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A08486	A famous and godly history contaynyng the lyues a[nd] actes of three renowmed reformers of the Christia[n] Church, Martine Luther, Iohn Ecolampadius, and Huldericke Zuinglius. The declaracion of Martin Luthers faythe before the Emperoure Charles the fyft, and the illustre estates of the empyre of Germanye, with an oration of hys death, all set forth in Latin by Philip Melancthon, Wolfgangus Faber, Capito. Simon Grineus, [and] Oswald Miconus, newly Englished by Henry Bennet Callesian.; Historia de vita et actis Martini Lutheri. English	Melanchthon, Philipp, 1497-1560.; Bennet, Henry, fl. 1561, compiler and trans.; Capito, Wolfgang, 1478-1541. De vita Oecolampadii. aut; Grynäus, Simon, 1493-1541. De J. Oecolampadii obitu. aut; Mykonius, Oswald, 1488-1552. De H. Zuinglii vita et obitu. aut	1561 (1561)	STC 1881; ESTC S120757	69,569	198

thee with ardent affection that for thy glory the glory of thy sonne Iesus Christ thou wylt collect vnto thy selfe in the voyce of thy Gospell among vs one perpetual Churche and that for the d●are loue of thy Sonne oure Lorde Iesus Christ our mediator intercessor thou wylt gouerne vs by thy holy Gho●● that we vnfainedly maye call vpon thee and serue thee iustly Rul● also the studies of thy doctrine gouerne and conserue the policies and discipline of the same whych be the Nur●●s of thy Church scholes And sythe thou hast created mankind that thou mayest be knowen inuocated of the same and that for thys respect thou hast reuealed thy selfe by many c●●are testimonies permit not thys smal nomber and selected ●●ocke that professe ●ny sacred w●or● to be defaced and ouercome And the rather for that thy sonne Iesus Christ readye to fight agaynst death hath p●ayed in this maner for vs Father sanctifye them in verity thy woord is veritye We con●oyne our prayer wyth the prayer of thys our ho●ye Pr●est we make peticion w●th hym that thy doctrine may th●●e among m● and that we may be directed by the same We heard Luther euermore pray in thys wyse and so praying hys innocent Ghost peaceably was separated from the earthy corps whē he had lyued al most th●ee score and three yeares Such as succeded haue diuers monumentes of hys doctrine godlines He wrote certain instructing works wherein he comprised a salutiferous and necessarye doctrine for men teaching the sincere myndes penitence the fruites of the same the vse of the Sacramentes the difference betwyxt the Gospel and Philosophy the dignity of politike order finally the principall articles of the doctrine conducible to the Church He composed certayne workes to reproue wherin he refuteth diuers pernicious errours He also deuised bookes of interpretacion in which he wrote many enarracions and exposicions of the Prophetes and Apostels and in this kind his very enemies cōfesse he excelleth all other whose workes are imprinted and published abrode Then al Christiās godly myndes conceyue what prayse he merited but certainlye hys exposicion of the old new Testament with vtility and labour is equiualent to al his workes For in the same is so much perspicuitye that it maye serue in steede of a Commentary though it be red in the Germayne tonge And yet this is not a naked Exposition but it contayneth verye learned Annotacions and Argumentes of euerye parte The whych both set foorthe the somme of heauenlye doctrine and instructeth the Reader the sacred phrase and manner of speakynge in the Scriptures that the godlye myndes maye receyue fyrme testimonies of the doctrine oute of the verye fountaynes Hys mynde was not to keepe vs occupyed in hys woor●es but to guyde our Spirites to the verye sprynges Hys wyll was we shoulde heare God speake and that by hys woorde true fayth and inuocacion myght ve kyndeled in oure myndes that GOD myght be sincerely honoured and adored and that manye myghte bee made Inheritours of the euerlasting lyfe It behooueth v● thankefullye to accepte hys good wyll and great labours and to imitate the same as our Patron and by hym to learne to adorne the Churche accordyng to oure power For we must referre all oure lyfe enterprises and deliberacions to twoo principal endes Fyrst to illustrate the glory● of God Secondly to profite the Churche As touchyng the fyrst Saynct Paule sayth Doo all thynges to the glorye of God And of the seconde it is sayde in the hūdred twenty and two Psalme Pray that Ierusalem maye prosper and there followeth a syngular promyse added in thys versic●e that such as loue the Church shal prosper and haue good successe Let these heauenly commaundementes and diuine be hestes allure all men to learne the true doctrine of the Churche to loue the faythful Ministers of the Gospel and the true Teachers and to employ theyr whole studye and diligence to augment the true doctrine and mayntayne concord and vnity in the trewe Church ⸫ Martine Luthers declaracion of hys doctrine before the Emperours Maiesty Charles the fyft the Princes Electors the Estates of the Empyre in the i●urney an● assembly of Princes at Wormes ⸫ THE yere of our saluacion ▪ 1621. about 17. ●ayes after Passeouer Martin Luther entred Wormes beyng sent for by the Emperour Charles the fift of hys name king of Hispaine Archeduke of Aust●ich c. Who the firste yeare of his Empire made the first assembly of Princes in this regal City And wher as Martin Luther had published three yeres before certayne new propositions and such as before were neuer proponed to be disputed in the Towne of Witteberg in Sarony against the ●●ranny of the Pope the which not wythstanding were torne in peeces condempned and burned by the Papists and yet by no manyfest Scriptures ●● probable reason conuinced the matter began to tende to tumult and mutiny and yet Luther mayntained a● this whyle opēly his cause against the Clergye Whereupon it seemed good according to the sollicitacion of the Romayne Legates that Luther should be called assigning vnto hym an Herauld of Armes wyth letter of safe cōduct by the Emperour Princes Being sent for he came and addressed hym to the Knyghtes of the Rhodes place where he was lodged wel entertained and visited of many Earles Barons Knights of thord●r Gentlemen Priestes the Cōmon●y who frequēted his lodging til night To conclude he came besides the expectacion of many as wel aduersaries as other For al be it he was sent for by the Emperours Messenger had letters of safe conduct Yet for that a fewe dayes before his accesse hys bookes were condempned by publicke proclamacions euery man beleued for thys preiudice he woulde not come And the rather for the his friendes deliberated together in a nye Village called Oppenehim where Luther was firste aduertised of these occurrentes many perswaded him not to submit himselfe to any daunger considering these beginninges aunswered not the fayth of promyse made Who whē he had heard their whole perswasion aduise he answered in thys wyse As touching me synce I am sent for I am resolued certenly determined to enter Wormes in the name of the Lord Iesus Christ yea although I knew ther were so many Deuils to resist me as ther are tyles to couer the houses in Wormes The fourth day after his repayre a Gentleman named Vlricke of Pappenhim Lieutenant general of the mē of Armes of the Empire was cōmaūded by the Emperor before dynner to repayre to Luther enioyne the same at 4. a clock in the after noone to appeare before themperial Maiesty the Princes Electors Dukes other Estates of thempire to vnderstand the cause of his appellation Whereunto he willingly agreed as his duty was And after foure of the clocke Vlr●k Pappen him and Caspar Sturm the Emperours Heraul●e who conducted Mart●n Luther from W●●teberg to Wormes came for Luther and

