and being not able by reason of the iniquitie of the time to finish it it was afterward perfited by Elizabeth wife to King Edward the 4. in the yere of our Lord 1465. Katherine Hall was built by Robert Woodlarke Doctor of Diuinitie and Chancelor of Cambridge by him indowed with cōpetēt possessions Iesus Colledge was conuerted from a Priorie into a Colledge by Iohn Alcocke Bishop of Ely in the yeare of Christ 1502. and by him both reedifyed and also possessed with sufficient reuenewes the rents whereof were afterward inlarged by Sir Robert Reade Knight Doctor Eleston Doctor Royston and Doctor Fuller with others Christes Colledge was first founded by King Henry the syxt who named it Gods house afterward it was translated by the Lady Margaret Countesse of Richmond Darby in the yeare of our Sauiour 1505. and called Christs Colledge To this Colledge Edward the 6. conferred one felowship and three schollerships That honorable Knight also Sir Gualter Mildmay and Edmund Grindall late Archbishop of Canterbury were notable contributors benefactors to this Colledge gaue to it annuall pēsions for euer Saint Iohns Colledge was translated from a Priorie into a Colledge by the Lady Margaret Coūtesse of Richmond and Grandmother to King Henry the eyght in the yeare of our Lord 1508. Magdalen Colledge was conuerted frō a house of Monks into a Colledge by the noble Duke of Buckingham in the yeare of our Lord 1519. This Colledge hath since beene greatly repayred and beawtified with goodly buildings by Sir Christopher Wray Knight late Lorde chiefe Iustice of England Trinity Colledge was erected by King Henry the 8. in the yere of our Lord 1546. who gaue vnto it yearely for euer 1300. poūds besides the old ancient possessions Qu. Mary augmēted the same Colledge and gaue to it in lands 338. pounds Sir Gualter Mildmay Knight founded a goodly Colledge called Emanuell Colledge in the yeare of our Lord 1584. The Lady Francis Countesse of Sussex hath also begun the foundacion of a newe Colledge and hath geuen to the same 5000. pound in the yeare of our Lord 1588. But to come to the Vniuersitie of Oxforde and so to make an ende Alfredus sometime King of this land for the zeale he bare to good letters erected the Vniuersitie of Oxford in the yeare of our Lord 872. but some attribute the first building of it to Mempricius before Christ 1015. yeares othersome ascribe it to Vortiger after the birth of Christ 474. yeares King Aluredus or Alfredus whether you will for he was called by both those names built the Vniuersitie Colledge which beeing afterwards almost defaced William Bishop of Durham repaired agayne and gaue to it goodly reuenewes in the yeare of our saluation 1217. Bailiol or Ballioll King of the Scots built Balioll Colledge in the yeare of our Sauiour 1263. and his wife Deruergulla indowed it with yearely reuenewes Gualter de Merton sometyme Lord Chancelor of England built Merton Colledge in the yeare of our Redeemer 1264. and inuested it with great and large possessions Gualter Stapleton Bishop of Exceter built Exceter Colledge in the yere of our Lord 1316. Edward the 2. after the Conquest or as some hould Sir Adam Browne Almoner to the sayde King built Oriall Colledge in the yeare of our Lord 1323. Robert Eglesfield Bacheler of Diuinitie built the Queenes Colledge in the yere of our L. 1340. wherto Edmund Grindall Archbish. of Canterbury besides 100 pound in money which hee gaue in his life time gaue also 20 pound a yere for euer The same Archbishop also at his death gaue to the same Colledge many goodly bookes ten pound in mony to buy chaynes to tye them in besides plate and other iewels of great value William Wiccam sometime Bishop of Winchester and Lord Chancelor of Englande built a most stately Colledge called New Colledge in the yeare of our Lord 1375. gaue to it goodly reuenewes The same Bishop also built a goodly Colledge in the suburbs of the Citie of Winchester for the better erudition of youth in good letters Richard Flemming Bishop of Lincolne in the yeare of grace 1420. built Lincolne Colledge and bestowed vpon it lands and possessions which remayne to this day Henry Chichley Archbishop of Canterbury built All Soules Colledge in the yeare of our Lorde 1437. and gaue to it large reuenewes About the same time Humfrey called the good Duke of Glocester built a most famous Schoole called the Diuinitie Schoole wherein he placed a goodly Library of 129. chosen bookes which he had gathered out of the most places