Introduction

Biography

Scott was the son of Tho­mas Scott, In­de­pen­dent Min­is­ter at Nor­wich. He 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 the St. Ni­cholas Street Cha­pel. On the death of Bax­ter in 1740, he be­came sole pas­tor.

He re­tired to Hap­ton in 1774.

Works

• 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)