of Queene Mary hee was expeld England and returned to Strasburg but contentions arising there also he with Iuell went to Tygurum and at the last there as in a Haven hee laid himselfe to rest 1562. 11 of November of his age 63. What he was his workes will declare to all that will read them which I here have placed 1 A Cathechisme or exposition of the Creed 2 Commentaries on the first Epistle of Saint Paul to the Corinthians at Oxford 3 Vpon Iudges 4 Vpon the Romans 5 A defence of the Doctrine of the Eucharist as it is approved by Gods Word ancient Fathers Councels 6 A disputation of the Eucharist at Oxford After his death these Bookes are extant 1 Commentaries on the first of Kings and on the 12. first Chapters of 2. Kings 2 On Genesis 3 A little booke of Prayers out of the Psalmes 4 A Confession of the Lords Supper to the Senat of Strasburg 5 His Common places distributed into foure Classes 6 Orations Sermons Questions and Answers 7 Epistles Theologicall 8 Commentaries on Exodus 9 Commentaries on the lesser Prophets 10 Commentaries upon the 3 first bookes of Aristotles Ethicks with some reserved Manuscripts HIERONYMVS ZANCHYVS THis Zanchy followed Peter Martyr being bred in the same Colledge this Martyr was so Eminent for his gifts that hee drew by his Example and Piety many worthy men to leave that state of life under Popery and to embrace the Gospell Amongst other Lacisius first Professor of Latine in Italy afterwards of the Greeke Tongue at Strasburgh that worthy Gentlman Celsus Martingen being extracted from a noble family having had Earles of that Name which professed the Greek tongue in his Colledge and after governed the Italian Church in Geneva discreetly and so Emanuel Tremelius that famous Interpreter of the Hebrew Tongue And this Zanchy who together with Peter Martyr taught the Word of God in the City of Strasburgh was excellently well seene in the writings of the Ancient Fathers of the Church and in Philosophy which when hee prooved against the Omnipresence of Christs Body against the Ubiquitarians was not approoved by some of that Sect for which cause Zanchy as well as Martyr left this City and came unto the famous Vniversity of Hydelbergh where the whole Vniversity together with the godly Prince Frederick shewed their love and favour But this point of Ubiquity then prevayling those that withstood it were forc't to remove So Zanchius came to be Pastor of Clavenna which is a Towne of Rethia indifferently famous not farre off from the Lake of Comen through which the Merchants of Italy and other places bring their Wares and expose them here to sale Which place lying neare to Italy and pleas nt for its scituation many Italians who quitted themselves from the See of Rome lived here At last he preach't the Word of God at Newstadt a Towne of the Palatinate under the protection of that Religious Prince Cassimere At length Age and infirmities accompanying it comming on this Prince provided fairely for Zanchius his maintenance A Prince he was addicted to Religion and the quiet of the Churches Zanchius and Sturmius mainly oppos'd Ubiquity and strongly defended the Augustan Confession they were both very old and a little before Zanchius dyed he used this speech to Sturmius Oh worthy Sturmius if ever now is the time for us to open our eyes and turne to the Lord and looke up to Heaven where our blessed Redeemer Iesus reignes with the blessed spirits knowing and hoping assuredly that shortly we with those Saints shall also be with the Lord Iesus A worthy Divine Speech and fulfilled shortly after in Zanchy for hee dyed in the yeere of Christ 1590. in the Calends of November in the City of Heydelbergh being aged 76. and Sturmius was 80. whom he followed Zanchies Workes are these that follow 1. Divine Miscellanies with with the explication of the Augustan Confession 2. His Judgement of the controversies about the Lords Supper 3. Of the Sacred Trinity Bookes 13. in 2 parts in the first the Orthodox Doctrine of this Mystery is proved and confirmed by Gods Word In the latter all Oppositions of the Adversaries are answered 4. An Answer to a little booke of an Arrian 5. An Answer of William Holdet of the visions of Christ to St. Stephen and St. Paul after his Ascension 6. Of opening Schoolemen in the Church with a Speech to the study of the sacred Scriptures 7. Of Christian Religion and Faith to Vlysses Martengius Earle of Barch and Patritius Venetus 8. A Compendium of the chiefe points of Christian Doctrine 9. A perfect Treatise of the sacred Scriptures proved succinctly out of the Ancient Fathers 10. Of the Incarnation of Christ wherein both his Omnipresence is handled and Vbiquity confuted accurately in two Bookes 11. Of the Divine Nature and of his Attributes 12. Of the Workes of God in sixe dayes 13. A worke of Mans Redemption 14. A Commentary upon the Prophet Hosea 15. Commentaries upon the Epistle to the Ephesians Collossians Theslalonians and Saint Iohn 16. Some observations of Physicke Printed with Aristotles Workes in Greeke found in that part which treates of Hearing And thus after many labours and diligent travell in the Worke of the Lord for many yeeres together did this Noble Zanchius commend himselfe to his Saviour Jesus Christ. His Motto upon his Coate was Sustine abstine MARTINVS CHEMNICIVS THis Name of Martine hath oppos'd the proceedings of the Church of Rome much especially three viz. Martine Luther Martine Bucer and this Martine who did chiesly oppose the proceedings and determinations of the Tridentine Councell In his first proceedings hee followed Luther and Melancthon hee was well furnished in the knowledge of the Liberall Sciences by the study of the Mathematicks and Philosophy hee found an easier passage to Theology Hee was much addicted to a Kinsman of his George Sabine who professed at Regio Montane where hee made this Chemnitius Chiefe over the Library of the Prince of the Borussorum When hee had exercised himselfe a while at Wittenbergh hee was called to Brunople a free and famous City of Saxony This man by his Learning and Preaching made the City of Brunople as famous for Piety as Trent was for her Councell This was hee that examined the Decrees of the new Fathers of Trent by the writings of those Ancient Fathers of the Church and layd them to be tryed by the rule of Gods Word This worke made him famous and disparaged the Adversaries proceedings and conclusions Many others have done well upon that Subiect but his it was that most wounded and galled that side Hence they have beene striving to answer it but have not beene as yet able but have left it off as too hard a taske for them to performe This was hee that stood up among the first to discover the Nature Arts and plottings of the Monkes and Jesuites of Germany as may appeare by his writing to Joachim Marquesse of Brandenburgh Elector
