquities, etc., for the Space of five thousand Years (Lond. 1752, 3 vols. 4to), and many other contro- versial pamphlets. See Dr. Sutton, Memoirs of the Life and Writings of J. J., etc. (Lond. 1704, 8vo) ; Chalmers, Gen. Biog. Dictionary, s. v. ; Hook, Eccle^. Biog. s. v. ; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, xxv, 149; Allibone, Diet, of Authors, s. v. ; Gorton, Biog. Diet. s. v.
Jackson, John Frelinghuysen. See Jack- son, William, 1.
Jackson, Samuel, a Wcsleyan minister, who held the highest offices in the gift of the Wesleyans, and for many years was one of the greatest powers of English Wesleyanism, was born towards the close of the last century. He was particularly prominent in the Sabbath-school movement. " To him alone," saj-s a writer in the London Quart. Rev. 1863, p. 201, "must be attributed the awakening among them (the Wesleyans) of that religious jealousy for the younger members of their societies and congregations, Avhich of late has so much elevated their system of Sunday-school instruction, and has thrown the hedge of a more direct ministerial oversight and training around multitudes of their youth, who might othenvise have passed unguarded through the perils that precede adult age. For some years be- fore his death concern for the spiritual welfare of the young became a passion with Mr. Jackson : he wrote and spoke of little besides." As a preacher, he was plain in language, masculine in sentiment, ever abound- ing in simple but forcible illustrations. The dale of his
death is not known to us. His brother Thomas, anoth- er celebrated minister of the Wesleyans, edited the ser- mons of Samuel Jackson, and prefaced them/ with a memoir of the author (London, 1803, 8vo).
Jackson, Thomas, D.D. an eminent EngUsh di- vine, was born at Willowing, Durham, in 1579. He studied at (^icon's Ccillege, Oxford, and after 1590 at Corpus (;in-isti, of which he became vice-president. He was afterwards appointed successively vicar of Newcas- tle, president of his college in 1030, prebendary of Win- chester in 1033, and, finally, dean of Peterborough in 1038. He died in 1040. Dr. Thomas Jackson enjoyed a great reputation for piety and learning; he was pro- foundly read in the fathers, and possessed great depth of judgment. His works (commentaries, among these a valuable commentary on the Apostles' Creed, and ser- mons), which rank very high, form a magazine of theo- logical knowledge, and are remarkable also for elegance and dignity of style. Southey places him among the very best of English divines, and George Herbert says, " I bless God for the confirmation Dr. Jackson has given me in the Christian religion against the Atheist, Jew, and Socinian, and in the Protestant against Rome." A new edition of his works, with a copious index, was pub- lished in 1844 (Oxford, 12 vols. 8vo). See Darling, Cy- clop. Bibliog. s. v. ; Biograph. Britannica, s. v. ; Fuller, Worthies ; Wood, A thenm Oxonienses (see Index, vol. i) ; Hook, Eccles. Biog. s. v.