(Ralph), a very learned divine of the church of England in the 17th century. In January 1657 he was one of the persons nominated by a committee of the parliament to be consulted about the English translation of the Bible. In 1678 he published his True Intellectual System of the Universe; a work which met with great opposition. He likewise published a treatise, intitled, Deus justificatus: or, "The divine goodness of God vindicated, against the affections of absolute and unconditional reprobation." He embraced the mechanical or corpuscular philosophy: but with regard to the deity, spirits, genii, and ideas, he followed the Platonists. He died at Cambridge in 1688. The late earl of Shaftesbury styles him an excellent and learned divine, of highest authority at home, and fame abroad. His daughter Damaris, who married Sir Francis Masham of Oates in Essex, was a lady of of genius and learning: she had a great friendship for Mr Locke, who resided several years at her house at Oates, where he died in 1704.