Grunnium Ad Fratres Germaniae inferioris Spongia adversus aspergines Hutteni Pantalabus sine adversus fâ—bricitantem Adversus Mendacium obtrectationem Antibarbarorum liber 1. Ad quosdam Gracculos Epistola Responsio ad Petri curâ—ii defensionem De Termino De vita phrasi Operibus Originis Besides these you have in the University Library at Oxford not set forth by Frobenius De novo Evangelio novisque Evangelistis judicium Auris Batanaâ— Vita Coleti Duo Diplomata Papae Adriani â—um responsionibus Detestatio Belli Precatio ad Iesum cum aliis Ejaculationibus De Hollandis Translated out of Greeke Classis 5. Ex S. Chrysostomo Adversus Iudaeos Homiliae 5. De Lazaro Divite Hom. 4. De Visâ—one Hom. 5. De Philogone Martyre Hom. 1. De Orando Deum Libri 2. De Davide et Saul lib. 3. Quam Presbyter esset designatus Hom. 1 In psalm Cantate Domino Quam Sarionius et Aureliamus acti essent in exilium Hom. 1. De fide Annae Hom. 2. Commentariorum in Acta Apost Hom. 4 Commentariorum in 2. dam ad Cor. Hom. 7. In Epistolam ad Galatas In Epistol ad Philipp Hom. 2. Ex S. Athanasio De Spiritu Sancto Epistolae 2. Contra Eusebium de Nicaena Sinod Ep. 2 Apologetici Duo adversus eos qui Calumniabanter quod in Persequutio nefugisset Ex S. Athanasio De Passione Domini Hom. 1. De hoc quod Scriptum est in Evangelio Vicum q. Contra vos est De Virginitate De peccato in Spiritum De Spiritu Sancto Ex S. Basilio Principium Esaiae De Spiritu Sancto lib. 1. De laudibus Iejunii lib. 2. Fragmentum Originis in Evang. S. Matth. Euripidis Hecuba Iphigenia Theodori Gazae Grammatices lib. 2. Declamatio alia quaedam ex Libanio Ex Plutarcho De discrimine Adulatoris Amici Quo pacto capi possit utilitas ex inimico De Tuenda bona valetudine Principi maxime Philosophandum An graviores sint Animi morbi quam Corporis De Cupiditate divitiarum An recte dictum sit ab Epicuro 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 De cohibenda iracundia De Curiositate De vitiosa verecundia Galeni exhortatio ad bonas literaâ— Isocrates de Regno administrando ad Nicodem Regem Tyrannus Zenophonius Luciani Saturnalia Cronosolon sive leges Saturnaliciae Epistolae Saturnales De Luctu Icoromenippus Toxaris Pseudomantis Somnium sive Gallus Timon Abdicatus Tyrannicida De mercede conductus Dialogus Cnemonis Damippi Dialogus Zenophantae Callidemi Dialogus Menippi Mercurii Dialogus Menippi Amphilochi Triphonie Dial. Charontis Menippi Dial. Cratetis ac Diogenis Dial. Mirei ac Thersitae Dial. Diogenis ac Mausoli Dial. simyli ac Polystrati Dial. Veneris ac Cupidinis Dial. Doridis ac Galateae Dial. Martis ac Mercurii Dial. Mercurii ac Maiae Dial. Diogenis ac Alexandri Dial. Menippi Chironis Dial. Menippi Cerberi Hercules Gallicus Eunuchus De Sacrificiis De Astrologia Lapithae sive convivium Fathers and other Authors set forth Corrected and Commented upon by Erasmus Classis 6. Augustini opera omnia 10. Tomis Hieronymi opera omnia 9. Tomis Cypriani opera omnia Irenaei opera Arnobius Ciceronis Officia De Amiciâ—ia De Senectute Paradoxa Quintus Curtius Suetoniâ—s Aelius Spartiaâ—us Iulius Capitolinus Aelius Lampridius Vulcâ—tius Galliâ—â—â—â—s Trebellius Pollio Flavius Vopiscus In Nucem Oâ—idii Commentarii In Catonem de Moribus Commentarii Notae in Plautum Notae in Terentium Notae in Quintilianum Notae in utrumque Senecam Two Bookes of his Antibarbarus was lost in England many of his most elaboâ—â—te Declamations at Rome two Books de Eucharistia he finished but supprest He left imperfect at his death a just Commentary upon S. Pauls Epistle to the Romans with many other Treatises since crept into other Mens Workes And it is to be noted that the Index Expurgatorius hath made more bold with no Mans Bookes then with his so that the first Impression are infinitely the best This famous and renowned Writer Erasmus Author and Inditer Of many learned Workes of Worth Which in his life time he set forth Was for his Learning and rare Parts His Wit his Wisedome skill in Arts And Languages and Uertues rare Wherein he justly might compare With his Contemporaries best In such esteeme and high request With all the Princes Potentates And learned Clerkes of all the States In Christendome which knew or saw him That they contended who should draw him To live with them Him to enjoy And with them his rare Parts t' employ Sending him many Gifts most great His presence with them to entreat But crown'd at last with honours Bayes In Basil He did end his dayes As full of yéeres as fragrant fame Leaving behinde an honoured Name HVLRICVS ZVINGLIVS The life and Death of Huldericus Zuinglius In the yeer of our Lord God one thousand four hundred eighty and seven Huldericus Zuinglius the Angel of the Church at Tigurum was borne and on the first of Ianuary in a little village which in the language of the Switzers