of the Roman Empire Interest Principum Germaniae c. It stands the Princes of Germany in hand to looke well what new Sect of professors the Bishop of Rome doth send into their Dominions and Territories and well to consider what will be the issue and end of their proceedings And a little before hee speakes that these were at first onely busied in building and making their nests and holes and lest that great Sorcerer should bewray himselfe before he was well placed and setled he and his followers writ nor printed any thing or if they did they set it forth with so many generall ambiguities doubts that it was very hard to say what was peculiar to this Sect alone but now they have disclosed themselves fully So this Chemnitius having proved himselfe an undaunted Soldier of Jesus Christ departed this life at Brunople in the yeere of Christ 1586. and in the 64. of his age not without the great griefe of that City I have heere set downe his workes 1. Of the Originall of the Iesuites and by what policy that Sect came first up 2. The chiefe heads of their Divinity set forth by themselves at Collen 1560. with Kemnitius his addition of Annotations on the same 3. An Explication of the Doctrine of the two Natures in Christ. 4. The Grounds of the true Doctrine of the Substantiall presence exhibition and taking of the Body and Blood of Christ in the Lords Supper 5. A Forme or Index or rather an Enchyridion of the chiefe points of Heavenly Doctrine by questions and answers declared out of the Word of God 6. Of Originall sinne against the Manichees 7. A Sermon of Baptisme 8. A tryall of the Decrees of the Councell of Trident explicating the chiefe places of Christian Doctrine in 4. parts And so hee having fought the Lords battailes couragiously layd downe himselfe quietly expecting a ioyfull Resurrection ARETIVS BENEDICTVS THough this famous and strong City of Berne may bee iustly commended for many worthy actions of Peace and Warre yet neither of those makes it so renowned as Piety and Love shewed and afforded to the professors of it For this is the Basis and sure ground-worke of all policies and State-affaires which will soone fall if not maintained by this supportment It so fell out that in the yeere of Jesus Christs Incarnation 1528. there was a great Disputation at Berne performed by many grave Divines approved for Learning and truely Orthodoxe about some coÌ„troversies in Religion by which meanes those of Berne were greatly enlightned in the points of Religion and the Word of God 〈◊〉 preached not onely in 〈◊〉 City but in the 〈◊〉 Countries Amongst other Divines 〈◊〉 Note this Aretius was not 〈◊〉 least who was publicke Professor of Divinity in that City Hee is famous for his Endowments of Meekenesse Piety Learning Labour and especially for his dextrous Method in Reading and Preaching so that hee did truely divide the Word Divers other Theologues tooke their Method from him and would not make tryall in licke of their owne parts before they had heard his publicke Exercises Hee was so famous for his writings that his Labours in Divinity brought no small gaine to the Printers One of his Bookes was printed in the space of three yeeres twelve times called his Examen Theologicum which doth shew not onely the profit of it but also the Excellency being a worke fit for all who intâ—nd the study of Divinity When this Aretius had continued his Labours in the Schooles and Pulpits of Berne for many yeeres with singular approbation and profit he left this City and was enrolled a Citizen of Heaven not without the griefe of his Auditors nor without a sufficient testimony of his paines and travailes as may witnesse these Workes of his now extant in Print and here Registred 1. A forme for Students 2. Two Tables of the Hebrew Grammar 3. His Tryall for Divines 4. The History of Valentine the Gentile beheaded at Berne with an Orthodoxe Defence of the Article of Faith concerning the Trinity against his blasphemies 5. A censure of the Propositions of the Catabaptists of Poland denying that Baptisme succeeded Circumcision 6. Two Treatises one of the reading the other of the interpreting the sacred Scriptures 7. His common places containing all the heads of Divinity explaind 8. Eight Lectures on the Lords Supper 9. Commentaries on the foure Evangelists 10. Upon the Acts of the Apostles 11. An Introduction to the reading of St. Pauls Canonicall Epistles 12. Commentaries on all Saint Pauls Epistles 13. Commentaries on the Apocalyps 14. Some Physicall Workes of compositions and their degrees HENRICVS BVLLINGERVS ABout the same time that Zurich lamented the death of Zuinglius God brought this Bullinger into place Hee was a Switzer of the County of Bremogarts There is also a Towne called by this name seated two great Miles from Lucerne and hath beene in former Ages one of the Cities tyed to the Roman Empire which appeares as Simler testifies by the large priviledges which it hath Bullinger was borne heeâ—e who being a youth was excellently well qualified in the Liberall Arts and taught them with profit and commendation to divers others but he leaving the Schooles entred into