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John Jeffery (priest)
John
Jeffery,
D.D. was an
Anglican priest
and
author
.
Jeffery was
born
in
Ipswich
. He was
educated
at
Ipswich School
and
St Catharine's College, Cambridge
. After a
curacy
at
Dennington
he was the
Incumbent
at
St Peter Mancroft, Norwich
. he also held
livings
at
Kirton
and
Falkenham
. He was
Archdeacon of Norfolk
from 1694 until his death.
He wrote
'Religion the
Perfection
of Man',
1689
.
'Proposals to
the reverend
Clergy of the
Archdeaconry of Norwich
concerning the
reformation of manners
and promoting the interest of true
religion
and virtue', 1700
'Several Discourses', 1701–7
'The
Religion
of
the Bible
; or a Summary
View
of the
Holy Scriptures
, as the Records of True Religion', 1701
'Moral and Religious Aphorisms', 1703
'Select
Discourses
upon
divers
important subjects', 1710
'Christian Morals', 1716
'The True
Notion
of Peace in the Kingdom or Church of Christ', 1717