of celebrating the Lords Supper 3. A friendly farewell to his loving friends and favourers being in Prison at Oxford 4. With a mournfull Lamentation of the deplored estate of the Church of England being falne to Popery His writings could not be many because his time was but short and he imployed it most in preaching THOMAS CRANMER THIS reverend and grave Arch-bishop was borne in the County of Notingham sprung from an ancient and worthy family He was brought up to study in the Vniversity of Cambridge in Jesus Colledge in which he made a wonderfull progresse in learning and prov'd in a short time an excellent and usefull member in the Church for his rare endowments he was by that potent Prince Henry the eight King of England made Arch-bishop of Canterbury after the death of his predecessor Warran in the yeare 1532. All the time of King Henry his Reigne he shaved his beard but that King dying hee let it grow greatly as you see him here lively presented he was the first Archbishop except onely one which was Richard Scroope Archbishop of Yorke that was adiudged to death in England by formall course of Law But this Cranmer was and underwent two yeares and an halfe imprisonment with much sorrow in darknesse nastinesse and want Certaine it is that he was a man devoted wholly to Religion and Godlinesse for he in the time of King Edward procured many Divines to repaire from forraine parts into this Kingdome and saw that they were supplyed with necessa ries among whom was Mâ— tine Bucer Paulus Fagius Io hannes Lascus and Peter Martin If he had not loved the Goâ— spell of Jesus he would noâ— have so friendly relieved and cherished his followers He needes no other commendations than those which are given him by Andreas Osiâ—der Peter Martir in K. Heâ— the eighth his reigne Osiâ—der in his preface to his Evangelicall harmony thus speaks of him Amote c. I love your Grace not onely for those endowments which are common to others as greatnesse of birth comlinesse of person sweetnesse of carriage charity to all especially â—o Students and professors of Gods Word but much more for those Abstrusiores ac plane â— leroicas animi tui virtutes those are his very expressions in English Abstruse and plainely Heroicall vertues of your minde together with your Visedome Prudence Fortitude Temperance Justice care for your Countries good Loyalty to your Soveraigne contempt of worldly wealth love of heavenly riches love of the truth Gospell and professors of it This Encomium is large and true proceeding from the penne of such a Divine and Peter Marter gives him as much praise in his Epistle to his booke of the Eucharist Quem enim potuissem c. Whom could I finde so true a Bulwarke for the truth and especially Huius Eucharistici Sacramenti For the Sacrament of the Eucharist than your sacred selfe nay he saith Qâ—is sanctior firmior Doctior Who so holy whose stedfast who so generally learnedâ— It is your Grace that are expert in all the Writings of the Fathers Councels Canons Popes Decrees Controversies of these saith he I am an eye witnesse or else I should scarce have believed â—t Ye for all these parts this famous Father of the English Church was adiudged to the sire and suffered it at Oxford 1556. the 21. of March and of his age 72. in which weighty charge of governing the affaires of the Church He writ many things which are here to his eternall praise truely registred 1. A Catechisme of Christian Doctrine 2. Ordinations of Churches reformed 3. Ofordaining Priests 4. Of the Eucharist with Luther 5. A defence of Catholicke doctrine 6. To the professors of the Truth 7. Ecclesiasticall Lawes in Edward the sixth his reigne 8. Against Gardners Sermon 9. Doctrine of the Lords Supper 10. 12 Bookes of common places out of the Doctors of the Church 11. Christian Homilies 12. To Richard Smiths Calumnies 13. Confutations of unwrittaâ— truths 14. Of not marrying oneâ— sister two Bookes 15. Against the Popes primary two bookes 16. Against Popish Purgatory two bookes 17. Of Iustification two Bookes 18. Epistles to Learned Men. Out of Prison hee writ these 1. Against the sacrifice of the Masse 2. Against adoring the Host. 3. To Queene Mary with others 4. Emendations of the Translation of the English Bible and added Prefaces to it EDWIN SANDES ARCHBI THIS Worthy Doctor of the Church of England proceeded of a good house and family and tooke his degree of Doctor in the famous Vniversity of Cambridge he was Master of Katharine Hall and Vice-Chancellor of the said Vniversity the same time When Iohn Duke of Northumberland passed by that way with his Army to oppose the proclaiming of Mary Queene of England he caused this Sands to preach for and in defence of the Lady Jane Grey which was declar'd Queene which he performd with that modesty gravity and wisedome that hee satisfied Northumberlands Duke and did not much incense the other party for when there was a suddaine change of things so that the next day the great Duke and himselfe were both taken Prisoners this worthy Sands at the intercession of many friends was acquitted and fully set free and so together with his wife went into Germany a good policy to shun a comming threatning storme where he kept himselfe close during the reigne of Queene Mary but that Queene dying hee was cald home into England in Queene Elizabeths Reigne and was declared Bishop of Worcester and was consecrated â—e one and twentieth of December in the yeare of our Lord 1559. Hee did succeed that famous Arch-bishop Grindall in two places to â—it in the Bishopricke of London and the Archbishopricke of Yorke the one in â—570 and the other in sixe yeares after and when he had enioyed that spirituall promotion of Arch-bishop 12. yeares he departed this life the eighth of August 1588. about the age of threescore and lies buryed in the Collegiate Church of Southwelâ—in â—in Notingham shire a man of whom it is hard to be said whether more famous for his singular vertues learning or for his Noble Parentage and Of-spring which hee left behinde him for he left many Children of which three were Knights and excellently well qualified gentlemen either for body or mind But his sonne Sir Edwine Sands prov'd the learneder more famous and deare to his Countrey There is a booke of famous sermons extant in Print of this Prelates which is counted a worthy piece of work doth sufficiently declare his Piety and Schollership to succeding Ages ALEXANDER NOWELL THis Effigies speaks Christian Meekenesse and gravity and he was as this shewes him to be borne he was in Lancashire of an ancient family of the Nowels Hee tooke the degree of Doctor in Divinity in Queen Maries dayes he as many other famous Divines were forced to doe departed this Land to shunne the troubles of those times and to secure their owne persons from their Adversaries Hee
