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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

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

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 Faithfullv translated out of Latine by D. L. The Righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance LONDON Printed by N. and John Okes 1637. TO THE RIGHT Worshipfull Knights Sir PAUL PINDAR Sir IOHN WOLSTENHOLME Sir ABRAHAM DAVVES Sir JOHN JACOB Farmers of the Custome-House to the Kings most Excellent Majesty all happinesse wished Right Worshipfull THAT my Intention was devoted to your Worships appeares by this Presentation and that my Intention hath rightly directed my Presentation will easily bee seene for where could these faithfull Witnesses that are dead have had fairer hopes of Tuition than by you who are living Witnesses of the same Truth most of them have constantly suffered for some of them were Exoticke some Natives all of the same Faith GODS Word commends the protection of the former Grace and Nature both pleade for the other Some of them that were Strangers had faire protection and good provision in this Kingdome and were publickly grac'd allowed in the famous Schooles of our Vniversities and some of ours upon the change of Religion found presently a Reciprocall requitall in their chiefest Hans towns Both one and the other were worthy Agents in the Church of GOD and their Workes the never dying Monuments of their Fame will praise them in the Gates they were so eminent Lights that my Encomium will rather séeme to lessen than augment their lustre however I have striven as much as I could to revive their Memories from the grave of Oblivion And Right Worshipful if you but receive as much comfort by Reading of their Workes as I have done by the Edition I am fully perswaded your Worships will rest satisfied and I shall not be taxt for presumption Disdaine not therefore I pray you to Patronize those whom I doe beleeve ere this GOD the Father of the Faithfull hath registred for his own Sonnes in the Booke of Life I neede not blazon your Worthy and Religious actions to the World when as both Church and State adorned and greatly beautisied by them doth and will for ever eternize your Pietie and Vertues to succeeding posterity I onely wish the rich men of this age either to imitate your doings or be ashamed that they follow not such Eminent examples Goe on still I exhort you and in due time you shall reape the recompence of reward Your Worships that so much love GODS Temple I hope will vouchsafe to receive and entertaine these famous men who have been the Lords Embassadors in his Church here and are in the Celestial Temple with him in Glory So wishing all your Worships the like happinesse with his Saints when you shal be dissolved and praying for your prosperity on earth with length of dayes I referre my selfe and all my endeavours to Him and your worthy selves being Your Worships in all Christian Offices Donald Lupton To the Christian Reader I Have here sent to the view of the World the lives of these Reverend Moderne Writers whose Actions in their Studies do sufficiently declare what they did and what they suffered in the cause of our Saviour JESUS I found them in Latine and I thought it might bee some profit to our times to make them speake English They were in their times great Antagonists to the Roman cause and it is pitty their Memories should perish or that they should not bee generally knowne who generally did so much good in the Church of God against all oppositions in their dayes For their Effigies or Icons they are not of my Invention but taken to the Life Some by Albertus Durerus and the others by that Famous Henry Hondius onely I desired to have them done in lesser Plates for the profit of the Buyer Reade their lives without prejudicate Opinion admire their Diligence and Vigilancy imitate their Vertues and Pious performances praise GOD for raising such stout Champions for defence of the Truth and blame not mee who have laboured thus much for your sakes and will with GODS Blessing doe more for your profit Who am Yours D. L. A CATALOGUE of all the names of the Moderne Divines mentitioned in this Booke Out-landish Writers BErengarius pag. 1 Iohn Hus. p. 1 Hieronymus Pragnensis 8 Erasmus Roterodamus 14 Martinus Lutherus 21 