the Church â—nd exercised his Gifts in â—is owne Countrey But Zuingliuâ— being dead hee was sent for to Tigurine where he preached the space of so many yeeres as Zuingliuâ— was borne except onely one These Churches flourished in his time and were happy by his Iudicious Government many famous Doctors were not ashâ—med to follow his Method in his Lectures Sermons Writings Commentaries controversies he was beloved of his Adversaries for the moderating of his spirit at all times Hee laboured chiefly to procure the Churches quiet and for this purpose was very able in the Ecclesiasticall Histories and Ancient 〈◊〉 wâ—ose steps he approved and imitated This famous Bullinger when he had faithfully painefully and dextrously maâ—aged the affaires of the Church of Zurich the space of 44. yeeres and instructed them in all manner of Learning having made himselfe also renowned in the Churches abroad departed hence giving his Soule to his Creator Hee dyed in Zurich having exercis'd his gifts 50. yeeres and being aged 71. in the yeere of Grace 1575. September 17. â—nd lyes ingrav'd by Peter Martyr as one expresses it â—n an Epitaph quiescit Contiguus Petri Martyris exuvijs His Workes are contained in 8. Tomes which doe sufficiently commend their Author they are heere digested orderly Tome 1. 1. A Catechisme for the Tigurine Schoole-masters 2. An Epitome of Christian Religion in 10. Books to William Landgrave of Hessen 3. Decads of Sermons upon the chiefe heads of Christian Religioâ— in three Tomes Tome 2. 1. Confession and Exposition of the Orthodoxe Faith 2. Declaration proving the Protestant Church to be neither Hereticall nor Schismaticall 3. Compâ—ndium of the Popish and Protestants Tenents 4. The old Faith and Religion 5. Instruction to those that shall be examined by the Inquisitors 6. A
Grammar 10. Ecclefiasticus Latine and French 11. A Looking-glasse of Tremelius against Genebrard 12. Twelve Orations for the reading of the Old Testament 13. An Oration of Vrsinus life 14. Upon Gregory 13. his Cursings against Gebbard Bishop of Colen 15. Upon St. Iudes Epistle 16. Foure Speeches for reading the Old Testament 17. Upon the 4 first Psalmes 18. A Catholicke Apology in Latine 19. An Hebrew Lexicon 20. His table of Purgatory 21. A Christian admonition against Iohn Haren in French 22. A book called the Academy 23. His 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Greeke and Latine 24. Translation of 2. Epistles of the Kings and one of Plessis in Latine 25. His sacred Paralels 26. Upon the Prince of Anhalt his death 27. Notes upon the three first Chapters of Genesis 28. A confutation of some Arguments of the Creation 29. Notes upon the Apocalyps 30. Second Edition of his Lible 31. Manilius with corrections and Notes 32. His first defence of the Catholicke Doctrine of the Trinity 33. A Commentary on Daniel 34. The King of France his confession in French 35. Upon the Death of Iohn Cassimeire Count Palatine 36. Commentary on Psal. 101. 37. Exposition upon the Apocalyps in French 38. Commentary on Ionah the Prophet 39. An Analysis upon Genesis 40. Ciceroes Epistles to Atticus and Q. his brother with Corrections and Notes 41. A defence of the Catholick Doctrine of Nature and Grace 42. A praise of Peace 43. The peaceable Christian in French 44. Of the observation of Moses policy 45. Of Divinity 46. An Oration against the Iesuites in Latine 47. Notes upon Tertullian 48. Notes and Animadversions upon Bellarmine of the Translation of the Roman Empire These be this painefull Labourers fruits more he writ which are not come forth and some things by the iniury of times are lost these be sufficient to shew his paines and labour and will for ever eternize his Name These are the Names and Lives of the Forreigne Divines those that follow are of our owne Nation 〈◊〉 WICKLIFEE AMongst many famous Writers of this Nation as Beda Alckvine John Carnotensis Girald Nigellus Neckam Sevall Bacanthorpe Ockam Hampoole of Armach this Wickliffe is not the least of worth hee was famous both for Lifes and Learning he was brought up in the famous Vniversity of Oxford in Merton Colledge he gave himselfe after hee was Maister of Arts to the study of Schoole Divinity wherein having an excellent acute wit he became excellently well qualified and was admired of all for his singular Learning and sweetnesse of behaviour He preached the Gospell under that famous King Edward the third who alwayes favoured and protected him from his raging Adversaries The Bishop of Rome lost by his Doctrine the power of making and ordayning Bishops in England and the Tenths of spirituall promotions and also the gaines of his Peter-pence The Popes ever since pretending to bee Imitators of St. Peter have still desired to fish in this Iland knowing how profitable this Kingdome hath beene to that See of Rome In the time of King Richard the second this Wickliffe was banished in which misery and affliction hee shewed a singular spirit of courage and constancy wheresoever hee â—vent or whatsoever he suffered At last returning from Exile he died in the yeare of our Saviour Iesus whom he had Preached 1398. and was buried the last day of December in his Parish Church of Lutterworth in Leicester-shire But in the yeere 1428. which was 41. yeeres from the time of his death his dead body was by the Decree of Pope Martin the fifth and the Councell of Sene dig'd up and burned with the Execrations of that fiery Pope thus he found the cruelty of them being dead whom he had being living taught to be so He writ as Pius Aenaeas testi fies more than two hundred faire volumes most of which were burned by Subinck Archbishop of Prague in Bohemia The Catalogue of his Works you may reade in the Centuries of John Bale some of them I have here set downe 1. Of Christ and Antichrist 2. Of Antichrist and his members 3. Of the truth of the Scriptures 4. Of the fountaine of Errors 5. A booke of Conclusions 6. 