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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

Berenga●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 stif●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 solem●ities and did give upon that ●ay many Indulgences and ●ut Thomas Aquinas to prove ●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 IC●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 ●ginst him an Oration which ●e had formerly delivered in ●hat place 3. The Master of the V●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 valou● and contempt of death eve● at the stake it selfe for stan● ding at the stake bound the