Philippus Melancthon 30 Hulricus Zuinglius 40 Iohannes Eoculampadius 50 Paulus Fagius 60 Martinus Bucerus 68 Andreas Gerardus Hyperius 81 Wolfgangus Musculus 90 Ioannes Calvinus 99 Augustinus Marloratus 108 Petrus Martir 115 Hieronimus Zanchius 122 Martinus Chemnitius 132 Aretius Benedictus 140 Henricus Bullingerus 147 Rodolphus Gualterus 158 Theodorus Beza 166 Franciscus Junius 178 The English Writers follow IOhn Wickliffe pa. 190 John Bale 197 John Collet 207 William Tindal 214 John Bradford 221 Hugh Latimer 226 Nicholas Ridley 231 Thomas Cranmer 237 Edwine Sands 246 Alexander Noel 251 John Juel 258 Matthew Parker 269 John Foxe 276 Edmond Grindal 286 Laurence Humphrede 293 Gervase Babington 299 Thomas Holland 304 Robert Abbat 311 John Whitguift 319 Thomas Becon 330 James Montagu 339 William Perkins 347 William Whitakers 356 BEREN GARIVS BEhold the Effigies of this great and worthy Scholler whose hand and eye poynt towards Heaven whither his Saviour Jesus is ascended in the sight of his Apostles and shall be there untill his second appearing to iudgement he is placed first in time amongst these famous witnesses this is that Berengarius a French man and Arch-Deacon of Gant who was powerfull in the Scriptures and expert in the writings of the ancient Fathers of the Church and who with admirable wit and wisedome did prove that Christ was not carnally in the Blessed Sacrament and so hindred mainly that grosse error of Popish Transubstantiation which Doctrine hee confuted out of Gods Holy Word and by the authority of the sincere Fathers so that his writings went farre and neare with approbation and admiration to wit into Italy Germany France and other Territories and this was in the yeare of our Lord 1020. Whereupon Leo the ninth cald a Councell at Vercellis and did in it condemne this Doctrine of Berengarius so also when Nicholas the second was Pope he was cald to a Councell held in Rome where by the bitter menacings of that Pope he was compel'd to a recantation which did mightily reioyce the Pope insomuch that he sent his recantation to the Cities of Italy Germany France as it plainly appeares in that noted Chapter which beginnes Ego Berengarius de consecratione distinct secunda Wherein these words full of Blasphemy are by the consent iudgement and prescipt of that Councel to be read I doe beleeve that the Body of our Saviour Jesus Christ is sensibly in the Sacrament Et in voritate manibus sacordotum tractari frangi fidelium dentibus a●teri But it is not the malice of thy Adversaries oh

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

sufficient and strong enough to proove his worth and Wit which if all were put together would make Nine large Tomes 1 The 〈◊〉 translatidon● of Hebrew into Latine with a double Exposition of matter and words wherein so●e ●ommon places are handled ou● of the Scriptures and Fathers 2 Enarrations upon the 4. Evangelists 3. Metaphrases upon the Epistles of St. Paul 4. Decisions and reconcilement of hard places of Scripture and of those that seem● to be rep●gnant o●e to another 5 Commentaries on the Romans and Ephesians 6 Sophonias out of H●brew with a Commentary 7 A Preface to the fourth Tome of Luthers Postills 8 Of the true Doctrine and Discipline and Ceremonies of Churches 9 Acts of the conference had at a Commencement at Ratisbone 10 A Defence against the Bishop of Abrince 11 Writings of Bucer and Bartholmew Latonius 12 Things disputed at Ratisbone in the yeere 1546. 13 Treatises of the reconciling of the Churches had at Ratisbone 1541. at Spires 1544. at Wormes 1545. and at Augusta 1548. 14 A Gratulatory Letter to the Church of England 15 An answer to two Epistles of Stephen Gardiner Bishop● of Winchester concerning the single life of Preists 16 Answer● to the Objections of Murnerus and some others concerning the Lords Supper 17 Of the best way to have Councells 18 A Treatise of restoring Church-goods 19 Translation of the greater Postill of Luther and Pomeranius his Commentaries on the Psalmes into Latine 20 An Apologeticall Epistle to those of East Frisland and other parts of Low Germany 21 An Apology against Brentius of the Lords Supper that Images are not to b●e had in Churches out of the Scriptures Fathers and the Edicts of the most Religious Emperors 22 An Epistle to the University of Marpurgh of Heresies and Hereticks 23 The Confession of the foure Cities of Stra●burgh Constance Menning and Lindare 24 Of the Baptisme of Infants 25 Of the mystery of the Eucharist 26 Of a Nationall Synod 27 Of a Councell against Coccleius and Gropperus 28 Of the false and true administration of the Lords Supper Of offering Masses Care of the dead Of Purgatory against Latomus 2. Bookes 29 Causes of the absence of famous Divines from the Councell of Trent 30 Of the Kingdome of Christ to King Edw. 6. 