Wit Learning Religion Like him these times will yeeld us few or none MATHEW PARKER This countenance speaks Gravity and hee was no lesse than he appeares He was borne in the City of Norwich furnished with Learning in the Vniversity of Cambridge Hee was BibleClarke in Corpus Christi Colledge and after he was made Fellow of the same Colledge but he was called from hence to be Chaplaine to Queene Anne Wife to Henry 8. King of England He tooke degree of Doctor in Divinity and first he was made Deane of Stoake and Queene Anne dying the King made him one of his Chaplaines and that King dying he was reputed worthy to be Chaplaine to King Edward the sixth he obtayned no meane preferments and dignities under both Kings as the Mastership of that Colledge in which hee was bred He was Prebend of Ely and Deane of Lincolne all which promotions in King Edwards dayes hee did quietly possesse untill the second yeere of Queene Mary then he was for marrying a Wife stript from all his preferments and lived an obscure and poore life But that storme being over and the Archbishopricke of Canterbury being voide by the death of Cardinall Poole Queene Elizab. iudged none fitter for this eminent preferment for Life and Learning than this Grave Prelate and so did bestow the Archbishopricke upon him He was installed the 17. of December and sate Primate and Metropolitane of all England the space of 15. yeeres in which space hee did many famous workes of Charity As first he gave to the City of Norwich the place of his birth a Silver Basen and Eure double guilt weighing an hundred and threescore and ten Ounces to this he gave 50. Shillings yeerely to be distributed to the poore of that City Hee tooke care also for sixe anniversary Sermons â—o be preached in five particular Parish-churches in Norfolke Hee built a faire Grammar-schoole at Rochdale in Lancashire he gave to Corpus Christi or Bennet-Colledge of which he was Head Thirty Schollerships hee builded the inward Library and furnished it with many faire Bookes printed and Manuscripts rare and scarce for worth and antiquity Moreover he gave to the Students of the same House a piece of Plate of 30. â—unces of Silver double guilt and withall gave the perpetuall Advouzon of the Parsonage of Saint Mary Abchurch to the Colledge these with many other deeds of Charity this Reverend Prelate freely did performe But one thing I cannot omit of him which was his great care for the preservation of ancient Histories whose names before this time had perished but that that fastened a Nomenclature or Catalogue of the Authors This Father of the Church deceased in the yeere of Jesus Incarnation 1574 being 70. yeeres old and lies buryed in the Châ—ppell at Lambeth covered with a Marble and an ingraven Epitaph his workes are these that follow 1. A Sermon when Mar. Bucer was buried out of Wisdome Cap. 4 ver 7. to 19. 2. A booke of the Antiquity of the Church of Canterbury and of 70. Archbishops of that See 3. The History of England of Mathew Paris 4. The flowers of the History of Mathew of Westminster 5. The History of Gyrald the Welchman of Tho. Walsin◠〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 famous Father of whom it is said Integer vera Relligionis amans IOHN FOXE BEhold this Man and thou canst not choose but wonder at his extraordinary labour and travaile to gather together so many of Gods servants in a bundle hee was borne in the County of Lancaster his young yeeres shewed that he was layd out for a Scholler and so he had education accordingly in a famous Schoole After being ripe he was sent to Oxford and was admitted into Magdalen Colledge where hee gave himselfe strictly to study and then profest Divinity hee attained to an excellent skill in the Latine Greek and Hebrew Tongues in King Edward 6. his Reigne and for his better safety and security left this Kingdome in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 dayes and lived in the Low-câ—untries But when the Date of that Qâ—eenes dayes were expired he camâ— backâ— into England and pâ—oved a famous Divine Hâ— had an excâ—llent faculty in preaching and added â—o painefulnessâ— constancy and willingnesse but that worke oâ— his called The History of the 〈◊〉 made his name famâ—us in this Kingdome and else where and will for evâ—r 〈◊〉 his praise He wâ—s a man of an humble spirit and hâ—d tâ—uely leaâ—n'd thaâ— Doctrâ—ne of St. Paul In what estate soever he was in therewithall to be content Hee was one that had as it seem'd crucified himselfe to the world and its vanities as it may appeare in a kind and fatherlâ— reprehension of his eldest sonne who having a great mind to travel into forraigne parts which when hee had pâ—rformed he came to his Father in Oxford then being old and he being aâ—tired in a loose out-landish fashion who are you said his Father not knowing him to whom his sonne replyed I am your sonne to whom this Master Foxe answered Oh what enemy of thine hath taught thee so much vanity which speech of his shewed that his minde was weaned from the love of the world And indeed I cannot conceive how hee could have any liberty to addict himselfe to follow delights and pleasures doing so exquisiâ—ely such rare pieces of Schollership which tooke up all his time nay it is rather to be wondred how he performed so great labours in so short a time which he could not have done without long and tedious watchings and fastings which three study fasting and watching will subiect the flesh to the Spirit and this course tooke â—ee This man never sought afâ—er greedily any promotions or preferments but held and â—pproved of that estate in which he dyed He departed â—his life in London and lyes â—uried in the Church of Saint Giles without Cripple-gate upon whose Marble Monument his Sonne Samuel Foxe hath caused to bee ingraven this Inscription Christo S. S. To John Foxe his honoured Father the faithfull Martyrologian 〈◊〉 our English Church a mosâ— disert searcher into thâ— Antiquities of Histories a most stiffe Bulwarke and fighter for the Evan gelicall Truth which hath revived the Martyrâ— as so many Phoenixes from the dust of Oblivion is this Monument made He dyed 18. of Aprill 1587. and of his age 70. He writ and set forth these things that follow 1. Meditations on the Apocaâ—ps 2. A Treatise of Christ crucifiâ— Lat. 3. Of Christ tryâ—mphing in 〈◊〉 4. The continuation of Williâ— Haddon against Osorius 5. Against the Pope Lat. 6. Short and comfortable exâ—rtations to the afflicted Angliâ— 7. Short notes of Election in English 8. The foure Evangelists in Saxon-English 9. His History of Martyrs 10. A Sermon made at the baptizing of a Iew the Text out of the 11. to the Romans in Lâ— tine 11. Vrbanus Rhegius 〈◊〉 Faith translated 12. One hundred and fifty Ti tles and Orders of Common places 13. A supplication to the English Lords for the afflicted brethren
