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John Bazlee

Minister in Lady Huntingdon's Connection who compiled an early collection of psalms and hymns for his Shoreditch congregation.

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John Bazlee was an 18th-century English minister in Lady Huntingdon's Connection who served a chapel in Cumberland Street, Shoreditch, London.

In 1768, Bazlee published A Select Collection of Psalms and Hymns, Extracted from Several Authors, containing 252 hymns for the use of his congregation. The collection underwent multiple expanded editions, including a 1770 supplement and a 1775 edition edited by Lawrence Coughlan, playing a notable role in the hymnody of Lady Huntingdon's evangelical movement.

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