31 Lestures at Cambridge upon the Ephesians set forth by Tremelius 32 Of the power and use of the holy Ministery 33 A Treatise that none ought to liv● to themselves 34 Answers to his Adversaries Objections 35 An exposition of the Disputation betweene 〈◊〉 Tegerius and the Ministers of Strasburgh 36 An 〈◊〉 to the Ministers of Switzerland 37 Psalter translated into Dutch 38 The Causes of the Reformation a● Stra●burgh with an admonition to Frederick Count Palatine 39 An admonition to the Ministers of Strasburgh to beware of the Articles of James Cautius which t●nd to Anabaptisme 40 Acts of the Disputation of those of Strasburgh against Hofman 41 A pr●paration to a Councell 42 A greater Catechisme 43 A lesser 〈◊〉 into Latine by by Sleidan 44 A 〈◊〉 to the Book● of the Office of Magistrates 45 Colloquies of the Ministery of the Church 46 Of the true office of a Pastor and of the cure of Soules 47 Three S●rmons upon the Gospell Come unto me all c. 48 Colloquies upon the peace of Religion at Nurrenburgh and Francford 40 Of the Jewes whether and how far to be suffered among Christians 50 Of Church-goods and who are the right Possessors of them 51 An Answer to a Dialogue against Protestants 52 All the Acts and writings for the reconcilement of controversies in Religion from the Emperor o●her Princes and the Popes Legats faithfully collected and expounded 53 The Reformation at Colen 54 A first and second defence of the ●eads of Religion handled at Bonna and other places in the Archbishoprick of Colen 55 A Consutation of the new Faith set forth at Lovaine in 32. Articles 56 A defence of the Colenish reformatiō 57 A defence against Gropperus 58 Against the Bull of Paule 3. and his Legats demands 59 A godly admonition to the Emperor Princes and other States of the Empire assembled at Wormes about reformation of the Church 60 Against the restoring the Masse and the other Sacraments and Cerem●nies of the Roman Church 61 Impediments of reformation 62 Against the Sophisters of Colen 63 Of the Conference of Ratisbone 64 An exposition upon the 120. Psal. 65 A Treatise of afflictions of our times 66 A refutation of Calumnies 67 A Sermon at Berne 68 Of the Ministers and Sacraments 69 Luthers Commentaries upon the two Epistles of Peter translated into Dutch 70 Some writings of Sturmius of the Eucharist in Latine 71 Retractations with Commentaries on the Gospell 72 Other Manuscripts of his which hee writ in England All these his Workes doe shew that he was a painefull Wo●kman in Gods Vineyard and did all he could to propagate the Gospell of our Saviour ANDRE●S GERARDVS HYPERIVS THis Gerard takes part of his name from the place of his birth being Hyperia a faire and strong Towne in Flanders amongst the Dutch Divines he is one of the most elegant when he was a youth hee was of an excellent wit and addicted to study he left not till he had the Encuclopaedia of Sciences and Arts his father was a Lawyer hee got much by ●oachim Ring●lbergh of Antwerp a youth of excellent endowments whose praise this Gerard set forth in a speech made to the Parisians when this Gerard had studied at Paris and Lovaine he tooke a view of Italy France Germany Spaine and England at last being appoynted Professor of Marpurgh hee there setled himselfe which Vniversity first found him an excellent Philosopher and afterwards a rare Divine his skill in Philosophy is seene by his succinct perspicuous and learned Exposition upon Aristotles Aethicks pleasant and profitable to be read both of Divines and Philosophers he propounded it to the Students of Marpurgh Even as Melancthon was for Saxony so was Hyperius for Hassia he was well read in the Histories Ecclesiasticall and Polyticall both of Fathers Schoole-men Sophisters but most of all hee gave himselfe to the reading of St. Chrysostome in whose sentences examples figures hee tooke singular pleasure and made