Berengaâ—ius that can wrong thy innocence for thou hast by holy Scriptures and Fathers confirmed thy words and convinced their madnesse the purity of it appeares even in the writings of thy Adversaries even by Lanfranck himselfe that Longobard who was a man so full of subtilty and policy especially in Schoole Divinity that it tooke name from him nay he was so eminent in learning that the learning of St. Augustine and Hierome was not esteemed of and so this Lanfrank proved the Popes Champion in this question of Transubstantiation which is the soule as it were of the Masse and thereupon he had the Arch-Bishopricke of Canterbury given him nay for defending this so stifâ—ely Pope Alexander the second the successor to Nicholas did rise up to honour this Lanfranck and indeede the upholders of the Romish cause doe all mainly bustle to defend this so that Pope Urban the fourth in the yeare 1264 did appoynt a solemne Feast for it with Processions Torches Banners and all other solemâ—ities and did give upon that â—ay many Indulgences and â—ut Thomas Aquinas to prove â—t to be necessary by Tipes Figures and shadowes out of the Old Testament But Berengarius testified sufficiently his griefe and wonderfull sorrow and assumed new courage and so defended to the last what formerly he had written and so departed this life a famous champion of Christ Iesus hee sleepes in peace till the last Trumpet shall awake him to meete our Lord at his comming to Iudgement And his Effigies as you see was had by the helpe of Master Francis Molineus who was a Deane a learned man and studious of Antiquities Berengarius writ a Booke of the Body and the Blood of Christ in the Sacrament in which he defends and confirmes his Tenents by the Scriptures and Fathers and in the same booke hee doth write of the Antichristian Church and renounces his former yeelding absolutely and tearmes that Councell plainely Consilium vanitatis For so Benno a Cardinal in Hildebrands life saith that then the Romish Clergy was full of treachery and avrice ICâ—ANNES HVS THIS Famous instrument of GODS Church seemes to have taken his first vigour and courage from our English Wickliffe he was borne in Prague the Metropolis of the Kingdome of Bohemia and proved a famous preacher in that slourishing Vniversity he was Pastor of a Church in that towne called the Bethleemish Kirch where his Doctrines did iudicially oppose the Popes proceedings hence Pope Alexander the fifth condemned him for an Heretique In his time things tooke not good successe in the Church of Rome for the Cardinals falling out amongst themselves they chose three Popes divers Kings tooke it ill that the Church of Rome should be thus divided Then in the yeare of Grace 1414. there was a Councell held at Constance for the redresse of these mischiefes which now were got into the Roman Church To this Councell was Iohn Hus called by the Authority of the Emperor Sigismund who had past his word faithfully for his safe comming thither and for his returne from thence he obeyd the Emperor and trusted to his promise but comming thither neither was the Emperor Sigismunds promise availeable for his safety for it was contradicted by that Councell and he cast into prison with this censure First that faith in promises was not to be kept with Heretiques and that though Sigismund promised him safe conduct thither yet he promised not to safe guard him at his departure and if he had it was of no validity or force The Bohemians intercede for him but in vain with such eagernes and zeale did those Roman Agents prosecute their cause and therefore adiudged both his person and his workes to bee burned and when some of them would have had him shaven and others denyed it so that they could not agree Hus pleasantly turning to the Emperor Sigismund said Though all these my Adversaries bee cruell enough yet they cannot agree in the manner of the performing it At the last they set a triple Crowne of Paper upon his head and so upon the sixth day of Iuly the yeare following being 1415 this great scholler was burned The Bohemians upon his death rose in Arms and their Generall was Ziska a slout and valiant Captaine and they had admirable successe This John Hus did write divers workes They are Printed at Nurenburgh in Montanus and Nuberiis Shop 1558. 1. An explication of the Lords Prayer the Creed the ten Commandements of Sinne Marriage of the Knowledge and Love of God of the seaven deadly finnes of the Lords Supper c. 2. Of Peace 68. Epistles written a little before the Councell of Constance 3. A Treatise of Tithes 4. A Treatise of the Church 5. A booke of Antichrist 6. Of the Kingdome people life and manners of Antichrist 7. Of the unity of the Church and of Schismes 8. An History of the Acts of Christ out of the 4 Evangelists 9. An History of the passion of Christ with Notes 10. Explication of the 7 first Chapters of the 1 Ep. to the Cor. 11. Vpon the Canonicall Epistles of the Apostles 7 Commentaries 12. Of worshipping of Images He spoke at his death that within a hundred yeares God would call them to account for his sufferings HIERONYMVS PRAGENSIS THIS worthy Instrument hath his name from the place of his birth for hee was a Bohemian by birth and as you view the Effigies so may you conclude of his Physiognomy there is one that commends him deeply and yet not without cause the words he useth of him after he had praised his outward livelinesse are Erat Hieronymus vir animo Corpore forma eruditione virtute eloquentia insignis id est Hierome was a man famous for spirit Comlinesse Learning Vertue Eloquence His place of abode was at Iberling not past a Dutch mile distant from Prague When hee stood in defence of Hus and his Country hee could not get