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 522 FULLER his "Dialogues and Letters" (published col- lectively in 1806). In 1792 he took an active part with Carey and others in establishing the Baptist missionary society, and was appointed its first secretary ; and till the close of his life he was constantly engaged in promoting its missions. In 1794 he published "The Calvin- istic and Socinian Systems, examined and com- pared as to their Moral Tendency;" in reply to which Dr. Joshua Toulmin wrote "The Practical Efficacy of the Unitarian Doctrine considered," and Fuller rejoined in "Socinian- ism Indefensible, on the ground of its Moral Tendency" (1797). He was the author of a great number of other treatises, sermons, &c. His " Complete Works " have been published in 8 vols. 8vo (London, 1824), in 1 vol. imperial 8vo, with a memoir by his son (1852), and in many other editions. The degree of D. D. was conferred on Mr. Fuller by Yale college, and also by the college of New Jersey, but he de- clined receiving it as unscriptural and incom- patible with Christian simplicity. FULLER, Margaret. See OSSOLI, MABGAEET FULLER. FULLER, Richard, an American clergyman, born in Beaufort, S. 0., April 22, 1804. He graduated at Harvard college in 1824, studied law, and before his 21st year was admitted to the bar of South Carolina. He almost immedi- ately entered upon a large and lucrative prac- tice, and was on the road to professional emi- nence when he was prostrated by sickness. On his recovery he became a member of the Episcopal church, afterward joined the Baptist denomination, and studied for the ministry. He was ordained in 1833, and took charge of the Beaufort Baptist church. In 1847 he as- sumed the charge of the seventh Baptist church in Baltimore. He has published " Letters con- cerning the Roman Chancery," being a public correspondence between him and the Roman Catholic Bishop England (Baltimore, 1840) ; "Correspondence with Dr. Wayland on Do- mestic Slavery " (1845) ; " An Argument on Baptism and Close Communion" (1849); vol- umes of "Sermons" and "Letters; " and, in connection with J. B. Jeter, "The Psalmist," a hymn book in general use in the Baptist de- nomination. FULLER, Thomas, an English author, born at Aldwinckle, Northamptonshire, in June, 1608, died Aug. 15, 1661. He was educated at Queen's college, Cambridge, won the highest university honors, received the living of St. Benet's, Cambridge, where he exhibited great eloquence as a preacher, and was also made a prebendary of Salisbury. His first publica- tion was a poem entitled "David's Hainous Sinne, heartie Repentance, heavie Punishment " (London, 1631). He was soon after presented to the rectory of Broad Windsor, Dorsetshire, where he prosecuted several works that he had planned at Cambridge. After seven years he removed to London, where his fame for pulpit eloquence secured for him the lectureship of the Savoy, and he published his " Historie of the Holy Warre " (Cambridge, 1639). In 1640 he was a member of the convocation assem- bled in Henry VII. 's chapel, Westminster, to make canons for the better government of the church, of whose proceedings he gives an interesting account in his "Church His- tory." After the outbreak of the civil war he identified himself with the royal cause, and obtained a chaplaincy in the army under Sir Ralph Hopton. He improved the leisure which this position gave him, and the facili- ties presented by the marches and counter- marches through the country, in collecting by an extensive correspondence and personal in- quiries the materials for his "Worthies of England." He was besieged at Basing House in 1644 with a small party of royalists, but animated the garrison to so vigorous a defence that the parliamentary commander was obliged to retire with considerable loss. Taking ref- uge in Exeter on the defeat of Hopton in 1645, he preached constantly to the citizens till its surrender in April, 1646, and published there his "Good Thoughts in Bad Times" (1645). His " Good Thoughts in Worse Times " appeared in 1646, after his return to London, and he published a new edition with the " Sec- ond Century of Good Thoughts in Bad Times " (1647); in 1660 he completed the series with "Mixt Contemplations in Better Times." He continued to preach and to publish tracts and sermons, notwithstanding "it had been the pleasure of the present authority to make him mute," and notwithstanding Cromwell's prohi- bition of all persons from preaching or teaching schools who had been adherents of the late king. In 1648 he became rector of Waltham abbey in Essex, and in 1658 chaplain to Lord Berkeley and rector of Cranford. Shortly be- fore the restoration he was reinstated in his lectureship at the Savoy, and after that event was chosen chaplain extraordinary to the king, and regained the prebend of Salisbury. A bishopric was expected for him when he died. He was buried in his church at Cranford, in the chancel of which his monument still re- mains. His " Holy and Profane State, a collec- tion of Characters, Moral Essays, and Lives, Ancient, Foreign, and Domestic " (Cambridge, 1642), proposing examples for our imitation and abhorrence, is one of his best productions, and fully exhibits his sagacity of thought and pithiness of style. His "Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ until the year MDCXLYIII." (London, 1655), though abounding in jokes, quibbles, dedications, anec- dotes, and curious and irrelevant learning, is one of the most remarkable works in the lan- guage for wit, piety, pathos, and imagination. The " History of the Worthies of England," a collection of eccentric biographies, published posthumously (London, 1662), has been more generally read than any other of his works, and abounds in gossip, admirably told stories, curious details, and witty and excellent re-