in Christendome to his vnspeakable great cost and charges William Wamflet Bishop of Winchester in the yeare 1459. built Magdalene Colledge and gaue fayre lands and goodly possessions to it He built also a good part of Eaton Colledge besides a free Schole at Wamflet in Lincolne shire William Smith Bishop of Lincolne built Brasen nose Colledge in the yeare 1513. Richard Fox Bishop of Winchester erected Corpus Christi Colledge in the yeare 1516. and indowed it with sufficient reuenewes Thomas Wolsey Cardinall Archbishop of Yorke founded a goodly Colledge called Christs Colledge or Christs Church in the yeare 1546. gaue to it many great possessiōs Sir Thomas Pope Knight reedified Trinitie Colledge in the yere 1556. which Colledge was first founded by Thomas of Hatfeild Bishop of Durham for his Monkes and bestowed great possessions vppon it also Sir Thomas White Knight repaired the colledge first begun by Henrie Chichley Archbishop of Cantuburie and called it Saint Iohns Colledge whereto he gaue in reuenues for euer fiue hundred pounds a yeere this he dyd in the yere of Christ 1557. The said sir Tho. White also founded a hall for students called Saint Iohns hall but sometime Glocester colledge which beeing suppressed he bought it with his monie and placed therein a principall and a hundred poore schollers and moe and hauing made great reparations of the same hee adioyned it to Saint Iohns colledge which before he had founded He also erected free schooles at Bristow Reading Moreouer he gaue in his lyfe time two thousand poundes to the citie of Bristow to purchase landes to the value of one hundred and twenty poundes a yeere for the which the Maior and communaltie of Bristow in anno 1567 and so yeerely during the terme of tenne yeeres following shoulde cause to be paide at Bristow one hundreth pounde The first eight hundreth pounds to be lent to sixteene pore young clothiers and free men of the same towne for the space of ten yeeres fiftie pounds a peece they ptuting in sufficiēt sureties for the same And at the end of tenne yeeres the same to bee lent to other sixteene at the discretion of the Maior and communaltie aforesayde The other two hundred poundes to bee imployed for the prouision of corne for the releefe of the poore of the same Citie for theyr readie monie without gains to be taken And after the ende of nine
answered I am glad so that Christ be preached whether it be of enuie of malice of pride or of any affection else whatsoeuer and euen so say I I am glad that good workes are done whether it be of enuie of pride of vayne-glory or of any other affection else and I pray God to rayse vp moe good men to doe moe good workes for our great talking little walking our great prating and protesting and little or no working maketh our enemies the Papistes to open theyr mouthes so wyde agaynst vs and to slander both vs and our profession affirming that we teach nothing but carnall libertie and abandoning of all good workes But how false this theyr shameles slaunder is shal afterwards appeare Christ willing in his place And yet truly I must needes confesse that euen as the Apostle tould the Galathians the Gospell was euill spoken of and slaundered amongst the Heathen thorowe theyr wickednes so I say the Gospell and word of saluation is blasphemed and slaundered amongst the Papists who are not-only scandalized thereby but also in effect vtterly disswaded and drawne away both frō vs and our religion thorowe our inordinate licentious liues Yea and would God it were not true with grief of hart I speak it there are I feare me moe good works done daily by the Papists if they may be called good workes and not rather workes of ciuile office which the heathen the Turks or Iewes may doe than by the Protestants For he the Papist trusteth most blasphemously sacrilegiously to be saued by his works therfore he is carefull to do thē the other trusteth to be saued by a bare naked faith deceiuing him selfe without good works therfore eyther careth not for thē or at least setteth little by thē By which meanes it cōmeth to passe that many men had rather deale with him that is a palpable Papist than with him who is a precise Protestant And certainly to speak truth there is many times found plainer cōscionabler dealing among most of thē than among many Protestāts And if we looke narrowly into the former times and ages past wee shall finde more godlynes deuocion and zeale though it were but a blinde zeale more loue one