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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

of celebrating the Lords Supper 3. A friendly farewell to his loving friends and favourers being in Prison at Oxford 4. With a mournfull Lamentation of the deplored estate of the Church of England being falne to Popery His writings could not be many because his time was but short and he imployed it most in preaching THOMAS CRANMER THIS reverend and grave Arch-bishop was borne in the County of Notingham sprung from an ancient and worthy family He was brought up to study in the Vniversity of Cambridge in Jesus Colledge in which he made a wonderfull progresse in learning and prov'd in a short time an excellent and usefull member in the Church for his rare endowments he was by that potent Prince Henry the eight King of England made Arch-bishop of Canterbury after the death of his predecessor Warran in the yeare 1532. All the time of King Henry his Reigne he shaved his beard but that King dying hee let it grow greatly as you see him here lively presented he was the first Archbishop except onely one which was Richard Scroope Archbishop of Yorke that was adiudged to death in England by formall course of Law But this Cranmer was and underwent two yeares and an halfe imprisonment with much sorrow in darknesse nastinesse and want Certaine it is that he was a man devoted wholly to Religion and Godlinesse for he in the time of King Edward procured many Divines to repaire from forraine parts into this Kingdome and saw that they were supplyed with necessa ries among whom was M● tine Bucer Paulus Fagius Io hannes Lascus and Peter Martin If he had not loved the Go● spell of Jesus he would no● have so friendly relieved and cherished his followers He needes no other commendations than those which are given him by Andreas Osi●der Peter Martir in K. He● the eighth his reigne Osi●der in his preface to his Evangelicall harmony thus speaks of him Amote c. I love your Grace not onely for those endowments which are common to others as greatnesse of birth comlinesse of person sweetnesse of carriage charity to all especially ●o Students and professors of Gods Word but much more for those Abstrusiores ac plane ● leroicas animi tui virtutes those are his very expressions in English Abstruse and plainely Heroicall vertues of your minde together with your Visedome Prudence Fortitude Temperance Justice care for your Countries good Loyalty to your Soveraigne contempt of worldly wealth love of heavenly riches love of the truth Gospell and professors of it This Encomium is large and true proceeding from the penne of such a Divine and Peter Marter gives him as much praise in his Epistle to his booke of the Eucharist Quem enim potuissem c. Whom could I finde so true a Bulwarke for the truth and especially Huius Eucharistici Sacramenti For the Sacrament of the Eucharist than your sacred selfe nay he saith Q●is sanctior firmior Doctior Who so holy whose stedfast who so generally learned● It is your Grace that are expert in all the Writings of the Fathers Councels Canons Popes Decrees Controversies of these saith he I am an eye witnesse or else I should scarce have believed ●t Ye for all these parts this famous Father of the English Church was adiudged to the sire and suffered it at Oxford 1556. the 21. of March and of his age 72. in which weighty charge of governing the affaires of the Church He writ many things which are here to his eternall praise truely registred 1. A Catechisme of Christian Doctrine 2. Ordinations of Churches reformed 3. Ofordaining Priests 4. Of the Eucharist with Luther 5. A defence of Catholicke doctrine 6. To the professors of the Truth 7. Ecclesiasticall Lawes in Edward the sixth his reigne 8. Against Gardners Sermon 9. Doctrine of the Lords Supper 10. 12 Bookes of common places out of the Doctors of the Church 11. Christian Homilies 12. To Richard Smiths Calumnies 13. Confutations of unwritta● truths 14. Of not marrying one● sister two Bookes 15. Against the Popes primary two bookes 16. Against Popish Purgatory two bookes 17. Of Iustification two Bookes 18. Epistles to Learned Men. Out of Prison hee writ these 1. Against the sacrifice of the Masse 2. Against adoring the Host. 3. To Queene Mary with others 4. Emendations of the Translation of the English Bible and added Prefaces to it EDWIN SANDES ARCHBI THIS Worthy Doctor of the Church of England proceeded of a good house and family and tooke his degree of Doctor in the famous Vniversity of Cambridge he was Master of Katharine Hall and Vice-Chancellor of the said Vniversity the same time When Iohn Duke of Northumberland passed by that way with his Army to oppose the proclaiming of Mary Queene of England he caused this Sands to preach for and in defence of the Lady Jane Grey which was declar'd Queene which he performd with that modesty gravity and wisedome that hee satisfied Northumberlands Duke and did not much incense the other party for when there was a suddaine change of things so that the next day the great Duke and himselfe were both taken Prisoners this worthy Sands at the intercession of many friends was acquitted