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A14345	The history of the moderne protestant divines containing their parents, countries, education, studies, lives, and the yeare of our Lord in which they dyed. With a true register of all their severall treatises, and writings that are extant. Faithfully translated out of Latine by D.L.; Praestantium aliquot theologorum. English	Verheiden, Jacob, fl. 1590.; Lupton, Donald, d. 1676.; Holland, Henry, 1583-1650? Heroologia Anglica.	1637 (1637)	STC 24660; ESTC S119100	56,783	398

to a Councell 6. Of the freedome of Monks 7. The difference betwixt true Bishops and those of the Romish Church 8. Of the Priest hood Lawes and Sacrifices of the Pope against Henry the eight King of England 10. Against those who deny marriage to Priests 11. Axiomes of Erasmus for Luthers cause 12. Confession of faith exhibited to the Emperor at the Commencement at Augusta 13. An Apology for the Augustan confession 14. Epistles to his Friends to Princes to divers Common-weales to Cities to Churches 15. To Councells 16. Disputations 17. Sermons 18. The whole Bible tran●ated out of Hebrew into high Dutch Mens quêis Impura venite Hic etenim 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sordida corda lavat PHILIPPVS MELANCTHON FITLY may this man follow Luther being both at one time famous and indeed Luther could never have found a more faithfull and trustier friend than this Melancthon For Luther was vehement Melancthon milde Luther couragious Melancthon warily fearefull Luther was fit for the Pulpit Melancthon for the Schooles Luther onely for plaine Divinity Melancthon was excellent in all manner of Philosophy so that his fame was onely among such as were full of zeale that way but Melancthon was renowned of all that heard him or reades his workes For his learning was not onely Theologie but Philosophy and even an Encuclopaedia of all variety of learning By these two Wittenbergh was as famous as Rome it selfe These Learned men fetcht Students from severall quarters to heare them Melancthon bred up many a rare Schoolemaster and excellent Theologues which furnished most part of Germany his fame was not onely great for Learning in the City of Wittenbergh but also in forraine parts nay with his very Adversaries who not onely praised him for that but also for moderating his spirit and for his dexterity in the managing all his actions and Disputations so that King Francis the first King of France whose name will bee ever fresh among the Learned sent an Embassador and Letter in which and by whom hee earnestly desired Melancthon to come into France that by his Conference and Councell matters pertaining to the Church and Religion might bee fairely decided and determined where he used such affability and sweetnesse of behaviour and carriage that he wrought there very effectually and gaind the love even of his opponents he was the most earnest against that poynt of Transub●tantion and no waves favoured that poynt of the Lutherans either of the Vbiquity or Consubstantiation So when this learned light had laboured hard to reform both Doctrine and Discipline of the Church and when hee had exercised his Pen to the publishing of many rare and profitable works to the Church of Christ hee yeelded up his soule to God All his writings were printed at Basil in the yeare of Grace 1544. and 1545. by Hervagius being 5. Tomes the names of which I have here inserted Tome 1. 1. Commentaries upon Genesis 2. Vpon the Proverbs of Salomon 3. Briefe explications upon some Psalmes 4. Annotations up St. Matth. upon St. Iohn 5. Vpon the first Epistle to the Corinths 6. An apologie for Luther against those Parisians 7. Against Anabaptists 8. Sentences of the Fathers of the Lords Supper 9. Of the qualification of Princes of the Law-suites of Christans 10. Of the Tree of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Church of Synods and of Ecclesiastique writers Tome 2. 1. Commentaries on the Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans 2. Another on the same 3. Schoole notes on the Colos. 4. Common places of Divinity Tome 3. 1. A Confession of Faith 2. A Catechisme 3. A briefe method of Preaching of the office of a ' Preacher and of attaining to skil in Divinity 4. Theologicall disputations 5. An Epistle to Carthusianus of vowes 6. An Epitome of the Doctrine of the ' Reformed Church 7. An Epistle to Iohn Earle of Weda Tome 4. 1. Philosophicall workes 2. Commentaries upon the soule cald De Anima 3. Vpon Aristotles Ethicks 4. Epitome of Morall Philosophy 5. Vpon Aristotles Politiques Tome 5. 