by his very many Treatises worthily famous and full of excellent Divinity which are extant and to be sold in English the Catalogue of which I have ioyned to his life there are none of his workes in Latine that are to be had except on learned Disputation of the Lords Supper which he composed in the time that he was ahroad by which it doth easily and evidently appeare how dearely hee embraced and loved the Protestant Religion hee was chosen into the number of the Prebendaries of Canterbury and kept it untill his dying day He paied Nature her debt about the eight yeare 1570. being 60 yeares old John Parkhurst the Bishop of Norwich hath written verses in the Commendation both of this man and of his works writings His works are contained in three Tomes with study diligence piety I have here set them in order The first Tome containes 1. Newes from Heaven 2. A banquet of Christs birth 3. A Quadragesimal feast 4. A Method of praying 5. A bundle or posie of Flowers 6. An invective against swearing 7. Discipline for a Christian Souldier 8. Davids Harpe 9. The government of vertue 10. A short Catechisme 11. A booke of Matrimony 12. A Christians New-yeares guift 2. Tome containes 1. A Jewell of Mirth 2. Principles of Christian Religion 3. A Treatise of Fasting 4. The Castle of comfort 5. The soules solace 6. The Tower of the faithfull 7. The Christian Knight 8. Homelies against Whooredome 9. The Flowers of Prayers 10. A sweete boxe of Prayers 11. The sicke mans Medicine 12. A Dialogue of Christs Nativity 13. An Invective against Adultery Volumes in English full fraught with learning and iudgement as they are divided 3. Tome containes 1. An Epistle to the distressed servants of God 2. A supplication to God for the restoring his Word 3. The rising of the Popish Masse 4. Common places of Scripture 5. A comparison betwixt the Lords Supper and the Papall Masse 6. Articles of Religion confirmed by the authority of the Fathers 7. The monstrous wages of the Romane Priests 8. Romish Reliques 9. Difference betwixt Gods Word and Humane inventions 10. Acts of Christ and Antichrist with their lives and Doctrine 11. Chronicles of Christ. 12. An abridgement of the New Testament 13. Questions of the Holy Scripture 14. The glorious triumph of Gods word 15. In the praise of death all these were Printed in the yeare 1564. 16. Postills upon all the Sundayes Gospels in quarto 17. The Medicine for the Sicke often Printed in octavo by it selfe IAMES MOVNTAGV WHen you shall reade this worthy Prelate to be Bishop of Winchester and Dean of the Kings Chappell and Prelate of the noble Order of the Garter and privy Councellor to King James know that he obtained these Titles and honors by his vertue and learning To passe by his noble descent from the Montacutes Earles of Salisbury His Father was a Knight that famous Sir Edward of Boughton in Northampton shire His Grandfather was Councellor to King Henry the Eight his Mother was the Sister of the elder famous Lord Harington Hee had education in Cambridge answerable to his birth where his learning was such that the Vniversity bestowed both his Title Master of Arts as also Doctor in Divinity before the set time And the Vniversity gained by him for that Sidney-colledge founded by Francis Countesse of Sussex his Aunt he being Master of it when as there were ill sents by the grounds lying about dangerous and noysome he brought Trumpinton water through a new-cut way into the Garden of the said Colledge both to the health of that Colledge and the whole Vniversity His young yeeres were admirably well seasoned which made him prove so famous afterwards For King James taking notice of him presently swore him Chaplainâ— in ordinary and was made Deane of Liechfield of the Kings Chappell and presently after of Worcester and not long after Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells In which while he sate for eight yeeres he seemed to have those honours bestowed on him for the publicke good rather than for himselfe so revâ—rend was his carriage and pious his life and charitable his hands The poore in that Hospitall lost a good maintainer and all good men of that place a true Bishop He repaired the Bishops Palace almost ruined and furnished it with a Chappell and gardens His house at Banovell speaks his praise and posterity wil never forget his charity to the Church of Bath begun one hundred yeeres since by Oliver a Bishop and chiesly now at his cost and charges finished If death had not prevented here hee had plac'd a Deane and Choyristers and his two worthy brethren Henry and Sidney did provide that his purpose should not be voyd At last translated hee was to VVinchester where he did not so much looke after new honours as new burthens The House called VVinchester-house on the Thames side speaks his praise for her beauty which hee bestowed on her almost decayed Farnham Casâ—le also is not filent of his worth and praise which did so much partake of his bounty He also adorned the Tower in the Castle of VVindsor being his lot as Pâ—elate of the Garter so that it is easily knowne that in these works hee lâ—id out above 5000. pounds sterling He dyed at Greenwich of a Dropsie being aged 49. on the 13. of the Kalends of August 1618. leaving behind him foure famous brethren Knights Sir Edward the eldest Sir Charles which buried him Sir Henry and Sir Sidney now living Master of the Requests He was not unmindfull of Sidney Colledge but gave a yeerely stipend to the Library He desired to be buried in Bath where his Tombe is to be seene of Marble and Alabaster his family did not onely misse him but the Vniversities the Court and Church and his death grieved the King mainely for he loved him dearely for his care integrity sweetnesse of carriage and learning In a word having lived a Reverend Father of our Church and alwayes imitating the Piety of those renowned Fathers Bishops before him in the Primitive times hee is with them laid to rest expecting the reward of the just at that great day of Jesus comming WILLIAM PERKINS THe place of this Divines birth was Marfâ— not farre from the City of Coventry in Warwick-shire he was brought up and polished in learning in the Vniversity of Cambridge where he made in short space excellent proofe and demonstration both of learning and piety so that he was not onely an excellent and diligent Preacher but also a quicke and dextrous writer of many Treatises and Commentaries which for their worth were many of them translated into Latine and sent beyond Sea where they were and to this day are well approved of so that his fame was not onely in this Kingdome but also in France Germany and the Low Countries and in some parts of Spaine for his workes many of them are in French in high Dutch and low Dutch and his Reformed Catholicke translated into