protection from the Emperor but in his travaile was taken by one Croft so bound was carried to Constance here the whole troope of his adversaries being met furiously set upon him 1. Gerson that noted Chancelor of Paris publickly produc'd many things and obiected some new tenents and propositions which he had formerly delivered in the City of Paris and that by those his new conclusions he had disturbed the whole Vniversity 2. The Chancellor of the Vniversity of Collen obiected â—ginst him an Oration which â—e had formerly delivered in â—hat place 3. The Master of the Vâ—iversity of Heidelbergh carrying himselfe loftily in his Chaire declared that he had uttered some strange opinions in that Accademy and so did divers others This Hierome of Prague thundered against the ill lives of the Romish Monkes and Friars demonstrated their Pride Covetousnesse Lusts c. of that state whereupon he was condemned to be burned for which he was resolutely prepared as it appeared by his valouâ— and contempt of death eveâ— at the stake it selfe for stanâ— ding at the stake bound the
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
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
Treatise of Gods eternall Covenant 7. An Assertion of the two Nain Christ. 8. Five excellent Bookes of Vigilius Martyr and Bishop of Trent five hundred yeeres since written against Eutiches with Bullingers Notes 9. Institution of Christian Matrimony 10. Institutions for sicke men 11. Declarations of Gods great benefits to the Switzers and Exhortations to Repenâ—ance Tome 3. 1. A Treatise of the Sabbath and Christian Feasts 24. Sermons 2. Two Sermons of the Office of Magistrates and of an Oath 3. Three Homilies of Repentance 4. Sixe Sermons of conversion to God out of Act. 8. 5. Daniels Prophecy explained with the excellency of Gods Word 6. Of the Office Propheticall and how to be performed 7. Exhortation to Ministers to leave controversies and contentions 8. Of the Originall of Mahometanisme 9. Of the persecutions of the Church Tome 4. 1. A Preface to the Latine Bible Printed at Zurich 1544. 2. Sixty six Homilies on Daniel 3. Epitome of the times from the Creation to the destruction of Hierusalem Tome 5. 1. One hundred and ninety Homilies on Esay 2. One hundred sixty Sermons on Ieremy 3. A briefe exposition on Ieremies Lamentation Tome 6. 1. Twelve Bookes Commentaries on St. Mathew 2. Sixe Bookes on St. Marke on St. Luke 9. on St. Iohn 10. on the Acts of the Apostles 3. A Series of times and Actions of the Apostles Tome 7. 1. Fourteene Commentaries on the Epistles of St. Paul 2. Seven more Commentaries on the same 3. Sermons on the Apocalyps translated out of Latine into Dutch French English Polish Tome 8. 1. A Demonstration of Christian perfection to Henry 2. King of France 2. Of the Authority of the Scripture certainty absolute perfection stability and of the Institution of Bishops and their Function with some others Thus this glorious Ornament of the Church having finish'd his course and kept the Faith after long travell and labour in Gods Vineyard was layd downe to rest RODOLPHVS GVALTâ—ERVS UErtue and Learning are attained unto by diligence as appeares in this Man He was richly adorned with abilities in all Sciences especially Latine and Greeke he was a very exquisite Orator and a dainty Poet so being furnished with these endowments hee entred into the study of Divinity He was holy in life and grave in his carriage and singular for his Learning hee was Pastor of the Church of Zurich above 40. yeeres which hee supplyed faithfully and with good successe not onely to the benefit of the Tigurines but also to many strangers who came to heare him So it doth appeare that he desired to doe good to the Church of God by his Homilies which hee set forth upon all the Prophets Apostles Evangelists whose labours serve Students to this day as a Library Printed by Froschover with great paines and diligence Well when this Gualter had raised up the the Cause of Christ and oppos'd that See of Rome having painefully discharged his Office in the Church of the Tigurines a longtime he gave up his Spirit to God and lyes buried in this City having lived 74. yeeres and in the yeere of Christ 1586. His workes are many and those profitable to be read a Catalogue of them I here present to your view 1. The combate of David and Goliah set forth Allegorically in Heroicke Verses 2. Epiceds of Marg. Blaurer upon Peter Martyr Bullinger Parkhurst Bishop of Norwich Symler Gualter 3. Arguments of all the Chapters in the Old and New Testament in Verse Elegiack 4. A Collation of the New Testament to the Greeke Copy 5. An Apology to the Catholick Church for Zuinglius 6. Orthodox confession of faith by the Ministers of the Church of Zurich 7. A sacred Comedy of Nabal 8. Of the Offices of Ministers 9. Of the antiquity of Schooles with the praise of their Founders 10. Five Homilies of the last times and of Antichrist 11. Homilies on St. Iohns Epistles upon Zacharies Song of the Nativity of Christ of the slavery of sinne and freedome of the faithfull 12. Of the Originall Dignity and Authority of the Holy Scriptures of Christs comming and of our preparation upon the 113. Psalme 13. Three Homilies upon the Ascension of Christ and sending the Holy Ghost 14. The Christians Looking-glasse Two Homilies 15. Homilies upon the twelve 〈◊〉 Prophets 16. Homilies upon St. Math. Marke Luke Iohn Acts Rom. Corinth Galath 17. Nineteene Homilies on â—entations 18. Tenne Homilies of the Bread of Life 19. Three hundred and twenty Homilies on Esay 20. Translation of the five Bookes of Moses 21. Twenty foure Bookes of Zuinglius translated out of Dutch into Latine 22. The Psalter into Dutch 23. Ten Sermons