is called Wild-house he was descended from pious vertuous and Religious Parents his Father also being a man advanced unto great dignity and authority amongst the Switzers in regard of his approved and well deserving parts He by daily observation without doubt to his great comfort seeing and perceiving more then an ordinary towardlinesse in his Sonne and beholding a future worth to discover it selfe even from his infancy and cradle not onely for the advancement of the glory of God but also for the benefit and profit of his native soyle and Countrey therein conferring a more charitable and friendly censure on him then that School-master on Thenistocles and causing others also to make triall of his ingenious disposition who beheld his naturall parts with astonishment and admiration he was very carefull to perfect nature by Art for that cause his age condescending thereunto he committed him unto the tuition of a certain School-master living not far from the place of his birth to be instructed trained up in the elements grounds of the Latin tongue with whom in short time by reason of the vigilancy and watchfulnesse of the one and the carefulnesse and industry of the other he attained not without great applease to that discretion and judgement that he esteemed those things which were read unto him as a subject fitter and more convenient for duller braines then for his quick and ready apprehension This proceeding therefore not answering his expectation he removed thence and being not yet fully ten yeeres old he was sent unto Basil a City in Germany situate upon the River of Rhine where he obtained for his Tutor Gregorius Biâ—â—zlius eminent in those daâ—es for the excellent endowments of learning and piety wherewith he was invested under whom this Huldericus attained unto that perfection both in civil behaviour and learning that he seemed alwaies to exceed out-strip go beyond and carry away the
indited rather from his Cowardise then Conscience Oâ—r Illyricus in His catalogue of the witnesses of the Truth affords him a principall place therein We leave him to stand or fall to his owne master according to that concluding Disticke which we find in an Aauthor Cum nihil ipse vides propria â—uin labe laboret Tu tua fac cures caetera mitte Deo Seeing nought thou seest but faults are in the best Looke Thou unto thy selfe leave God the rest 16 Remarkeable are his words wherewith he breathed out his last gaspe which Illyricus reporteth to this Effect now am I to goe and appeare before God either to be acquitted by him as I hope or condemned by him as I feare Which words as they savour not of that full assurance of Salvation which God vouchsafeth to many of his servants so they carry not with them any offensive Breath of Despaire And it is no contradiction in Christianity to rejoyce before God with trembling And in this Twilight we leave Berengarius to that mercifull God who knoweth whereof we are made and remembereth we are but dust Most worthily may this Divine Old Berengarius fairely shine Within this Skie of lustrious Starres Who 'gainst Romes errours fought Truths warres Confuting with high approbation Romes sigment Transubstantiation Which did that Hierarchie so vex And with such passion so perplex That they would never give him rest But did his Soule so much molest That at the last by fraud and force They made him with most sad remorse Two severall times his Cause recant Him of his Crown thus to supplant Thus O thus oft Sols raye most rare With duskie clouds ecclipsed are IOHâ—N WICKLIâ—â—â— The Life and Deth of John Wicklief AMongst many famous Writers in this Nation as Beda Alckvine Iohn Carnotenesis Nigellus Neckam Sevall Bacanthorpe Ockam Hampoole of Armach this Wicklief is not the least of worth he was famous both for Life and Learning he was brought up in the famous Vniversity of Oxford in Merton Collâ—dge he gave himselfe after he was Master of Arts to the study of Schoole Divinity wherein having an â—xcellent acute wit he became excellently well qualified and was admired of all for his singular Learning and sweâ—tnâ—sse of behavior in King Edward the thirds time who protested that his chiefe end and purpose was to call backe the Church from her Idolatry especially in the matter of the Sacrament He was much favoured by Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster and the Lord Henry Percy who defended and protected him from his raging adversaries and Bishops And when Pope Gregory the eleveeth sent his Bull to Oxford to require them to root out Wicklâ—ef's Tares as he called them the Proctors and Masters were in long debate whether they should receive it or reject it In the time of King Richard the second this Wicklief was brought before the Bishops at Lambeth and had many Articles put