to a Councell 6. Of the freedome of Monks 7. The difference betwixt true Bishops and those of the Romish Church 8. Of the Priest hood Lawes and Sacrifices of the Pope against Henry the eight King of England 10. Against those who deny marriage to Priests 11. Axiomes of Erasmus for Luthers cause 12. Confession of faith exhibited to the Emperor at the Commencement at Augusta 13. An Apology for the Augustan confession 14. Epistles to his Friends to Princes to divers Common-weales to Cities to Churches 15. To Councells 16. Disputations 17. Sermons 18. The whole Bible tranâ—ated out of Hebrew into high Dutch Mens quêis Impura venite Hic etenim 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sordida corda lavat PHILIPPVS MELANCTHON FITLY may this man follow Luther being both at one time famous and indeed Luther could never have found a more faithfull and trustier friend than this Melancthon For Luther was vehement Melancthon milde Luther couragious Melancthon warily fearefull Luther was fit for the Pulpit Melancthon for the Schooles Luther onely for plaine Divinity Melancthon was excellent in all manner of Philosophy so that his fame was onely among such as were full of zeale that way but Melancthon was renowned of all that heard him or reades his workes For his learning was not onely Theologie but Philosophy and even an Encuclopaedia of all variety of learning By these two Wittenbergh was as famous as Rome it selfe These Learned men fetcht Students from severall quarters to heare them Melancthon bred up many a rare Schoolemaster and excellent Theologues which furnished most part of Germany his fame was not onely great for Learning in the City of Wittenbergh but also in forraine parts nay with his very Adversaries who not onely praised him for that but also for moderating his spirit and for his dexterity in the managing all his actions and Disputations so that King Francis the first King of France whose name will bee ever fresh among the Learned sent an Embassador and Letter in which and by whom hee earnestly desired Melancthon to come into France that by his Conference and Councell matters pertaining to the Church and Religion might bee fairely decided and determined where he used such affability and sweetnesse of behaviour and carriage that he wrought there very effectually and gaind the love even of his opponents he was the most earnest against that poynt of Transubâ—tantion and no waves favoured that poynt of the Lutherans either of the Vbiquity or Consubstantiation So when this learned light had laboured hard to reform both Doctrine and Discipline of the Church and when hee had exercised his Pen to the publishing of many rare and profitable works to the Church of Christ hee yeelded up his soule to God All his writings were printed at Basil in the yeare of Grace 1544. and 1545. by Hervagius being 5. Tomes the names of which I have here inserted Tome 1. 1. Commentaries upon Genesis 2. Vpon the Proverbs of Salomon 3. Briefe explications upon some Psalmes 4. Annotations up St. Matth. upon St. Iohn 5. Vpon the first Epistle to the Corinths 6. An apologie for Luther against those Parisians 7. Against Anabaptists 8. Sentences of the Fathers of the Lords Supper 9. Of the qualification of Princes of the Law-suites of Christans 10. Of the Tree of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Church of Synods and of Ecclesiastique writers Tome 2. 1. Commentaries on the Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans 2. Another on the same 3. Schoole notes on the Colos. 4. Common places of Divinity Tome 3. 1. A Confession of Faith 2. A Catechisme 3. A briefe method of Preaching of the office of a ' Preacher and of attaining to skil in Divinity 4. Theologicall disputations 5. An Epistle to Carthusianus of vowes 6. An Epitome of the Doctrine of the ' Reformed Church 7. An Epistle to Iohn Earle of Weda Tome 4. 1. Philosophicall workes 2. Commentaries upon the soule cald De Anima 3. Vpon Aristotles Ethicks 4. Epitome of Morall Philosophy 5. Vpon Aristotles Politiques Tome 5. 