towards an other more simplicitie in dealing more fidelitie and faythfulnes euery way to haue remayned in them than is now to be foūd amongst vs. A mās bare word or naked promise then was better than any bands bills or writings now They passed their conueighances and state of lands in those dayes by so slender words and in so fewe lynes as now it is sooner wondered at of all than followed of any They studyed not to coyne quirkes quiddities nor to hammer clauses and prouisoes to circumuent and deceyue one another But now adays we must haue if not so many skinnes of parchment yet so many lynes as they had wordes and a great sort moe and yet all will not serue neyther but mayster Lawyer forsooth will finde you a hundred holes in it And for good works who seeth not that herein they went farre beyond vs and wee farre inough behinde them For example What memorable famous buildings what stately edifices of sundrye kyndes and what ancient monuments haue they left to the world behinde them What Churches Chappells and other houses of prayer did they erect to the ende the religion and seruice of God might be continued amongst all posterities to the end of the world Yea what Monasteries Abbeys Priories and other religious houses to their infinite cost and charges albeit they were afterwards most horribly abused by Popish Locusts that came out of the bottomlesse pit as out of the Troian horsse to the destruction of the Church of God did they build and erect What number of goodly Bridges did they make What and how many almes houses hospitalls and spittles did they found for the reliefe of the poore and indowed them with cōpetent lands and liuelodes for mayntenance of them What high wayes what pauements and causies for the safe and easy passage of the people did they make In summe what famous Colledges Halles and Vniuersities for the cōseruatiō of learning did they found and edifye What Schooles free schooles as well in the Vniuersities as also in the cuntreys abroade did they erect indowed thē with wonderfull goodly reuenewes lands and rents for the maintenāce of poore schollers propagatiō of learning knowledge amongst all posterities to the end of the world For proofe whereof and to the end I may stir vp the minds of this frosen and key cold age of ours to the like practise of good works I will giue you a tast of certain notable personages men womē that were famus herein that as briefly as I cā It is recorded by ancient credible historians that one Cantabar a Spanyard before the incarnation of Christ 375 yeres not only built but also furnished with learned mē the thrise renowmed and famous Vniuersitie of Cambridge Afterwards being somwhat ruinate and decayed thorow the calamities of those times it was reedifyed and restored to his pristine state by Sebertus king of the East Angles in the yeare of our Lord 656. Hugh Balesham Bishop of Ely built the Colledge dedicate to S. Peter now called Peter house or Peter Colledge in the yere of Christ 1284. and indowed it with great reuenewes Richard Badewe then Chaunceler of Cambridge layd the first foundacion of Clare Hall now called the Vniuersitie Hall Afterwarde it was inlarged by Gualter Thacsted and lastly by Elizabeth Lady of Clare who called it after her owne name Clare Hall Pembroke Hall was founded by Marie of Valentia sometime wife to Adomare de Valentia Earle of Pembroke in the yeare of Christ 1343. and by her indowed with great possessions Corpus Christi Colledge was founded by the Aldermen brethren of Corpus Christi guilde with the helpe of the fraternitie of S. Maries guilde in the yeare of our redemption 1344. Trinitie Hall being first an hostell was purchased by Iohn Crandon prior of Ely for his brethrē the Monks of that house to study in which Hall afterwards by the industrie and good helpe of William Bateman Bishop of Norwich was conuerted into a Colledge and by him indowed with goodly reuenewes Gonuill and Caius Colledge was built by one Edmund Gonuill in the yeare of grace 1348. and one Caius a Phisition in the yeare of Christ 1557. and by them indowed with large possessions King Henry the syxt built a most famous Colledge now called by the name of Kings Colledge in the yeare of our Lord 1443. and adioyned to it a most sumptuous Chappell This Henry the syxt also built Aeton Colledge where are maynteined threescore schollers who in time as they rise in learning are promoted to Kings Colledge and gaue to them both goodly possessions Margaret Andegauensis wife to King Henry the syxt layde the foundation of Queenes Colledge in Cambridge in the yeare of Christ 1448.