in against him but what by the meanes of some Courtiers and Citizens of London he was again released After this William Barton Vice-chancellor of Oxford wiâ—h some other Doctors set forth an Edict against him and his followers whereupon he published a confession of his Doctrine Anno Christi 1382. the Archbishop of Canterburie held a Convocation at London and condemned the Articles of Wicklief as Heretical and when the said Archbishop with many of his adherents were gathered together about this business just as they were readie to begin their debate there fell out a great and generall Earthquake which so affrighted manie of them that they desisted from their business yet all means were used for the suppressing of his opinions but through God's mercie they could never bee exstirpated to this daie He was a great enemie to the swarms of begging Friers with whom it was harder to make war then with the Pope himselfe He denied the Pope to be the Head of the Church and pronounc'd him to be Antichrist he confuted and condemned his Doctrine about Bulls Indulgences c. The Bishop of Rome lost by his Doctrine the power of making and ordaining Bishops in England and the Tenths of spirituall promotions also the gains of his Peter-pence Whereupon Polidore Virgil cals him an infamous Hereticke He affiâ—med the Scripture to be the supreme Judg of Controversies condemned Transubstantiation c. He was a painfull and faithfull preacher of the Gospell under that famous King Edward the thiâ—d who alwaies favored and protected him against the rage of his adversaries In the raign of Richard the second he was by the power of his adversaries banished yet in all his affliction he shewed an undanted spirit At last returning from Exile he died in the yeere of our Saviour Jesus Christ whom he had Preached 1387. and was buried the last day of December at his Parsonage of Lutterworth in Leicester-shire But in the yeer 1428. which was 41. yeeres from the time of his death his dead body was by the Decree of Pope Martin the fifth and Counsell of Sene dig'd up and burned with the Execreations 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 testifies more then two hundred faire volumnes most of which were burned by Sùbinck Arch-bishop of Prague in Bohemia The Catalogue of his Works you may reade in the Centuries of Ioâ—n Bale somes 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 fountain of Eâ—rors 5. A booke of Conclusions 6. 7. Of Ecclesiasticall and Civill government 8 Of the Impostures of Hipocrites 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 Metaphysickes 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 translated the Bible into the English tongue making Prefaces and Arguments to every Booke he also translated the twelve Bookes of Clement the Parson of Lanthon containing the harmony of the Evangelists And thus went out this Lampe of England of whom one thus hath said With our old English writers rare John Wicklief justly might Compare For Learning Life and solid Witt And many Works he rarely Writt Contending stoutly 'gainst Romes Errours Nere daunted by their threats or terrours But to his death still fought faiths fight And thus went out this Lamp of Light But being dead Rome did so rave 'Gainst this Faiths Champion that from 's grave They digged-up his Bones with ire And burnt as Hereticks in fire Thus was Romes Folly Rage exprest To burn dead Bones of Soules at rest IOHANNES HVS The Life and Death of John Huss THE faire fruit of effects is vertually couched in the small seeds of their causes 1 Iohn Huss
the rest amidst all these endowments and the respects of others even the greatest thereby deservedly procured of a most meek and lowly spirit He had two wives successively women of good birth and note and eight children by them He left this world to his eternall joy and gaine but to the great losse of Gods Church and griefe of all sound and godly learned on the fourth day of December in the year of our Lord 1595. and in the forty and seventh of his age having held the Professours chaire about sixteene years and the Mastership of Saint Iohns Colledge almost nine His corps was with very great solmnity and generall lamentation brought to the ground and lyeth enterred in the Chappell of the foresaid Colledge his Epitaph being engraven with letters of gold on a faire stone in the wall near to the place of its enterment His Workes extant testifying his worth are these 1 His Translation of Master Nowels Catechisme into Greeke 2 Hiâ— Translation of Bishop Jewels disputâ— against Harding into Laâ—â—ne 3 His Answer to Edmund Campian his ten Reasons 4 His defence of that his answer against John Durey 5 His Refutation of Nicolas Sanders his Demonstration whereby he would prove that the Pope is not Antichrist 