(Camb. 1828, 8vo) : — A Charge to the Clergy, delivered at the triennial Visitation in 1843 (London, 1843, 8vo). He also published some anonymous Remarks on Dr. Wise- man\s Lectures, and a llejily to the Travels of an Irish Gentleman (a Roman Catholic polemical work). See Allibone, Diet, of A iithors, s. v. ; London Gentleman's Magazine, 1853 (April, ]\Iay, and August). (J. L. S.)
Kaye, John (2). See C^uus.
Kayits. See Fruit.
Kazin. See Ittaii-kazix.
Keach, Benjamin, an eminent English Baptist di- vine, was born at Stokehaman, Buckinghamshire, Feb. 29, 1640. He does not appear to have followed any reg- ular course of study; his parents were poor, and could not aid him in a collegiate education. He paid par- ticular attention to the Scriptiu-es. In 1658 he be- came a preacher, and in 1668 was chosen pastor of a congregation in Southwark, of which he had for three years previously been a member. After the Restoration he suffered in common with all nonconformists, and tted from the country, where the persecutions were unbear- able, to the metropolis. Here he became pastor of a small society, which met in a private house in Tooley Street. Successful as a minister, he soon moved his fast-increasing flock (which numbered at one time over lOOO) to a large new chiu-ch in Horsley Down, South- wark. He died in 1704. Keach belonged to the Par- ticular or Calvinistic Baptists, and was considered a man of great ]jiety and learning. His principal Avorks are, Tropologia, or Key, to open Scripture Metaphors (Lond. 1682 ; best edition 1779, fol. — very scarce ; and reprinted in 1856, 8vo) : — The Marrow of true Justification, or Justification without Works (Lond. 1692, 4to) : — The Axe laid to the Root, or one more Blow at the Foundation of Infant Baptism and Church-membership (Loudon, 1693, 4to): — Light broke forth in Wales (Lond. 1696, 8vo; an answer to INIr. .Tames Owen's book, entitled Children's Baptismfroni Heaven') : — The Display of glorious Grace, in 14 Sermons [on Isa. liv, 10] (Lond. 1098, 8vo) : — Gos- pel Mysteries Unveiled, or an Exposition of all the Par- ables, etc. (Lond. 1701 , fol. ; 1856, royal 8vo. " ^Mingled with unquestioned reverence for the divine Word, and much good material of which the judicious student may avail himself with advantage, there is a large amount of fanciful exposition and of unwise spiritualizing" [Kit- to]) : — A Golden Mine opened, or the glory of God's i-ick Grace displayed in the Mediator, etc. (Lond. 1694, 4to) : — The French Impostor delected, or Zach. Ilousel tryed by the Word of God, etc. (Lond. 1703, 12mo) : — Believer's Baptism, wherein the chief arguments for infant bap- tism are collected and combated (London, 1705, 8vo) : — Travels of True Godliness, and Travels of Ungodliness, after the manner of Bunyan's (often reprinted) ; also ^vith Notes and Memoirs of the author, by the Rev. Howard Malcolm (N. Y. 1831, 18mo) : — Exposition of the Para- bles (Lond. 1704, fol.). Keach also figured in his day as a hymnologist, but his sacred songs were rather medi- ocre. See Stoughton, Eccles. History of Engl, ii, 465 sq. ; Crosby, Hist, of the Baptists ; Wilson, Hist, of Dissent in g Chwches ; AlVihone, Diet. Engl, and American Authors, s. V. ; Kitto, Cyclop). Bibl. Lit. s, v, (J. H. W.)
Keating, Geoffrey, an Irish divine and historian, flourished in the early jiart of the 17tli century (died about 1625, or somewhat later). He is noted as the au- thor of a general history of Ireland, in which tlie eccle- siastical history of that country is treated in detail. It was translated into English by Dermot O'Connor (Lon- don, 1728, fol. ; Westm. 1726, fol. ; 1738, fol. ; Dubl. 1809, 2 vols. 8vo; 1811, 8vo). — Allibone, Dictionary of Au- thors, s. V.
Keblah is a term by which the Mohammedans des- ignate the direction towards which they are command- ed to turn their faces in their devotions. ''At first," says Sale (Koran, p. 17), " ^lohammed and his follow- ers observed no particular rite in turning their faces to- wanls any certain place or quarter of the world when
KEBLE
26
KECKERMANN
they prayof], it being declared to be perfectly indiffer- ent. Afterwards, when the pro[)het Hed to jNIedina, he directed them to turn towards the temple of Jerusalem [probably to ingratiate himself with the Jews], which continued to be their Keblah for six or seven months; but, either finding tlie Jews too intractable, or despair- ing of otherwise gaining the pagan Arabs, who coidd not forget their respect to the temple of Mecca, he ordered that praj-ers for the future should be tt)wards the last. This change was made in the second year of the Hegira, and occasioned many to fall from him, taking offence at his inconstancy." See Kaaba.