of Theodoret of Divine Providence 24. Upon Ciceroes Workes de Lege Agraria in Verrem 25. Of the quantity of Syllables and Verses 26. An Elegy on the studies of the German Nobility 27. Many sorts of Verses ancient and learned to Iohn Frisius a Tigurine And so having spent his spirits to the good of the Church and terror of his Adversaries and to the sweete content and comfort of his owne Soule hee had his desire fulfill'd which was To be dissolv'd and to bee with his Saviour free from further troubles and miseries which this Life was full of THEODORVS BEZA BEhold the grave countenance of this Man who seemes to bee alive though dead This Beza is famous through all the Christian world borne of Noble Parents who did enlarge Christs Kingdome wonderfully by his Vertue Piety writings and holy labours he was excellent in Learning in his youth especially for Latine and Greeke as also for the Politiques as appeares by those famous Monuments set forth by him His Tutor which hee had first was at Aurelium then at Zurich who was called Melior Volmarus a German by Nation a godly man well learned and excellent for the Greeke tongue to whom in the yeere of our Redemption 1560. Beza dedicated the Confession of his Faith aâ— unto a Parent or Patrone with which also he expressed the whole course of his former life At twenty yeeres of Age he was Licenciate in the Civill Law he had two Vncles one of them was a Senator or Alderman as it were of Paris the other was Abbat of Frigimontan both these did mainely desire to have this Beza nay this Abbat so greatly loved him that he had design'd him next successor in that Abbey which was worth five Thousand French Crownes yeerely howsoever he had two Benefices of which hee had no skill to governe so that hee had full friends Monies and ease and being enticed with the fulnesse and splendor of these he did suspect that Sathan had layd snares for him Therefore being mindfull of Holinesse and thinking of his good Tutor and the change of his life he fell into a Sicknesse which was the cause of his spirituall Health and welfare as hee would say So recovering his health he forsooke all and came to Geneva as to the safest Haven for his goods in the yeere 1548. Hence within a while hee went
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
was Deane of the Famous Church of St. Paul in London Hee was the first that returned from Forreigne parts hee presently writ two bookes of true Religion against the Papists and also of his first and last Lent Sermons He was for thirty yeares together Preacher to Queene Elizabeth of blessed memory Hee was likewise Patron of Middleton Schoole Hee gave to Brazen-nose Colledge in which hee studied from the thirteenth of his age till twenty sixe to thirteene Students to bee maintained two hundred pounds of English money being at the same time principall of the same Colledge Hee was the Author of much good to Pauls Schoole Hee did propagate godlinesse by his frequent Preachings and Catechismes Hee had the testimony for abilities and rare parts of both Vniversities and of Forreigne Churches and of those happy Prince King Edward the sixth and Queene Elizabeth as also of their true hearted Nobles Hee was a speciall maintainer of the Poore and more specially of learned Schollers Hee was a comforter of the afflicted both for their bodies and soules and hee was an especiall reconciler of contentions and Law suites witnes for ever to his praise that agreement and unity which hee alone procured betweene Sir Thomas Gresham and Sir Iohn Ramsey being falne out and fully intending to prosecute their causes at Law but by this reverend Divines perswasion and meditation were made Friends and so continued to their dying day Hee sate long the Deane of St. Pauls and lived till he was ninety yeares old and yet then had his perfect sight Hee dyed in the yeare of our Lord 1601. on the thirteenth of February and lyes buryed in the Famous Cathedrall Church of St. Paul in London with this Epitaph upon his Tombe 〈◊〉 os â—vestigia Evangeliza itium pacem With some Verses also annexed this being the last of them Sic oritur floret demoriturque Deo His Workes set forth are as followeâ—h 1. Against Thomas Dormâ—n an English Papist in two boâ—s in quarto English 2. Another Booke against Dorman and Sanders of Transubstantiation in quarto English 3. His greater Catechisme in Latine in quarto 4. His lesser Catechisme in Latine in Octâ— 5. The same in Latine Greeke and Hebrew IOHN IEVELL THIS famous Instrument may truely answer to his Name for heâ— was a rich Iewell both tâ— Church and Common-wealth He was borne in Devonshire and brought up to ripenesse in that flourishing Vniversity of Oxford first in Merton Colledge and afterwards in Corpus Christi Colledge where with the approbation of all the Learned hee tooke the degree of Batchelor in Divinity In his time hee was a famous and no lesse painefull Preacher of the Gospell of his Saviour In the Reigne of Queene Mary he fled into Germany to enioy the liberty of his Conscience and to avoide those snares thâ—t were laying for him in which he had beene intrapped had he stayed but the dayes of Queene Mary ending and famous Queene Elizabeth comming to the Crowne this worthy Scholler returned to England and at his comming was ioyfully received of his Mother the University who bestowed upon him the famous Title of Doctor of Divinity And not long was it before that renowned Queene Elizabeth for his singular learning and knowledge in all the Sciences and Tongues made him Bishop of Salisbury which Diocesse he governed with wonderfull care and vigilancy not onely feeding the soules of his people but also at all times distributing food to the bodies of the poore