Berengaâ—ius that can wrong thy innocence for thou hast by holy Scriptures and Fathers confirmed thy words and convinced their madnesse the purity of it appeares even in the writings of thy Adversaries even by Lanfranck himselfe that Longobard who was a man so full of subtilty and policy especially in Schoole Divinity that it tooke name from him nay he was so eminent in learning that the learning of St. Augustine and Hierome was not esteemed of and so this Lanfrank proved the Popes Champion in this question of Transubstantiation which is the soule as it were of the Masse and thereupon he had the Arch-Bishopricke of Canterbury given him nay for defending this so stifâ—ely Pope Alexander the second the successor to Nicholas did rise up to honour this Lanfranck and indeede the upholders of the Romish cause doe all mainly bustle to defend this so that Pope Urban the fourth in the yeare 1264 did appoynt a solemne Feast for it with Processions Torches Banners and all other solemâ—ities and did give upon that â—ay many Indulgences and â—ut Thomas Aquinas to prove â—t to be necessary by Tipes Figures and shadowes out of the Old Testament But Berengarius testified sufficiently his griefe and wonderfull sorrow and assumed new courage and so defended to the last what formerly he had written and so departed this life a famous champion of Christ Iesus hee sleepes in peace till the last Trumpet shall awake him to meete our Lord at his comming to Iudgement And his Effigies as you see was had by the helpe of Master Francis Molineus who was a Deane a learned man and studious of Antiquities Berengarius writ a Booke of the Body and the Blood of Christ in the Sacrament in which he defends and confirmes his Tenents by the Scriptures and Fathers and in the same booke hee doth write of the Antichristian Church and renounces his former yeelding absolutely and tearmes that Councell plainely Consilium vanitatis For so Benno a Cardinal in Hildebrands life saith that then the Romish Clergy was full of treachery and avrice ICâ—ANNES HVS THIS Famous instrument of GODS Church seemes to have taken his first vigour and courage from our English Wickliffe he was borne in Prague the Metropolis of the Kingdome of Bohemia and proved a famous preacher in that slourishing Vniversity he was Pastor of a Church in that towne called the Bethleemish Kirch where his Doctrines did iudicially oppose the Popes proceedings hence Pope Alexander the fifth condemned him for an Heretique In his time things tooke not good successe in the Church of Rome for the Cardinals falling out amongst themselves they chose three Popes divers Kings tooke it ill that the Church of Rome should be thus divided Then in the yeare of Grace 1414. there was a Councell held at Constance for the redresse of these mischiefes which now were got into the Roman Church To this Councell was Iohn Hus called by the Authority of the Emperor Sigismund who had past his word faithfully for his safe comming thither and for his returne from thence he obeyd the Emperor and trusted to his promise but comming thither neither was the Emperor Sigismunds promise availeable for his safety for it was contradicted by that Councell and he cast into prison with this censure First that faith in promises was not to be kept with Heretiques and that though Sigismund promised him safe conduct thither yet he promised not to safe guard him at his departure and if he had it was of no validity or force The Bohemians intercede for him but in vain with such eagernes and zeale did those Roman Agents prosecute their cause and therefore adiudged both his person and his workes to bee burned and when some of them would have had him shaven and others denyed it so that they could not agree Hus pleasantly turning to the Emperor Sigismund said Though all these my Adversaries bee cruell enough yet they cannot agree in the manner of the performing it At the last they set a triple Crowne of Paper upon his head and so upon the sixth day of Iuly the yeare following being 1415 this great scholler was burned The Bohemians upon his death rose in Arms and their Generall was Ziska a slout and valiant Captaine and they had admirable successe This John Hus did write divers workes They are Printed at Nurenburgh in Montanus and Nuberiis Shop 1558. 1. An explication of the Lords Prayer the Creed the ten Commandements of Sinne Marriage of the Knowledge and Love of God of the seaven deadly finnes of the Lords Supper c. 2. Of Peace 68. Epistles written a little before the Councell of Constance 3. A Treatise of Tithes 4. A Treatise of the Church 5. A booke of Antichrist 6. Of the Kingdome people life and manners of Antichrist 7. Of the unity of the Church and of Schismes 8. An History of the Acts of Christ out of the 4 Evangelists 9. An History of the passion of Christ with Notes 10. Explication of the 7 first Chapters of the 1 Ep. to the Cor. 11. Vpon the Canonicall Epistles of the Apostles 7 Commentaries 12. Of worshipping of Images He spoke at his death that within a hundred yeares God would call them to account for his sufferings HIERONYMVS PRAGENSIS THIS worthy Instrument hath his name from the place of his birth for hee was a Bohemian by birth and as you view the Effigies so may you conclude of his Physiognomy there is one that commends him deeply and yet not without cause the words he useth of him after he had praised his outward livelinesse are Erat Hieronymus vir animo Corpore forma eruditione virtute eloquentia insignis id est Hierome was a man famous for spirit Comlinesse Learning Vertue Eloquence His place of abode was at Iberling not past a Dutch mile distant from Prague When hee stood in defence of Hus and his Country hee could not get protection from the Emperor but in his travaile was taken by one Croft so bound was carried to Constance here the whole troope of his adversaries being met furiously set upon him 1. Gerson that noted Chancelor of Paris publickly produc'd many things and obiected some new tenents and propositions which he had formerly delivered in the City of Paris and that by those his new conclusions he had disturbed the whole Vniversity 2. The Chancellor of the Vniversity of Collen obiected â—ginst him an Oration which â—e had formerly delivered in â—hat place 3. The Master of the Vâ—iversity of Heidelbergh carrying himselfe loftily in his Chaire declared that he had uttered some strange opinions in that Accademy and so did divers others This Hierome of Prague thundered against the ill lives of the Romish Monkes and Friars demonstrated their Pride Covetousnesse Lusts c. of that state whereupon he was condemned to be burned for which he was resolutely prepared as it appeared by his valouâ— and contempt of death eveâ— at the stake it selfe for stanâ— ding at the stake bound the
