the malcontents, who formed a new church under Joseph Barber. Disputes then arose about possession of church property, and a lawsuit was begun (1761) by Pike for recovery of an endowment of £12 a year. At length he resigned his charge (14 December 1765), left the independents, and became a member of the Sandemanian church in Bull and Mouth Street, St. Martin's Le Grand. He was chosen "elder" in 1766, and ministered with great acceptance. From London, Pike moved in 1771 to minister to a Sandemanian congregation at Trowbridge, Wiltshire. Unfounded reports were spread of his insobriety. Pike was a follower of the doctrines of Hutchinson, who found in scripture a system of physical science, and then became a follower of Glas, who held that biblical authority did not extend to such topics. He died at Trowbridge in January 1773, and was buried on 10 January in the parish churchyard. His portrait, engraved by Hopwood, is given in Wilson. He was married, and left children. Works He published, besides single sermons (1748–53): Philosophia Sacra ... Natural Philosophy. Extracted from Divine Revelation, &c., 1753, 8vo; Edinburgh, 1815, 8vo. Thoughts on such Phrases of Scripture as ascribe ... Passions to the Deity, &c., 1753, 12mo. Some important Cases of Conscience, &c., 1755–6, 8vo, 2 vols. (the substance of lectures by Pike and Hayward); Glasgow, 1762, 8vo; with title 'Religious Cases of Conscience, 1775, 8vo; 1807, 8vo; Romsey, 1819, 8vo; Philadelphia [1859], 12mo; with title 'The Doubtful Christian encouraged, &c., Woodbridge [1800], 8vo; in Welsh, 1769, 12mo. A form of Sound Words; or ... Body of Divinity, &c., 1755, 12mo; 1756, 12mo (based on the shorter catechism of the Westminster assembly). Public Fasting, &c., 1757, 12mo; 1758, 8vo. An Epistolary Correspondence between ... Pike and ... Sandeman, &c., 1758, 8vo; in Welsh, 1765, 12mo. Saving Grace, Sovereign Grace, &c., 1758, 8vo (lectures at Pinners' Hall); 1825, 8vo. Free Grace indeed! &c., 1759, 8vo; 1760, 12mo. A ... Narrative of the ... Schism in the Church under ... Pike, &c., 1760, 8vo. Simple Truth Vindicated, &c., 1760, 12mo (anon). The Nature and Evidence of Saving Faith, &c., 1764, 8vo. A Plain ... Account of ... Practices observed by the Church in St. Martin's-le-Grand, &c., 1766, 8vo; 1767, 12mo. A Compendious Hebrew Lexicon, &c., 1766, 8vo (annexed is a short grammar); Glasgow, 1802, 8vo. References Wilson's Dissenting Churches of London, 1808, ii. 85 sq., 253;