1. A Latine Grammar 2. A Greeke Grammar 3. Logicke Rhetoricke 4. Enarrations on Hesiods workes 5. Words fit for measures and Arithmetique 6. Epigrams These were Printed by Hervagius but there are divers others set forth by Christopher Pezzelius professor of the Schoole of Breme 1. An Admonition and Premonition to those that reade the Alcoran 2. A defence for the Marriage of Pri●sts 3. Commentaries on Daniel 4. A discou●se on the Nicene Creed 5. Vpon Luthers life and death 6. Many Schoole notes on Cicero's Epistles 7. Translations of Demosthenes and P●utarch 8. Greeke and Latine Epigrams 9. Two Tomes of Epistles 10. Cario● his Chronologie enlarged with many Histories By these it is evident that this worthy Instrument did not hide his Talent but did imploy it to the glory of God and the profit of his Church and so dying in the Lord hee rested ●om his labours HVLRICVS ZVINGLIVS AS all Germany admired their Luther so all Sw●zerland this Zuinglius He was as famous at Tigurum as the other at Wittenbergh Zuinglius as himselfe testifies in his worke of Articles which is full of learning began to preach the Gospell in the yeare of Christ one thousand five hundred and sixeteene he spoke much against the Popes Pardons and Indulgences This poynt hee learned well of his Tutor Doctor Thomas Witenbach of Biele when hee read upon it at a publicke Session of Divines at Basil. Zuinglius was solid in all manner of learning hee was a diligent searcher of the Scriptures which he might the easlier doe because he was so expert in the Holy Tongues he was admirable for refining his owne language he was such an Engine against the Popes uniust proceedings that their side wanting ability to hurt did as to Luther by great gifts and presents as so many baites strive to allure him to their side and cause and these enticements proceeded not from meane persons but from Cardinals themselves who lay at Basil as Embassadors There fell betwixt Luther and Zuinglius a sharp contention about the Vbiquitary presence of Christ in the Eucharist Zuinglius constantdenyed and it is thought since it had beene better for the Church of God if Luther in that poynt had wanted a pen to write or a tongue to speake but such insirmities accompany the best of men This Zuinglius feared neither dangers nor death so that hee might preach the Word of God He stir'd up the courages of the souldiers for the cause of Christian liberty maintaining at that time a sharpe warre h● put them in good hope of immortality he exhorted he comforted them nay hee accompanied them and dyed in the head of the battell So that one truely saies of him Quod pro Aris focis sanguinem profuderit But his Enemies cruelty towards his carcase is remarkable that when he was kild they tooke his body and cut it in foure pieces and committed it so to the fire This Battell in which Zuinglius

course of his life unblameable Master Foxe in his History of Martyres saies hee might be called Englands Apostle the workes which he writ besides the translation of the Scriptures are these that follow 1. A Christians obedience 2. the unrighteous Mammon 3. The practice ●f the Papists 4. Commentaries on the seventh Chapter of St. Matthew 5. A discourse of the last will and testament of Tracij 6. An answer to Sir Thomas Mores Dialogues 7. The Doctrine of the Lords Supper against More 8. Of the Sacrament of the Altar 9. Of the Sacramentall signes 10. A foote path leading to the Scriptures 11. Two letters to Iohn Frith All these are extant together with the workes of two Martyrs Barnes and Frith in English in Folio and thus after much labour and persecution this worthy member of Christ yeelded to the flames expecting a ioyf●ll resurrection IOHN BRADEFORD THIS Scholler was not inferiour in parts either of doing or suffering to others he was borne in the County of Lancaster in that famous Marte Town of Manchester He was by his parents brought up from his Cradle to learning and he was singular for docility and diligence so that he profited admirably in his studies and exercises which hee undertooke then hee was sent to Cambridge and was admitted into Queenes Colledge where hee tooke all degrees so that hee was made Master of the same Colledge which hee governed with great dexterity and sincerity Afterwards in the reigne of King Edward the ●xth he was appoynted Di●inity Lecturer in the Cathe●rall Church of St. Paul in London which taske he performed not without admirable demonstration of la●our and learning But in the time of Queene Mary the state of Religion altering and the Protestant professors being hated this famous Bradford among the rest for the love of Jesus and his Gospell which hee had faithfully preached was consumed in the fiery flames of Persecution and so was crowned with that glorious name of Martyre This he suffered the first of July 1555 in that noted plac● called West Smithfield Londo● the last words that hee wa● heard to utter were O● England repent hee left behind him his famous disputation● which hee had with the Papists which are extant at large in Foxes History of Martyrs He had a famous Epitaph written of him His workes which hee writ in English are these 1. Two Sermons the first of Repentance the second of the Lords Supper 2. Some letters to his fellow Martyrs 3. An answere to ones letter desiring to know whether one might goe to Masse or not 4. The danger ensuing the hearing of Masse 5. His examination before the officers 6. Godly Meditations made in Prison cald his short Prayers 7. Truths Complaint 8. Melancthon translated of Prayers HVGH LATYMER THis worthy Divine was borne in Leicester shire brought up to learning from a youth afterwards hee was ●laced in Cambridge where ●e tooke not without de●ert the eminent Title of Doctor of Divinity his as●ect did promise much sin●erity and ingenuity and hee was of Candid manners and ●f courieous and meeke car●iage for his singular lear●ing he was by King Edward●he ●he sixth made Bishop of Worcester where while hee ●ate in that See all