time he was borne in a Towne of smal repute in the Palatinate and both Bucer and hee had but low estates but by study and labour this raised his name and maintained himselfe He got the skill of the Hebrew admirably well by the frequenting of Capnioes Lectures and afterward became excellent in it by the meanes of Capito publicke professor of the same tongue in the famous Vniversity of Strasburgh he prov'd so rare in this language that few hitherto have gone beyond him this Fagius was cald from Strasburgh to Heidelbergh by the Count Palatine of the Rhine to order the Churches affaires and to preach the Gospell which hee performed with good successe but in those civill turmoyles in which the Emperor had the upper hand all came to nothing at which time the face of the Church was disconsolate in Germany but in England it did flourish wonderfully the Emperor bringing that Idolatry and superstition into his Land which was driven forth of England so that those Doctors which the Emperor disliked and hated were welcome and ioyous to King Edward the sixth and to his Nobility and people This Fagius teaching in Cambridge but even a short time was admired of the whole Vniversity for this Fagius when he had long bin Pastor in Strasburgh came with Martin Bucer into England 1549. and dyed in November whom presently after Bucer followed not without the great griefe of all learned and pious men there are some who thinke them both to be poysoned but as they both liv'd alike so they were both alike in their deaths and in Queene Maries Reigne they were both digd out of their graves and were burnt finding the cruelty of the Romish sect even when they were laid to rest This Fagius dyed at forty five yeares of his age whose losse both Church and Common-wealth felt and mourned for His workes which hee writ are these that follow Out of the Hebrew Tongue Imprinted translated by Fagius are these following 1. A worke call'd Thisbi from the Authour This bites Elias contayning 702. words explained in this worke 2. Two short Chap. or Apothegmes of the Fathers which containe godly and profitable Sentences of the old wise Hebrews with some Schoole-notes 3. Morall Sentences of Ben-Syra Alphabetically the Nephew as the Iewes beleeve of Ieremy the Prophet with a Commentary 4. Tobias the Hebrew sent new from Constantinople translated 5. Hebrew Prayers used by the Iewes at solemne Feasts by which wee may see the old Rites of that people which both Christ and the Evangelists have performed A little Treatise of Faith of a certaine Iew turned to Christianity 200. yeeres since 7. A Literall exposition of the Hebrew sayings in the foure first Chapters of Genesis with a Chaldaick Paraphrase of Onkel on the same 8. A Booke of the truth of Faith full of Learning written by an Israelite many yeeres since to shew the perfection of Faith of Christians 9. The 4. first Chapters of Genesis with the German Version for yong Hebricians with Schoole-notes 10. Commentaries on some of the Psalmes by R. David Kimhi 11. An Hebrew Preface to Elias a Levite his Chaldee Lexicon 12. Thargum or a Chaldaick Paraphrase upon the five Bookes of Moses translated with short and learned Annotations 13. A Collation on the chiefe translations which are in use upon Genesis 14. An Isagoge or short Introduction to learne the Hebrew Tongue These are the Labours of this learned man which are great if you either weigh the Languages or the shortnesse of his life MARTINVS BVCERVS ALthough Luther in his time was very eminent in the Church yet this Bucer for his Piety Learning labour care vigilancy and his writings is little inferior to him both of them were singular Ornaments to the Gospel both High Dutch the one of Isleben the other of Selestadt both of them Monkes the one of the Order of Saint Augustine this a Dominican He was stiri'd up first by Luthers Sermon preach't before the Emperor at Wormes and so of a Dominican was turned to a famous Protestant What labours he sustained in propagating the Gospell of Jesus Christ those that read his Bookes the never dying Monuments of his Care may easily iudge his Workes and his Ecclesiasticall History doth declare how farre he excell'd in Judgement for writing for Prudence in counselling for his happinesse in setling Churches for Dexterity in compounding controversies for his Moderation in Disputations who although hee was Pastor of a Church in Strasburgh and taught Divinity there for the space of twenty yeeres yet other Churches Meetings Commencements and publicke Acts did experimentally feele his Wit I would to God he could have taken away that contention betwixt Zuinglius and Luther which he did strive to effect and I wish that those of Collen at the earnest and often intreaty of Herman Veda Arch-Bishop had admitted this man to have taught Theology there it would certainely have proved to the overthrow of the Roman cause in that City which thing had beene effected had that Westphalian Gropper kept his Coop and had not beene admitted into the Court of that Prince for hee could not endure either the Arch bishop or Bucer and so did endeavour to betray them both but what the Arch-bishop of Colen desired but could not effect was done by our Reverend Arch-bishop of Canterbury Tho. Cranmer Primate and Metropolitane of all England a man singular for Learning and Piety for hee endeavoured greatly by often sending of Letters to bring first Bucer and then Paulus Fagius from Strasburg into England Edward 6. that pious Prince being then King of England of whom an Historian hath given this Encomiasticke Line Tantae Regem expectationis Europa saeculis nunc aliquot nullum habuit That is That Europe in long time had not such a King for great hopes Well that Bucer which Colen reiected England entertained and the famous Vniversity of Cambridge with great applause admitted into her Schooles in the yeere of our Lord 1549 who when hee had for the space of two yeeres with the generall approbation of all learned Divines professed in publicke Commencements the last but one of February he departed this fraile life being in the yeere 1551 and of his age 61. Hee was bravely interr'd and had many learned Epitaphs made of him his body after it had beene buried 5. yeeres was taken up and burned in Q. Maries Reigne at Cambridge The Church of God felt and lamented this mans losse if we may beleeve Calvine in his Epistle to Viretus writing thus of him Quam multiplicem in Bucero iacturam fecerit Ecclesia Dei quoties in mentem veniâ— cor meum prope lacerari sentio As often as I doe thinke what a manifold losse came to the Church of Christ by losing this Bucer my heart almost doth rent in pieces This Testimony proceeding from such a Man as Calvin doth sufficiently declare the worth of this Bucer I have here to his life set downe his Labours in writing Arguments