power Eccius was y● author thereof for none other respect thē to inflame the fyry wrath of the Pope Princes against Luther The simbole of y● Apostles y● same of Nice Athanasius he conserued in their integrity Further he declareth in diuers his works sufficiently what innouaciō is to be required in y● ceremonies tradiciōs of mē wherfore they ought to be altered And what fourme of doctrine administracion of the sacraments he required approued it is apparēt by the confessiō the Elector Iohn Duke of Saxony Prince Phillip Landgraue of Hessia presented to themperor Charles the .v. in the yere 1530. in the assembly at Ausburg It is manifest also by y● cerimonies of y● Church in this City the doctrine y● is preached in our Church the sōme wherof is fully comprised in this confession I alledge this y● the godly may consider not onely what errors he hath corrected reproued what images he hath defaced abolished but also thei may vnderstand he hath cōprehended y● hole doctrine necessary for y● church he hath set y● ceremonies in theyr purity geuen examples to the faithful to repurge reforme the Churches it is necessary for posterity to know● what Luther hath approued I wyl not here commemorate who were the first that published both partes of the Supper of our Lord who fyrst omitted the priuate Masses where fyrst the Monasteries were abandoned For Luther hath disputed verye lytle of these before that assembly which was made in the Towne of Vangions in the yeare 1521 he chaunged not the ceremonies but in his absēce Carolostadius and other altered thē Then Luther returning after that Carolostadius had deuised done certain thinges rather to brede mutiny then otherwyse manifested by euidēt testimonies published abroade touchyng his opinion what he approued and what he mystyked We know that politike men euermore detested all chaunges and we must confesse ther ensueth some euil of dissencions yea trulye moued for ryght good causes in thys horryble confusion of humayne lyfe and yet it is our duty euermore in the Church to aduaunce Gods ordinaunce aboue humayne constitucions The eternal father pronounced thys voyce of hys sonne This is my welbeloued sonne heare hym And menaceth eternall wrath to al blasphemers that is such as endeuour to abolishe the manifest verity And therefore Luther dyd as behoued a Christian faithfully to do considering he was an Instructor of the Church of God It was hys office I say to reprehed pernicious errors whych Epicures table wyth a monstrous impudencye heaped one vpon an other and it was expedient hys Auditors dissented not from hys opinion synce he taught purely Wherfore if alteracion be hatefull and many peryls grow of dissention as we certaynly see manye whereof we be ryght sory they are in fault partlye that spread abroade these errors and partly that wyth diuelyshe dysdayne presently mayntayne them I do not recite this onely to defend Luther hys Auditors but also that the faythful spirites may cōsider now and in tyme to come what is the gouernaūce of the true Church of God and what it hath alwayes bene how God hath gathered to hym selfe one eternal Churche by the voyce of the Gospel of thys masse of sinne that is to say of the huge heape of humayne ordures among whō the Gospel shyneth as a sparke amyd the darke As in the tyme of the Phariseis Zachary Elizabeth Mary and many other reuerenced obserned the true doctrine So haue manye preceeded vs who purely inuocated God some vnderstanding more clearely then some the doctrine of the gospel Such a one was the old man of whom I wrote that often tymes comforted Luther when his astoneinges assayled hym ● after a sorte declared vnto hym the doctrine of the fayth And that God may preserue henceforth the lyght of his Gospell shinyng in many let vs pray with feruent affection as Esay prayeth for hys Hearers Seale the law in my Disciples Further thys aduertisement sheweth playne that coloured supersticions are not permanent but abolished by God and sythe thys is the cause of chaunges we ought diligentlye to endeuour that errours be not taught ne preached in the Churche But I returne to Luther Euen as at the begynnyng he entred in thys matter with out any particular cupidiy so thoughe he was of a firy nature subiect to wrath yet he alwayes remembred his office onely cōtendyng in his teaching prohibited warres to ve attempted and distingued wisely offices wherin was any differece to say the Bishop f●●dyng the flocke of God and the Magistrates that by authority of the sword committed vn to them repres a certayne multitude of people subiect vnto them Wherefore when Sathan contendeth by scandales to dyssipate the Churche of God and contumeliously enrage agaynst hym and delyghteth to doo euyll and reioyceth to behold vs wallowe in the puddle of errour and blyndnes sinylyng at oure destruction he spendeth oyle and toil to enflame and sturre vp myscheuous instrumentes and mutining spirites to so we sedicion as Monetarius and hys lyke Luther repelled boldlye these rages and not onely adorned but also corroborated the dygnitye and bandes of politicke order and ciuill gouernement Therfore whē I cōsider in my mind how many worthy men haue bene in the church that in this erred were abused I beleue assuredly y● Luthers hart was not onely gouerned by humayn diligence but with a heauenly light cōsidering how constantly he a bode wythin the limites of hys office He held not onely in contempt the sedicious Doctours of that tyme as Monetar us and the Auabaptistes but also these horned Byshoppes of Rome who arrogantly impudently by theyr deuised decrees affirmed that Saynt Peter had not the charge alone to teache the Gospell but also to gouerne common weales and exercise ciuil iurisdiction Moreouer he exhorted euerye man to render vnto God that appertayned vnto God and to Cesar that belonged to Cesar to say that al should serue God wyth true repentaunce knowledge and propagacion of hys true doctrine inuocacion workes wrought wyth a pure cōscience And as touchyng ciuil pollecy that euery one should obey the Maiestcates vnder whō he lyued in al ciuil dutyes reuerences for Gods cause And certenly Luther was such a one he gaue vnto God that belonged vnto God he taught God he inuocated God had other vertues necessary for a mā that pleaseth God Further in politike conuersation he constantlye aduoyded al sedicious counsels I iudge these vertues to be so excellent ornamentes as greater and more deuine cānot be required in thys mortal life And al be it that the vertue of thys man is worthy commen●acion the rather for that he vsed the gyftes of God in all reuerence yet our duty is to render condigne thanks vnto God that by him he hath giuē vs the light of the Gospel and to conserue and enlarge the