7. Of Ecclesiasticall and Civill government 8. Of the Impostures of Hypocrites 9. Of Blasphemy 10. Lectures on Daniel 11. On the Apocalyps 12. Of the marriage of Priests 13. The Divels craft against Religion 14. His policy to overthrow faith 15. Of Apostacy 16. Two bookes of Metaphy sickes one containing 12. Bookes 17. Glosses upon the Scripture 18. Of falling away from Christ. 19. Of truth and lying Besides these he writ many of Philosophy and traâ—slated the Bible into the English tongue making Prefaces and Arguments to euery Booke he also traâ—slated the twelve Bookes of Clement the Parson of Lanâ—hon containing the harmony of the Evangelists And thus went out this Lampe of England of whom one thus hath said Mortuus est pâ—sthà c â—ssa cremata sua IOHN BALE HEE was an Englishman borne in Suffolke fitted and furnished with all maner of learning at Cambridge His Parents had many Children and were Papists This Bale being a boy was shut up 12. yeares in a Cloyster of Friars Carmalites hee was first brought from that darknes to light by the Right Honourable the Lord Wentworth but he was troubled first under the government of Leo at Yorke and afterwards under Stokesley at London being Arch-bishops But Bale got his freedome by the meanes of Cromwell who was privy Councellor to King Henry the eighth for some dainâ—y and eleganâ— Comedies which he compos'd yet he was forced to flye and remained in Lower Germany eight yeares in which hee writ many workes He was called home by King Edward the sixth and was made Bishop of Ossar in Ireland where he preached But in Queene Maries dayes Ireland was too hot for him and so left it but after many dangers he was taken by Pirats stript mocked and vncivilly handled at last was sold but his ransome being paid he returned into Germany which was at that time the safest receptacle for distressed Christians living at Baâ—ile he compiled that work of his 13 Cenâ—uries of all the famous writers of Great Britains in all ages to the yeare of Christ 1557. Hee was much helped by Leland living in Germany his special friends were Alexander Alerius a Scotish man where hee writ the like Catalogue of the famous men of that Nation likewise Gesner Simler and Lycosthenes loved him dearely He was a powerfull engine against the Roman Church as appeares by that Distiche of Lawrence Humâ—hred 〈◊〉 Lutherus patefecit Platina multa Quadam Vergerius Cuncta Balaeus habet Englished thus Full much did Luther Platinâ— did well So did Vergerius Bale doth all excell This worthy Scholler dyed in Ireland in the yeare of our Redemption 1558. and of his troublesome life 67. His workes are these that follow 1. His Heliads of English 2. His British writers 3. 3 Tomes upon Walden 4. Vpon the
of celebrating the Lords Supper 3. A friendly farewell to his loving friends and favourers being in Prison at Oxford 4. With a mournfull Lamentation of the deplored estate of the Church of England being falne to Popery His writings could not be many because his time was but short and he imployed it most in preaching THOMAS CRANMER THIS reverend and grave Arch-bishop was borne in the County of Notingham sprung from an ancient and worthy family He was brought up to study in the Vniversity of Cambridge in Jesus Colledge in which he made a wonderfull progresse in learning and prov'd in a short time an excellent and usefull member in the Church for his rare endowments he was by that potent Prince Henry the eight King of England made Arch-bishop of Canterbury after the death of his predecessor Warran in the yeare 1532. All the time of King Henry his Reigne he shaved his beard but that King dying hee let it grow greatly as you see him here lively presented he was the first Archbishop except onely one which was Richard Scroope Archbishop of Yorke that was adiudged to death in England by formall course of Law But this Cranmer was and underwent two yeares and an halfe imprisonment with much sorrow in darknesse nastinesse and want Certaine it is that he was a man devoted wholly to Religion and Godlinesse for he in the time of King Edward procured many Divines to repaire from forraine parts into this Kingdome and saw that they were supplyed with necessa ries among whom was Mâ— tine Bucer Paulus Fagius Io hannes Lascus and Peter Martin If he had not loved the Goâ— spell of Jesus he would noâ— have so friendly relieved and cherished his followers He needes no other commendations than those which are given him by Andreas Osiâ—der Peter Martir in K. Heâ— the eighth his reigne Osiâ—der in his preface to his Evangelicall harmony thus speaks of him Amote c. I love your Grace not onely for those endowments which are common to others as greatnesse of birth comlinesse of person sweetnesse of carriage charity to all especially â—o Students and professors of Gods Word but much more for those Abstrusiores ac plane â— leroicas animi tui virtutes those are his very expressions in English Abstruse and plainely Heroicall vertues of your minde together with your Visedome Prudence Fortitude Temperance Justice care for your Countries good Loyalty to your Soveraigne contempt of worldly wealth love of heavenly riches love of the truth Gospell and professors of it This Encomium is large and true proceeding from the penne of such a Divine and Peter Marter gives him as much praise in his Epistle to his booke of the Eucharist Quem enim potuissem c. Whom could I finde so true a Bulwarke for the truth and especially Huius Eucharistici Sacramenti For the Sacrament of the Eucharist than your sacred selfe nay he saith Qâ—is sanctior firmior Doctior Who so holy whose stedfast who so generally learnedâ— It is your Grace that are expert in all the Writings of the Fathers Councels Canons Popes Decrees Controversies of these saith he I am an eye witnesse or else I should scarce have believed â—t Ye for all these parts this famous Father of the English Church was adiudged to the sire and suffered it at Oxford 1556. the 21. of March and of his age 72. in which weighty charge of governing the affaires of the Church He writ many things which are here to his eternall praise truely registred 1. A Catechisme of Christian Doctrine 2. Ordinations of Churches reformed 3. Ofordaining Priests 4. Of the Eucharist with Luther 5. A defence of Catholicke doctrine 6. To the professors of the Truth 7. Ecclesiasticall Lawes in Edward the sixth his reigne 8. Against Gardners Sermon 9. Doctrine of the Lords Supper 10. 