Topladyはロンドンのウェストミンスター校、そしてダブリンのトリニティ・カレッジに学ぶ。1762年に英国国教会の司祭として按手を受け、ブラグドンとファーレーで副牧師を務める。1766年にデボンシャー州ブロードハムベリーの司祭となる。1775年に英国国教会を去り、ロンドンに移り、レスター・フィールズのフランス・カルヴィニスト教会で説教者となる。彼の著作には次のようなものがある。 The Doctrine of Absolute Predestination Stated and Asserted, 1769 Historic Proof of the Doctrinal Calvinism of the Church of England, 1774 The Church of England Vindicated from the Charge of Arminianism, 1774 Poems on Sacred Subjects, 1775 Psalms and Hymns, 1776
作品を含む出版物: Erickson, pp. 409-10 Julian, pp. 1182-83, 1267 Wright, pp. 11-243
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