1. A Latine Grammar 2. A Greeke Grammar 3. Logicke Rhetoricke 4. Enarrations on Hesiods workes 5. Words fit for measures and Arithmetique 6. Epigrams These were Printed by Hervagius but there are divers others set forth by Christopher Pezzelius professor of the Schoole of Breme 1. An Admonition and Premonition to those that reade the Alcoran 2. A defence for the Marriage of Priâ—sts 3. Commentaries on Daniel 4. A discouâ—se on the Nicene Creed 5. Vpon Luthers life and death 6. Many Schoole notes on Cicero's Epistles 7. Translations of Demosthenes and Pâ—utarch 8. Greeke and Latine Epigrams 9. Two Tomes of Epistles 10. Carioâ— his Chronologie enlarged with many Histories By these it is evident that this worthy Instrument did not hide his Talent but did imploy it to the glory of God and the profit of his Church and so dying in the Lord hee rested â—om his labours HVLRICVS ZVINGLIVS AS all Germany admired their Luther so all Swâ—zerland this Zuinglius He was as famous at Tigurum as the other at Wittenbergh Zuinglius as himselfe testifies in his worke of Articles which is full of learning began to preach the Gospell in the yeare of Christ one thousand five hundred and sixeteene he spoke much against the Popes Pardons and Indulgences This poynt hee learned well of his Tutor Doctor Thomas Witenbach of Biele when hee read upon it at a publicke Session of Divines at Basil. Zuinglius was solid in all manner of learning hee was a diligent searcher of the Scriptures which he might the easlier doe because he was so expert in the Holy Tongues he was admirable for refining his owne language he was such an Engine against the Popes uniust proceedings that their side wanting ability to hurt did as to Luther by great gifts and presents as so many baites strive to allure him to their side and cause and these enticements proceeded not from meane persons but from Cardinals themselves who lay at Basil as Embassadors There fell betwixt Luther and Zuinglius a sharp contention about the Vbiquitary presence of Christ in the Eucharist Zuinglius constantdenyed and it is thought since it had beene better for the Church of God if Luther in that poynt had wanted a pen to write or a tongue to speake but such insirmities accompany the best of men This Zuinglius feared neither dangers nor death so that hee might preach the Word of God He stir'd up the courages of the souldiers for the cause of Christian liberty maintaining at that time a sharpe warre hâ— put them in good hope of immortality he exhorted he comforted them nay hee accompanied them and dyed in the head of the battell So that one truely saies of him Quod pro Aris focis sanguinem profuderit But his Enemies cruelty towards his carcase is remarkable that when he was kild they tooke his body and cut it in foure pieces and committed it so to the fire This Battell in which Zuinglius
Grammar 10. Ecclefiasticus Latine and French 11. A Looking-glasse of Tremelius against Genebrard 12. Twelve Orations for the reading of the Old Testament 13. An Oration of Vrsinus life 14. Upon Gregory 13. his Cursings against Gebbard Bishop of Colen 15. Upon St. Iudes Epistle 16. Foure Speeches for reading the Old Testament 17. Upon the 4 first Psalmes 18. A Catholicke Apology in Latine 19. An Hebrew Lexicon 20. His table of Purgatory 21. A Christian admonition against Iohn Haren in French 22. A book called the Academy 23. His 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Greeke and Latine 24. Translation of 2. Epistles of the Kings and one of Plessis in Latine 25. His sacred Paralels 26. Upon the Prince of Anhalt his death 27. Notes upon the three first Chapters of Genesis 28. A confutation of some Arguments of the Creation 29. Notes upon the Apocalyps 30. Second Edition of his Lible 31. Manilius with corrections and Notes 32. His first defence of the Catholicke Doctrine of the Trinity 33. A Commentary on Daniel 34. The King of France his confession in French 35. Upon the Death of Iohn Cassimeire Count Palatine 36. Commentary on Psal. 101. 