and distressed And as he was admirable for his dextrous and pious government of the affaires of the Church so was he also renowned farre and wide for his learned works and writings which foiled the Adversaries and quite stopt their mouths and rest yet unanswered which did mightily disparage their Cause Hee writ both in Latine and English for hee was excellent in the knowledge of the Tongues but that piece which most wounded the Roman Cause was his Apology for the Church of England which worke is piously reserved as a memoriall of him in all our Churches so that it may be sayd of him hee is dayly read in our Meetings and whose fame is through all the Churches Peter Martyr for this his worke gave him great commendations in these words Apologia tua Frater charissime c. Your Apology most deare Brother hath not onely afforded me content and satisfaction in all respects but it is approved of for a learned eloquent worke of Bullinger and his followers also of Gualter so that they cannot praise you enough neither doe they beleeve that any worke in this time hath beene set forth fuller of all manner of learning and entire perfection those be Martyrs very expressions This worthy and Reverend Juell of our English Church did as it were foretell in part his Dissolution as appeares by two Letters sent by him to the Reverend Father in God the Lord Bishop of Norwich which Doctor Lawrence Humphred doth set forth This worthy InstrumeÌ„t yeelded to Death at his Palace in Monktonfarley the Citizens of Salisbury did greatly bewaile his death it was in the yeere of our Lord 1573 and of his Age the 50th and lyes buryed in the Cathedrall Church of Salisbury in the middle of the Quire under a fairâ— Marble-stone with this Inscription in Latine which I have Englished because it sets forth his praise To John Juell an English man in the County of Devon sprung of the ancient Family of the Juels of Buden of the University of Oxford exâ—ed in Queene Maries dayes into Germany but â—n Queene Elizabeths Reigne was Bishop of this Diocesse where he sate Eleaven yeeres and Nine Moneths ruling faithfully and with great Integrity a Man religious learned sharpe-witted solid in Judgement endued with Piety and singular Humanity An expert Divine a Jewell of Jewels dyed at Monktonfarley buried at Salisbury being a Cittizen oâ— Heaven Laurence Humphred hath consecrated this Monument in witnesse of his favour and love in the yeere of Salvation 1573 IX Kalends Octob. Psalme 112. The Righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance He also made a Monument himselfe which will last longer than that of Marble which are his Workes that â—ollow 1. A Synopsis of that seditious Bull of Pius quintus sent into England 1569. in English 2. A short treatise of the Scriptures 3. A Treatise of the Sacraments 4. A Sermon preached in King Edwards Reigne upon 1. Pet. 4. 11. 5. Sixe Sermons before Queene Elizabeth at Pauls Crosse in English 6. The Apology of the Church of England 7. A Volume against Thomas Harding wherein 77 qâ— stions are discussed and decidâ— by Scriptures Councels and Aâ— cient Fathers translated into Lâ— tine by William Whittaker 8. His Reply against Harding turned out of English in to Latine by Tho. Bradocke John Wolley Secretary to Queene Elizabeth made some Verses upon his Death these are the two last of them Moribus ingenio â—octrina relligione Nulla ferent taleÌ„ saecula longa viruÌ„ For manners
Wit Learning Religion Like him these times will yeeld us few or none MATHEW PARKER This countenance speaks Gravity and hee was no lesse than he appeares He was borne in the City of Norwich furnished with Learning in the Vniversity of Cambridge Hee was BibleClarke in Corpus Christi Colledge and after he was made Fellow of the same Colledge but he was called from hence to be Chaplaine to Queene Anne Wife to Henry 8. King of England He tooke degree of Doctor in Divinity and first he was made Deane of Stoake and Queene Anne dying the King made him one of his Chaplaines and that King dying he was reputed worthy to be Chaplaine to King Edward the sixth he obtayned no meane preferments and dignities under both Kings as the Mastership of that Colledge in which hee was bred He was Prebend of Ely and Deane of Lincolne all which promotions in King Edwards dayes hee did quietly possesse untill the second yeere of Queene Mary then he was for marrying a Wife stript from all his preferments and lived an obscure and poore life But that storme being over and the Archbishopricke of Canterbury being voide by the death of Cardinall Poole Queene Elizab. iudged none fitter for this eminent preferment for Life and Learning than this Grave Prelate and so did bestow the Archbishopricke upon him He was installed the 17. of December and sate Primate and Metropolitane of all England the space of 15. yeeres in which space hee did many famous workes of Charity As first he gave to the City of Norwich the place of his birth a Silver Basen and Eure double guilt weighing an hundred and threescore and ten Ounces to this he gave 50. Shillings yeerely to be distributed to the poore of that City Hee tooke care also for sixe anniversary Sermons â—o be preached in five particular parish-Parish-churches in Norfolke Hee built a faire Grammar-schoole at Rochdale in Lancashire he gave to Corpus Christi or Bennet-Colledge of which he was Head Thirty Schollerships hee builded the inward Library and furnished it with many faire Bookes printed and Manuscripts rare and scarce for worth and antiquity Moreover he gave to the Students of the same House a piece of Plate of 30. â—unces of Silver double guilt and withall gave the perpetuall Advouzon of the Parsonage of Saint Mary Abchurch to the Colledge these with many other deeds of Charity this Reverend Prelate freely did performe But one thing I cannot omit of him which was his great care for the preservation of ancient Histories whose names before this time had perished but that that fastened a Nomenclature or Catalogue of the Authors This Father of the Church deceased in the yeere of Jesus Incarnation 1574 being 70. yeeres old and lies buryed in the Châ—ppell at Lambeth covered with a Marble and an ingraven Epitaph his workes are these that follow 1. A Sermon when Mar. Bucer was buried out of Wisdome Cap. 4 ver 7. to 19. 