was Deane of the Famous Church of St. Paul in London Hee was the first that returned from Forreigne parts hee presently writ two bookes of true Religion against the Papists and also of his first and last Lent Sermons He was for thirty yeares together Preacher to Queene Elizabeth of blessed memory Hee was likewise Patron of Middleton Schoole Hee gave to Brazen-nose Colledge in which hee studied from the thirteenth of his age till twenty sixe to thirteene Students to bee maintained two hundred pounds of English money being at the same time principall of the same Colledge Hee was the Author of much good to Pauls Schoole Hee did propagate godlinesse by his frequent Preachings and Catechismes Hee had the testimony for abilities and rare parts of both Vniversities and of Forreigne Churches and of those happy Prince King Edward the sixth and Queene Elizabeth as also of their true hearted Nobles Hee was a speciall maintainer of the Poore and more specially of learned Schollers Hee was a comforter of the afflicted both for their bodies and soules and hee was an especiall reconciler of contentions and Law suites witnes for ever to his praise that agreement and unity which hee alone procured betweene Sir Thomas Gresham and Sir Iohn Ramsey being falne out and fully intending to prosecute their causes at Law but by this reverend Divines perswasion and meditation were made Friends and so continued to their dying day Hee sate long the Deane of St. Pauls and lived till he was ninety yeares old and yet then had his perfect sight Hee dyed in the yeare of our Lord 1601. on the thirteenth of February and lyes buryed in the Famous Cathedrall Church of St. Paul in London with this Epitaph upon his Tombe 〈◊〉 os â—vestigia Evangeliza itium pacem With some Verses also annexed this being the last of them Sic oritur floret demoriturque Deo His Workes set forth are as followeâ—h 1. Against Thomas Dormâ—n an English Papist in two boâ—s in quarto English 2. Another Booke against Dorman and Sanders of Transubstantiation in quarto English 3. His greater Catechisme in Latine in quarto 4. His lesser Catechisme in Latine in Octâ— 5. The same in Latine Greeke and Hebrew IOHN IEVELL THIS famous Instrument may truely answer to his Name for heâ— was a rich Iewell both tâ— Church and Common-wealth He was borne in Devonshire and brought up to ripenesse in that flourishing Vniversity of Oxford first in Merton Colledge and afterwards in Corpus Christi Colledge where with the approbation of all the Learned hee tooke the degree of Batchelor in Divinity In his time hee was a famous and no lesse painefull Preacher of the Gospell of his Saviour In the Reigne of Queene Mary he fled into Germany to enioy the liberty of his Conscience and to avoide those snares thâ—t were laying for him in which he had beene intrapped had he stayed but the dayes of Queene Mary ending and famous Queene Elizabeth comming to the Crowne this worthy Scholler returned to England and at his comming was ioyfully received of his Mother the University who bestowed upon him the famous Title of Doctor of Divinity And not long was it before that renowned Queene Elizabeth for his singular learning and knowledge in all the Sciences and Tongues made him Bishop of Salisbury which Diocesse he governed with wonderfull care and vigilancy not onely feeding the soules of his people but also at all times distributing food to the bodies of the poore and distressed And as he was admirable for his dextrous and pious government of the affaires of the Church so was he also renowned farre and wide for his learned works and writings which foiled the Adversaries and quite stopt their mouths and rest yet unanswered which did mightily disparage their Cause Hee writ both in Latine and English for hee was excellent in the knowledge of the Tongues but that piece which most wounded the Roman Cause was his Apology for the Church of England which worke is piously reserved as a memoriall of him in all our Churches so that it may be sayd of him hee is dayly read in our Meetings and whose fame is through all the Churches Peter Martyr for this his worke gave him great commendations in these words Apologia tua Frater charissime c. Your Apology most deare Brother hath not onely afforded me content and satisfaction in all respects but it is approved of for a learned eloquent worke of Bullinger and his followers also of Gualter so that they cannot praise you enough neither doe they beleeve that any worke in this time hath beene set forth fuller of all manner of learning and entire perfection those be Martyrs very expressions This worthy and Reverend Juell of our English Church did as it were foretell in part his Dissolution as appeares by two Letters sent by him to the Reverend Father in God the Lord Bishop of Norwich which Doctor Lawrence Humphred doth set forth This worthy InstrumeÌ„t yeelded to Death at his Palace in Monktonfarley the Citizens of Salisbury did greatly bewaile his death it was in the yeere of our Lord 1573 and of his Age the 50th and lyes buryed in the Cathedrall Church of Salisbury in the middle of the Quire under a fairâ— Marble-stone with this Inscription in Latine which I have Englished because it sets forth his praise To John Juell an English man in the County of Devon sprung of the ancient Family of the Juels of Buden of the University of Oxford exâ—ed in Queene Maries dayes into Germany but â—n Queene Elizabeths Reigne was Bishop of this Diocesse where he sate Eleaven yeeres and Nine Moneths ruling faithfully and with great Integrity a Man religious learned sharpe-witted solid in Judgement endued with Piety and singular Humanity An expert Divine a Jewell of Jewels dyed at Monktonfarley buried at Salisbury being a Cittizen oâ— Heaven Laurence Humphred hath consecrated this Monument in witnesse of his favour and love in the yeere of Salvation 1573 IX Kalends Octob. Psalme 112. The Righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance He also made a Monument himselfe which will last longer than that of Marble which are his Workes that â—ollow 1. A Synopsis of that seditious Bull of Pius quintus sent into England 1569. in English 2. A short treatise of the Scriptures 3. A Treatise of the Sacraments 4. A Sermon preached in King Edwards Reigne upon 1. Pet. 4. 11. 5. Sixe Sermons before Queene Elizabeth at Pauls Crosse in English 6. The Apology of the Church of England 7. A Volume against Thomas Harding wherein 77 qâ— stions are discussed and decidâ— by Scriptures Councels and Aâ— cient Fathers translated into Lâ— tine by William Whittaker 8. His Reply against Harding turned out of English in to Latine by Tho. Bradocke John Wolley Secretary to Queene Elizabeth made some Verses upon his Death these are the two last of them Moribus ingenio â—octrina relligione Nulla ferent taleÌ„ saecula longa viruÌ„ For manners
