Synopsis
An Account Of The Life And Conversation Of The Reverend And Worthy Mr. Isaac Milles, Late Rector Of Highcleer In Hampshire. Together With The Sermon That Was Preached at His Interment, on Saturday the 9Th Day Of July, 1720 by Thomas Milles. This biography chronicles the life of Reverend Isaac Milles, a country parson whose piety, learning, and practical charity earned wide esteem in the 17th and early 18th centuries. Born at Cockfield in Suffolk and educated at Bury and Cambridge, Milles pursued a ministry in Barley, then at Wiccomb, and finally at Highcleer in Hampshire. The work portrays his devout, diligent pastoral care, his regular preaching and catechetical instruction, and his generous relief of the poor. It also details his steadfast loyalty to the Church of England, his resistance to dissenters and nonconformists, and his steadfast opposition to political-religious upheavals of his time. The narrative enriches its portrait with extensive notices of his friendships with mentors and patrons (Beaumont, Atkins, Sawyer), his family (wife Elizabeth and children Thomas, Jeremiah, Isaac, and Elizabeth Pococke), and his enduring influence as an educator. The included sermon at his interment offers a reflective coda on his life as a model of virtue, public service, and Christian fidelity.
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