37. Exposition upon the Apocalyps in French 38. Commentary on Ionah the Prophet 39. An Analysis upon Genesis 40. Ciceroes Epistles to Atticus and Q. his brother with Corrections and Notes 41. A defence of the Catholick Doctrine of Nature and Grace 42. A praise of Peace 43. The peaceable Christian in French 44. Of the observation of Moses policy 45. Of Divinity 46. An Oration against the Iesuites in Latine 47. Notes upon Tertullian 48. Notes and Animadversions upon Bellarmine of the Translation of the Roman Empire These be this painefull Labourers fruits more he writ which are not come forth and some things by the iniury of times are lost these be sufficient to shew his paines and labour and will for ever eternize his Name These are the Names and Lives of the Forreigne Divines those that follow are of our owne Nation 〈◊〉 WICKLIFEE AMongst many famous Writers of this Nation as Beda Alckvine John Carnotensis Girald Nigellus Neckam Sevall Bacanthorpe Ockam Hampoole of Armach this Wickliffe is not the least of worth hee was famous both for Lifes and Learning he was brought up in the famous Vniversity of Oxford in Merton Colledge he gave himselfe after hee was Maister of Arts to the study of Schoole Divinity wherein having an excellent acute wit he became excellently well qualified and was admired of all for his singular Learning and sweetnesse of behaviour He preached the Gospell under that famous King Edward the third who alwayes favoured and protected him from his raging Adversaries The Bishop of Rome lost by his Doctrine the power of making and ordayning Bishops in England and the Tenths of spirituall promotions and also the gaines of his Peter-pence The Popes ever since pretending to bee Imitators of St. Peter have still desired to fish in this Iland knowing how profitable this Kingdome hath beene to that See of Rome In the time of King Richard the second this Wickliffe was banished in which misery and affliction hee shewed a singular spirit of courage and constancy wheresoever hee â—vent or whatsoever he suffered At last returning from Exile he died in the yeare of our Saviour Iesus whom he had Preached 1398. and was buried the last day of December in his Parish Church of Lutterworth in Leicester-shire But in the yeere 1428. which was 41. yeeres from the time of his death his dead body was by the Decree of Pope Martin the fifth and the Councell of Sene dig'd up and burned with the Execrations of that fiery Pope thus he found the cruelty of them being dead whom he had being living taught to be so He writ as Pius Aenaeas testi fies more than two hundred faire volumes most of which were burned by Subinck Archbishop of Prague in Bohemia The Catalogue of his Works you may reade in the Centuries of John Bale some of them I have here set downe 1. Of Christ and Antichrist 2. Of Antichrist and his members 3. Of the truth of the Scriptures 4. Of the fountaine of Errors 5. A booke of Conclusions 6. 7. Of Ecclesiasticall and Civill government 8. Of the Impostures of Hypocrites 9. Of Blasphemy 10. Lectures on Daniel 11. On the Apocalyps 12. Of the marriage of Priests 13. The Divels craft against Religion 14. His policy to overthrow faith 15. Of Apostacy 16. Two bookes of Metaphy sickes one containing 12. Bookes 17. Glosses upon the Scripture 18. Of falling away from Christ. 19. Of truth and lying Besides these he writ many of Philosophy and traâ—slated the Bible into the English tongue making Prefaces and Arguments to euery Booke he also traâ—slated the twelve Bookes of Clement the Parson of Lanâ—hon containing the harmony of the Evangelists And thus went out this Lampe of England of whom one thus hath said Mortuus est pâ—sthà c â—ssa cremata sua IOHN BALE HEE was an Englishman borne in Suffolke fitted and furnished with all maner of learning at Cambridge His Parents had many Children and were Papists This Bale being a boy was shut up 12. yeares in a Cloyster of Friars Carmalites hee was first brought from that darknes to light by the Right Honourable the Lord Wentworth but he was troubled first under the government of Leo at Yorke and afterwards under Stokesley at London being Arch-bishops But Bale got his freedome by the meanes of Cromwell who was privy Councellor to King Henry the eighth for some dainâ—y and eleganâ— Comedies which he compos'd yet he was forced to flye and remained in Lower Germany eight yeares in which hee writ many workes He was called home by King Edward the sixth and was made Bishop of Ossar in Ireland where he preached But in Queene Maries dayes Ireland was too hot for him and so left it but after many dangers he was taken by Pirats stript mocked