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A14345	The history of the moderne protestant divines containing their parents, countries, education, studies, lives, and the yeare of our Lord in which they dyed. With a true register of all their severall treatises, and writings that are extant. Faithfully translated out of Latine by D.L.; Praestantium aliquot theologorum. English	Verheiden, Jacob, fl. 1590.; Lupton, Donald, d. 1676.; Holland, Henry, 1583-1650? Heroologia Anglica.	1637 (1637)	STC 24660; ESTC S119100	56,783	398

at 58. years of his age departed not without the griefe of the whole Clergy people but specially of the inhabitants of Salisbury at the instant houre of death he cald his servants and with great paines declared his faith and told them they should finde in his writings he sealed up his writings with these words That faith which I have set forth is the truth and in that faith I dye and so gave up the Ghost in March 1618. and lies buried in Sarisbury Cathedrall Church His workes are here set downe 1. The reformed Catholick in 3. Tomes in English against Wil. Bishop an English Papist in the defence of William Perkins 2. A demonstration of Antichrist against Cardinal Bellarmine other Papists in Latine 3. A defence of his bookes against the Cavils and Sophistications of Eudaemon-Iohn for Isack Causabon and against the Apologie of the said Iohn for Garner 4. The old way A Sermon in Latine at Oxford set forth by Thomas Drax. IOHN WHITGIFT LOoke upon and wonder at the Effigies of this reverend Prelate who was so eminent a governour of our English Clergy He was borne in York-shire of an ancient family of the Whitguifts and was the eldest sonne of Henry Whitguift of great Grimsbey in Lincolne-shire Merchant he had an unckle called Robert Whitguift Abbat of Wellow Monastery in Lincolnshire of which unckle he had education who was wont to say that neither he nor the Popish religion would long continue and used this saying of our Saviour Matth. 15. 13. Every Plant which my heavenly father hath not planted shall be rooted up His unckle seeing his forwardnesse to learning sent him to London to Schoole in St. Annes Schoole where prositing much by the advice of his said unckle hee was sent to Cambridge he was at first admitted of Queenes Colledge but not liking that house he removed to Pembrooke Hall Nicholas Ridley being then Master who being certified of Master Bradford of this Schollers forwardnesse and poverty for his Father was decayed by losses at Sea he gave him a Schollership in that Hall and 1555 he was made Fellow of Peter-house Doctor Pearne being then President or Master who favoured him in Queene Maries dayes He having before taken 3. Degrees went forth at last Doctor of Divinity and canvas'd this Question That the Pope is Antichrist being also a famous Preacher hee succeeded Doctor Hutton who was Arch-Bishop of Yorke from a Fellow to bee Master of Pembrooke Hall and was Doctor Coxes Chaplaine the Bishop of Ely He was likewise made the Lady Margaret Countesse of Richmond her Lecturer or Professor which hee performed with such praise that hee was made in short time the Queenes Doctor of the Chaire hee comming to preach before Queene Elizabeth was so well approved of her that she made him Master of Trinity Colledge was sworne her Chaplaine in the yeare 1567. Hee was for ten yeares master of that famous society with the approbation of all the Vniversity except Thomas Cartwright and some few others who did oppose the rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England which this Whitguift maintained The Queene cald him to be Deane of Lincolne which hee held 7 yeares while he staid in Cambridge by his excellent learning and moderation he bred up many brave Pupils of which he saw 5. come to the dignity of Bishops to wit Redman Bishop of Norwich Babington Bishop of Worcester Rudd Bishop of St. Davids Golsborough Bishop of Glocester and Benedict Bishop of Hereford As also many Lords as the Earles of Worcester and Comberland Baron le Zouch Baron Dunboyr of Ireland Nicholas Bacon and Francis Bacon and the Farle of Essex and divers others Having beene Deane of Lincolne seaven yeares the Queene gave him the Bishopricke of Worcester 1577. and he taking his farewell of the Vniversity chose those words of St. Paul to the Corinthians 2. Cor. 13. 11. Within a yeare after hee was made Vice-President of Wales Sir Henry Sidney Knight being then he Lord President In the yeare 1583. upon the death of Grindal Arch-Bishop of Canterbury he was by the Queene chosen for Arch-Bishop and presently one of the Lords of her Maiestics honourable privy Councell During the reigne of this Queene he was in high esteeme insomuch that the Queene would familiarly cal him Her blacke Husband and when this Queene was on her death-bed hee was admitted still to pray by her and when shee was speechlesse yet she showed by signes of her liking his prayers and departed March 24. 1602. Then King James of blessed memory comming to the Crowne he annoynted him and set the Crowne upon his head and was alwayes high in the Kings favour but he grieved inwardly for Queene Elizabeths losse and out-lived her but a few moneths for in February next 1603. hee dyed but his sicknesse King James hearing of came to Lambeth and visited his Arch-Bishop and after many sweet words spoken to him told him that he would pray to God to give him life The Arch-Bishop strove to speake in Latine to the King but his words could not bee understood onely he often repeated this pro Ecclesia Dei that is for the Church of God which were his last words and so within few dayes after dyed being aged 73. and Arch-Bishop more than 20 yeares He was buried in the south side of the Church at Croydon where there is a faire Tombe in memory of him He performed many worthy charitable deedes in all places where he lived as at Lincolne Worcester in the Marches of Wales in Kent and Surrey but the chiefe of all is that famous Hospitall or Almes-house at Croydon dedicated to the Sacred Trinity in which a Warden and 24. Brethren and sisters are nourished To which hee adioyned a faire Free-schoole with a house for the Schoole-master and endowed those places with a sufficient yearely revenew Many of his Chaplaines came to be Bishops hee set forth no bookes but onely one great volume in English of the Rises Ceremonies and Ecclesiasticall polity of our Church defended and one Sermon preached before Q. Elizabeth 24. of March 1574. Text Ioh. 6. ver 25 26 27. THOMAS BECON THE life of man upon Earth is a reall pilgrimage and seldome is so setled or certaine but each moment may and doth oftentimes induce a mutation and wonder not that he is placed here living so long before but then I had not his Effigies This worthy and reverend Clergy man had reall experience of changes for in the reigne of King Edward the sixth hee did professe Divinity in the flourishing Vniversity of Oxford without impeachment or molestation but in the time of Queene Mary he as well as divers others left this Kingdome to enioy the liberty of their consciences and to avoyd if possible they could a storme that fell in that Queenes government and so travelled into Germany but Queene Mary dying hee returned to this Land againe and prov'd a diligent Shepheard and an eminent Writer as may bee proved