12 Bookes of common places out of the Doctors of the Church 11. Christian Homilies 12. To Richard Smiths Calumnies 13. Confutations of unwrittaâ— truths 14. Of not marrying oneâ— sister two Bookes 15. Against the Popes primary two bookes 16. Against Popish Purgatory two bookes 17. Of Iustification two Bookes 18. Epistles to Learned Men. Out of Prison hee writ these 1. Against the sacrifice of the Masse 2. Against adoring the Host. 3. To Queene Mary with others 4. Emendations of the Translation of the English Bible and added Prefaces to it EDWIN SANDES ARCHBI THIS Worthy Doctor of the Church of England proceeded of a good house and family and tooke his degree of Doctor in the famous Vniversity of Cambridge he was Master of Katharine Hall and Vice-Chancellor of the said Vniversity the same time When Iohn Duke of Northumberland passed by that way with his Army to oppose the proclaiming of Mary Queene of England he caused this Sands to preach for and in defence of the Lady Jane Grey which was declar'd Queene which he performd with that modesty gravity and wisedome that hee satisfied Northumberlands Duke and did not much incense the other party for when there was a suddaine change of things so that the next day the great Duke and himselfe were both taken Prisoners this worthy Sands at the intercession of many friends was acquitted and fully set free and so together with his wife went into Germany a good policy to shun a comming threatning storme where he kept himselfe close during the reigne of Queene Mary but that Queene dying hee was cald home into England in Queene Elizabeths Reigne and was declared Bishop of Worcester and was consecrated â—e one and twentieth of December in the yeare of our Lord 1559. Hee did succeed that famous Arch-bishop Grindall in two places to â—it in the Bishopricke of London and the Archbishopricke of Yorke the one in â—570 and the other in sixe yeares after and when he had enioyed that spirituall promotion of Arch-bishop 12. yeares he departed this life the eighth of August 1588. about the age of threescore and lies buryed in the Collegiate Church of Southwelâ—in â—in Notingham shire a man of whom it is hard to be said whether more famous for his singular vertues learning or for his Noble Parentage and Of-spring which hee left behinde him for he left many Children of which three were Knights and excellently well qualified gentlemen either for body or mind But his sonne Sir Edwine Sands prov'd the learneder more famous and deare to his Countrey There is a booke of famous sermons extant in Print of this Prelates which is counted a worthy piece of work doth sufficiently declare his Piety and Schollership to succeding Ages ALEXANDER NOWELL THis Effigies speaks Christian Meekenesse and gravity and he was as this shewes him to be borne he was in Lancashire of an ancient family of the Nowels Hee tooke the degree of Doctor in Divinity in Queen Maries dayes he as many other famous Divines were forced to doe departed this Land to shunne the troubles of those times and to secure their owne persons from their Adversaries Hee
time he was borne in a Towne of smal repute in the Palatinate and both Bucer and hee had but low estates but by study and labour this raised his name and maintained himselfe He got the skill of the Hebrew admirably well by the frequenting of Capnioes Lectures and afterward became excellent in it by the meanes of Capito publicke professor of the same tongue in the famous Vniversity of Strasburgh he prov'd so rare in this language that few hitherto have gone beyond him this Fagius was cald from Strasburgh to Heidelbergh by the Count Palatine of the Rhine to order the Churches affaires and to preach the Gospell which hee performed with good successe but in those civill turmoyles in which the Emperor had the upper hand all came to nothing at which time the face of the Church was disconsolate in Germany but in England it did flourish wonderfully the Emperor bringing that Idolatry and superstition into his Land which was driven forth of England so that those Doctors which the Emperor disliked and hated were welcome and ioyous to King Edward the sixth and to his Nobility and people This Fagius teaching in Cambridge but even a short time was admired of the whole Vniversity for this Fagius when he had long bin Pastor in Strasburgh came with Martin Bucer into England 1549. and dyed in November whom presently after Bucer followed not without the great griefe of all learned and pious men there are some who thinke them both to be poysoned but as they both liv'd alike so they were both alike in their deaths and in Queene Maries Reigne they were both digd out of their graves and were burnt finding the cruelty of the Romish sect even when they were laid to rest This Fagius dyed at forty five yeares of his age whose losse both Church and Common-wealth felt and mourned for His workes which hee writ are these that follow Out of the Hebrew Tongue Imprinted translated by Fagius are these following 1. A worke call'd Thisbi from the Authour This bites Elias contayning 702. words explained in this worke 2. Two short Chap. or Apothegmes of the Fathers which containe godly and profitable Sentences of the old wise Hebrews with some Schoole-notes 3. Morall Sentences of Ben-Syra Alphabetically the Nephew as the Iewes beleeve of Ieremy the Prophet with a Commentary 4. Tobias the Hebrew sent new from Constantinople translated 5. Hebrew Prayers used by the Iewes at solemne Feasts by which wee may see the old Rites of that people which both Christ and the Evangelists have