singular profit He is commended for his mode●y patience and constancy which doe appeare in his writings for he seemes not to be at any time carryed away with ●pleene or affected zeale and these three he termed his Warlicke Engines by which he did resist his Adversaries defend himselfe and conquer them TACEO FERO SPERO He dyed at Marpurgh in the yeare of the Worlds Redemption 1564 and of his life 53. in the Calends of February when he had professed 22. yeare● in that City One hath wittily cut his Epitaph in this verse Flandria quem genuit Hassia n●stra tegi● His writings which he left to the World as a rich Legacy are these here set down 1. A Commentary on the 20. Psalme of the honour due

to Lausanna a Towne of the Lords of Berne where he was called to be publicke Professor of the Greeke tongue but after 10. yeeres he returned to Geneva againe dedicating himselfe wholly to the study of Divinity and under-went the charge of a Shepheard of Soules faithfully and labouriously to the great pro●it of the Church of Christ but the Piece that made him most Eminent in the Church was his Translation of the New Testament with Annotations Hee lived to 83. yeeres he was reported by Clemens Puteanus a Iesuite to be dead and dyed a Romish Professor which accusation and lye was most excellently well answered by Beza himselfe in which answer this is one Clause Vos autem c. but you in this one thing when you report me to be dead and that I renounced the Faith and Truth doe manifestly shew that your Father is the Devill vvho is the father of lyes and thou Puteanus especially doest shew thy selfe one of those that come from that pit Apoc. 19. So having laboured much in the Cause of Gods Church he gave his Soule to his Creator in peace His Workes are here registred 1. Poems Printed by H. Stephan 2. Psalmes printed with Buchanans 3. Schoole-notes on the Greeke Alphabet and of the Dutch pronunciation of the Greeke 4. Abrahams Sacrifice a Tragedy In Theology 1. New Translation of the New Testament with Annotations 2. Confession of Christian Faith with comparing it with the Popish Heresies 3. Another short Confession 4. Of the punishing Hereticks by the civill Magistrates against Martin Bellius 5. The summe of Christianity 6. The Doctrine of the Sacrament 7. A plaine Treatise of the Lords Supper against Westphalus 8. His Cyclops against Heshusius 9. The Defence of the Church of Geneva against his calumnies 10. An Answer to Sebastian Castalio concerning Predestination 11. An Answer in defence of his Translation against Sebastian Castalio 12. An Answer against the Renewers of Nestorius and Eutiches Sect of Omnipresence of the Flesh of Christ. 13. Of the Hypostaticall Union of the two Natures in Christ against Iacob Andrees 14. Of the Unity of the Divine Essence against Arrians 15. Theses of the Trinity of Persons and Unity of Essence 16. A little Booke of Christian Questions and Answers 17. Of the Sacramentall coniunction of the Body and Blood of Christ with the sacred Symboles against Illiricus 18. An Apology for the Calvinian and Bezan Doctrine of ●e LORDS Supper 19. An Answer to the Reprohes of Francis Baldwin 20. Against Selneuer 21. A Treatise of Poligamy ●nd Divorce 22. Theologicall Epistles 23. Calvins Life 24. Dialogues of Athanasius ●f the Trinity of Anastasius and Cyrill of the explication of Faith of Basil against Eunomius Foure Bookes in Latine set forth both in Greeke and Latine with Feobadius against Arrians 25. Psalmes of David and five Bookes of the other Prophets with Latine Paraphrases 26. French Psalmes to sing i● Metre 27. Upon St. Pauls Epistles to the Rom. Galath Philip. Colos. with Olevianus Notes 28. Icones or Pictures of many learned men especially Protestants 29. Pictures or Emblemes 30. Morall Ceremoniall Judiciall Law of Moses 31. Of the Hypostaticall union of both Natures in Christ. A Dispute with Doctor Iohn Pappius 32. A Preface to Hesiander of the Omnipresence of Christ. 