Born: 1705, Nor­wich, Nor­folk, Eng­land.

Died: 1775, Hap­ton, Nor­folk, Eng­land.

Son of Thom­as Scott, In­de­pen­dent Min­is­ter at Nor­wich, Scott ran a school at Wort­well, and preached month­ly at Harles­ton, Nor­folk. Af­ter a short min­is­try at Lowe­stoft, he moved in 1734 to Ips­wich as co-pas­tor with Mr. Bax­ter of the Pres­by­ter­i­an con­gre­ga­tion meet­ing in St. Ni­cho­las Street Cha­pel. On the death of Bax­ter in 1740, he be­came sole pas­tor. In 1774, he re­tired to Hap­ton. Scott’s works in­clude:

• The Table of Cebes; or, the Pic­ture of Hu­man Life, in Eng­lish Verse, with Notes, 1754
• The Book of Job, in Eng­lish Verse; trans­lat­ed from the original He­brew, with Re­marks, His­tor­i­cal, Cri­ti­cal, and Ex­plan­a­to­ry, 1771 & 1773
• Lyric Po­ems, De­vo­tion­al and Mor­al (Lon­don: James Buckland, 1773)

Sources

Hymns

1. Absurd and Vain attempt to Bind
2. All Knowing God, ’Tis Thine to Know
3. Angels, Roll the Rock Away
4. As Various as the Moon
5. Behold a Wretch in Woe
6. Happy the Meek Whose Gentle Breast
7. Hasten, Sinner, to Be Wise
8. If High or Low Our Sta­tion Be
9. Imposture Shrinks from Light
10. Mark, when Tempestuous Winds Arise
11. O Come All Ye Sons of Adam and Raise
12. Th’Uplifted Eye and Bended Knee
13. Was Pride, Alas, e’er Made for Man?
14. Who, Gracious Father, Can Complain
15. Why Do I Thus Perplex?