Introduction

Biography

With the help of a Mr. Hex­tall, the lo­cal dis­sent­ing min­is­ter, En­field en­tered the Da­ven­try Aca­de­my at age 17, un­der Dr. Ash­worth.

His first pas­tor­ate was with the con­gre­ga­tion at Benn’s Gar­den, Li­ver­pool, where he served 1763–70.

From 1770–85 En­field was in War­ring­ton, Che­shire, as min­is­ter to the Old Pres­by­ter­ian con­gre­ga­tion, and as teach­er of belles-lettres and oth­er sub­jects, in the Dis­sent­ing Aca­de­my found­ed there in 1757.

After War­ring­ton, En­field moved to Nor­wich, where he spent the rest of his life and was pas­tor of the Oc­ta­gon cha­pel.

Works

• A New Col­lection of Psalms Pro­per for Chris­tian Wor­ship, with J. Bre­kell of Key Street Cha­pel (Li­ver­pool, 1764, 1767, 1770, 1787). Known as the Li­ver­pool Old Col­lect­ion.
• The Speak­er, 1774
• Institutes of Na­tu­ral Phi­lo­so­phy, 1783
• Hymns for Pub­lic Wor­ship (War­ring­ton, 1772; Lon­don, 1789)
• A Se­lect­ion of Hymns for So­cial Wor­ship (Nor­wich, Eng­land: 1795)