Abraham Clifford was a proctor of Pembroke College, Cambridge, in the mid-17th century. After his ejection from the Church of England in 1662 or 1663, he studied medicine at Leyden. He later had a practice in London, where he died in 1675.
The text of this manuscript is apparently identical to Methodus Evangelica; or, the Gospel Method of Gods saving Sinners by Jesus Christ: Practically Explained in XII Propositions (London: Printed by J. M. for Brabazon Aylmer, 1676). According to an introduction by Thomas Manton and Richard Baxter, the text is a revised version of a sermon that Clifford delivered during a visit to Gloucestershire.
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Calamy, Edmund. An Account of the Ministers, Lecturers, Masters and Fellows of Colleges and Schoolmasters, who were Ejected or Silenced after the Restoration in 1660... Volume II. London: Printed for J. Lawrence, in the Poultry; J. Nicholson, and J. Sprint, in Little-Britain; R. Robinson, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; N. Cliffe, and D. Jackson, in Cheapside, 1713.
Clifford, Abraham. Methodus Evangelica; or, the Gospel Method of Gods saving Sinners by Jesus Christ: Practically Explained in XII Propositions. London: Printed by J. M. for Brabazon Aylmer, 1676.
Oldmixon, John. The History of England, during the Reigns of the House of Stuart... London: Printed for John Pemberton, Fleet Street; Richard Ford, Richard Hett, and John Gray, in the Poultry, and Thomas Cox, under the Royal-Exchange, 1730.
Wood, Anthony A. Athenae Oxonienses, an Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops who have had their education in the University of Oxford. Volume IV. London: Printed for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, and Jones, et al., 1820.
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