6 A collection thereto â—dded of â—nâ—ieâ—t Heresâ—â—s â—aâ—eâ— i◠〈◊〉 to maâ—e up the Popish Apostasie 7 His Thesis propâ—unded and defended at the Commecement 1582. that the Pope is the Antichrist spoken of in Scripture 8 His answer to Willam Reinolds against the Preface to that against Sanders in English 9 His Disputation conâ—erning the Scripture against the Papists of â—hese times Bellarmine and Stapleton especially 10 His defence of the Authority of the Scriptures against Thomas Stapleton his defence of the Authority of the Churches 11 His Lectures on the Controversies concerning the Bishop of Rome set forth by John Allenson after his decease 12 His Lectures on the Controversie concerning the Church set forth by the same Party 13 His Lectures on the Controversie concerning Councels set forth by the same 14 A Treatise of Originall sin against Stapletons three former bookes of Iustifiâ—ation set forth by the same 15 A Lecture on the first of Timothy 2.4 read on Febrvary 27. 1594. before the Earl of Essex and some other Honourable Persons 16 His Lectures concerning the Sacraments in generall the Eucharist and Baptisme in speciall taken by John Allenson and set forth by D r Samuel Ward Let such whose merits whose indifferent fames Keepes life and soul together in their Names With much a doe let such require the praise Of hyred quils to cleare their cloudy dayes With borrow'd Sunshine let them strive to vamp Their wasted Mem'ryes by another Lampe Let those whom ordinary wrrth commends Receive Almes-praise from charitable friends Our learned Whittaker craves no expression Noe vote no Trumpit but his foes confession Whos 's well refuted Arguments proclame His everlasting honor and their shame He was the shield of Truth the scourge of error This Islands Tryumph and proud Babils Terror The Life and Death of Lambert Danaeus who dyed Anno Christi 1596. LAmbert Danaeus was born at Aurelia in France Anno Christi 1530. he was of an acute wit and wonderfully addicted to learning so that by his diligence and extraordinary pains he attained to a great measure of it in his younger years he studyed the civill Law four years at Aurelia under Anna Burgius then he betook himselfe to the study of Divinity and imbracing the reformed Religion went to Geneva Anno Christi 1560. He had a vast memory and read over many Authors he was so versed in the Fathers and School-Divines that few attained to the like exactnesse therein whence one saith of him Mirum est homuncionis unius ingenium tot tam diversas scientsas haurire retinere potuisse At Geneva he was admitted into the number of Doctors and Pastors and by his learned labors was exceeding usefull both to the Church and Unixersity alwayes imploying himselfe in writing ann publishing Commentaries upon the Scriptures and other learned treatises which were of speciall concernment From thence he was called to the University of Leiden where he was received with much joy and was exceedingly admired for his learning acutenesse of wit promptnesse and strength of memory in alleaging and reciting the sentences of the Fathers Schoolmen Canonists and prophane writers From thence he was called to Gaunt Anno Christi 1582. where he taught a little while but that City being full of tumults he foreseeing the storm that was coming upon it left it and being sent for went into Navar where by his teaching and writing he made the University of Orthesium famous and at last he there laid downe his earthly tabernacle Anno Christi 1596. and of his age 66. Danaeus that was acute and wise Own'd vertue as his chiefest prize He was a jem that much adorn'd The Church he much contemn'd and scorn'd The wayes of Popery his heart Was fil'd with comfort joyn'd with art He was esteem'd and lov'd of those That were industrious to oppose Erronious principels his minde Was by heav'ns powerfull hand refin'd Who at the last received his spirit And made him happy to inherit The Life and Death of Robert Rollock who dyed Anno Christi 1598. RObert Rollock was borne in Scotland of the ancient Family of the Levingstones in the year 1555. His Father knowing the worth of Learning was very careful to bring up his Son therein and for that end he sent him to Surline and placed him under Thomas Bucanan who finding hiâ— promptnesse and diligence tooke much delight in him From thence he went to the University of Saint Andreweâ— there he spent four years in the study of the Arts and so eminently profited therein that he was chosâ—n a Professor of Phylosophy In the year 1583. the States of Scotland intending to erect a University at Edenburg sent some to Sâ—int Andrews to finde out a fit man that might undertake the Government of it where by the generall vote of all there was none thought so fit for this worke as Rollock