2. A booke of the Antiquity of the Church of Canterbury and of 70. Archbishops of that See 3. The History of England of Mathew Paris 4. The flowers of the History of Mathew of Westminster 5. The History of Gyrald the Welchman of Tho. Walsin◠〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 famous Father of whom it is said Integer vera Relligionis amans IOHN FOXE BEhold this Man and thou canst not choose but wonder at his extraordinary labour and travaile to gather together so many of Gods servants in a bundle hee was borne in the County of Lancaster his young yeeres shewed that he was layd out for a Scholler and so he had education accordingly in a famous Schoole After being ripe he was sent to Oxford and was admitted into Magdalen Colledge where hee gave himselfe strictly to study and then profest Divinity hee attained to an excellent skill in the Latine Greek and Hebrew Tongues in King Edward 6. his Reigne and for his better safety and security left this Kingdome in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 dayes and lived in the Low-câ—untries But when the Date of that Qâ—eenes dayes were expired he camâ— backâ— into England and pâ—oved a famous Divine Hâ— had an excâ—llent faculty in preaching and added â—o painefulnessâ— constancy and willingnesse but that worke oâ— his called The History of the 〈◊〉 made his name famâ—us in this Kingdome and else where and will for evâ—r 〈◊〉 his praise He wâ—s a man of an humble spirit and hâ—d tâ—uely leaâ—n'd thaâ— Doctrâ—ne of St. Paul In what estate soever he was in therewithall to be content Hee was one that had as it seem'd crucified himselfe to the world and its vanities as it may appeare in a kind and fatherlâ— reprehension of his eldest sonne who having a great mind to travel into forraigne parts which when hee had pâ—rformed he came to his Father in Oxford then being old and he being aâ—tired in a loose out-landish fashion who are you said his Father not knowing him to whom his sonne replyed I am your sonne to whom this Master Foxe answered Oh what enemy of thine hath taught thee so much vanity which speech of his shewed that his minde was weaned from the love of the world And indeed I cannot conceive how hee could have any liberty to addict himselfe to follow delights and pleasures doing so exquisiâ—ely such rare pieces of Schollership which tooke up all his time nay it is rather to be wondred how he performed so great labours in so short a time which he could not have done without long and tedious watchings and fastings which three study fasting and watching will subiect the flesh to the Spirit and this course tooke â—ee This man never sought afâ—er greedily any promotions or preferments but held and â—pproved of that estate in which he dyed He departed â—his life in London and lyes â—uried in the Church of Saint Giles without Cripple-gate upon whose Marble Monument his Sonne Samuel Foxe hath caused to bee ingraven this Inscription Christo S. S. To John Foxe his honoured Father the faithfull Martyrologian 〈◊〉 our English Church a mosâ— disert searcher into thâ— Antiquities of Histories a most stiffe Bulwarke and fighter for the Evan gelicall Truth which hath revived the Martyrâ— as so many Phoenixes from the dust of Oblivion is this Monument made He dyed 18. of Aprill 1587. and of his age 70. He writ and set forth these things that follow 1. Meditations on the Apocaâ—ps 2. A Treatise of Christ crucifiâ— Lat. 3. Of Christ tryâ—mphing in 〈◊〉 4. The continuation of Williâ— Haddon against Osorius 5. Against the Pope Lat. 6. Short and comfortable exâ—rtations to the afflicted Angliâ— 7. Short notes of Election in English 8. The foure Evangelists in Saxon-English 9. His History of Martyrs 10. A Sermon made at the baptizing of a Iew the Text out of the 11. to the Romans in Lâ— tine 11. Vrbanus Rhegius 〈◊〉 Faith translated 12. One hundred and fifty Ti tles and Orders of Common places 13. A supplication to the English Lords for the afflicted brethren
14. A Gratulatory to the English Church and to her Pastors 15. Of the Eucharist 16. Of receiving those that are fallen 17. Expostulation of Christ with Mankind 18. Against the Calumnies of Del-Rius 19. Of Excommunication These be the fruits that this â—ighteous Tree planted in Gods Church did bring forth which doe sufficiently declare him WILâ—IAM GRINDALL THis great Divine waâ— borne in Cumberland he studied the Liberall Artâ— and Sciences at Cambridge iâ— Pembrooke-hall of which Society hee was first made Fellow and afterwards Master After this he was taken of Nicolas Ridley theâ— Lord Bishop of London to be his Houshold Chaplaine which worthy Prelate commended him to King Edward 6 but the unwished for death of that King hastening hee did misse of preferment that way Then he in the Reigne of 〈◊〉 Mary went into Germany and lived there till that Queene dyed but she being dead hee returned home againe and was chosen by Queene Elizabeth to that preferment which King Edward the sixt had laid out for him 1550. that was the Bishopricke of London which See he did wisely and religiously governe about 11. yeeres and then 1570. hee was