were excellent woorthy men who established and gouerned large Realmes great Empires yet were they mu●● inferiour then these our Guides Esa● Iohn Baptist S. Paule Austen and Luther It is necessary for vs to vnderstand these differentes in the Church What then are the absolute true matters y● Luther hathe manifested which geueth great glory to his workes and maketh hys praise liue in the mouth of men Many cry out that the Church is disturbed controuersies planted in them not easy to be vnfolded I aunswer to these Suche is the gouernment of the Churche when the holy Ghost argueth the worlde many dissentions growe through the peruers stubbornes of the wycked they are in fault y● wyll not heare the Sonne of God of whom the Father pronoūceth Heare hym Luther hath reueled the true necessary doctrine for it is most certain ther was wonderfull grosse darknes in the doctrine of repentannce This discussed he declareth what is perfecte penitence which is the trusty port assured comfort of the spirite astonyed with the felyng of Gods anger He hath illumined S. Paules doctrine whych treateth ma is iustified by fayth He hath expressed what difference is betwyxte the Law the Gospel betwixt spiritual ciuil Iustice He hath explaned what is the true inuocacion of God and reuoked the Church wholy from al Pagane and prophane lunacy and furor who fayne that God is inuocated when the spirites oppressed wyth Academical douts flee God He hath exhorted to praier in pure cōscience hath guided vs as it wer by the hand to the onely mediatour the Sonne of God syttynge at the ryghte hande of God the Father and interceadynge for vs not to Images and dead me as the Infidels moued wyth horrible madnes inuocated Idolles and senceles Stockes He hath also instructed other dutyes acceptable to God and so a dourned and fortefied ciuil life as none to thys day wyth more perfection Further he hath sequestred childish instituciō of humain ceremonies y● customs aud lawes lettyng true inuocation from necessary workes And that this heauenly doctrine manyfested might come to posteritye he translated the Prophetes and Apostles workes into hys maternal tong wyth such perspi●uitye that hys traduction geueth more lyght to the Readers then the Commentaries of diuers other Hereunto he hath added manye Enarrations the whych as Erasmus in tyme paste affirmed passed all others that be extant And as it is reported of such as reedified Ierusalem that they buylded with one hand and held the sword wyth the other euen so Luther fought agaynst y● enemyes of Christian doctrine and at that instant deuised enarracions replenished wyth heauenlye doctrine and in thys exployte he hath comforted and releued the consciences of many with faythfull Councels And as it appeareth the greatest part of his doctrine surmounteth the compasse of humayne capacity as the doctrine of remission of syns fayth So muste we necessarilye confesse he was taught of God and diuers of vs haue sene his conflictes in the which he learned that we should perswade our selues this that by fayth we are heard and receaued of God The sincere godly wyts shal celebrate foreuer the benefites whyche God hath conferred to his Church by Luther and fyrste they shall render thankes to God then protest they ar much obliged to hys learned labors albert the Atheistes who vniuersally haue the church in derisiō esteme an● iudge these true offices and dutyes a chyidysh pastime a mere folye and alienacion of the mynde He hath not excitated indissoluble disputacions neither proponed to the Church the Apple of contencion nor published obscurities enigmes For he is easy to the faythful godly and such as be of sound vnderstandyng sclaunderouslye wyll not geue iudgement by conference of sentences to cōsider what agreeth with the heauenly doctrine and what dissenteth And that more is the godly are fully resolued ▪ that these differentes were longe synce appointed For since Gods pleasure is we should behold know hys wyll in the Prophetes and Apostles workes in the which he hath manyfested hymselfe we maye not thynke hys woordes are doubtfull as the leaues of Sibilla But some which wer not peruers haue compiayned that Luther was more vehement then n●de required I wyl not dispute against any but I aunswer this that Erasmus hath often said God hath giuen this last age a sharpe Phisiciō because of y● great diseases of the same therfore synce he hath reysed such an organe against the truthes enemies and agaynst the proude and impudent as he hath said to Ieremy beholde I haue placed my wordes in thy mouth to th ende thou shouldest destroy edefye also hath pleased hym to set before their beards this Gorgon or buckler in vaine thei quarell wyth God God gouerneth hys Church not by mans Counsels netheir wyll haue hys organes all alyke This is a common thing mean and moderate spirites cannot brooke vehement motions whether they be good or euyll Aristides beholdynge Themistocles enterprise great matters wyth a patheticall incitacion of the minde wherof he had prosperous successe althoughe he dyd gratulate the cōmon weales prsperity yet he laboured diligētly to reuoke Themistocles vehement mynde from y● course Neyther I deny that sometymes vehement mocions offend ther is none in thys infirmity of Nature voide of spot Yet if ther be any such as the autentick writers haue reported of Hercules Cimon and other deformed misshapen yet apt and vpryght in excellent exploictes Certaynly I must confesse that these be good and praise worthy and as S. Paule sayth yf he do hys duty wel in the Church obseruyng fayth and a pure conscience he is acceptable to God and we oughte to reuerence hym We knowe that Luther hath bene such for constantly he hath mayntained the sinceritye of the Gospel and retayned an integrity of conscience Now what is he that hath knowen Luther is ignoraunt wyth what humanity he was garnished How af fable he was to al such as in familiar conference or graue deuise had to do wyth hym How voyde he was of contencion brawle yet among these vertues he had such a grauity as decently became hys callyng His manners wer good his wordes swete and pleasaunt Finally althinges as S. Paule saith wer in him true honest iust pure amiable renoumed in so much that we maye plainly perceyue hys vehemencye proceded of a zelous affection he bare to the truth rather then of any natural sharpenes here of not onely we but many are euidēt witnesses As touching the rest of his lyfe whyche hee prolonged to .lxiii. yeares employing the same with feruent affection in the feare of God in al good liberal scieces if I had deliberated to say ought in hys prayse what ample theame what abundāce of matter is ministred to me to frame an excellent goodly Oratiō No inordinate desires no sedicious coūsels raigned