33. A Translation of Theodores Greeke Booke against Hereticks denying the Hypostaticall Union into Latine 34. Questions and Answers of the Sacrament 35. An Answer to Iodic Harch of the Lords Supper 36. Of the Pestilence 2. questions one of the con●agion of it two of flying in that time 37. Salomons Song in Latine verse 38. Of the pronunciation of the French tongue 39. Homilies on Christs Resurrection Tertullian is expected to be set forth FRANCISCVS IVNIVS THough France hath abounded with many Professors of the Gospell and those rare Schollers yet there are very few that have out-stript this worthy Juni● Hee was of the City of Biturigum one who was well descended famous for Verue holinesse of life and learning hee had through the whole course of his life severall crosses as exercises of his Vertues in which hee admired the singular providence of God and his speciall mercies for his deliverances He was borne in the yeere of Jesus 1545. at thirteene yeeres old he studied the Civill Law ●n which hee spent 2. yeeres In which time in his owne Countrey in the Vniversity of Biturigum those famous and religious men of that Profession Francis Duaren Hugh Donellus Antony Contius and Lewes Russard did interpret the Civill Law unto him when as the variety of severall Sciences invited this Junius to the study of them hee determined with himselfe to set upon and to follow that which was the most excellent In the yeere of our Lord therefore 1562. hee came to Geneva where when hee had exercised himselfe in the sacred Letters and tongue he was esteemed very able to take the Ministry upon him Those then of Antwerp being destitute of a Minister for the French Congregation Junius at the perswasion of Crispine and the necessity of the Church so requiring came to Antwerpe 1565. in which City there were many spirituall Merchants that sought after those Celestiall Treasures but with what hazard and danger he exercised his Ministry heere and in other Townes of the Low Countries it is to be easily seene in the Histories of those times He preach'd a Sermon at Brussels where the Sermon ended they went into consultation how to stop and pull downe the Spanish too too bloody Inquisition whereat Junius held his peace these things were first determined in the House of the Earles of Colenburgh Whereupon the House two yeeres after was layd levell with the ground not without fearefull cursings and execrations That bloody Duke of Alva then swaying in those parts with his Spanish Tyranny for all these tempests Junius did great good in his Preaching and was well approved of many of the Lords who liked not the Spanish Servitude This Junius taught long in the Palatinate under Fredericke Cassimeire called Pius and his Nephew Fredericke 4. both in Church and Schooles That Translation of the whole Old Testament often printed and now used got him a great name He had great knowledge in the Scriptures and in Tongues Philosophy and History as appeares in his Notes upon Bellarmine of the translating of the Roman Empire He taught and writ in the Vniversity of Leyden for ten yeeres and upwards His Workes are many and are here registred 1. A Speech in French to the Spanish King for defence of the Low Countries 2. An Answer to Sandwich his brethren in England of Images 3. The Translation of the Old Testament with Immanuel Tremelius out of Hebrew 4. Acts of the Apostles and Epistles to the Corinthians out of Arabicke 5. Confession of Faith of Frederick Count Palatine 3. 6. Apocrypha translated with Notes 7. Iohannes Tilly of Kings and of the Kings of France translated into Latine 8. A Speech of the Hebrew Tongue 9. An Hebrew

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 M● tine Bucer Paulus Fagius Io hannes Lascus and Peter Martin If he had not loved the Go● spell of Jesus he would no● have so friendly relieved and cherished his followers He needes no other commendations than those which are given him by Andreas Osi●der Peter Martir in K. He● the eighth his reigne Osi●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 ●o Students and professors of Gods Word but much more for those Abstrusiores ac plane ● 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 Q●is sanctior firmior Doctior Who so holy whose stedfast who so generally learned● 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 ●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 unwritta● truths 14. Of not marrying one● 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 ●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 ●it in the Bishopricke of London and the Archbishopricke of Yorke the one in ●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 Southwel●in ●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