yeeres on Barthelmewe daie in the yere one thousand fiue hundred seauentie and seauen at the Machaunt sailers hall in the Citie of London to the Maior and comcommunaltie of the citie of Yorke one hundred and foure pounds to be lent to foure young men free of the sayde Citie of Yorke fiue and twentie poundes a peece for the space of ten yeeres without paying anie interest for it The foure pounds ouerplus of the hundred four he gaue to the Maior communaltie for their paines The verie same or the like order hee tooke for the deliuerie of one hundred and foure pounds in the yeere of our Lorde 1578. to the Citie of Canterburie in the yeere 1579. to Reading 1580. to the companie of the Marchaunt Tailers 1581. to Glocester 1582. to Worcester 1583. to Exeter 1584. to Sarisburie 1585. to Westchester 1586. to Norwich 1587. to Southamtō 1588. to Lincoln 1589. to Winchester 1590. to Oxford 1591. to Hereford East 1592. to Cambridge 1503. to Shrewsburie 1594. to Linne 1595. to Bath 1596. to Ipswich 1598. to Colchester 1599. to New-castle and then to begin againe at Bristow one hundred and foure poundes the next yeere to the citie of Yorke and so forth to the said cities as before and the same to continue for euer Also this said sir Thomas White gaue to the Maior and communaltie of Couentrie one thousand and foure hundred pounds to purchase lands to the value of three score and ten pounds a yeere which rents he deuised as foloweth First that twelue poore inhabitants of the foresayde citie shall haue paide them foure twentie poundes yeerely the eleuenth daie of March that is fortie shillings a peece for euer Furthermore hee deuised for the space of ten yeres to commence within one yere after his decease to foure pore men of the said Citie forty pounds yerely vz. ten poundes to each of them for nine yeres after the receit therof in free lone And after those nine yeeres were expired to other foure poore men of the same citie for nine yeeres and so from nine yeres to nine yeres for euer At the end of which nine yeeres he deuised that the maior and communaltie of Couentrie for the space of thirtie yeeres shall imploy the said fortie poundes yeerely to two young men of the sayd citie for nine yeres in free lone for euer and so after those nine yeeres from nine yeeres to nine yeeres for euer And after the expiratiō of those thirty yeres the sayd fortie pounds to be delyuered to one yong man of the sayd Citie in free lone for nine yeeres and so from nine yeeres to nine yeres for euer Afterwards he deuised the sayd sum of fortie pounds to bee deliuered to Northampton and to be lent to one young man of the sayde towne for nine yeeres in free lone and so from nine yeeres to nine yeeres for euer And then the next yeere after that to the towne of Leicester as aforesayd The yeere following to the Towne of Northampton as aforesayd The next yere after that to the towne of Warwike as aforesayd And then againe to Couentrie for one yeere and so to the other townes aforesayde one after another for euer But to leaue this worthie person and to hasten vnto others Iohn Alcocke Bishoppe of Elie founded a free schoole at Kingstone vppon Hull and gaue to the same certaine landes for euer King Henrie the sixt built Eaton colledge in the yeere of our Lorde 1443. Our most gracious and dread soueraigne Ladie Elizabeth the Queenes Maiestie that nowe is whom God preserue for euer not onely reedified but also inlarged with greate and ample reuenewes the famous free schoole of Westminster Iohn Collet Deane of Paules founded a goodly free schoole in the Churchyard of Saint Pauls in London called Paules schoole in the yeere 1510. Iohn Tat builte Saint Anthonies schoole in London The Worshipfull Companie of the Marchant tailers built a famous schoole in the Citie of London called the Marchant tallers school anno 1560. Hugh Prise Doctor of the lawe founded a new colledge called Iesus colledge in the yeere 1572. King Bladud founded the Vniuersitie of Stanford and brought Philosophers from Athens thether Besides all which Colledges Vniuersities and schooles of learning we reade almost of infinit Churches Temples Chappels Abbies Frieries Monasteries and other religious houses not onely in England but euen throughout all christendome which they our forefathers I meane haue founded erected to their perpetual praise honor renown But of many