in praier cleannes in ministerye chastity diligence to eschew counsels tendyng to sedicion and desyre to learne And as it behoueth vs to remēber the other faythful gouernours of the Churche whose histories we reade as Ieremy Iohn Baptist S. Paule So let vs consider oftentymes the doctrine and order of thys reuerend father herewyth let vs adde prayer and action of thankes as it becōmeth vs now to do in thys assembly WE render thankes vnto the O most puissant God eternal father of our Lord Iesus Christ founder of thy Church together with thy sonne coeternall our Lorde Iesus Christ the holye ghost wyse good mercyful ryghteous iudge mighty hauing power ouer althings for that thou ga●her●st vnto thy sonne an enheritaunce conse●uest the ministery of the Gospel now by Luther hast restored the same And we pray thee with feruent affection that thou wilt conserue and gouerne henceforth the church seale in vs thy true doctrine as Esay prayeth for his Disciples that thou wylt illumine our vnderstāding by thy holy ghost that in truth we may cal vpon thee and lyue holyly Furthermore because the decease of excellent gouernours is oftē a presage or foreshewing of great inconue niēces to come to such as shal succede I and al those that professe ministery require you to consider the daungers wherunto the whole world is subiect The Turkes inuade of one side on the other domestical enemies threatē intestine wars Ther ●urke also eueri where licencious insolent heades who after they shal cease to feare Luthers censure seuere correction wil not stycke audaciously to corrupt this doctrine of vs faythfully taught Finally that God may withdraw such inconueniences let vs apply our diligence to lyue wel to study let vs retein this setēce alwaies impressed in our mindes that as long as we shal conserue heare learn loue the pure doctrine of y● Gospel we shal be the house church of God as the sōne of God sayth If any loue me he wyll obserue my word and my father wyl loue him we wyll come to hym and make our abode with hym Let vs be allured with thys singular promyse to learne the heauenly doctrine let vs be throughly perswaded that mākinde ciuil gouernments are cōserued because of the church Let vs pōder this in our minde be encouraged with y● imortality y● is cōming to the whych God hath called vs who truely hath not in vayne manifested himself vnto vs by so many testimonies nor with out good respect sent hys sonne but tenderly loueth careth for suche as make accompt of his inestimable benefites I haue sayd ¶ A famous godly history contaynyng the liues and actes of Iohn Ecolampadius and Huldericke Zuinglius excellent Diuines set foorth by Wolfangus Faber Capito Simon Grineus and Oswaldus Miconius and Englyshed by Henry Bennet Callisian ¶ Anno. 1561. The last of Nouember ⸫ To the ryght honourable and his syngular good Lord the Lord Montioy hys humble Oratour Henry Bennet Callesian wysheth long lyfe with encrease of honour ⸫ THAT vertue and felicitye haue theyr begynnyng of laborious and daungerous attempts Demetrius the Pagan Philosopher abundantly declares For if blessed estate is accident to none but to such as fast and endure aduersity those that lyue in pleasure perpetual rest are estemed inglorious Epicures whō God neglectes iudgeth vnworthy to cōten●e wyth calamity How famous excellent were the auncient Greekes and victorious Romaines ryght honorable my syngular good Lord whose vertuous dedes notable exploictes not without great perils honorable death atchieued ●ystify to al posterity their incredible desyre as well to enlarge the ●●myts of theyr 〈…〉 and illustrate with victories their florishing publicke weales as also their intollerable paynes prudent consideracions to attaine to felicity by the ragged hyls sharpe thorny wayes whych lead to vertue Hercules worthely Prince of all Grecia what labors susteyned he What ougly Monsters dyd he ouercome and with what magnanimitye dyd he penetrate the gresly denne of Pl●toes ghastly kingdome By what other counsayle dyd Homexe ●udged of y● learned diuine set before our eyes wandring Vlisses as an absolute Image of wysdom tossed with many ●rksome trauayls but to signify thys to be the ready way to clyme to the palaice of al felicity and commendable vertue Such wer Epaminundas Alcibiades Phociō Alexander the great Cam●llus Scipio Paulus Aemilius Pompeius Augustus Brutus Cato Cicero no ●es ornamentes of their Country then expresse paternes of vertue These worthi personages as thei shined in glory and lyue in the learned monumentes of vertuous writers So y● infamous and in glorious Princes as Heliogabalus Sardanapalus Nero Caligula Cōmodus haue not onely eclipsed the bryght sunne of theyr honors by lasciuious liuing coward dread but obscurely lurke in the depe ●onge on of lothsome obliuion It is then apparēt that nothyng in this world can establish our seate in securiti but onely vertue the whych with incredyble trauayl is procured If these excellet Orators and Poetes haue celebrated the memory of these princes that onely endeuored to gratefy theyr Coūtry common weale What shal we worthe lye write in the commendacion of Iohn Ecolampadius and Huldericke Zuinglius who wyth theyr monumentes of diuine sapience haue confirmed our myndes in y● feare of God fed vs wyth Euange●ical foode and preached to vs y● doctrine of saluaciō I may iustly say they were not onely equiualent but also excelled y● other The one a man of such innocencye of lyfe so sincere in preachyng professyng the Gospell so readye to oppose hym self to al worldly daunger as no age can obliterate his memorye The other so magnanimous in thaduaūc● mēt of Christes glory and his blessed Gospell so willinglye bent to dye in quarel of y● right merites more praise then to be set fourth with foyle of my rude pen. Their liues are no lesse mirrours for vs vertuouslye to lyue then theyr blessed departures comfortable preparatiues teaching vs to dye godly Thus desirous to gratefy your honour wyth some token of my goodwyl I haue englished this history the which for mani your vertues goodli ornamēts I dedicate vnto your good Lordship Which vertues heauenly giftes your honour hath not of lats acquired but naturally are engraffed in your person Ther is none at thys present that ●auoreth of any learning but hath red the cōmendacion of your most noble Graundfather Wylliam Lord Montioy Who besides nobility of race was adorned with such piety good litterature as he excelled many noble men in England For albeit thys victorious Realme ▪ flourished at those daies with many learned instructors yet the excellency of his courage could not be contented vnles he wer taught of the famous incomparable Clark Erasmus of Roterdam by whose industry he was so aduaunced in letters of humanitye that not onely in hys natiue Country but in many