and fully set free and so together with his wife went into Germany a good policy to shun a comming threatning storme where he kept himselfe close during the reigne of Queene Mary but that Queene dying hee was cald home into England in Queene Elizabeths Reigne and was declared Bishop of Worcester and was consecrated ●e one and twentieth of December in the yeare of our Lord 1559. Hee did succeed that famous Arch-bishop Grindall in two places to ●it in the Bishopricke of London and the Archbishopricke of Yorke the one in ●570 and the other in sixe yeares after and when he had enioyed that spirituall promotion of Arch-bishop 12. yeares he departed this life the eighth of August 1588. about the age of threescore and lies buryed in the Collegiate Church of Southwel●in ●in Notingham shire a man of whom it is hard to be said whether more famous for his singular vertues learning or for his Noble Parentage and Of-spring which hee left behinde him for he left many Children of which three were Knights and excellently well qualified gentlemen either for body or mind But his sonne Sir Edwine Sands prov'd the learneder more famous and deare to his Countrey There is a booke of famous sermons extant in Print of this Prelates which is counted a worthy piece of work doth sufficiently declare his Piety and Schollership to succeding Ages ALEXANDER NOWELL THis Effigies speaks Christian Meekenesse and gravity and he was as this shewes him to be borne he was in Lancashire of an ancient family of the Nowels Hee tooke the degree of Doctor in Divinity in Queen Maries dayes he as many other famous Divines were forced to doe departed this Land to shunne the troubles of those times and to secure their owne persons from their Adversaries Hee

stiffely write against the Papists so that it is said of him as St. Augustine was famous in the old Church so Calvine in the moderne Campian the Iesuite was a bitter adversary to him he wanted not divers others for it hath alwayes beene knowne that the upholders of truth never wanted enemies He dyed of a Consumption contracted by extraordinary fastings and watchings in the yeare of Gra●e 1564. and of his age 54. being borne in the yea●e 1509. on the tenth of July his workes are here registred Commentaries on the Old Testament 1. Vpon Genesis 2. Harmony upon the foure Books of 〈◊〉 3. Vpon Iosuah 4. Vpon all the Psalmes 5. Vpon Isaiah Lectures 1. Vpon Ieremiah 2. Vpon the 21 Chapt. of Ezek. 3. Vpon Daniel 4 Vpon the lesser Prophets Vpon the new Testament 1. His harmony on the Evangelists upon Iohn Acts all the Epistles to the Hebrewes Peter Iohn Iames Iude. Sermons 1. Vpon Deuteronomy upon the Decalogue Iob 119. Psalme Canticles Isaiah 38. Chapters on the eight last Chapters of Daniel upon 10. 11. Chapters of the Epistle to the Corinthians upon the Galathians Ephesians Timothy Titus Of the Nativity Passion Death Resurrection Ascension of our Saviour Christ Vpon Gods Election and Providence Vpon Genesis upon 1. and 2. of Samuel upon the 18. Chapt. of the 1. of the Kings Vpon many Psalmes upon Iosuah Isaiah Ieremiah Ezekiel and lesser Prophets upon 123. Psalmes Other Workes 1. Institutions 2. Of the Eucharist 3. Vpon the victory of Jesus 4. Genevas Chatechisme 5. Of Reforming Churches 6. Of scandals a forme of confession of Faith his answer to Sadolets Epistle Of Free-wil against Pighius Against the Articles of the Sorbonists Acts of the Synod of Trent Against Anabaptists Against Libertines Of superstition 4. Sermons of flying Idolatry of bearing Persecution of the beauty of Gods House Of Gods Worship Against Judiciall Astrologie A defence of the Orthodox Faith ●oncerning the Trinity of Pre●estination the Ministers of Tigurium and Geneva their agreement about the Sacrament a meanes to preserve Concord a true Communicant Epistles Answers Councels Seneca of meeknesse enlarged with a Commentary AVGVSTINVS MARLORATVS THis famous Scholer was borne in the Dukedome of Lorraine and was a Monke of the Order of St. Augustine but at length comming from that profession he proved a very famous Shepheard in the Church of Christ Jesus his manners modesty piety watchfulnesse learning were singular ornaments hee having studied the body of Divinity in France came to Lausanna which is a famous Towne of the Lords and States of Berne scituated hard by the Lake of Lemana and is a place famous for Divinity and excellent rare Printing This place Marlorate thought very convenient to settle in then entring into the Ministery he preached hard by that famous Lake of the Allobroges in the Towne of Geneva he profited much in the knowledge of Sacred Letters as appears by his studies and writings who almost knowes not that hard piece of worke his Commentaries or a Catholicke exposition upon Genesis Psalmes Isaiah and the whole new Testament including the sentences of the Ancienter Fathers of the Church with wonderfull Skil Order Brevity and perspicuity so that his labours may be termed as one saith not unfitly A Library for Divines He brings in so many of the Fathers opinions as ornaments and at last adds his owne the Gospell was preached by him all along the River Rhodanus and the Lake