and vncivilly handled at last was sold but his ransome being paid he returned into Germany which was at that time the safest receptacle for distressed Christians living at Baâ—ile he compiled that work of his 13 Cenâ—uries of all the famous writers of Great Britains in all ages to the yeare of Christ 1557. Hee was much helped by Leland living in Germany his special friends were Alexander Alerius a Scotish man where hee writ the like Catalogue of the famous men of that Nation likewise Gesner Simler and Lycosthenes loved him dearely He was a powerfull engine against the Roman Church as appeares by that Distiche of Lawrence Humâ—hred 〈◊〉 Lutherus patefecit Platina multa Quadam Vergerius Cuncta Balaeus habet Englished thus Full much did Luther Platinâ— did well So did Vergerius Bale doth all excell This worthy Scholler dyed in Ireland in the yeare of our Redemption 1558. and of his troublesome life 67. His workes are these that follow 1. His Heliads of English 2. His British writers 3. 3 Tomes upon Walden 4. Vpon 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
course of his life unblameable Master Foxe in his History of Martyres saies hee might be called Englands Apostle the workes which he writ besides the translation of the Scriptures are these that follow 1. A Christians obedience 2. the unrighteous Mammon 3. The practice â—f the Papists 4. Commentaries on the seventh Chapter of St. Matthew 5. A discourse of the last will and testament of Tracij 6. An answer to Sir Thomas Mores Dialogues 7. The Doctrine of the Lords Supper against More 8. Of the Sacrament of the Altar 9. Of the Sacramentall signes 10. A foote path leading to the Scriptures 11. Two letters to Iohn Frith All these are extant together with the workes of two Martyrs Barnes and Frith in English in Folio and thus after much labour and persecution this worthy member of Christ yeelded to the flames expecting a ioyfâ—ll resurrection IOHN BRADEFORD THIS Scholler was not inferiour in parts either of doing or suffering to others he was borne in the County of Lancaster in that famous Marte Town of Manchester He was by his parents brought up from his Cradle to learning and he was singular for docility and diligence so that he profited admirably in his studies and exercises which hee undertooke then hee was sent to Cambridge and was admitted into Queenes Colledge where hee tooke all degrees so that hee was made Master of the same Colledge which hee governed with great dexterity and sincerity Afterwards in the reigne of King Edward the â—xth he was appoynted Diâ—inity Lecturer in the Catheâ—rall Church of St. Paul in London which taske he performed not without admirable demonstration of laâ—our and learning But in the time of Queene Mary the state of Religion altering and the Protestant professors being hated this famous Bradford among the rest for the love of Jesus and his Gospell which hee had faithfully preached was consumed in the fiery flames of Persecution and so was crowned with that glorious name of Martyre This he suffered the first of July 1555 in that noted placâ— called West Smithfield Londoâ— the last words that hee waâ— heard to utter were Oâ— England repent hee left behind him his famous disputationâ— which hee had with the Papists which are extant at large in Foxes History of Martyrs He had a famous Epitaph written of him His workes which hee writ in English are these 1. Two Sermons the first of Repentance the second of the Lords Supper 2. Some letters to his fellow Martyrs 3. An answere to ones letter desiring to know whether one might goe to Masse or not 4. The danger ensuing the hearing of Masse 5. His examination before the officers 6. Godly Meditations made in Prison cald his short Prayers 7. Truths Complaint 8. Melancthon translated of Prayers HVGH LATYMER THis worthy Divine was borne in Leicester shire brought up to learning from a youth afterwards hee was â—laced in Cambridge where â—e tooke not without deâ—ert the eminent Title of Doctor of Divinity his asâ—ect did promise much sinâ—erity and ingenuity and hee was of Candid manners and â—f courieous and meeke carâ—iage for his singular learâ—ing he was by King Edwardâ—he â—he sixth made Bishop of Worcester where while hee â—ate in