174 MINUTE BOOK OF THE WIRKSWORTH CLASSIS. 



One Mr. Samuel Ogden* Bachil r of arts and late student of Christs College 

 in Cambridge, desiring to be admitted to ordina 01 was this day ordered to p r ach 

 before the Classis at Brassington Sep' 15 th next being their monthly fast day & 

 likewise then to bring with him his Testimonials & title & to expect to be 

 p'ceeded with in examination according to the ordinance of direction of Parliam' 

 for the ordinacon of ministers. 



The question p'pounded to M r Samuel Ogden upon which he is required to 

 bring his position the 27 th day of September next is utrum Liceat unicuique ex 

 dictamine p'prise conscientia; deum colere. 



Ordered that M r Samuel Moore a member of the Classis prach at Brassing- 

 ton Sep' 15 next being the Classis monethly fast day. 



Ordered that M r Martin Topham moderate the next Classicall meeting at 

 Brassington the said 1 5 th day of Sep'. 



Mr. Porter this day moderating ended with Prayer. 



Wirkesworth Classis in \ [ 



the Countie of Darbie ( ) Those P' nt at the Classi call meeting the 



Sept 1 27 1653 \ f said 2?th day of Se P tember l6 S3 viz' 



* Samuel Ogden served the Chapels of Buxton and Fairfield up to 1657, 

 when he accepted the position of minister of Mackworth Church. On his 

 ejection thence in 1662, he taught a private school in Derby ; but in 1685 the 

 master of the Free School there proceeded against him in the Court of Arches 

 for teaching to the prejudice of that School, and won his case. Thereupon 

 Sir John Cell, of Hopton, gave him the Free School of Wirksworth, and he 

 taught there until his death in 1697. He was buried in the Church of 

 Wirksworth. Calamy gives a copy of the Certificate of his ordination, and 

 it is worth reproducing here as a sample of those granted by the Wirksworth 

 Classis : — "For as much as Samuel Ogden, B.A., hath Address'd himself to 

 "the Classical Presbytery of Wirksworth, in the Province of Derby, according 

 " to the Ordinance and Direction of Parliament, for the Ordination of Ministers 

 "by the Classical Presbyteries; desiring to be Ordained Preaching Presbyter, 

 "for that he is called to the Work of the Ministry, in the Chappelry of 

 "Buxton ; and hath exhibited unto the said Presbytery sufficient Testimonials 

 "(now remaining in their Custody) of his competent Age, of his unblameable 

 " Life and Conversation, of his Diligence and Proficiency in Ills Studies, of his 

 "fair and direct Calling unto the aforementioned place, by the People there, 

 " in whom the choice belongs, as is Certified. 



" We, the Ministers of the said Presbytery, have by the Appointment 

 "thereof, Examin'd him according to the said Ordinance ; and finding him to 

 "be duly Qualified and Gifted for that Holy Office and Employment (no just 

 "exception being made against his Ordination and Admission) we have 

 " approv'd him : And accordingly in the Church of Wirksworth, upon the 

 " Day and Year hereafter express'd, we have proceeded Solemnly to set him 

 "apart, to the Office of a Preaching Presbyter, and Work of the Ministry, 

 "with Fasting and Prayer and Imposition of Hands ; and do hereby, as far 

 "as concerneth us, actually admit him unto the said Charge, there to perform 

 "all the Offices and Duties of a faithful Minister of Jesus Christ. 



" In Witness whereof, We have hereunto subscribed our Names, the 27th 

 "Day of September, in the Year of our Lord, according to the Computation 

 "of the Church of England, 1653. 



"Robert Porter, Minister of Pentrige, Edward Pole, Minister of Bonteshall. 

 Moderator. John Oldfield, Minister of Carsington. 



" Tho. Shelmerdine, Minister of Matlock. Samuel More, Minister of Ashborn. 

 "Martin Topham, Min. of Wirksworth. Thomas Miles, Ministerof Bradburn.' 