performed A little Treatise of Faith of a certaine Iew turned to Christianity 200. yeeres since 7. A Literall exposition of the Hebrew sayings in the foure first Chapters of Genesis with a Chaldaick Paraphrase of Onkel on the same 8. A Booke of the truth of Faith full of Learning written by an Israelite many yeeres since to shew the perfection of Faith of Christians 9. The 4. first Chapters of Genesis with the German Version for yong Hebricians with Schoole-notes 10. Commentaries on some of the Psalmes by R. David Kimhi 11. An Hebrew Preface to Elias a Levite his Chaldee Lexicon 12. Thargum or a Chaldaick Paraphrase upon the five Bookes of Moses translated with short and learned Annotations 13. A Collation on the chiefe translations which are in use upon Genesis 14. An Isagoge or short Introduction to learne the Hebrew Tongue These are the Labours of this learned man which are great if you either weigh the Languages or the shortnesse of his life MARTINVS BVCERVS ALthough Luther in his time was very eminent in the Church yet this Bucer for his Piety Learning labour care vigilancy and his writings is little inferior to him both of them were singular Ornaments to the Gospel both High Dutch the one of Isleben the other of Selestadt both of them Monkes the one of the Order of Saint Augustine this a Dominican He was stiri'd up first by Luthers Sermon preach't before the Emperor at Wormes and so of a Dominican was turned to a famous Protestant What labours he sustained in propagating the Gospell of Jesus Christ those that read his Bookes the never dying Monuments of his Care may easily iudge his Workes and his Ecclesiasticall History doth declare how farre he excell'd in Judgement for writing for Prudence in counselling for his happinesse in setling Churches for Dexterity in compounding controversies for his Moderation in Disputations who although hee was Pastor of a Church in Strasburgh and taught Divinity there for the space of twenty yeeres yet other Churches Meetings Commencements and publicke Acts did experimentally feele his Wit I would to God he could have taken away that contention betwixt Zuinglius and Luther which he did strive to effect and I wish that those of Collen at the earnest and often intreaty of Herman Veda Arch-Bishop had admitted this man to have taught Theology there it would certainely have proved to the overthrow of the Roman cause in that City which thing had beene effected had that Westphalian Gropper kept his Coop and had not beene admitted into the Court of that Prince for hee could not endure either the Arch bishop or Bucer and so did endeavour to betray them both but what the Arch-bishop of Colen desired but could not effect was done by our Reverend Arch-bishop of Canterbury Tho. Cranmer Primate and Metropolitane of all England a man singular for Learning and Piety for hee endeavoured greatly by often sending of Letters to bring first Bucer and then Paulus Fagius from Strasburg into England Edward 6. that pious Prince being then King of England of whom an Historian hath given this Encomiasticke Line Tantae Regem expectationis Europa saeculis nunc aliquot nullum habuit That is That Europe in long time had not such a King for great hopes Well that Bucer which Colen reiected England entertained and the famous Vniversity of Cambridge with great applause admitted into her Schooles in the yeere of our Lord 1549 who when hee had for the space of two yeeres with the generall approbation of all learned Divines professed in publicke Commencements the last but one of February he departed this fraile life being in the yeere 1551 and of his age 61. Hee was bravely interr'd and had many learned Epitaphs made of him his body after it had beene buried 5. yeeres was taken up and burned in Q. Maries Reigne at Cambridge The Church of God felt and lamented this mans losse if we may beleeve Calvine in his Epistle to Viretus writing thus of him Quam multiplicem in Bucero iacturam fecerit Ecclesia Dei quoties in mentem veniâ— cor meum prope lacerari sentio As often as I doe thinke what a manifold losse came to the Church of Christ by losing this Bucer my heart almost doth rent in pieces This Testimony proceeding from such a Man as Calvin doth sufficiently declare the worth of this Bucer I have here to his life set downe his Labours in writing Arguments
invention of things by Polydore 5. Vpon Capgraves Catalogue 6. Vpon the lives of Bishops 7. An Epitome of Leland 8. The acts of the Rom. Bishops Two Comedies in severall sorts of verseâ— 1. The life of St. Iohn Baptist. 2. Of Christ. 3. Of his Baptisme aâ—d Tentation 4. Of Lazarus rais'd 5. Of the high Priests Councell 6. Of Symon the Leper 7. Of the Lords Supper and washing his Disciples feete 8. Of the Passion of Christ. 9. Of his buriall and Resurrection 10. Vpon the marriage of Kings 11. Of the Popish sects 12. Against Detractors 13. Papists treacheries 14. Against adâ—lterating Gods Word 15. Of Ioh. King of England 16. Of the impostures of Thom. Becket 17. Of the promises of God 18. Of the preaching of St. Iohn 19. Corruptions of Divine Lawes 20. Pammachius translated Bookes in prose in English 1. Vpon the Apocalyps 2. Against Standish 3. Against the custome of swearing 4. Mystery of iniquity 5. Against Antichrist 6. The triall of Sir Iohn Old-Castle 7. Some Dialogues 8. Against Baals Priests 9. Apology for Barnes and Gray against Smith 10. Against perswasion to Popery 11. Vpon Anne Askew 12. To Elizabeth after Queen 13. Vpon the single life of Clergie men 14. Lelands Journall 15. Of true Heretiques 16. Expostulations of Popery 17. Vpon Mantuan of death 18. Against the Popish masse 19. Of the calling to a Bishopricke 20. Against Bonners Articles 21. Vpon Luthers death 22. Iohn Lambards Confession 23. A weekes worke to God 24. Thorpes Examination â—ranslated into Latine 25. Iohn Pomers Epistle to â—he English men 26. Of the writers of England and Scotland enriched with 500 Authors 26. Abreviations of Leland While