made Archbishop of Yorke where he was Archbishop 6. yeeres from whence for his singular Piety and Learning he was in the yeere 1575. installed Archbishop of Canterbury where he ruled the affaires of the Church of England the space of 7. yeeres dextrously and religiously Two yeeres before his death hee lost his sight but Death comming tooke away this glorious Lampe of our English Nation and hee lyes buryed at Croydon 1583. and of his age 64. This Prelate was not void but plentiful and abounding in good works and charitable actions witnesses are first that free Grammar schoole which hee built at St. Bees or Bege in Comberland a little towne which schoole he endowed with the yearely revenewes of thirty pounds for ever He tyed upon Pembrook-hall lands worth twenty two pounds yearely for ever for the maintenance of a Greek Lecturer and for the sustenance of one fellow and two Schollers which should be sent from Bees Schoole He also gave to the same Hall divers worthy and rare bookes and a piece of Plate weighing forty ounces of silver Hee granted likewise to Magdalen Colledge in Cambridge a yeerely pension for ever for the maintenance of one Fellow which should be taken from his Schoole at St. Bege in Comberland He gave also to Christs Colledge in Cambridge a place of excellent literature and piety from which hath sprung many a famous Divine and Statesman a piece of plate weighing forty sive ounces He gave likewise to Queenes Colledge in Oxford the yearely revenewes of twenty pounds for ever to the maintenance of one Fellow and two Schollers to be chosen out of the aforesaid Schoole and at his death he bequeathed to the same Queenes Colledge in Oxford a great part of the bookes in their Library and a piece of Plate and forty pounds in money He likewise gave to eight poore almes-men at Croydon meanes valued yearely at 50 pounds Lastly he gave to the City of Canterbury 100 pounds of English money to be for ever for a stocke for to set the poore of that City on worke and to keepe them from idlenesse and beggery And so having done such and so many remarkable passages of Charity this reverend Metropolitane is laid to rest in the Lord. There is a Sermon of his which he preached at St. Pauls Crosse when the Funeralls of the Emperor Ferdinand were celebrated in English LAVRENS HVMPHERDE THis Worthy Divine was borne in the County of Buckingham studied in the famous Nursery and seed-plot of learning the Vniversity of Oxford in Magdalen Colledge hee departed this land as many other great Divines and Religious professors did in Queene Maries Reigne but in the beginning of Queene Elizabeth he returned home and was excellent for the Pulpit or the schools and tooke his Degree of Doctor in Divinity hee by his great abilities of learning set foâ—th Gods glory and mightily discovered that dangerous nest of Iesuites with their close and politique practices against Princes and their settled governments if they were not 〈◊〉 to the Roman Bishop His Books which he hath â—et forth doe evidently declaâ—e and manifâ—ly prove with what diligence and study hee found out the frauds impostures of the followers of Rome by ancient histories hee was made publique professor of Divinity or else Doctor of the Chaire in Oxford and President of Magdalen Colledge which dignities and preferments he did many yeeres with great commendation and approbation keepe and enioy He ended his life at Oxford and was there buried in the yeare of Christs Incarnation 1589 the whole Vniversity deploring and lamenting deepely the losse of so famous a governour and did see that his funerall rites were with all solemnity duly peâ—formed â— answerable to his place and office Hee was intimate with Bishop Iuel and grieved for his death and the Church of England missed them both this Humphred was at the time of his death little lesse than seventy yeares old his works are here faithfully â—ecorded 1. Of Nobility and the ancient originall of it 2. A little booke of the Conservation of true Religion 3. Consent of the Fathers of Iustification 4. Interpretation of Tongues 5. Of Iesuitisme 1. part of the practice of the Roman Court against Common-wealths and Princes with a premonition to English men 6. Iesuitisme 2 part of Puritan-poperie or the Doctrine Iesuiticall against Campian and Iohn Duraeus also Harding a confutation Also Pharisaisme old and new a sermon in Oxford Anno 1582. 7. Of the life and death of Iuell with the defence of his Doctrine and refutation of obiections of Harding Sands Cope c. 8. Origen of true faith translated with a Preface to the same Author and Doctor 9. St. Cyrills Commentaries upon Isaiah into Latine translated 10. An Index to Forslers He brew Lexicon by him made 〈◊〉 BAâ—INGTON THis Prelate as hee was excellent for his parts so was hee of a very faire descent being borne in the County of Nottingham of the ancient family of the Babingtons in the said County where hee drew in the first rudiments of Literature till by his worthy Parents hee was sent to Cambridge and was admitted into that worthy Society of Trinity Colledge Doctor Whitguift being then Master This Babington proved so famous in Schollership that having his degrees hee was made Fellow of the same Colledge and giving himselfe to the study of Divinity he proved a worthy Preacher in that Vniversity After being Doctor in Divinity he was called by Henry that noble Earle of Pembrooke to be his Chaplaine by whose favour he was first made Treasurer of the Church of Landasse in Wales after hee was elected Bishop of the same 1591. and when he had sitten 4. yeeres in that See for his singular Piety and Learning he was by Queene Elizabeth translated to the Bishopricke of Exceter where he scarce stayed 3.