which the States being informed of they presently sent foâ— hâ—m and when he was come they entertained him courtâ—ouslâ— after he had been there a while he set upon the workâ— and young Students flock't thither a pace from all parts of the Kingdome whom he instrâ—â—ted in the Arâ—â— and governed with severity mixed with â—lemenâ—y and so educated them in Religion that God blessed his labours â—xceedingly amongst them After four years he examined them strictly and finding their proficiency they commenced Masters of Art then four Professors of Philosophy were joyned with him to share in the paiâ—s which were chosen out of the ablest of thosâ— that had commenced Masters of Arâ—â— Every morning Rollock â—alling the studâ—nts together prayed fervently with themâ— and one day in the weeke expounded some portion of Scriptâ—â—â— to them after which Lecture he took notice which of them had
scandalized him with a defection to the doctrine of the Church of Rome not much unlike that which was of late cast on that reverend Bishop of London but this impudent untruth was refuted by the Pastors of Geneva who by their writings and subscriptions of their names both in Latine and French testified the contrary unto the world many of them being present at his death who on the thirteenth of October in the year of our Lord 1605. being the Lords day rising early and calling his family to prayers which donâ— he walked up and downe some few paces and receiving some small quantity of wine repaired to his bed againe demanding whether all things were quiet in the City and when answer was made they were he forthwith gave up his soul into the hands of Almighty God with all alacrity and chearfulnesse after that he had lived in this vale of misery eighty six years and three months and nineteen dayes and after that he had painfully discharged a Pastorall office the space of sixt and forty yeers He was of stature somwhat tall but corpulent or bigge boned in his age he had a long thick beard as white as snow he had a grave Senators countenance broad faced but not fat and in generall by his comely person sweet affability and gravity he would have exhorted reverence from those that least loved him His great diligence and laborious travell for the advancing of Christs Kingdome and for the suppressing and beating downe of sin are made manifest by the learned Works which he hath left behind him as so many witnesses to eternity take them after this ordes 1 Poems printed by Henry Stephan 2 Psalmes printed with Buchanans 3 School-notes on the Greeke Alphabet 4 Abrahams sacrifice In Theologie 1 New translation of the new Testament with Annotations 2 Confession of Christian faith 3 Of punishing haereticks 4 The sum of Christianity 5 The doctrin of the Sacrament 6 The defence of the Church of Geneva 7 An answer against Nestorius and Eutichus his sect 8 Of the hypostaticall Vnion 9 Theses of the Trinity of Persons and Vnity of Essence 10 An answer to the reprâ—aches of Francis Baldwin 11 A treatise of Polygamie 12 Calvins life 13 Psalmes of David and five bookes of the other Prophets with Latine Paraphases 14 French Psalmes 15 Comments oâ—t of Saint Pauls Epistles 16 To the Romans 17 Galathians 18 Philippians 19 Colossians 20 Icones of many learned men especially Protestants 21 Pictures and Embleemes 22 Moral Ceremoniall Iudiciall law of Moses 23 A Praeface to Osiander 24 Of the Pestilence 25 Solomons Song in Latine verse 26 Homilies on Christs resurrection 27 Of the Pâ—onounciation of the French tongue 28 An answer to Jodic Harth of the Lords Supper 29 Questions and answeres on the Sacrament Si qua fides famae proles mihi difiet omnis At viria vera prole biatus ego Me populi me mistae reges dixere parentu Multa virum genui millia Christe tibi If fame may be beleeved I am he To whom an Infant can no relate be Yet blest with issue by a higher fate And that both many and legitimate Not onely people with their priests together But also Kings vouchsafe to call me father Thousands of souls O Christ have been by me Begotten through thy holy Word to thee Who knowes not learned Beza what dull eare Hath not large volumes of his hist'ry there Or what ill furnisht Gallery cannot show His reverend Picture marshall'd in the row Of rare and moderne Worthies to advance The glory of his pen renowned France From whose more painfull and illustrious quill Such Quintessence of sweetnesse did distill Which like the dropping Hermony pearly dew Refresht faire Syons plants and did renew Their drooping spirits wasted heretofore And blasted with the breath of Babils whoreâ— To whose blest name let every heart that did Ere prize true vertue turne a Pyramid IOHN RENOLDS The Life and Death of John Reinolds THis singular man of infinite reading this treasury of all learning