hee lived among the Papists he collected these and writ them 1. A bundle of all writers 2. Writers fâ—om Helia 3. Writers from Bertholde 4. Additions to Trytemiuâ— Germane collections Frenâ— collections and English 5. The spirituall warre 6. The Castle of Peace 7. To the Synod of Hull 8. The History of St. Brâ— chard Of Symon an English man 9. Prefaces upon Mantuaâ— It doth by all these appearâ— what an industruous labourer Bale was in his time whose memory is yet fresâ— amongst us IOHN COLLET THIS Collet was sonne to Henry Collet Knight and twice Lord Maior of London he was Doctor of Divinity in the Vniversity of Oxford and Deane of St. Pauls in London hee was a great Scholler living in the darke time of Popery he embraced true Religion in the reignes of Henry the 7. and 8. Kings of England His sincerity was seene in his extraordinary and laborious Sermons but specially in that which hee preacht to Henry the eighth at his siege of Tournay His Argument was stiled Christianus Miles or the Christian Soldier whereupon hee being called to tryall by the Kings Councellors The issue proved happy for he gave great content to the King insomuch that the King taking a cup of Wine said Deane I drinke to you let every man take whom he will for his Confessor you onely shall be my Doctor And truely this great Deane of St. Pauls taught and lived like St. Paul Hee was expert in St. Pauls Epistles and illustrated them with his Commentaries He preacht against the worshiping of Images concerning Iustification by the Merits of Christ freely against idle Priests against those that were marryed and yet lived inordinately His nature was against those which persecuted the professors of truth Hee derided one that thought St. Paul meant by those words an Heretique after the first and second admonition Devita that he should be cut off taking the verbe to be a substantive De vita ac si de vit â tollenduâ— He founded and built that famous Grammar schoole called Pauls Schoole where an hundred fifty and three poore mens sonnes should be taught freely and a fine house of dwelling for the Schoolemaster which Schoole beares this inscription in Latin Schola Catechisationis puerorum 〈◊〉 Christi Opt. Max. side bonâ—â—tteris Anno Christi M. D. X. â—hich doth evidently prove â—at hee was a true Religious â—an Hee assigned a large â—nnuall stipend to the head â—choole-master and Vsher he â—ft rents and houses which â—e committed to the care of â—e Worshipfull company of â—ercers in London That learâ—ed William Lylly the Author â—f the Latine Grammar was â—e first Schoole-master of â—is place Doctor Collet lies â—mously buried in the Caâ—drall Church of St. Paule â—pon whose Tombe Lyly hath engraven Latine verses and this Motto Disce muri mundo Vivere disce Deo His writings were these 1. Of the institution of youth 2. Of Manners Lib. 1. 3. Foureteene bookes upon St. Paul 4. One booke on the Proverbs 5. One booke of St. Matthew 6. One booke of the feare of Christ. 7. One booke of the twelve Articles of Faith 8. Vpon the Lords Prayer 9. Ordnary Sermons 10. Extraordinary sermons upon speciall occasions 11. Of the sayings of Christ. 12. Disputation against Erasmus Roterdamus 13. One Sermon to the Clergy in English WILLIAM TINDALL THIS famous Schollâ— was borne in the coâ—fines or borders of Wales 〈◊〉 had his youth trained 〈◊〉 in Oxford in Magdalen Colledge in the liberall Sciences where hee attained to great skill in the Tongues when he had gathered great knowledge of Gods Will as it was revealed in his Word He dedicated his first fruits of learning to the Colledge and then entred into holy Orders In that darke time of Popery having embraced the Truth he also instructed his wife and divâ—rs others in the knowledge of it Furthermore hee turn'd many famous bookes and writings into English and namely Erasmus his Enchyridion of a Christian Souldier But his name being growne somewhat famous he was vext by his adversarie the Adherentâ— of the Bishop of Rome and whereas he studied the quiet of his owne Conscience hâ— left this Land and went into Germany and had great conference with Martin Luther and Iohn Frith in Saxony by whose helpe hee set upon the translation of the Scriptures into English tongue for the goâ—d and prosit of the rude and ignorant people and having translated the New Testament and the Pentateuch or five bookes of Moses caus'd them faithfully to bee imprinted at Hamburg with learned Prefaces to each of them and sent them into England He writ many other famous pieces in English and when hee had staid a good while in Germany he came downe to Antwerp in Brabant where hee did much good by instructing the Merchants and enduing them with the knowledge of the truth but hee had not travelled long before his adversaries had laid him out for the fire therefore being by Letters and Messengers sent out of England taken he was led as a Prisoner to Filford Castle in in Flanders where for the testimony of Iesus Christ and for the Profession of the Gospell hee suffered constantly a cruell Martyrdome being burnd to Ashes His last words hee spake were these Open oh Lord the Kings eyes of England Hee was through the whole
