WILLIAM, a celebrated commentator on the New Testament, was born at Hitcham in Suffolk, July 25, 1650, and educated at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge. He was ordained by Bishop Reynolds; and his first clerical employment was at Mildenhall in Suffolk, where he continued twenty-one years, first as curate, and afterwards as rector. In 1692 he was presented to the vicarage of Dedham in Essex, and there he resided to the time of his death, which happened in October 1703. Besides a Commentary on the New Testament, he wrote a volume entitled The Poor Man's Help and the Rich Man's Guide.