heare a few King Ethelbert for the singular zeale hee bare to religion built St Augustines a goodly Church in Canterburie Hee built also S. Paules Church in London and S. Andrewes in Rochester Cissa built the Abbey of Abingdon and Erkenwald Bishop of London built the Abbeies of Chertsey Barking Ostricke Duke of Glocester founded the Abbey of Glocester Remingus Bishop of Dorchester built a goodly new Church in Lincolne Osmond Bishop of Sarisburie founded the Cathedrall Church of Sarisburie in the yeere 1091. Herbert Bishoppe of Norwich built the Cathedrall Church of Norwich in the yeere 1202. Queen Mathild built the church of the Trinitie within Algate in London in the yeere 1108. One Peter a Priest of Colchurch was the first that built Londō bridge of timber in the yeere 1562. And yet ceased they not heere but other some built hospitalles spittles and almes houses for the poore as namely Walter Brune Citizen of London and Rosia his wife founded the hospitall without Bishops gate in London Iohn Lowkin sometime Maior of London builte a Chappell and an hospitall for the poore at Kingstone vpon Thames he built also the Parish Church of Saint Michael in crooked lane Iohn Philpot Maior of London gaue certaine landes to the chamber of London for which they are to paie seuen pence a peece to thirteen poore persons for euer in the yeere 1379. One William Seuenocke founded in the Towne of Seuen-oke in Kent a freeschoole and twelue almes-houses in the yeere of our Lord 1418. Iohn Clapton Maior of London built a stone bridge at Straitford vpon Auon and also a high waie of foure miles long in the yere 1492. Iohn Milborne builte certaine almes houses by Crochet Friers in London wherein are maintayned twelue poore people who haue theyr dwellinges rent free and two shillings sixe pence a peece the first daie of euery month for euer Nicholas Gibson builte the free schoole in Ratcliffe by London gaue ten pound a yeere to the master and twentie nobles a yeere to the vsher for euer besides hee built there certaine almes houses for foureteene poore people who quarterly receiue vi shillings eight pence a peece for euer Sir Thomas Lupton knight founded a free Schoole and certayne almes houses at Arendale in Northamptonshiere where seuen poore people haue eight shillinges eight pence a peece the quarter for euer Sir Rowland Hill Mercer of London caused a causie or pauement to bee made in the high waie betwixt
is honored by these two kindes of othes so is hee dishonored and displeased with swearing by him at euery word in our ordenary talke and that vppon euery trifle or light occasion or rather for no cause at all This kinde of vsuall swearing is altogether forbidden by our Sauiour himselfe where he sayth Sweare not at all neyther by heauen for it is the throne of God nor yet by the earth for it is his footestoole neyther by Ierusalem for it is the City of the great King neyther shalt thou sweare by thy head because thou canst not make one hayre white or blacke but your communication shall be yea yea nay nay for whatsoeuer is more than this commeth of euill The Apostle S. Iames also warneth vs to the same effect saying but aboue all things my brethren sweare not neither by heauen nor by earth nor by any other kinde of oth but let your communication be yea yea nay nay least you fall into cōdemnation The very same doth Salomon teach vs when he sayth The man that vseth much swearing shall be filled with iniquity the plague of God shall neuer goe frō his house And yet notwithstanding all this there are not a few that make euen as it were an occupation of swearing and forswearing of blaspheming cursing and banning at euery word accoumpting him a peasant and no man that cannot sweare it out lustely In which point the diuels are better than they for as the Apostle Iames recordeth they tremble and quake at the very name of the Maiestie of God but these desperate roagues and shagd hayred ruffians are so farre off from trembling or quaking at the name of God that they rent and teare him in a thousand pieces at euery word as much as lieth in their powers blaspheming both him and his glorious name without all remorse or conscience But let them take heede for surely I am of this minde that it were better though both in the iustice of God be damnable to kill a man than to sweare an oth or once to blaspheme the name of God any maner of way for the one is the breach of the first Table which respecteth the worship of God only the