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Biographical Sketch
been the Lord who was on our side") in four parts, "showing not only their attachment to their minister, but their skill in psalmody."
Although a man of no great learning, his preaching was forceful and to the point, and his words, like his deeds, carried weight. A letter from Henry Woddrington to Secretary Walsingham describes a service conducted by Dury. After mentioning with satisfaction that he prayed the Lord either to convert or confound the Duke of Guise, Woddrington writes: "The sermon was very longe, godly and plaine, to the great comfort and rejoice of the most