that See all good men â—erceived his singular care dexterity in managing that weighty function He was alwaies ready and forward to propagate the truth But he also in the time of Queene Maries Reigne was both dâ— prived of his Bishoprick anâ— ministeriall function anâ— being cast into prison wâ— condemned to the fire Hâ— was much like that old anâ— cient Father of the Primitive time St. Polycarpus 〈◊〉 either you looke upon thâ— forme of his Martyrdome or weigh well the saying 〈◊〉 them both at the time 〈◊〉 their sufferings That old Polycarpus being fourescore and above a little before his death uttered that sweeteâ— saying of St. James Fideliâ— est Deus qui non sinit nos tentariâ— supra quod possumus that is God is faithfull who will not suffer us to bee tempted above our strength And a little after he said Pater Celestis suscipe spiritum meum which is Oh Heavenly Father receive my Spirit In like manner this Father Latimer for so he was cal'd was a constant and stout Martyr of Jesus Christ and was burnd at Oxford the sixeteenth day of October in the yeare of Grace 1555. hee left his Sermons behind him wherein we may reade his sincerity and piety many of them were preached before King Edward the sixth and the Illustrious Lady Katharine Dutches of Suffolke and aâ— now to bee had in any oneâ— hands almost having beenâ— so many times imprinted with the Publicke approbation of all learned and iudicious Divines and to the comfort of all well disposeâ— Christians who may gatheâ— great profit out of them Hiâ— life actions and sufferings are at large to be read in Master Foxes History NICOLAS RIDLY LEarning did not onely adorne this worthy Divine but also parentage being well descended hee was borne in the Bishopriâ— of Durham In his youth he was endued with many singular vertues and his Parents spared no cost to have him well and Christian-like educated well knowing the power of good education to helpe much hee was sent to Cambridge to study where hee tooke degree of Batchelor of Divinity and presently he was made Master of Pembrook Hall but his parts and gifts were so eminent as appeared by his wife and religious deportment in that preferment that that religious and pious King Edward the sixth took notice of him and being fulâ—y certified of his integrity of life and excellent scholâ—ership made him Bishop of Rochester nor did his hand stay untill he had cald him â—rom that See to the Bishoppricke of London where hee shewed the parts of a true Bishop and shepheard of soules by his painfull watching prayings preachings But these Halcyon dayes of the Churches peace lasted not long but King Edward paying Natures debt and Queene Mary comming to the Crowne of England this worthy Prâ—late sate not long quiet for religion being altered and the Bishop of Romes authority comming in again he was remov'd and cast both from his Ecclesiasticall dignity and wholly from the Ministery and was condemned to be burnd as an Heretique This English Father might fitly be compared to that old Father of the Church St. Ignatius not onely for his famous writing upon the Lords Supper but also for his suffering so constantly and zealously in the cause of Christ. Wel this man was a choice flower of Christ his Church and therefore is not unworthily stiled a Martyr for in the same day and same houre was he with Father Hugh Latimer burnd to ashes in the Vniversity of Oxford over against Baliol Colledge his last words in the flames that he was heard to utter were these Into thy hands O Lord doe I commend my Spirit His works besides that Treatise of the Lords Supper are extant in English which follow 1. A Conference with Father Latimer 2. A right forme
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