both divine and humane summus ille vir immensae lectionis doctrinae omne genus eruditionis gazophilatium Doctor Iohn Reinolds was borne in the same County of Devoâ— and bred up in the same Colledge of Corpus Christi in Oxford with Iewell his auncient and R. Looker his contemporary And what Tully spake of Pompey his Noble exploits in War that they could not be matched by the valiant Acts of all the Roman Commanders in one year nor in all years by the processe of one Commander so it may truely be said of these three that they cannot be parrallelled by the students of all Counties brought up in one Colledge nor the students of all Colledges born in one County the two former mainely opposed the enemies of the doctrine the third of the discipline of the Church of England with like happy successe and they were all three in severall kinds very eminent if not equall and as Iewels fame first grew from the rhetoricke Lecture which he read with singular applause and Hookers from the Logicke so Reynolds grom the Greeke in the same house The Author that he read was Aristotle whose three incomparable bookes of Rhetoricke he illustrated with so exquisite a commentary so richly fraught with all polite littrature that as well in the commentary as in the text a man may finde that aureum flumen rerum verborium that golden ensturrent the Prince of Oratours telleth us of It was his manner every Tearm to begin his Lectures with an exhortatory Oration to his auditors of these his elegant paraeneticks two were published in print by himselfe the other were since his death put forth by Henry Iackeson Fellow of the same Colledge of these later an intilligent reader will give a like censure to that of the Oratour sunt tantuam phidiae Minerva sed tumen ex eadem efficina they are not like the other two his malter his pieces yet any man may perceive they were drawne with the same pensill Whilest he continued this Lecture it was his hap as it had been of Politian and Erasmus before him to tread upon a nest of Hornets a sort of wrangling Sophisters bred of the excrements of the Dunsticall Commenters upon Aristotle fed advocates to plead for all his Phylosophicall errours and sworne enemies to all polite learning these he so strongly confuted in his Lectures and faceciously derided in his Orations that any ingenuous man that peruseth them be he a Crassus Agelastus will be in like manner affected as Erasmus was when he read the Booke intituled Epistolae obscurorum virorum at which he fell into such a laughter that he much hurt his spleen and endangered his health All this while this our Iohn Reinolds was well affected to the Romish Religion and his Brother William Reinolds earnest for Reformation which difference in judgement proved a fireball of contention between them and engaged them in a strange Duell much like to that
brest but entered not his body not so much by reason of the weake fence of his Gowne held up before him in folds as the strong buckler of faith which whosoever hath on him need not feare any torrour by night nor the arrow that flyeth by day Psalme 91.5 Howbeit though he then shunned the danger of this flightshaâ—t yet he escaped not other arrowâ—s mentioned by the Psalmist even bitter words these sharpe arrowes headed with malice and pointed with envie were daily shot at him not onely by forreigne enemies abroad as namely Weston and Spalatenses after his revolt dictione sarâ—ata studio vanissimus secta fanaticus but by ill willers at home whose loose life kept no good quarter with his strict government Who as he was a most exact observer of the Statutes himselfe so he was a most sever censurer of the contemners and wilfull breakers thereof and though he were of a tender and compassionate disposition yet like a wise Chirurgion when hâ— saw Plaisters and Poultesses would doe no good and the flesh begin to gangreine he cut off by expulsion two rotten members of that Society Cuncta prius tentanda sed immedicabile vulnus â—use recidendum est ne pars sincera traâ—atur The one of them was a Chaplaine of the House homo nullarum artium nullarum parâ—ium a worthlesse man who to his other impardonable crimes added a dull but most malicious Libâ—ll against the President himselfe and therefore deserved not onely to be banished the Colledge but exiled also out of all memory the other was a Batchellour of Art as I take it intra brennium probationes a man of other wise commendablâ— parts but of whom it might be truely said as it was of Galba ingenium Galbae male habitat This Delinquent who by often reiteration of the like offences had encurred the censure of expulsion which the President and seven Seniors were bound by oath to execute upon him craved leave of the President to make his farewell Oration His Theame was Medicum