good men ●erceived his singular care dexterity in managing that weighty function He was alwaies ready and forward to propagate the truth But he also in the time of Queene Maries Reigne was both d● prived of his Bishoprick an● ministeriall function an● being cast into prison w● condemned to the fire H● was much like that old an● cient Father of the Primitive time St. Polycarpus 〈◊〉 either you looke upon th● forme of his Martyrdome or weigh well the saying 〈◊〉 them both at the time 〈◊〉 their sufferings That old Polycarpus being fourescore and above a little before his death uttered that sweete● saying of St. James Fideli● est Deus qui non sinit nos tentari● supra quod possumus that is God is faithfull who will not suffer us to bee tempted above our strength And a little after he said Pater Celestis suscipe spiritum meum which is Oh Heavenly Father receive my Spirit In like manner this Father Latimer for so he was cal'd was a constant and stout Martyr of Jesus Christ and was burnd at Oxford the sixeteenth day of October in the yeare of Grace 1555. hee left his Sermons behind him wherein we may reade his sincerity and piety many of them were preached before King Edward the sixth and the Illustrious Lady Katharine Dutches of Suffolke and a● now to bee had in any one● hands almost having been● so many times imprinted with the Publicke approbation of all learned and iudicious Divines and to the comfort of all well dispose● Christians who may gathe● great profit out of them Hi● life actions and sufferings are at large to be read in Master Foxes History NICOLAS RIDLY LEarning did not onely adorne this worthy Divine but also parentage being well descended hee was borne in the Bishopri● of Durham In his youth he was endued with many singular vertues and his Parents spared no cost to have him well and Christian-like educated well knowing the power of good education to helpe much hee was sent to Cambridge to study where hee tooke degree of Batchelor of Divinity and presently he was made Master of Pembrook Hall but his parts and gifts were so eminent as appeared by his wife and religious deportment in that preferment that that religious and pious King Edward the sixth took notice of him and being ful●y certified of his integrity of life and excellent schol●ership made him Bishop of Rochester nor did his hand stay untill he had cald him ●rom that See to the Bishoppricke of London where hee shewed the parts of a true Bishop and shepheard of soules by his painfull watching prayings preachings But these Halcyon dayes of the Churches peace lasted not long but King Edward paying Natures debt and Queene Mary comming to the Crowne of England this worthy Pr●late sate not long quiet for religion being altered and the Bishop of Romes authority comming in again he was remov'd and cast both from his Ecclesiasticall dignity and wholly from the Ministery and was condemned to be burnd as an Heretique This English Father might fitly be compared to that old Father of the Church St. Ignatius not onely for his famous writing upon the Lords Supper but also for his suffering so constantly and zealously in the cause of Christ. Wel this man was a choice flower of Christ his Church and therefore is not unworthily stiled a Martyr for in the same day and same houre was he with Father Hugh Latimer burnd to ashes in the Vniversity of Oxford over against Baliol Colledge his last words in the flames that he was heard to utter were these Into thy hands O Lord doe I commend my Spirit His works besides that Treatise of the Lords Supper are extant in English which follow 1. A Conference with Father Latimer 2. A right forme

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 veni● 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

of Queene Mary hee was expeld England and returned to Strasburg but contentions arising there also he with Iuell went to Tygurum and at the last there as in a Haven hee laid himselfe to rest 1562. 11 of November of his age 63. What he was his workes will declare to all that will read them which I here have placed 1 A Cathechisme or exposition of the Creed 2 Commentaries on the first Epistle of Saint Paul to the Corinthians at Oxford 3 Vpon Iudges 4 Vpon the Romans 5 A defence of the Doctrine of the Eucharist as it is approved by Gods Word ancient Fathers Councels 6 A disputation of the Eucharist at Oxford After his death these Bookes are extant 1 Commentaries on the first of Kings and on the 12. first Chapters of 2. Kings 2 On Genesis 3 A little booke of Prayers out of the Psalmes 4 A Confession of the Lords Supper to the Senat of Strasburg 5 His Common places distributed into foure Classes 6 Orations Sermons Questions and Answers 7 Epistles Theologicall 8 Commentaries on Exodus 9 Commentaries on the lesser Prophets 10 Commentaries upon the 3 first bookes of Aristotles Ethicks with some reserved Manuscripts HIERONYMVS ZANCHYVS THis Zanchy followed Peter Martyr being bred in the same Colledge this Martyr was so Eminent for his gifts that hee drew by his Example and Piety many worthy men to leave that state of life under Popery and to embrace the Gospell Amongst other Lacisius first Professor of Latine in Italy afterwards of the Greeke Tongue at Strasburgh that worthy Gentlman Celsus Martingen being extracted from a