other is but the breach of the second Table which compriseth our duties one towards an other And as it is forbid to sweare vaynely by the name of God in our ordenary talke familiar communication at euery word for euery trifle so is it also forbid to sweare by any other than by God alone in the two respects before remembred and neither by Saints nor Angels Sunne nor Moone Starres nor Planets bread nor salt fire nor water nor any other creature else what so euer neyther is it lawfull to sweare by any counterfaite oth as fay or fecke gogs bud gogs lownes nor the lyke for all these kindes of swearings are abhomination before the Lord who hath geuen vs an expresse commaundement that wee neyther sweare by their idolls nor yet once make mention of theyr gods in our mouthes For whatsoeuer we sweare by we make an idoll of it and a false God attributing that honor and worship to the creature which is due to the creator who only is to be inuocate and called vppon as a witnesse in all our actions and none but hee And nowe to the second part of theyr blasphemous allegacion Whereas they say that it is lawfull to haue the name of God often in our mouthes and the oftner the better I aunswere true it is wee ought indeede to haue the maiestie of God both in our heartes and in our mouthes and the oftener the better but how not in blasphemous sort to make a stale or a iesting stocke of hym for we are forbid to take the name of God in vayne and the Lorde wyll not hould hym guiltlesse that taketh hys name in vayne but in all holy reuerence deuotion and obedience yea in all holy feare and trembling This the Apostle meant when he sayde If any man speake let hym speake as sayth the word of God againe let your cōmunication be such as may minister grace to the hearers Let these lusty Caueliroes take heed how they dally with the Lord any while for as the Apostle noteth God is a consuming fire and in an other place it is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of God yea he is that stone that vpon whom soeuer he falleth he grindeth to powder But to draw towards an end It is a good worke in euery one to be carefull of his brothers good name neyther backbiting detracting slaundering nor any way discrediting him by word or deede but rather seeking by all meanes possible to conserue his credit as much yea and in some respects more than his owne And if he knowe or heare any thing which might sound to the impayring of his credit or blemishing of hys good name to bury it in the graue of obliuion that it may neuer rise agayne nor come to light to the disparagement or preiudice of his brothers good name for euer What shall we say then to those vile persons and scummes of the worlde not worthie to haue cōmon breath amongst christians who are so farre off from christian charitie that albeit they neither knowe nor in truth neuer heard anie euill of their brother will yet in the fulnesse of their mallice coine and forge matter defamatorie agaynst him and when they haue done publish it to the view of the world in railing pamphlets and paltrie libels to his vniust infamie and their owne perpetuall shame The badge or cognisance of the children of God whereby they are knowen and discerned from the children of the deuill is loue as our sauiour Christ saith himselfe By this shall all men knowe that you are my disciples if you loue one another Again the badge or cognisance of the children of the deuill whereby they are discerned from the children of God is hatred rancour mallice enuie lying slaundering detracting and backbiting of theyr brethren and the lyke Now then these fellowes are so farre off from wearing the cognizance of the children of God that they marshall themselues vnder the standard of the deuill being inuested with his cognizance as his seruants and vassals Is this to doe to an other as they would wish an other should doe to them Is this the nature of that loue which Paule describeth where he saith Loue suffereth long is bountiful enuieth not doth no euill is not prouoked to anger thinketh no euill reioyseth not in iniquity Is this the fruite of that loue which the Apostle Peter goeth about so earnestly to perswade vs vnto where he sayth But aboue all things my brethren haue feruent loue amongst your selues for loue shall couer a multitude of sins The Apostle S. Iohn sayth that God is loue and that those that dwell in loue dwell in God and God in thē Then it must needes follow that if those that dwell in loue do dwell