remembraunce of hys doctrine I weye litle the braid sclaunder of the Epicures and Hipocrites who scoffe and condempne the manifest truth But I stay wholy here vpon that the vniuersal Churche hath consented perpetuallye to thys very doctrine which is preached in our Church where vnto we must frame our lyfe and deuocion conformable And I beleue that this is the doctrine wherof the sonne of God speaketh If any loue me he wyll keepe my commaundementes and my father wyll loue him and we wyll come to hym and plant our dwelling with hym I speake of the somme of the doctrine as it is vnderstāded and explaned in our Churches by the faithfull learned Ministers For al be it that some one often times expoundeth the same more aptly and elegantly then some other yet as touching the effect the learned and faithful doo agree in all poyntes Then weying perpending with my selfe long tyme the doctrine that hath bene of al tymes it semeth vnto me that since the Apostles there haue bene foure notable alteracions after the first purity of y● Gospel Origene had his tyme. Al be it there wer some of a sound and sacred opinion as Methodius who reproued the furies and ●otages of Origene yet he cōuerted the Gospell into Philosophye in the hartes of many that is to saye he aduaunced this perswasion that one meane discipline of reason deserueth remission of synnes and that thys is that iustice wherof is sayd The iust shall lyue of his fayth That age almost lost the whole difference of the Law and the Gospel and forgat the words of the Apostles For they vnder stoode not the naturall significacion of these wordes Letter Spirite Iustice Fayth Now when the proprietye of wordes was ●o●t whych be notes of the very thinges it was necessary that other thinges should be contriued Out of this seede sprang Pedagius error which wandred largely abrod And therfore al be it the Apostles had geuen vnto y● Church a pure doctrine as cleare salutiferous foūtaines yet Origene medled the same wyth muche ordure and impuritye Then to correct the errors of that tyme or at the least some part of the. God raised S. Austen who repurged an some part the fountaynes and I doubt not if he were iudge of dissencions at this day but he wold speake for vs defend our cause Certenly as concerning free remission iustificacion by faith the vse of the Sacramentes and indifferent thynges he consenteth wholy wyth vs. And albeit that in some places he exp●undeth more eloquently and aptly that he wyl say than in some yet yf in readyng any do cary wyth them a godly spirite and quycke ▪ vnderstandyng and al euil iudgement ceaseth they shall soone perceyne he is of our opinion And where as our aduersaries sometime do cite sentences selected out of his bookes agaynst vs and wyth clamour prouoke vs to the auncient Fathers they do it not for any affection they beare vnto the truth or antiquity but maliciously to cloke them wyth the authority of the auncient fathers in the presence of their Idols whych antiquity neuer knewe of any these horned beastes dombe Idols as we haue knowen in these dayes Neuertheles it is certain ther wer● see●es of supersticion in the tyme of the Fathers and auncient Doctors therefore S. Austen ordeyned some thyng of vowes although he wrote not therof so straungely as other for soth y● best some tymes shal be spotted wyth the blemysh of the follyes that reygne in theyr age For as naturally we loue our Country so fondly we fauour the present fashions wher in we be trained educated And very wel alludeth Euripides to thys What customes ●e in tender youth by Natures lore receaue The same we loue lyke alwayes and lothe our ●ust to leaue But would to God y● such as vaunt they follow S. Austen wold alwaies represent one lyke opinion mynoe as S. Austen Certaynly they would not clyppe and mutilate hys sentences to serue their purpose And the lyght restored by S. Austēs workes hath much profited posterity For Prosper Maximus Hugo and some other lyke that gouerned studies to S. Bernardes tyme haue for the most part imitated the rule of S. Austen And this whyle styl the regiment and rytches of the Bishops encreased and therof ensued a mo●e thē gigantal or monstrous raygne prophane and ignoraunt men gouerned the Churche among the whych certayne were enstructed in sciences and practises of the Romayne Courte and some other exercised in pleadynges Then the orders of Dominicke and S. Fraunces Friers began who beholding the excesse and ritches of the Byshops contempnyng their vngodly maners determined to lyue in more modest order or as I myght say to enclose them in the prisons of discipline but first ignoraunce encreased the supersticions Then after when they considered mens myndes wholy addicted to the study of y● ciuil lawes for that pleading at Rome aduaūced many to great authority enrytched them they endeuoured to reuoke men to the study of Diuinity but they missed of their purpose and theyr counsayl fayled them Albert and his semblables that wer geuen to Aristotles doctrine beganne to conuert the doctrine of the Churche into prophane Philosophy And the fourth age not onelye fylled with ordure the fountaines of the Gospell but vomited poyson to say opinions manifestly approuyng all idolatries Thomas Aquin Scotus and their lyke haue brought in so manye labyrinthes false opinions that ▪ the godly sound sort of deuines haue alway desired a more plain and purer kinde of doctrine Neither can we deny without great impudencye but it was expedient to alter this kind of doctrine when it is manyfest that such as employed theyr whole age in this maner of teaching vnderstoode not the great part of the Sophismes in theyr Disputacions Further it is playne Idolatry confirmed when they teache the applicacions of sacrifice by woorke wrought when they allowe the inuocation of Images when they deny that synnes be freelye remitted by fayth when of ceremonies they make a slaughter of consciences Finally there are many other horryble and pernicious deuises that when I thynke of theym Lorde howe I tremble and quake of feare Let vs render thankes vnto God the eternall Father of our Lorde Iesus Christe who hath pleased by the Ministerye of Diuine and godly Luther too purifye the Euangelicall fountaynes of all ordure and papistical infection and restore siucere doctrine to the Church wherof minding euermore we maye conioyne our lamentable peticions and with zeious affection besech God to cō●●rine that he hath atchieued in vs for hys holye Temples sake Th●s is thy voice and prom●se lyu●ng and iust God eternal father of our Lord Iesus Christ creator of a● thinges and of the Church I wyll haue compassion on you for my names sake I wyll doo it for my se●●e yea truelye for my selfe that I be not blasphe●ed I beseche

paines encreased Doctor Ionas lying in his chamber Luther awakened praied hym to ryse and call vp Ambrose hys Childerns Schoolemaister to make fyre in an other Chāber In that which beyng newly entred Albert Earle of Mansfeld wyth hys wyfe and dyuers other whose names in these letters for hast were not expressed at that in stant came into hys Chamber Finally feelyg hys fatal houre to approch before 1● of the clock in the morning the. 18. of Februarye he commended him to God wyth this deuout praier My heauenly father eternal mercyful God thou hast manyfested vnto me thy deare Sonne our Lord Iesus Christe I haue taught hym I haue knowen hym I loue hym as my life my health and my redempcion whō the wycked persecuted maligned and wyth iniury affected Draw my soule to thee After thys he sayde thys that ensueth thryse I commende my Spirite into thy handes thou hast redemed me God of truth God so loued the worlde that he gaue his ouelye Sonne that all those that beleue in hym shoulde haue lyfe euerlastyng Iohn 3. Hauyng repeated often tymes hys prayers he was called to God to the eternal Schole and perpetual ioyes in the● which he enioyeth the societye of the father the Sonne and the holy Ghost al the Prophets Apostles He●as the conductor and Chariot of Israel is dead who hath gouerned the Churche in thys lasle age of the worlde for the doctrine of remission of synnes and of the fayth of God hath not beene compreheneed by bumayne wysedome but God hath manifested the same by thys holye man whom we haue sene