Lemana and the west parts of France This Marlorate amongst other Divines was cald to the conference of Possen 1561. which though it did not work that reformation in the Church which was wished yet it made the cause of the professors of the Gospell not to be so odious as formerly it was many did love the truth being by these meanes discovered which ignorantly before hated it and the professors of it In the yeare 1562. the City of Roan was besieged by the Adverse part and wonne wherein Marlorate was planted but he with three other principall Citizens were put to death not unworthily deserving the name of a Martyre This was done the thirtieth of October of his age the 56. whose workes being ever living Monuments are preserved to the benefit of the Church of God and are here set downe 1. A Catholicke and Ecclesiasticall Exposition of the new Testament 2. An Exposition upon Genesis 3. An Exposition on the Psalmes of David 4. An Exposition upon the Prophecy of Isaiah 5. His Thesaurus or Treasure-house of the whole Canonicall Scripture digested into common places Also the hard Phrases Alphabetically Printed which usually are met withall in the Scriptures by the care and industry of William Feugerius of Rohan professor of Divinity to whom Marlorate left this Worke being not altogether perfected at the time of his Dissolution And thus this famous Scholler having beene a painefull Writer and afaithfull Preacher finished his course and expects the second comming of his Lord Jesus PETRVS MARTYR THis Martyr was a Florentine his Fathers name was Stephen Vermilius and Mary Fumantine was his Mothers name both of ancient extraction and good meanes So also they both had a great care that his youth should be well seasoned with Letters being their onely childe His Mother understanding the Latine interpreted Terences Comedyes to him imitating those worthy Matrons of Rome as the Gracchi Lelii Catuli so also others of latter yeares have beene renowned for this act as Olympia Morata an Italian Jane Dutchesse of Suffolke but especially the Lady Bacon who turn'd into English the Apologie of the Church of England made by worthy Iewel Bb. of Salisbury This Martyr in his youth followed not the vaine pleasures and delights of Italy but followed vertues Lore and addicted himselfe to a Monkes life which then was held holy and blamelesse So he was admitted into the house of the Cannons Regular of the Order of St. Austin which for Learning and discipline was at that time held the purest in all Italy he studied at Patavia and was very able in Philosophy Schoole Divinity Greeke and Hebrew being a Monke Regular hee preached at 26. yeares of his age at Brixia then in the most famous Cities of Italy and France on this side the Alpes at Rome Bononia Pisa Venice Mantua Bergom in the Colledges of his order he expounded Philosophy and sometimes Homer and Divinity also He was made Abbat of Spoletto for his learning then Pr●efect in St. Peters Colledge at Naples then Visitor Generall of his order and last hee was designed Prior of of St. Fridrian at Luca. But leaving Luca hee came to Tigurum where Bullinger Pellican and Gualter did give him free intertainment Then he was called to Strasburg at the intreaty of Bucer where hee professed Divinity five years Thence at the instance of Archbishop Cranmer and by the will of King Edward 6. hee was admitted into England and so to Oxford where hee read the Divinity Lecture Here he did great good while he stayed but in the daies

was Deane of the Famous Church of St. Paul in London Hee was the first that returned from Forreigne parts hee presently writ two bookes of true Religion against the Papists and also of his first and last Lent Sermons He was for thirty yeares together Preacher to Queene Elizabeth of blessed memory Hee was likewise Patron of Middleton Schoole Hee gave to Brazen-nose Colledge in which hee studied from the thirteenth of his age till twenty sixe to thirteene Students to bee maintained two hundred pounds of English money being at the same time principall of the same Colledge Hee was the Author of much good to Pauls Schoole Hee did propagate godlinesse by his frequent Preachings and Catechismes Hee had the testimony for abilities and rare parts of both Vniversities and of Forreigne Churches and of those happy Prince King Edward the sixth and Queene Elizabeth as also of their true hearted Nobles Hee was a speciall maintainer of the Poore and more specially of learned Schollers Hee was a comforter of the afflicted both for their bodies and soules and hee was an especiall reconciler of contentions and Law suites witnes for ever to his praise that agreement and unity which hee alone procured betweene Sir Thomas Gresham and Sir Iohn Ramsey being falne out and fully intending to prosecute their causes at Law but by this reverend Divines perswasion and meditation were made Friends and so continued to their dying day Hee sate long the Deane of St. Pauls and lived till he was ninety yeares old and yet then had his perfect sight Hee dyed in the yeare of our Lord 1601. on the thirteenth of February and lyes buryed in the Famous Cathedrall Church of St. Paul in