[1] He acted as his father's assistant at the Old Meeting in Norwich from about 1725, but his religious views became Arian, and he was dismissed in 1737 or 1738.
[2] Scott was then established by his Norwich friends in a Sunday lectureship at the French church, St Mary the Less.
At first he drew good audiences, including members of the Church of England, but his lectures were discontinued by 1743.
John Reynolds, an admirer, left him an estate at Felsted in Essex; here he ended his days, dying on 23 December 1769.
[1][2] Scott published:[2] He also revised the etymologies from classic and oriental languages for an issue (1755, folio) of the English Dictionary by Nathan Bailey.