raysed of God Let vs loue the memory of thys mā and the doctrine that he hath taught Let vs learne to be morest meeke Let vs consider the wretched calamities and marueilous chaunges y● shal folow this myshay doleful chaunce I beseche thee O Sonne of God crucified for vs resuscitate Emanuel gouerne conserue defend thy Churche ⸫ ¶ Philip Melancthons Oracion made and recited for the Funeralles of the Reuerens man Marrin● Luther at Vitteberge ⸫ AL best in thys common sorrow my voyce shal be troubled wyth dolour teares yet I must saye somewhat in thys frequent assembly not as the Paganes solemne custome was to sing the Encomye of the dead but rather to admonish this companye of the marueilous gouernment perils of the Church that we may consider for what causes we ought to be careful pensiue what thinges we haue special neede of to what examples we ought to direct our lyfe For although prophane men beholding this horrible confusion in thys mortall estate supposing althinges are transported by aduenture and gouerned by Fortune yet we confirmed wyth many euident testimonies of God let vs separate the Church from the vngodly multitude let vs perswade our selues the same hath bene preserued and ruled by diuine prouidence ●et vs perpen● what is the policye of the same Let vs acknowledge the true gouernours and endeuour to frame our cou●●e conformable to theirs Let vs ●●ec● Guides coue●●ent Instructors whom we maye godly imitate haue in reuerence It shal be most expedient for so meditate and speake of these waighty graue matters as of ten when mencion shall be made of the Reuerend man Martine Luther our dearely beloued Maister Whom we must tenderly loue commende synce we know that he was diuinely reysed to be a Minister of the Gospel although many prophane mē suche as contempned the Gospel hated him deadlye We ought also to collect testemonies whereby we may demonstrate his doctrine contayned no sedicious opinions iniuriously and wyth temerarious affection sowen as the Epicurean sect imagineth but that by hys doctrine the wil and faythful worshipping of God hys holy scriptures ar expressed the word of God y● is the glad tidyngs of Iesus Christ sincerely announced Al be it in these Dracions accustomably made in this place we wer wōt orderly to depaint the particular ornamentes of them whō we praysed yet I omit●yng that member of Oration entend to treate only of this principal article Ecclesiastical function For the wise godly wyll deliberate determine in them selues resoluteli this If Luther hath manyfested the necessarye doctryne of saluacion in y● Church great thankes are to be geuen to God who hath raised him we must commend hys industry faith constancy many other hys celestiall vertues and endeuour the memory of thys man may be embraced and reuerenced of euery man Let thys then be the Proeme of my Oration The Sonne of God as Paule sayth sitteth at the right hand of the euerlasting father ministreth good things to men that is the voice of the Gospel the holy ghost and to distribute these giftes he rayseth Prophets Apostles Doctors Pastors ● taketh these out of our congregacion such as do learne who professe heare embrace the Prophetes Apostles writings And calleth not only those to this warfare which haue ordinari power but also he denounceth warre against them often times by Doctors chosen of an other estate It is moste comfortable a pleasaūt spectacle to consider the Churche of all ages to remember the bountye of God who from time to time hat sent successiuely godly Doctors to th end that when the first were in battayl consumed other might supply theyr rankes to atchieue that the former begonne The cōtinual order of y● first fathers Adam Seth Enoch Mathusalē Noe Sem is notorious This Sem liuing inhabiting the country nigh to Sodome when the people had forgotten the doctrine of Noe euery wher honored Idols Abraham was raysed to be Sems compagniō to assist hym to performe this great worke After succeded Isac Iacob Ioseph y● which Ioseph in y● vniuersal territori of Egipt which thē excelled all other kingdōs in y● world illumined the light of doctrine Then folowed Moses Iosue Samuel Dauid Elias Elizeus whose Auditor was Esay After Esay cam Ieremy after Ieremye Daniel after Daniel Zachary immediatly succeded Esoras and Omas after Onias the Machabees Then after ensued Simeon Zachary Iohn Baptist Iesus Christ the Apostles It is conuenient to consider thys continual sequele for that it is an euidēt testimonye of Gods presence in the Church After the Apostles followed an other flocke the whych albeit weaker yet adorned wyth the testimonyes of God as Policarpe Ireneus Gregory Neocesariē Basile Austen Prosper Marimus Hugo Bernard Tau lerus and many other in diuers places All be it thys last age was more grosse and stuffed wyth ordures yet God preserued alwayes somme remaintes And it is cleare the Gospell hath receiued much light by the preachyng of Luther Then muste we collocate hym among this select blisful Troupe of godly and excellent Mirrours whom God hath sent to gather restore hys Church that we may vnderstand this was the principal flower of humaine kin●● ▪ Solon Themistocles Scipio Augustus

in him He exhorted to peace disswaded war He medled not priuate care with ecclesiastical causes ther by to enrich himself or aduaunce hys friendes I iudge this to be so great wysdome vertue that by humayne diligence it cannot onely be procured but it behoueth high vehement subtil mindes as it appeareth Luthers was to be brydeled diuinely What shal I saye of other his vertues I often tymes came vnwares vpon hym when he wyth teares berayning hys chekes prayed for the vniuersal Church He prescribed certayn houres euery day to recite some Psalmes and in pronouncing them he expressed his affection wyth mourning teares He rebuked euer those that through negligence or other domestical busines sayde they serued God sufficiently in makyng a secret zelous prayer declaring to them that we haue fourmes set foorth by diuine counsell to th end that in reading we may awaken our myndes and wyth voyce testify what God we call vpon And when occasion was offered to enter in consultacion about imminent daungerous we alwaies obserued hys marueilous constancy of courage neyther would he lurke appalled neyther represent anye face ef feare wyth the terrour therof He leaned alwayes to the Lord as to hys holye ancre and neuer waued in anye poynt of hys fayth Further he was so ingenious that alone he considered what was necessary to be done in doubtful cases Neither was he as many suppose negligent in the consideracion of the publicke weale neyther ignoraunt of the myndes and inclinaciōs of other but he wel vnderstode the state of the common weale no man better perceyued most prudently the natural dispositions and wylles of them with whō he was cōuersant And albeit he was of a ioly politicke head yet he moste gredely red the Ecclesiasticall Wryters old and new all the histories the examples whereof he conuerted wyth a syngular dexterity to the profite of mans lyfe and present affaires Of hys eloquenc●e we haue euerlasting testimonies wherein certaynly he was equiualent to any that excelled in arte Oratory Then wyth good cause we may lament the lacke of hym who in wysedome and