Spanish rests yet unanswered by any of that side This Divine was lame of his right hand so that it was unfit to write withall but what famous things hee did write with his left hand not onely the Corporation of Christs Colledge but also the whole Vniversity of Cambridge afford long and sufficient testimonies But alas he was taken from us in the vigour and strength of his age being indeede more fit for heaven than earth hee sickned and dyed at Cambridge in the yeare of Grace 1602. not without many teares and the griefe of all good men being but aged 44. and had all the funerall solemnities and rites of the Vniversity as did befit so learned a man His Workes are here in order set downe 1. A foundation of Christian Religion 2. His Golden chaine or a description of Divinity 3. An Exposition on the Apostles Creed 4. An Exposition of the Lords Prayer 5. A Declaration of the state of Grace and Condemnation 6. Cases of Conscience 7. A discourse of the Tongue done into Latine by Thomas Draxe 8. Of the nature and practice of Repentance 9. Of the meanes to dye well in all states and times 10. Of the combate of the flesh and spirit into Latine by Drax. 11. Of the course to live well 12. A Treatise of Conscience 13. The Reformed Catholicke 14. Of the true meanes to know Christ crucified and the Graine of Mustard-seed into Latine by Thomas Drax. 15. Of true VVealth 16. Of the Idolatry of the last times 17. Of GODS free grace and of free will in Men. 18. Of mens callings 19. Of Predestination in Latine by the Author 20. His Bible harmony 21. A Dialogue of the worlds dissolution These that follow were set forth after the Authors death 1. Three bookes of the cases of Conscience translated into Latine by Thomas Drax and Meyer 2. Commentaries on the five first Chapters on the Galathians 3. Of Christian Equity by Crashaw 4. Of Mans Imagination set forth by Thomas Peirson 5. Problemes against Coxe in Latine by himselfe set forth by Samuel Ward 6. The key of Prophesie set forth by Thomas Tuke 7. Commentaries upon the fifth sixth and seventh chapters of Matthew set forth by Thomas Peirson 8. Commentaries on the three first chapters of the Apocalyps by Robert Hill Tho. Peirson 9. Of the tentation of Christ Matt. from the 1. ver to the 12. of the 4. chapter 10. An exhortation to repentance 11. Two excellent Treatises of Ministers calling set out by Master Crashaw 12. A commentary on Iudes Epistle by Thomas Pickering 13. Of poysoning a Treatise 14. Against Prognosticks an answer to a Countrey fellow 15. Of the houshold Discipline in Latine by the Author now Englished WILL WHITAKER ALthough those of the Church of Rome have had many rare Schollers which have confuted their erronious and superstitious Tenents yet of late scarce any have so convinced them as Iuel and VVhittakers He was borne in Lancashire and was sent to the Vniversity of Cambridge and was admitted into that famous society of Trinity Colledge where hee proved a famous Scholler both in Tongues and all manner of Theology and so was made the Kings Professor of Divinity and Master of Saint Johns Colledge which preferment he long held and in that space he had often combatings with many great Romish Priests and Iesuits as Stapleton Sanders Reinolds and Campian with what successe any man of iudgement or discretion can easily discerne and not daunted with these combatants hee set upon their chiefe Goliah and Champion himselfe even great Bellarmine the Cardinall whose Arguments and Obiections he hath so succinctly and solidly answered that all the Divines of Europe give him great praise and if he had not beene taken away by death hee had answered all the Tomes of Bellarmine exquisitely However I have heard it confest of English Papists themselves which have bin in Italy with Bellarmine himselfe that hee procured the true Portraicture and Effigies of this Whitaker to bee brought to him which he kept in his study for hee privately admired this man for his singular learning and ingenuity and being asked of some of his friends Iesuites Why hee would have the picture of that Heretique in his presence hee would answer quod quamvis Hereticus esset Adversarius esset tamen Doctus Adversarius That although he was an Heretique and his Adversary yet he was a learned Adversary To which I may iustly say that hee was a pious man and a solid Teacher and dyed in peace and quietnesse of Conscience to the griefe of all England and especially of the Vniversity of Cambridge in the yeare of our Lord 1595. and of his age forty seaven and was buryed at Cambridge in St. Iohns Colledge with great solemnity and funerall ornamenns befitting so great a learned man as he was where in the same place you may reade his Epitaph engraven and set in Golden letters upon