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CLAGETT WILLIAM

Volume 6 · 80 words · 1860 Edition

(1646-1688), an eminent divine, who was preacher to the society of Gray's Inn, and chaplain to James II. Archbishop Sharp and Bishop Burnet have both given him a high character. He published a variety of miscellaneous tracts, the principal of which is his "Discourse concerning the Operations of the Holy Spirit." Four volumes of his sermons were published after his death by his brother Nicholas Clagett, father of the bishop of Exeter of that name.

CLAIR OBSCURE. See Claro Obscuro.