at 58. years of his age departed not without the griefe of the whole Clergy people but specially of the inhabitants of Salisbury at the instant houre of death he cald his servants and with great paines declared his faith and told them they should finde in his writings he sealed up his writings with these words That faith which I have set forth is the truth and in that faith I dye and so gave up the Ghost in March 1618. and lies buried in Sarisbury Cathedrall Church His workes are here set downe 1. The reformed Catholick in 3. Tomes in English against Wil. Bishop an English Papist in the defence of William Perkins 2. A demonstration of Antichrist against Cardinal Bellarmine other Papists in Latine 3. A defence of his bookes against the Cavils and Sophistications of Eudaemon-Iohn for Isack Causabon and against the Apologie of the said Iohn for Garner 4. The old way A Sermon in Latine at Oxford set forth by Thomas Drax. IOHN WHITGIFT LOoke upon and wonder at the Effigies of this reverend Prelate who was so eminent a governour of our English Clergy He was borne in York-shire of an ancient family of the Whitguifts and was the eldest sonne of Henry Whitguift of great Grimsbey in Lincolne-shire Merchant he had an unckle called Robert Whitguift Abbat of Wellow Monastery in Lincolnshire of which unckle he had education who was wont to say that neither he nor the Popish religion would long continue and used this saying of our Saviour Matth. 15. 13. Every Plant which my heavenly father hath not planted shall be rooted up His unckle seeing his forwardnesse to learning sent him to London to Schoole in St. Annes Schoole where prositing much by the advice of his said unckle hee was sent to Cambridge he was at first admitted of Queenes Colledge but not liking that house he removed to Pembrooke Hall Nicholas Ridley being then Master who being certified of Master Bradford of this Schollers forwardnesse and poverty for his Father was decayed by losses at Sea he gave him a Schollership in that Hall and 1555 he was made Fellow of Peter-house Doctor Pearne being then President or Master who favoured him in Queene Maries dayes He having before taken 3. Degrees went forth at last Doctor of Divinity and canvas'd this Question That the Pope is Antichrist being also a famous Preacher hee succeeded Doctor Hutton who was Arch-Bishop of Yorke from a Fellow to bee Master of Pembrooke Hall and was Doctor Coxes Chaplaine the Bishop of Ely He was likewise made the Lady Margaret Countesse of Richmond her Lecturer or Professor which hee performed with such praise that hee was made in short time the Queenes Doctor of the Chaire hee comming to preach before Queene Elizabeth was so well approved of her that she made him Master of Trinity Colledge was sworne her Chaplaine in the yeare 1567. Hee was for ten yeares master of that famous society with the approbation of all the Vniversity except Thomas Cartwright and some few others who did oppose the rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England which this Whitguift maintained The Queene cald him to be Deane of Lincolne which hee held 7 yeares while he staid in Cambridge by his excellent learning and moderation he bred up many brave Pupils of which he saw 5. come to the dignity of Bishops to wit Redman Bishop of Norwich Babington Bishop of Worcester Rudd Bishop of St. Davids Golsborough Bishop of Glocester and Benedict Bishop of Hereford As also many Lords as the Earles of Worcester and Comberland Baron le Zouch Baron Dunboyr of Ireland Nicholas Bacon and Francis Bacon and the Farle of Essex and divers others Having beene Deane of Lincolne seaven yeares the Queene gave him the Bishopricke of Worcester 1577. and he taking his farewell of the Vniversity chose those words of St. Paul to the Corinthians 2. Cor. 13. 11. Within a yeare after hee was made Vice-President of Wales Sir Henry Sidney Knight being then he Lord President In the yeare 1583. upon the death of Grindal Arch-Bishop of Canterbury he was by the Queene chosen for Arch-Bishop and presently one of the Lords of her Maiestics honourable privy Councell During the reigne of this Queene he was in high esteeme insomuch that the Queene would familiarly cal him Her blacke Husband and when this Queene was on her death-bed hee was admitted still to pray by her and when shee was speechlesse yet she showed by signes of her liking his prayers and departed March 24. 1602. Then King James of blessed memory comming to the Crowne he annoynted him and set the Crowne upon his head and was alwayes high in the Kings favour but he grieved inwardly for Queene Elizabeths losse and out-lived her but a few moneths for in February next 1603. hee dyed but his sicknesse King James hearing of came to Lambeth and visited his Arch-Bishop and after many sweet words spoken to him told him that he would pray to God to give him life The Arch-Bishop strove to speake in Latine to the King but his words could not bee understood onely he often repeated this pro Ecclesia Dei that is for the Church of God which were his last words and so within few dayes after dyed being aged 73. and Arch-Bishop more than 20 yeares He was buried in the south side of the Church at Croydon where there is a faire Tombe in memory of him He performed many worthy charitable deedes in all places where he lived as at Lincolne Worcester in the Marches of Wales in Kent and Surrey but the chiefe of all is that famous Hospitall or Almes-house at Croydon dedicated to the Sacred Trinity in which a Warden and 24. Brethren and sisters are nourished To which hee adioyned a faire Free-schoole with a house for the Schoole-master and endowed those places with a sufficient yearely revenew Many of his Chaplaines came to be Bishops hee set forth no bookes but onely one great volume in English of the Rises Ceremonies and Ecclesiasticall polity of our Church defended and one Sermon preached before Q. Elizabeth 24. of March 1574. Text Ioh. 6. ver 25 26 27. THOMAS BECON THE life of man upon Earth is a reall pilgrimage and seldome is so setled or certaine but each moment may and doth oftentimes induce a mutation and wonder not that he is placed here living so long before but then I had not his Effigies This worthy and reverend Clergy man had reall experience of changes for in the reigne of King Edward the sixth hee did professe Divinity in the flourishing Vniversity of Oxford without impeachment or molestation but in the time of Queene Mary he as well as divers others left this Kingdome to enioy the liberty of their consciences and to avoyd if possible they could a storme that fell in that Queenes government and so travelled into Germany but Queene Mary dying hee returned to this Land againe and prov'd a diligent Shepheard and an eminent Writer as may bee proved