saeverum intemporanes aeger facit that is A waward Patient maketh a froward Physitian In that Speech of his he tooke occasion to justifie the President and Fellowes proceeding against him and depâ—ored his incorrigible enormities with teares but then it was too late nullis ille movetur Fleâ—ibus aut voces ullus tractabiles audit I confesse Senâ—ca his observation is true qui vult amari languida regâ—eâ— manu a Governour that will be loved and generally spoken well ofâ— must hold an easie reine but where mettle Colts or restie jades are to be broken he that holdeth noâ— a streight raine and maketh not use of a strong curâ—e may be cast out of the saddle as Doctor Reynolds his immediate Predecessour had like to have been whose pruning Knife though it were keen and sharpe yet was so discreetly used by him that the choyce Plantâ— in that Nursery never thrivâ—d better then in his time About this time Queen Elizabeth exchanged her mortall crown with â—n immortall and King Iames succeeded her and swayed the Scepter of this Kingdome who in the beginning of his reigne desirous to settle peace in the Church commanded many learned men to meet at Hampton Court to compose some differences about the externall Discipline of the Church In that Conference what part by royall command was put upon Doctor Reâ—nolds and how he acted it with profession and promise of all conformity appears by the Acts thereof set forth by Bishop Barloe After this Conference is pleased his Majesty to set some learned men on worke to translate the Bible into the English tongue among others Doctor Reynolds was thought upon to whom for his great skill in the originall Languages Doctor Smith afterward Bishop of Glosâ—er Doctor Harding President of Magdalens Doctor Kilbie Rector of Lincolne Colledge Doctor Bret and others imployed in that worke by his Majesty had recourse once a weeke and in his Lodgings perfected their Notes and though in the midst of this Worke the gout first tooke him and after a consumption of which he dyed yet in a great part of his sicknesse the meeting held at his Lodging and he lying on his Pallet assisted them and in a manner in the very translation of the booke of 〈◊〉 was translated to a better life All the time of his sicknesse saâ—â— when he conferred with the translators was spent in praâ—er and hearing partly Treatises of devotion and partly bookes of controversie read unto him This course held till Assention day when his sicknesse growing sore upon him he fell in a trance of which when he was recovered he spake comfortably to us all there present saying that He well hoped that he should have ascended that very day of oâ—r Lords ascention but now saith he I shall stay a little longer wâ—â—h you in which time I intreat you to read nothing to me but such chapters of holy Scripture as I shall appoint Among others designed by him when we read the first chapter of Saint Paul to the Philippians and staid a little upon those words God is 〈◊〉 record how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Iesus Chriâ—â—â— and this I pray that your love may abound yet more and more 〈◊〉 knowledge and in all judgement that you may approve things thâ—t are excellent that you may be sincere and without offence till the 〈◊〉 of Christ being filled with the fruits of righteousnesse which are 〈◊〉 Iesus Christ unto the glory and praise of God And proceeding afterwards in that chapter to the twentieth verse As 〈◊〉 wayes so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body whether it 〈◊〉 by life or by death for to me to live is Christ and to dye is gainâ—â— but if I live in the flesh this is the fruit of my labour yet what I shall choose I wot not for I am in a strait between two having a desire to depart and to be with Christ which is farre better neverthelesse to abide in the flesh is more needfull for you And as we were going further and reading the five and twentietâ— verse having this confidence I know that I shall abide and continâ—â— with you he bad us there stop and make an end intimatinâ— thereby that unto us which after a few dayes â—ell out to our great griefe that he was not to continue with us By this time the University being full of the newes of his end approaching the Noble men Sons then reâ—iding in the University and the Heads of divers Colledges together with the Kings Professor Doctor Holland came to visit him who Prayed with him and for him for whose love Doctor Reynolds thanked him the day before he dyed when the Vicechancellour Doctor Aery and Master Boâ—lton of Brazennose Master Wilkinson of Wadsdowne Master Lindle Vice-president of the Colledge and my selfe came to take our last leave of him at the motion of Master Boulton Doctor Aery acquainted Doctor Reynolds what scandalous reports the Papists