lyuelynes of spirite was so excellent so garnished with doctrine ▪ so exercise ▪ wyth vie so adorned with many those heroyical vertues so elected of God for the restauration of the Curch and finally with so paternal affection louyng and embracing vs we are lyke Orphelius depriued of a faythful and famous father And albeit necessarelye we must obey diuine order yet let vs endeuour the memory of hys benefites vertues may remayne immortal wyth vs. And let vs reioyce that presently he is in the blessed swete company of God his welbeloued Sonne our Lorde Iesus Christ the Prophetes and Apostles whose so 〈…〉 etye throughe the fayth he had in the sonne of God he hath dayly desyred and attended Whereas now he heareth hys labours onely approued by the iudgement of God and the testimonye of all the heauenlye Church whyche he susteyned for the propagation of the Gospell but also taken out of thys mortal body as out of a pryson and entred into a schoole adourned wyth more excellent doctrine he beholdeth the essence of god the two natures cōioyned in the sonne and al the couns●● of h 〈…〉 creation and redemption of the church The which diuine m●ste●●es ●●r●ked and wyth compendious oracles proponed he cōsidered here only by fayth out nowe more ●u●●●nt y veholdyng them he reioyceth feruently enflamed wyth the loue of God he rendreth thankes for this so great singular benefyt There he learneth wherefore the sonne of God is called the woord and Image of the eternal Father how the holy ghost is the band of mutuall loue not onelye betwyxt the eternall Father and the Sonne but also betwyxt them and the Church For he had learned the ru●●mentes and principles of thys doctrine in thys mortal lyfe and mencioned oftentimes these celestiall matters the difference betwyrt true and false inuocation the true knowledge of God beholdyng the diuine manifestacions the discernynge of the true God from foreged and inuented Gods these matters he disputed very wisely graue●● Many in thys Auditory haue heard hym at certayn times expressing this sentence Ye shal see the heauens opened and the Aungels of God ascendyng and descending vpon the sonne of man In the exposicion of thys he exhorted hys Auditours to plant in theyr hartes thys syngular consolacion the whyche affirmeth that the heauen is opened that is to say way made open for vs to passe to God the barre of Gods wrathe remoued from suche as haue recourse to the Sonne that God is familiarlye conuersaunt wyth vs now and that he receyueth gouerneth and conserueth such as inuocate hym He admonished that that decree of God which the Atheistes exclame to be fabulous ought to resyst al those humaine doubtes dreades whyche keepe backe the wanderyng myndes that they dare not innocate God and repose in hym Further he sayd that the Aungels ascending and descending in the body of Iesus Christ wer the Ministers of the Gospel Who first by Christ their Guide ascended to God receiued of hym the lyght of the Gospell and the goly Ghost Then after they descended that is to say thei had the charge to professe and enstruct among men He added thys interpretacion that the very heauenly spirites which we commonly cal Angels beholding the sonne are instructed r●●oy●e in this merueylous con●unction of twoo natures for that they war vnder the Lord for the defence of the Churche they be also gouerned by hys hand He presently beholdeth these so excellent thynges and as before he ascended and descended among the Ministers of the Gospell by the conduction of Iesus Christe so nowe he seeth the Aungels sent by hym hath equal fruicion wyth them of the contemplacion consideracion of the diuine wysdome and marueylous workes of God We remember wel what incredible pleasure he conceiued in recityng the policies of the Prophetes theyr counsels daungers and deliueraunces and how learnedlye he conferred al tymes of the Church that he wel declared wyth what burnyng desyre he longed to be in the societye of these excellent personages He embraceth these now reioyceth to haue mutual conference in lyuelye voyce These salute their louyng companiō newly repayred to them and ioyntly yeld thankes to God that he assembleth and conserueth hys Church Let vs not doubt but that Luther is in happy blessed estate let vs lament the losse ●acke of so vertuous heauely a father as duty byndeth vs to obey the wyt of God who hath reft vs such a rare ●ewel so let vs vnderstand Gods pleasure is we should cōsecrate to etern●●● y● memory of his vertues and benefites Let vs ●hen in thys apply ou● diligence let vs imitate as we be able his vertues which is expediet for vs to know that is the feare of God fayth feruecy

as accuse vs. Ye haue tryed our constancye and faythfulnes and well perceyued our enemies leuity and dissimulaciō Be present wyth our company obserue constantly the fayth ye owe to God men What shal I say further dread nothyng we wyl atchieue al thynges so prosperously God helping vs as ye shall not be a shamed nor repent ye haue combyned your selues wyth vs. These were Zuinglius woordes whych I haue recited here to declare how iniustlye he is nominated of certayne a Bloudsucker It is most true he was magnanimous and cōstant in greatest daungers but alwayes cyrcumspect prouident and wise He neuer thursted the bloud of anye no ●ot of hys extremest foes whych euerye wyse man Christiā Minister ought to detest The very ground foundacion of al hys enterprises was the libertye of hys Countrye the vertue of the Aunceltors the glory of Christ what so euer his enemies ceblaterate the which I protest in trouth before God He was twyse in the warres of the confederates which bare y● name of a Monasterye called the Chappell He wyllinglye went to the firste because he would be present at the consultacion fearyng any thyng shoulde be decree● ther contrary to right and equity The matter was ended well and without effusion of broud I haue heard him say he perceiued more malice and peruers counsel ther then euer before he red in vokes or had learned by experience In the second war he was elected Pastor of the armye where he went vnwyllyngly foreseing the peryl that was iminent The condicion of the warre mysliked hym marueilously and the rather for that he sawe the enemyes victailes cut of vnderstanding well what myschiefe hunger would brede compel Albeit to speake truly after those of Zurick had enterprysed the same wherunto certayne whom we knowe prycked them of a good zeale hopynge in the meane season there would be a consultacion and treaty of peace made notwithstanding the Lordes of Zuricke had chose the warce Zuinglius was not determined to alter anye thyng doubting the enemyes woulde make no accompt of them as he passed not much to wythstand theyr inuasion Fourtene dayes before the armye was encamped I hearde hym twyse say in pulpit wher he preached in the midst of this broil I know wel what thys meaneth all thys is to procureiny death He declared secretly to certayne of his friendes that the blasing starre which appeared many wekes and whiche we supposed to portende Ecolampadius decease signified hys fatal fall The Soldiours of Zuricke rushed forth in great disorder I cannot but sorowfully lament when I cal to mynde that doleful tyme. They marched not lyke men of warre in euen