Spanish rests yet unanswered by any of that side This Divine was lame of his right hand so that it was unfit to write withall but what famous things hee did write with his left hand not onely the Corporation of Christs Colledge but also the whole Vniversity of Cambridge afford long and sufficient testimonies But alas he was taken from us in the vigour and strength of his age being indeede more fit for heaven than earth hee sickned and dyed at Cambridge in the yeare of Grace 1602. not without many teares and the griefe of all good men being but aged 44. and had all the funerall solemnities and rites of the Vniversity as did befit so learned a man His Workes are here in order set downe 1. A foundation of Christian Religion 2. His Golden chaine or a description of Divinity 3. An Exposition on the Apostles Creed 4. An Exposition of the Lords Prayer 5. A Declaration of the state of Grace and Condemnation 6. Cases of Conscience 7. A discourse of the Tongue done into Latine by Thomas Draxe 8. Of the nature and practice of Repentance 9. Of the meanes to dye well in all states and times 10. Of the combate of the flesh and spirit into Latine by Drax. 11. Of the course to live well 12. A Treatise of Conscience 13. The Reformed Catholicke 14. Of the true meanes to know Christ crucified and the Graine of Mustard-seed into Latine by Thomas Drax. 15. Of true VVealth 16. Of the Idolatry of the last times 17. Of GODS free grace and of free will in Men. 18. Of mens callings 19. Of Predestination in Latine by the Author 20. His Bible harmony 21. A Dialogue of the worlds dissolution These that follow were set forth after the Authors death 1. Three bookes of the cases of Conscience translated into Latine by Thomas Drax and Meyer 2. Commentaries on the five first Chapters on the Galathians 3. Of Christian Equity by Crashaw 4. Of Mans Imagination set forth by Thomas Peirson 5. Problemes against Coxe in Latine by himselfe set forth by Samuel Ward 6. The key of Prophesie set forth by Thomas Tuke 7. Commentaries upon the fifth sixth and seventh chapters of Matthew set forth by Thomas Peirson 8. Commentaries on the three first chapters of the Apocalyps by Robert Hill Tho. Peirson 9. Of the tentation of Christ Matt. from the 1. ver to the 12. of the 4. chapter 10. An exhortation to repentance 11. Two excellent Treatises of Ministers calling set out by Master Crashaw 12. A commentary on Iudes Epistle by Thomas Pickering 13. Of poysoning a Treatise 14. Against Prognosticks an answer to a Countrey fellow 15. Of the houshold Discipline in Latine by the Author now Englished WILL WHITAKER ALthough those of the Church of Rome have had many rare Schollers which have confuted their erronious and superstitious Tenents yet of late scarce any have so convinced them as Iuel and VVhittakers He was borne in Lancashire and was sent to the Vniversity of Cambridge and was admitted into that famous society of Trinity Colledge where hee proved a famous Scholler both in Tongues and all manner of Theology and so was made the Kings Professor of Divinity and Master of Saint Johns Colledge which preferment he long held and in that space he had often combatings with many great Romish Priests and Iesuits as Stapleton Sanders Reinolds and Campian with what successe any man of iudgement or discretion can easily discerne and not daunted with these combatants hee set upon their chiefe Goliah and Champion himselfe even great Bellarmine the Cardinall whose Arguments and Obiections he hath so succinctly and solidly answered that all the Divines of Europe give him great praise and if he had not beene taken away by death hee had answered all the Tomes of Bellarmine exquisitely However I have heard it confest of English Papists themselves which have bin in Italy with Bellarmine himselfe that hee procured the true Portraicture and Effigies of this Whitaker to bee brought to him which he kept in his study for hee privately admired this man for his singular learning and ingenuity and being asked of some of his friends Iesuites Why hee would have the picture of that Heretique in his presence hee would answer quod quamvis Hereticus esset Adversarius esset tamen Doctus Adversarius That although he was an Heretique and his Adversary yet he was a learned Adversary To which I may iustly say that hee was a pious man and a solid Teacher and dyed in peace and quietnesse of Conscience to the griefe of all England and especially of the Vniversity of Cambridge in the yeare of our Lord 1595. and of his age forty seaven and was buryed at Cambridge in St. Iohns Colledge with great solemnity and funerall ornamenns befitting so great a learned man as he was where in the same place you may reade his Epitaph engraven and set in Golden letters upon the Wall by his Sepulchre in the Chappell of St. Iohns Colledge His workes are famous and follow here truely registred 1. Against Thomas Stapleton a Papist his defence of Ecclesiasticall authority in three Bookes with an authority of the Scriptures 2. A solid refutation of Nicholas Sanders his forty Demonstrations that the Pope is not Antichrist because hee is but one man and there haâ—ing beene two hundred Popes 3. A Christian Answer to the tenne reasons of Edmund Campian the Iesuite 4. A defence of Iohn Harding the Iesuite answered and the tenne reasons of Edmund Campian which hee offered to the Ministers of the Church of England 5. Fragments of the old Heresies which helpe to make up the Romane Church 6. Theses propounded and defended at the Commencement at Cambridge 1582. The summe of which was that that the Pope is the Antichrist spoken of in Scripture 7. A disputation of the â—ly Scripture against the papists of this time especially against Robert Bellarmine and Stapleton 8. Certaine Lectures of the controversies of the Church distributed into seven questions a worke set forth after his death by Iohn Allenson 9. A controversie of councels against Iesuites especially Bellarmine in sixe questions 10. A Treatise of Originall sinne in three bookes against three bookes of Thomas Stapleton of Universall Iustification 11. Lectures upon the controversie of the Romane Bishop diâ—ibuted into eight questions chiefely against Bellarmine 12. His Cygnea Cantio or his last Sermon to the Clergie at Cambridge 1595. with a true description of his life and death 13. A translation of a booke of Iuel against Harding in Latine FINIS Tabernis Rhenanis