London with this Epitaph upon his Tombe 〈◊〉 os ●vestigia Evangeliza itium pacem With some Verses also annexed this being the last of them Sic oritur floret demoriturque Deo His Workes set forth are as followe●h 1. Against Thomas Dorm●n an English Papist in two bo●s in quarto English 2. Another Booke against Dorman and Sanders of Transubstantiation in quarto English 3. His greater Catechisme in Latine in quarto 4. His lesser Catechisme in Latine in Oct● 5. The same in Latine Greeke and Hebrew IOHN IEVELL THIS famous Instrument may truely answer to his Name for he● was a rich Iewell both t● Church and Common-wealth He was borne in Devonshire and brought up to ripenesse in that flourishing Vniversity of Oxford first in Merton Colledge and afterwards in Corpus Christi Colledge where with the approbation of all the Learned hee tooke the degree of Batchelor in Divinity In his time hee was a famous and no lesse painefull Preacher of the Gospell of his Saviour In the Reigne of Queene Mary he fled into Germany to enioy the liberty of his Conscience and to avoide those snares th●t were laying for him in which he had beene intrapped had he stayed but the dayes of Queene Mary ending and famous Queene Elizabeth comming to the Crowne this worthy Scholler returned to England and at his comming was ioyfully received of his Mother the University who bestowed upon him the famous Title of Doctor of Divinity And not long was it before that renowned Queene Elizabeth for his singular learning and knowledge in all the Sciences and Tongues made him Bishop of Salisbury which Diocesse he governed with wonderfull care and vigilancy not onely feeding the soules of his people but also at all times distributing food to the bodies of the poore and distressed And as he was admirable for his dextrous and pious government of the affaires of the Church so was he also renowned farre and wide for his learned works and writings which foiled the Adversaries and quite stopt their mouths and rest yet unanswered which did mightily disparage their Cause Hee writ both in Latine and English for hee was excellent in the knowledge of the Tongues but that piece which most wounded the Roman Cause was his Apology for the Church of England which worke is piously reserved as a memoriall of him in all our Churches so that it may be sayd of him hee is dayly read in our Meetings and whose fame is through all the Churches Peter Martyr for this his worke gave him great commendations in these words Apologia tua Frater charissime c. Your Apology most deare Brother hath not onely afforded me content and satisfaction in all respects but it is approved of for a learned eloquent worke of Bullinger and his followers also of Gualter so that they cannot praise you enough neither doe they beleeve that any worke in this time hath beene set forth fuller of all manner of learning and entire perfection those be Martyrs very expressions This worthy and Reverend Juell of our English Church did as it were foretell in part his Dissolution as appeares by two Letters sent by him to the Reverend Father in God the Lord Bishop of Norwich which Doctor Lawrence Humphred doth set forth This worthy Instrumēt yeelded to Death at his Palace in Monktonfarley the Citizens of Salisbury did greatly bewaile his death it was in the yeere of our Lord 1573 and of his Age the 50th and lyes buryed in the Cathedrall Church of Salisbury in the middle of the Quire under a fair● Marble-stone with this Inscription in Latine which I have Englished because it sets forth his praise To John Juell an English man in the County of Devon sprung of the ancient Family of the Juels of Buden of the University of Oxford ex●ed in Queene Maries dayes into Germany but ●n Queene Elizabeths Reigne was Bishop of this Diocesse where he sate Eleaven yeeres and Nine Moneths ruling faithfully and with great Integrity a Man religious learned sharpe-witted solid in Judgement endued with Piety and singular Humanity An expert Divine a Jewell of Jewels dyed at Monktonfarley buried at Salisbury being a Cittizen o● Heaven Laurence Humphred hath consecrated this Monument in witnesse of his favour and love in the yeere of Salvation 1573 IX Kalends Octob. Psalme 112. The Righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance He also made a Monument himselfe which will last longer than that of Marble which are his Workes that ●ollow 1. A Synopsis of that seditious Bull of Pius quintus sent into England 1569. in English 2. A short treatise of the Scriptures 3. A Treatise of the Sacraments 4. A Sermon preached in King Edwards Reigne upon 1. Pet. 4. 11. 5. Sixe Sermons before Queene Elizabeth at Pauls Crosse in English 6. The Apology of the Church of England 7. A Volume against Thomas Harding wherein 77 q● stions are discussed and decid● by Scriptures Councels and A● cient Fathers translated into L● tine by William Whittaker 8. His Reply against Harding turned out of English in to Latine by Tho. Bradocke John Wolley Secretary to Queene Elizabeth made some Verses upon his Death these are the two last of them Moribus ingenio ●octrina relligione Nulla ferent talē saecula longa virū For manners