14. A Gratulatory to the English Church and to her Pastors 15. Of the Eucharist 16. Of receiving those that are fallen 17. Expostulation of Christ with Mankind 18. Against the Calumnies of Del-Rius 19. Of Excommunication These be the fruits that this â—ighteous Tree planted in Gods Church did bring forth which doe sufficiently declare him WILâ—IAM GRINDALL THis great Divine waâ— borne in Cumberland he studied the Liberall Artâ— and Sciences at Cambridge iâ— Pembrooke-hall of which Society hee was first made Fellow and afterwards Master After this he was taken of Nicolas Ridley theâ— Lord Bishop of London to be his Houshold Chaplaine which worthy Prelate commended him to King Edward 6 but the unwished for death of that King hastening hee did misse of preferment that way Then he in the Reigne of 〈◊〉 Mary went into Germany and lived there till that Queene dyed but she being dead hee returned home againe and was chosen by Queene Elizabeth to that preferment which King Edward the sixt had laid out for him 1550. that was the Bishopricke of London which See he did wisely and religiously governe about 11. yeeres and then 1570. hee was made Archbishop of Yorke where he was Archbishop 6. yeeres from whence for his singular Piety and Learning he was in the yeere 1575. installed Archbishop of Canterbury where he ruled the affaires of the Church of England the space of 7. yeeres dextrously and religiously Two yeeres before his death hee lost his sight but Death comming tooke away this glorious Lampe of our English Nation and hee lyes buryed at Croydon 1583. and of his age 64. This Prelate was not void but plentiful and abounding in good works and charitable actions witnesses are first that free Grammar schoole which hee built at St. Bees or Bege in Comberland a little towne which schoole he endowed with the yearely revenewes of thirty pounds for ever He tyed upon Pembrook-hall lands worth twenty two pounds yearely for ever for the maintenance of a Greek Lecturer and for the sustenance of one fellow and two Schollers which should be sent from Bees Schoole He also gave to the same Hall divers worthy and rare bookes and a piece of Plate weighing forty ounces of silver Hee granted likewise to Magdalen Colledge in Cambridge a yeerely pension for ever for the maintenance of one Fellow which should be taken from his Schoole at St. Bege in Comberland He gave also to Christs Colledge in Cambridge a place of excellent literature and piety from which hath sprung many a famous Divine and Statesman a piece of plate weighing forty sive ounces He gave likewise to Queenes Colledge in Oxford the yearely revenewes of twenty pounds for ever to the maintenance of one Fellow and two Schollers to be chosen out of the aforesaid Schoole and at his death he bequeathed to the same Queenes Colledge in Oxford a great part of the bookes in their Library and a piece of Plate and forty pounds in money He likewise gave to eight poore almes-men at Croydon meanes valued yearely at 50 pounds Lastly he gave to the City of Canterbury 100 pounds of English money to be for ever for a stocke for to set the poore of that City on worke and to keepe them from idlenesse and beggery And so having done such and so many remarkable passages of Charity this reverend Metropolitane is laid to rest in the Lord. There is a Sermon of his which he preached at St. Pauls Crosse when the Funeralls of the Emperor Ferdinand were celebrated in English LAVRENS HVMPHERDE THis Worthy Divine was borne in the County of Buckingham studied in the famous Nursery and seed-plot of learning the Vniversity of Oxford in Magdalen Colledge hee departed this land as many other great Divines and Religious professors did in Queene Maries Reigne but in the beginning of Queene Elizabeth he returned home and was excellent for the Pulpit or the schools and tooke his Degree of Doctor in Divinity hee by his great abilities of learning set foâ—th Gods glory and mightily discovered that dangerous nest of Iesuites with their close and politique practices against Princes and their settled governments if they were not 〈◊〉 to the Roman Bishop His Books which he hath â—et forth doe evidently declaâ—e and manifâ—ly prove with what diligence and study hee found out the frauds impostures of the followers of Rome by ancient histories hee was made publique professor of Divinity or else Doctor of the Chaire in Oxford and President of Magdalen Colledge which dignities and preferments he did many yeeres with great commendation and approbation keepe and enioy He ended his life at Oxford and was there buried in the yeare of Christs Incarnation 1589 the whole Vniversity deploring and lamenting deepely the losse of so famous a governour and did see that his funerall rites were with all solemnity duly peâ—formed â— answerable to his place and office Hee was intimate with Bishop Iuel and grieved for his death and the Church of England missed them both this Humphred was at the time of his death little lesse than seventy yeares old his works are here faithfully â—ecorded 1. Of Nobility and the ancient originall of it 2. A little booke of the Conservation of true Religion 3. Consent of the Fathers of Iustification 4. Interpretation of Tongues 5. Of Iesuitisme 1. part of the practice of the Roman Court against Common-wealths and Princes with a premonition to English men 6. Iesuitisme 2 part of Puritan-poperie or the Doctrine Iesuiticall against Campian and Iohn Duraeus also Harding a confutation Also Pharisaisme old and new a sermon in Oxford Anno 1582. 7. Of the life and death of Iuell with the defence of his Doctrine and refutation of obiections of Harding Sands Cope c. 8. Origen of true faith translated with a Preface to the same Author and Doctor 9. St. Cyrills Commentaries upon Isaiah into Latine translated 10. An Index to Forslers He brew Lexicon by him made 〈◊〉 BAâ—INGTON THis Prelate as hee was excellent for his parts so was hee of a very faire descent being borne in the County of Nottingham of the ancient family of the Babingtons in the said County where hee drew in the first rudiments of Literature till by his worthy Parents hee was sent to Cambridge and was admitted into that worthy Society of Trinity Colledge Doctor Whitguift being then Master This Babington proved so famous in Schollership that having his degrees hee was made Fellow of the same Colledge and giving himselfe to the study of Divinity he proved a worthy Preacher in that Vniversity After being Doctor in Divinity he was called by Henry that noble Earle of Pembrooke to be his Chaplaine by whose favour he was first made Treasurer of the Church of Landasse in Wales after hee was elected Bishop of the same 1591. and when he had sitten 4. yeeres in that See for his singular Piety and Learning he was by Queene Elizabeth translated to the Bishopricke of Exceter where he scarce stayed 3.