rankes but lyke a sorte of venturours some straglyng abroade some runnyng before and behynde the Enseygne destitute of conduct counsell and pollecye and accorded not one wyth an other I cannot name them to be any great nomber of me of armes for wher thei wer mustred 5000. they appeared not in the field ful 4000. Then as thys lyttle nomber approched to encountre a huge army and in perfect order Zuinglius folowed mounted on hors backe accordyng to the maner of the Country I cannot expresse the dolor and sorrowe I susteyned when I beheld him truly I was astonished ther with We mourned all that day and made our humble prayer vnto God But he hadde decreed an other thyng for vs and not agaynst vs as I holily expounded the same For by thys we haue learned to be more circumspect and to take better hede reuerencyng more the Gospel and fearyng God also And the enemyes that resisted the Gospel are now disclosed and manifested to vs. About the euenyng of the day we were aduertised that the battayles had ioyned very hotely that we had lost Zuinglius The brute went he was thrise dismounted with the checke of the Troupe but incontinētly he was holpen vp on horseback● agayn and the fourth tyme he was stryken on the chynne with a terryble blowe and fallyng downe from hys horse vpon hys knees he sayd what euyl hap is thys they may flea the body but not the soule and thys spoken he departed in our Lord. After thys ouerthrow the enemies hauyug good leysure for our Soldiours were retired into place of safegarde sought for the body of Zuinglius But who teld them he was in that battayle and slayne The body beyng founde was condempned and after sentence geuen dismembred burnt to ashes Behold y● discourse of Zuinglius lyfe lo the accident of his death which he suffered for the singular affection he bare to hys Countrye and Christian common weale Truth it is thys end is horryble in the syght of mortall men but precious before God and is predestinate to al faithful Ministers by diuine iustice if y● Lord of hys grace and syngular bountye spare them not I suppose Agathy I haue satisfied your request I haue obserued as I promysed trouth ioyned wyth breuitye not forcyng for fyne termes and elegāt phrases I pray God some learned and godlye man succedinge me may descriue and beautefy thys historye as truely ornately and learnedly as the profite of the studious sort and the dygnitye of thys excellent man doe requyre Farewell it maye please you to accept thys my trauayle in friendly part At Zurycke the yeare 1532. Virescit vulnere virtus ¶ To the fauourable Reader IHumbly require thee fauourable Reader to beare wyth such faultes as haue escaped in the prynting I trust in the next impression more emendaily to publish these godlye histories In the meane season I thought good to admonishe thee of one absurdirye whiche might argue mere ignoraunce if I would not aduertise thee of the same In my Epistle dedicatorye to the Lorde Wentworth where as is wrytten and the body is no body but a sepulture reat sepulchre The rest I submit to th● learned correction Farewel Imprinted at London by Iohn Awdely dwellyng in lytle Britayne str●te by great S. Battelmewes ⸫ ●cla●nder gaynste Luther His ●o try and rentes The yeare of Luthers ●●rth The ●oun 〈…〉 acions of 〈…〉 ys study 〈…〉 he liueli 〈…〉 s of spi 〈…〉 His study in the ciui 〈…〉 law His entry● into the monastery Incredible sobriety What moued him to Monkery His abashmentes at the wrath of God Hys studie in the holy scripture He is comforted by an old mā ●re remissiō of sins An excellent declaracion of ▪ s Bernard touchyng fayth The profit of s Austins vokes Instituciō of the Vniuersitye at Vitteberg Luther passed Doctor Luther taught Iesus Christ Luthers Proposicions of pardons The sclaūders of Tecel Iacobite Homere Prayse of Fridericke Duke of Sarony Erasmus approueth Luthers doctrine Declaracion of the principall poyntes of Religion Who were ●n cause the cerimonies ●ver chaunged Wormes Chaunges are daungerous The gouernaunce ●f y● Church Prudenc● to discerne offices Monetarius sedicions Assurance of the doctrine of the Gospell Four chaūges since the Apostles Ignorāce of tyme marreth that sentence S. Augustine restorer of the doctrine Deprauation of Ecclesiastical ministers The beginning of 2. sortes of Friars The Gospel turned into Philosophy The impieties of the Scholastical doctrin Luther hath repurged y● doctrine The sōme of all that Luther taught Luther is sent for to Wormes Constancy in Luther Luther is 〈…〉 roughte ●efore the ●mperor In●errogacio● Ierome Shurffe Lut●ers aunswer Luther is exhorted to be constant Luther geueth accompt of hys faythe before the Emperor He requireth to be instructed if he haue erred Luther sollicited agayne to submyt hym selfe Luthers absolute answer The Emperors aun●wer a●aynst Luther ●●●la●●cions made to Luther to seduce 〈…〉 The councel of Constance condempned the woorde of God Scandale of Fayth Charity The word of 〈…〉 onely true False argumentes for y● Pope 〈…〉 Familiar talke betwene the archbishop Luther Counsel● Gamali●l ▪ ●uthers cō●●ncy Luthers ●parture ●● Wormes The sycknes of Lother Hisdiseas● The sōm of ●uther doctrine The gouernment of the churche Doctour sent of go to gouer● y● Church The fyr 〈…〉 Guides ● the chur 〈…〉 The sucssors of apostles Luther hathe manifested y● doctrine Erasmus testimonye of Luther Luthers conf●i●tes Luthers vehemēcie excused Luthers humanity Luthers integrity Luthers earnest prayers Subtilty of hys Spirite Hys eloquence Feliciti in the other lyfe The Aungels whyche ascend descend A prayer of thankes geuyng Iohn 14. The last cōmendaciōs of Iohn Ecolampadius Ecolampadius Country Discourse of Ecolampadius study Ecolampadius hated ambicion The carle Palatine sent for Ecolāpadius He was in 〈…〉 ituted Preacher The vanitye of ▪ false Preachers 〈…〉 a d 〈…〉 to be a 〈…〉 ch●r at Bas●●e Erasmus ayded of Ecolampadius Ecolampadius apointed Preacher in Auspurg Ecolampadius agreeth to be a Moonke He is prrsecuted Fraunces Sickengen a louer of truth Ecolampa dius professeth diuini●y● at Basile His translacions Contencion for the Gospel The iourney Reformacion of the gospel at bern Sediciō at Basile The censure of excōmunicacion receiued The exer 〈…〉 ses of Ecolampadiu● The of●●es of a tru 〈…〉 astor Scla●nde of that death of Ecolanpadius The insatiable malice of the wycked aga●●● the ●●ste godly Ecolampdius trauayles Suyces warre Brotherly friendly visitacion of Ecolampadius Ecolampadius last exhortacion The waye to ouerthrow Sathan Hys protestaciō that he taughte the verity The place ●her zuinclius was orne His parēts Zuinglius was a Musician Zuingliꝰ is sent to Berne His studye of Philosophy The profit of M●●●● Theologie corrupted wyth Philosophy Zuinglius chosen Pastor of Glaris Things requisite to a Preacher whēre we ought to ta 〈…〉 the knowle●e of y● holye Scripture Zuingliꝰ zeale against Pensionaries Zuingliꝰ called to Zuricke Martine Luther Zuingliꝰ Lectures A letter sēt by Adrian y● Pope to Zuingliꝰ The Popes mandate The Monkes see at lyberty Heresye of Anabaptistes Zuingliꝰ oppo●●th hymself agaynst the heresies of the Anabaptistes Iniuries blasphemyes agaynst Zuinglius Disputation at bad● The Pristes and Monkes ▪ growē on of credit Zuingliꝰ writeth to hys friendes