Daniel Dyke (died 1614)
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Daniel Dyke was an English academic, a Puritan
of the reign of James I.
, where his father was a minister and had been silenced for nonconformity
. He proceeded B.A. at St John's College, Cambridge
in 1595–6, and M.A. at Sidney Sussex College in 1599. He became fellow of Sidney in 1606, when or soon after he proceeded B.D.
, among those of the ministers who subscribed the Book of Discipline, was his brother, and edited all Daniel Dyke's works for publication.
Dyke wrote:
His works were collected and published by his brother in two volumes in 1635.
Puritan
The Puritans were a significant grouping of English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries. Puritanism in this sense was founded by some Marian exiles from the clergy shortly after the accession of Elizabeth I of England in 1558, as an activist movement within the Church of England...
of the reign of James I.
Life
He was born at Hempstead, EssexHempstead, Essex
Hempstead is a village near Saffron Walden, in Essex. It is situated on a relatively quiet road, from Saffron Walden to Steeple Bumpstead.The village is the birthplace of Dick Turpin, and is also the final resting place of Doctor William Harvey, who discovered the circulation of blood....
, where his father was a minister and had been silenced for nonconformity
Nonconformity
Nonconformity may refer to:* Nonconformity , a memoir by Nelson Algren, published posthumously in 1992* Nonconformity , a term in quality management* A type of unconformity in geology...
. He proceeded B.A. at St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's alumni include nine Nobel Prize winners, six Prime Ministers, three archbishops, at least two princes, and three Saints....
in 1595–6, and M.A. at Sidney Sussex College in 1599. He became fellow of Sidney in 1606, when or soon after he proceeded B.D.
Works
Jeremiah DykeJeremiah Dyke
-Life:His father William Dyke was a minister at Hempstead, Essex, dispossessed for nonconformity, and then a preacher at Coggeshall; and Daniel Dyke was his brother. He was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, matriculating in 1598, graduating B.A. in 1602 and M.A. in 1605...
, among those of the ministers who subscribed the Book of Discipline, was his brother, and edited all Daniel Dyke's works for publication.
Dyke wrote:
- ‘The Mystery of Self-deceiving,’ 1615.
- ‘Certaine comfortable Sermons vpon the 124 Psalme,’ 1616.
- ‘Six Evangelical Histories: of Water turned into Wine, of the Temple's Purgation, of Christ and Nicodemus, of John's last Testimony, of Christ and the Woman of Samaria, of the Ruler's Son's Healing,’ 1617.
- ‘Exposition upon Philemon and the School of Affliction,’ 1618.
- ‘Two Treatises: The one, of Repentance; the other, of Christ's Temptations.’
His works were collected and published by his brother in two volumes in 1635.