the Wall by his Sepulchre in the Chappell of St. Iohns Colledge His workes are famous and follow here truely registred 1. Against Thomas Stapleton a Papist his defence of Ecclesiasticall authority in three Bookes with an authority of the Scriptures 2. A solid refutation of Nicholas Sanders his forty Demonstrations that the Pope is not Antichrist because hee is but one man and there haâ—ing beene two hundred Popes 3. A Christian Answer to the tenne reasons of Edmund Campian the Iesuite 4. A defence of Iohn Harding the Iesuite answered and the tenne reasons of Edmund Campian which hee offered to the Ministers of the Church of England 5. Fragments of the old Heresies which helpe to make up the Romane Church 6. Theses propounded and defended at the Commencement at Cambridge 1582. The summe of which was that that the Pope is the Antichrist spoken of in Scripture 7. A disputation of the â—ly Scripture against the papists of this time especially against Robert Bellarmine and Stapleton 8. Certaine Lectures of the controversies of the Church distributed into seven questions a worke set forth after his death by Iohn Allenson 9. A controversie of councels against Iesuites especially Bellarmine in sixe questions 10. A Treatise of Originall sinne in three bookes against three bookes of Thomas Stapleton of Universall Iustification 11. Lectures upon the controversie of the Romane Bishop diâ—ibuted into eight questions chiefely against Bellarmine 12. His Cygnea Cantio or his last Sermon to the Clergie at Cambridge 1595. with a true description of his life and death 13. A translation of a booke of Iuel against Harding in Latine FINIS Tabernis Rhenanis
Executioner kindling the firâ— behinde him Hierome cald to him and bade him kindle iâ— before his face for said he I am not affraid of it for had I I had not come hither at this time having had so many opportunities offered mee to escape it The whole City of Constance admired this mans constancy and Christian-like magnanimity in the suffering this death It is not certaine whether he set out any thing in print or not but certaine it that many brave Manuâ—ipts and worthy Oratiâ—s had in sundry Vniversiâ—s with his Letters and â—nclusions went to the fire â—s wel as tho Author who deâ—ivered up himselfe a pleasant â—acrifice into the hand of his Saviour Iesus whom hee so dearely loved for as one sung of him that he should say at the giving up of the Ghost Hanc animam in flammis offero Christe tibi ERASMVS ROTERDAMVS Hâ—e was borne at Roterodam upon St. Simon and Judes Eve and lived 57 years his Mothers name was Margaret at Zevenbergen His faâ—hers name was Everard He had two unckles almost ninety yeares old a peece his education was at Deventer Schoole nine yeares Peter Winchell being his Tutor once chiefe Schoole-master at Goud so sent to St. Hertogen Bosch here he was solicited to enter into a Cloyster to turne Monke they gave him time to resolve he answered Hee was too young to know the world unâ—itter to know a Cloyster because as yet hee knew not himselfe yet at last he had bound himselfe to that life being drawne by the strong perswasions of one Corneliuâ— his Chamber-fellow at Deventer living then at Stein nere Goud hee told him the holinesse of that kinde of life rich furniture and copiousnesse of Bookes the rest and tranquility of minde with the Angel-like society of the Brethren The first that tooke notice of him was Henry Bishop of Bergh but this Bishop missing for want of meanes a Cardinalship gave leave to Erasmus to travell to Paris with promise of yearely maintenance but failed a fault too frequent in great men Here falling sicke by ill dyet hee returned to his Lord Bishop and was nobly entertained and recovering health hee went amongst his owne friends againe into Holland but staid not but departed againe for Paris he was afraid to study Divinity least mistaking the grounds hee should be termed Heretique But the Plague raging in Paris a whole yeare he went to Lovaine but he had seene England before and his noble Maecenas the Lord Montioy where he was wonderously entertained and writ a Booke in the praise of the King and all England heâ— he had the favour of thâ— Arch-bishop of Canterbury but from hence he went into Italy