noble family having had Earles of that Name which professed the Greek tongue in his Colledge and after governed the Italian Church in Geneva discreetly and so Emanuel Tremelius that famous Interpreter of the Hebrew Tongue And this Zanchy who together with Peter Martyr taught the Word of God in the City of Strasburgh was excellently well seene in the writings of the Ancient Fathers of the Church and in Philosophy which when hee prooved against the Omnipresence of Christs Body against the Ubiquitarians was not approoved by some of that Sect for which cause Zanchy as well as Martyr left this City and came unto the famous Vniversity of Hydelbergh where the whole Vniversity together with the godly Prince Frederick shewed their love and favour But this point of Ubiquity then prevayling those that withstood it were forc't to remove So Zanchius came to be Pastor of Clavenna which is a Towne of Rethia indifferently famous not farre off from the Lake of Comen through which the Merchants of Italy and other places bring their Wares and expose them here to sale Which place lying neare to Italy and pleas nt for its scituation many Italians who quitted themselves from the See of Rome lived here At last he preach't the Word of God at Newstadt a Towne of the Palatinate under the protection of that Religious Prince Cassimere At length Age and infirmities accompanying it comming on this Prince provided fairely for Zanchius his maintenance A Prince he was addicted to Religion and the quiet of the Churches Zanchius and Sturmius mainly oppos'd Ubiquity and strongly defended the Augustan Confession they were both very old and a little before Zanchius dyed he used this speech to Sturmius Oh worthy Sturmius if ever now is the time for us to open our eyes and turne to the Lord and looke up to Heaven where our blessed Redeemer Iesus reignes with the blessed spirits knowing and hoping assuredly that shortly we with those Saints shall also be with the Lord Iesus A worthy Divine Speech and fulfilled shortly after in Zanchy for hee dyed in the yeere of Christ 1590. in the Calends of November in the City of Heydelbergh being aged 76. and Sturmius was 80. whom he followed Zanchies Workes are these that follow 1. Divine Miscellanies with with the explication of the Augustan Confession 2. His Judgement of the controversies about the Lords Supper 3. Of the Sacred Trinity Bookes 13. in 2 parts in the first the Orthodox Doctrine of this Mystery is proved and confirmed by Gods Word In the latter all Oppositions of the Adversaries are answered 4. An Answer to a little booke of an Arrian 5. An Answer of William Holdet of the visions of Christ to St. Stephen and St. Paul after his Ascension 6. Of opening Schoolemen in the Church with a Speech to the study of the sacred Scriptures 7. Of Christian Religion and Faith to Vlysses Martengius Earle of Barch and Patritius Venetus 8. A Compendium of the chiefe points of Christian Doctrine 9. A perfect Treatise of the sacred Scriptures proved succinctly out of the Ancient Fathers 10. Of the Incarnation of Christ wherein both his Omnipresence is handled and Vbiquity confuted accurately in two Bookes 11. Of the Divine Nature and of his Attributes 12. Of the Workes of God in sixe dayes 13. A worke of Mans Redemption 14. A Commentary upon the Prophet Hosea 15. Commentaries upon the Epistle to the Ephesians Collossians Theslalonians and Saint Iohn 16. Some observations of Physicke Printed with Aristotles Workes in Greeke found in that part which treates of Hearing And thus after many labours and diligent travell in the Worke of the Lord for many yeeres together did this Noble Zanchius commend himselfe to his Saviour Jesus Christ. His Motto upon his Coate was Sustine abstine MARTINVS CHEMNICIVS THis Name of Martine hath oppos'd the proceedings of the Church of Rome much especially three viz. Martine Luther Martine Bucer and this Martine who did chiesly oppose the proceedings and determinations of the Tridentine Councell In his first proceedings hee followed Luther and Melancthon hee was well furnished in the knowledge of the Liberall Sciences by the study of the Mathematicks and Philosophy hee found an easier passage to Theology Hee was much addicted to a Kinsman of his George Sabine who professed at Regio Montane where hee made this Chemnitius Chiefe over the Library of the Prince of the Borussorum When hee had exercised himselfe a while at Wittenbergh hee was called to Brunople a free and famous City of Saxony This man by his Learning and Preaching made the City of Brunople as famous for Piety as Trent was for her Councell This was hee that examined the Decrees of the new Fathers of Trent by the writings of those Ancient Fathers of the Church and layd them to be tryed by the rule of Gods Word This worke made him famous and disparaged the Adversaries proceedings and conclusions Many others have done well upon that Subiect but his it was that most wounded and galled that side Hence they have beene striving to answer it but have not beene as yet able but have left it off as too hard a taske for them to performe This was hee that stood up among the first to discover the Nature Arts and plottings of the Monkes and Jesuites of Germany as may appeare by his writing to Joachim Marquesse of Brandenburgh Elector