yeeres but he was made Bishop of Worcester and in the middest of all these preferments hee was neither tainted with idlenesse or pride or covetousnesse but was not onely diligent in preaching but in writing bookes for the understanding of Gods Word so that he was a true patterne of Piety to the people of Learning to the Ministery and of Wisedome to all Governours Whereupon he was made one of the Queenes Councell for the Marches of Wales He was Bishop of Worcester about the space of 13. yeeres He dyed of an Hecticke Feaver and so changed this fraile life for a better in the yeere of our Lord 1610. not without the great griefe of all and had all funerall Rites bestowed on him befitting so great and so grave a Governour and Father of the Church and was buried in the Cathedrall Church of Worcester in the Moneth of May. His workes extant are these that follow 1. Consolatory Annotations upon Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers and Deuteronomy 2. Upon the 10. Commandements the Lords Prayer and the Articles of the Creed 3. A comparison or collation betweene humane frailty faith 4. Three worthy learned Sermons THOMAS HOLLAND THis worthy Instrument of our Church was borne in Shropshire in the Marches of Wales and studied in that flourishing Vniversity of Oxford in Exeter Colledge I have placed him among these famous Divines for his excellent knowledge and learning admirable indowments of his minde He was graced with the stile of Doctor in Divinity by the Vniversity his Mother he long time professed Divinity in the same Academy and at last with the generall suffrages of all he was placed Doctor of the Chaire in which hee succeeded Doctor Humphred which place this Doctor for many yeare together held with the generall acclamations of all as wel of our owne as forraigne Divines but his disputations in publicke which are yet in Coppies in some Schollers hands are demonstrations sufficient to set forth his Schollership Hee that preached his funerall Sermon doth praise him sufficiently tearming him another Apollos powerfull in Scriptures Hee was admirably well read in the Fathers so that he was as it were familiar with them and hee was excellent for Schoole-men so that he was of some called the Seraphicke Doctor He was subtile in his Arguments and disputations and quicke at resolving doubts and questions so that with great applause he was Doctor of the Chaire for twenty yeares together how many famous glistering starres proceeded from him into our Church so that he was truely as Gregory Nazianzen spoke of his Father an Abraham the Father of many children to wit by scholasticall creation and even to the highest degree that the Vniversity doth afford I passe over many reverend Schollers and some Bishops of this Kingdome that were his sonnes this way but yet I cannot passe over those two famous pillars and supporters of our Church those reverend paire of Fathers George Abbat Arch-Bishop of Canterbury and John King Bishop of London In briefe he was not onely a sincere preacher of Gods Word but a faithfull and constant practitioner he was zealous for Gods honour and alwayes hated idolatry and superstition as appeared by his speech to the fellowes of this Colledge when he at any time went into the countrey I commend you to the love of God and wish you to hate Popery and superstition hee was for holinesse of life a pattern to all The whole time of his siknesse he was fervent in prayers and eiaculations full of ardency when his breath grew short hee uttered this speech in Latine Veni oh veni Domine Iesu stella matutina veni Domine Iesu cupio dissolvi esse tecum which is in English Come oh come Lord Iesu the bright morning Starre Come Lord Iesu I desire to bee dissolved and to be with thee and having spoken these words quietly surrendred up his soule into the Lords hands leaving this life for a betterâ— Hee dyed and was buried in Oxford according to the honoured custome of the Vniversity with all Funerall rites that were to bee performed for so famous a man in the moneth of March 1612. being then littles lesse than threescore and thirteen years of age ROBERT ABBAT THE place of this famous Schollers birth was Guilford in Surrey a Towne of good repute and his Parents were honest and vertuous and not obscure He was â—nished with Learning 〈◊〉 â—orts 〈◊〉 that ancient Colledge in Oxford called Bâ—l because builded by one of that name a King of Scotland He was Doctor in Divinity and Master of the said Colledge in wâ—ich government hee sâ—ed what a worthy Prelar◠〈◊〉 would prove to our English Church he was not onely thus adorned but he was made Doctor of the Chaire which place Doctor Holland had kept with great praise the space of twenty yeares This our learned Abbat after that hee had 20. yeeres proved himselfe a famous and painfull Divine and by his writings set forth had learnedly opposed his Adversaries of the Romish Church hee was by King James of blessed memory consecrated Bishop of Salisbury the third of December in the yeere 1615. and in this regard hee may iustly be said to equallize Seffred once Bishop of Chichester because that this as well as he lived to see his brother Lord Archbishop of Canterbury Primate and Metropolitan of all England While he sate Lord Bishop of this Diocesse he brought forth that learned and solid piece of Divinity concerning grace and the perseverance of the Saints which was termed his Vox Cygnea because he presently after dyed that speech which hee made to the Vniversity of Oxford is also full of Schollership which beginnes thus in Lattine Salva veneranda Mater Acâ—demiarum decus gloria and so goes on with expressions of his care and love to her All haite oh reverend Mather the glory and grace of all Vniversities I cannot containe 〈◊〉 selfe but I must needes reioyce and be glad that I have suckt thy breasts and not onely have had time to learne but also to teach publickly in thy Schooles I will never rest to wish thee â— thousand happinesses and blessings and all successefull prosperities but the businesse that I am now to deliver to thee from my Soveraigne is that thy Students would be carefull to avoyde those Bertians Grevincovians Thomsons and the like writers who never are content with the old pathes but are inventing new ones and thinke that they doe nothing well unlesse they be singular Oh I desire thee to retaine thy old piety and sincerity I hope this of thee and I wish that thou maist for ever flowrish and increase and be a Pillar and ground-worke of truth untill the second comming of the Lord Jesus He lived not long in that See till death took him from us for he sate but two yeares three moneths but he did mainly imploy his time both in publicke and private and so by reason his life was sedeÌ„tary he was troubled with the stone