and stayed at Bononia Now hee was almost forty yeares old hence he went to Venice where he printed his Adagies so he passed to Patavia thence to Rome where he was much esteemed of by Raphael Cardinal of St. George he had meanes enough if Henry the 7. K. of England had lived at last hee returned for Brabant and was admitted into Charles the 5. Emperors Councell by the helpe of Iohn Silvagius great Chancellor All his workes are printed â—t Basil sold by Hierome â—roben 1540 in Folio being â— Tomes 1. Containes those things which â—onduce to the Latine and Greeke tongues Divers Translations of Greeke Orators Poets Tragedians Morals Similes Colloquies Declamations Epigrams 2. 1000 of Proverbs his Attica Musa and Cornucopia full of all manner of learning 3. His Epistles 4. Containes institutions of Manners Apothegmes Institutions of princes with divers others 5. Enchyridion of a Christian souldier his Commentaries upon some Psalmes Prayers institution of Christian marriage many Treatises Theologicall 6. The New Testament with Annotations 7. Paraphrases upon the New Testament 8. Some things translated out of Greeke into Latine out of St. Chrysostome Athanasius Origen Basill 9. Many Apologies against detractors of his workes Fabricius Clauditur exigua Rotorodomus Humo MARTINVS LVTHERVS THis Luther was borne in a Dorpe in Saxony named Isleben his parents were not eminent either in wealth or honour he was brought up carefully in the liberall Arts and being of an excellent wit and a great courage and magnanimous spirit he left the Cloystered life being graced with the stile of Doctor in Divinity not unworthily having a charge of soules in Saxony he preached Gods Word constantly and zealously He spoke much against Indulgences and Popes Pardons and Bulls sold by Teccelius He received his degree of Doctor by the intreaty of the Duke of Saxony and the Vniversity being then of the Order of St. Augustine by the hands of Doctor Stupitius who seeing Luther something willing to refuse that degree told him that God had much worke to be performed by the wisedome of Learned men and intended to use his labours in that kinde Maximilian the Emperor reading with great delight the disputations of Luther against Teccelius gave speciall command to Doctor PfEfinger that hee should defend this man safely for he saw that his Labours and workes would in short time be very necessary and usefull against the iniuries and contrivings of the Bishop of Rome but Luther going on did write couragiously and sharply against that See insomuch that he is reputed of many to bee carried with too much zeale I lee was called to appeare at Wormes but being disswaded from the iourny by some of his friends in regard the Adverse part were strong he answered resolutely that he would appeare in that place Though all the Tiles of Wormes were Divels Luther spoke some things which he said should come to passe and so indeed they fell out Onewas which he writ to Scnepfius Doctor of Theology that after his death many of his followers would fall away and that what neither would bee done against the Church of God by the Turke nor the Pope should be done by some of his followers who hating those of the Reformed Religion did maintaine thar vaine Idoll of Vbiquity with Brentius and Smedelinus and leane to the Romish cause Another was that when Charles the Emperor should oppose against the Gospell of Christ that then he would lose all his domiminions in Low Germany and so it came to passe in his son Philips reigne who striving to advance the Roman cause lost the Spread Eagle for thereupon the united States revolted and defended their owne liberties against the houses of Spaine and Austria Well after a great deale of labour to advance the Gospell and to abate the power of Rome this great Heroicke spirit gave up his Spirit into the hands of his Maker All or the most part of his works are printed in High Dutch Latine by Sigismund Sueve most of those that are extant are here numbred 1. Proposition of Penitents and Indulgences 2. A disputation of the Popes power 3. An Epistle to Silvester Cajetan 4. Epistles to them of Breme to the Brethren in Holland Brabant Flanders and to Charles the fift Duke of Saxony 5. An Appeale from the Pope