Hall stu­died at Em­man­u­el Col­lege, Cam­bridge, and af­ter taki­ng Hol­y Or­ders, served at Haws­tead, Suf­folk; as Cur­ate of of Wal­tham-Ho­ly-Cross, Es­sex; Pre­bend of Wil­len­hall in the col­le­gi­ate church of Wol­ve­rhamp­ton; Dean of Wor­ce­ster, and Bi­shop of Ex­e­ter (1629). His works in­clude:

• Virgidemiarum, 1597
• The King’s Pro­phe­cie; or Weep­ing Joy, 1603
• Three Cen­tu­ries of Me­di­ta­tions and Vowes, Di­vine and Mor­all, 1606, 1607, 1609
• Heaven upon Earth, or of True Peace and Tran­quillitie of Mind, 1606
• Holy Ob­ser­va­tions Lib. I, 1607
• The Arte of Di­vine Me­di­ta­tion, 1607
• Some Few of Da­vid’s Psalmes Me­ta­phrased, 1609
• Epistles, 1608 & 1611
• Characters of Virtues and Vic­es, 1608
• Solomon’s Di­vine Arts, 1609
• A Common Apol­o­gy Against the Brown­ists, 1610
• The Olde Re­li­gion, 1628
• Columba Noae Oliv­am Ad­fer­ens, 1623
• Occasional Med­i­ta­tions, 1630
• Henochisme; or a Trea­tise Show­ing How to Walk with God, 1639
• A Short An­swer to the Vin­di­ca­tion of Smec­tymnuus, 1641
• Modest Con­fu­ta­tion of (Mil­ton’s) An­im­ad­ver­sions, 1642
• The De­vout Soul; or Rules of Hea­ven­ly De­vo­tion, 1644
• The Balm of Gil­e­ad, 1646
• Christ Mys­tic­all; or the Bless­ed Un­ion of Christ and His Mem­bers, 1647
• The Great Mys­ter­ie of God­li­ness, 1650
• Susurrium cum Deo, 1659
• Resolutions and De­ci­sions of Di­vers Prac­ti­call Cas­es of Con­science, 1649, 1650, 1654

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