by his very many Treatises worthily famous and full of excellent Divinity which are extant and to be sold in English the Catalogue of which I have ioyned to his life there are none of his workes in Latine that are to be had except on learned Disputation of the Lords Supper which he composed in the time that he was ahroad by which it doth easily and evidently appeare how dearely hee embraced and loved the Protestant Religion hee was chosen into the number of the Prebendaries of Canterbury and kept it untill his dying day He paied Nature her debt about the eight yeare 1570. being 60 yeares old John Parkhurst the Bishop of Norwich hath written verses in the Commendation both of this man and of his works writings His works are contained in three Tomes with study diligence piety I have here set them in order The first Tome containes 1. Newes from Heaven 2. A banquet of Christs birth 3. A Quadragesimal feast 4. A Method of praying 5. A bundle or posie of Flowers 6. An invective against swearing 7. Discipline for a Christian Souldier 8. Davids Harpe 9. The government of vertue 10. A short Catechisme 11. A booke of Matrimony 12. A Christians New-yeares guift 2. Tome containes 1. A Jewell of Mirth 2. Principles of Christian Religion 3. A Treatise of Fasting 4. The Castle of comfort 5. The soules solace 6. The Tower of the faithfull 7. The Christian Knight 8. Homelies against Whooredome 9. The Flowers of Prayers 10. A sweete boxe of Prayers 11. The sicke mans Medicine 12. A Dialogue of Christs Nativity 13. An Invective against Adultery Volumes in English full fraught with learning and iudgement as they are divided 3. Tome containes 1. An Epistle to the distressed servants of God 2. A supplication to God for the restoring his Word 3. The rising of the Popish Masse 4. Common places of Scripture 5. A comparison betwixt the Lords Supper and the Papall Masse 6. Articles of Religion confirmed by the authority of the Fathers 7. The monstrous wages of the Romane Priests 8. Romish Reliques 9. Difference betwixt Gods Word and Humane inventions 10. Acts of Christ and Antichrist with their lives and Doctrine 11. Chronicles of Christ. 12. An abridgement of the New Testament 13. Questions of the Holy Scripture 14. The glorious triumph of Gods word 15. In the praise of death all these were Printed in the yeare 1564. 16. Postills upon all the Sundayes Gospels in quarto 17. The Medicine for the Sicke often Printed in octavo by it selfe IAMES MOVNTAGV WHen you shall reade this worthy Prelate to be Bishop of Winchester and Dean of the Kings Chappell and Prelate of the noble Order of the Garter and privy Councellor to King James know that he obtained these Titles and honors by his vertue and learning To passe by his noble descent from the Montacutes Earles of Salisbury His Father was a Knight that famous Sir Edward of Boughton in Northampton shire His Grandfather was Councellor to King Henry the Eight his Mother was the Sister of the elder famous Lord Harington Hee had education in Cambridge answerable to his birth where his learning was such that the Vniversity bestowed both his Title Master of Arts as also Doctor in Divinity before the set time And the Vniversity gained by him for that Sidney-colledge founded by Francis Countesse of Sussex his Aunt he being Master of it when as there were ill sents by the grounds lying about dangerous and noysome he brought Trumpinton water through a new-cut way into the Garden of the said Colledge both to the health of that Colledge and the whole Vniversity His young yeeres were admirably well seasoned which made him prove so famous afterwards For King James taking notice of him presently swore him Chaplainâ— in ordinary and was made Deane of Liechfield of the Kings Chappell and presently after of Worcester and not long after Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells In which while he sate for eight yeeres he seemed to have those honours bestowed on him for the publicke good rather than for himselfe so revâ—rend was his carriage and pious his life and charitable his hands The poore in that Hospitall lost a good maintainer and all good men of that place a true Bishop He repaired the Bishops Palace almost ruined and furnished it with a Chappell and gardens His house at Banovell speaks his praise and posterity wil never forget his charity to the Church of Bath begun one hundred yeeres since by Oliver a Bishop and chiesly now at his cost and charges finished If death had not prevented here hee had plac'd a Deane and Choyristers and his two worthy brethren Henry and Sidney did provide that his purpose should not be voyd At last translated hee was to VVinchester where he did not so much looke after new honours as new burthens The House called VVinchester-house on the Thames side speaks his praise for her beauty which hee bestowed on her almost decayed Farnham Casâ—le also is not filent of his worth and praise which did so much partake of his bounty He also adorned the Tower in the Castle of VVindsor being his lot as Pâ—elate of the Garter so that it is easily knowne that in these works hee lâ—id out above 5000. pounds sterling He dyed at Greenwich of a Dropsie being aged 49. on the 13. of the Kalends of August 1618. leaving behind him foure famous brethren Knights Sir Edward the eldest Sir Charles which buried him Sir Henry and Sir Sidney now living Master of the Requests He was not unmindfull of Sidney Colledge but gave a yeerely stipend to the Library He desired to be buried in Bath where his Tombe is to be seene of Marble and Alabaster his family did not onely misse him but the Vniversities the Court and Church and his death grieved the King mainely for he loved him dearely for his care integrity sweetnesse of carriage and learning In a word having lived a Reverend Father of our Church and alwayes imitating the Piety of those renowned Fathers Bishops before him in the Primitive times hee is with them laid to rest expecting the reward of the just at that great day of Jesus comming WILLIAM PERKINS THe place of this Divines birth was Marfâ— not farre from the City of Coventry in Warwick-shire he was brought up and polished in learning in the Vniversity of Cambridge where he made in short space excellent proofe and demonstration both of learning and piety so that he was not onely an excellent and diligent Preacher but also a quicke and dextrous writer of many Treatises and Commentaries which for their worth were many of them translated into Latine and sent beyond Sea where they were and to this day are well approved of so that his fame was not onely in this Kingdome but also in France Germany and the Low Countries and in some parts of Spaine for his workes many of them are in French in high Dutch and low Dutch and his Reformed Catholicke translated into