CLARKE, Dr Samuel (1599-1682), a preacher and writer of considerable note in the reign of Charles II. was, during the interregnum, and at the time of the ejection, minister of St Dennet Fink, in London. In November 1660, he, in the name of the Presbyterian ministers, presented an address to the king for his declaration of liberty of conscience; and he was also one of the commissioners of the Savoy. He was the author of A Looking-Glass for Saints and Sinners; The Marrow of Ecclesiastical History; A General Martyrology; and the Marrow of Divinity.