THE HISTORY of the Modern Protestant Divines, Containing their Parents, Countries, Education, Studies, Lives, and the year of our Lord in which they died.  
With a true register of all their several Treatises, and Writings that are extant.  
Faithfullv translated out of Latin by D. L.  
The Righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance.  
LONDON: Printed by N. and John Okes, 1637.   

TO THE RIGHT Worshipful Knights, Sir PAUL PINDAR, Sir JOHN WOLSTENHOLME, Sir ABRAHAM DAWES, Sir JOHN JACOB, Farmers of the Customhouse to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, all happiness wished  
Right Worshipful▪  
THAT my Intention was devoted to your Worships, appears by this Presentation, and that my Intention hath rightly directed my Presentation, will easily be seen; for where could these faithful Witnesses that are dead, have had fairer hopes of Tuition, than by you who are living Witnesses of the same Truth most of them have constantly suffered for: some of them were Exotic, some Natives, all of the same Faith: GOD'S Word commends the protection of the former; Grace and Nature both plead for the other: Some of them that were Strangers, had fair protection and good provision in this Kingdom, and were publicly graced & allowed in the famous Schools of our Universities; and some of ours, upon the change of Religion, found presently a Reciprocal requital in their chiefest Hans towns: Both one and the other were worthy Agents in the Church of GOD; and their Works (the never dying Monuments of their Fame) will praise them in the Gates; they were so eminent Lights, that my Encomium will rather seem to lessen than augment their lustre; however, I have striven (as much as I could) to revive their Memories from the grave of Oblivion.  
And (Right Worshipful) if you but receive as much comfort by Reading of their Works, as I have done by the Edition, I am fully persuaded, your Worships will rest satisfied, and I shall not be taxed for presumption: Disdain not therefore, I pray you, to Patronise those, whom I do believe ere this, GOD, the Father of the Faithful, hath registered for his own Sons in the Book of Life.  
I need not blazon your Worthy and Religious actions to the World, when as both Church and State adorned, and greatly beautisied by them, doth, and will, for ever eternize your Piety and Virtues to succeeding posterity. I only wish the rich men of this age, either to imitate your doings, or be ashamed that they follow not such Eminent examples: Go on still I exhort you, and in due time you shall reap the recompense of reward.  
Your Worships that so much love GOD'S Temple, I hope, will vouchsafe to receive and entertain these famous men, who have been the Lords Ambassadors in his Church here, and are in the Celestial Temple with him in Glory: So wishing all your Worships the like happiness with his Saints, when you shall be dissolved: and praying for your prosperity on earth, with length of days; I refer myself, and all my endeavours to Him and your worthy selves, being,  
Your Worships in all Christian Offices,  
Donald Lupton▪   

To the Christian Reader.  
I Have here sent to the view of the World, the lives of these Reverend Modern Writers, whose Actions in their Studies do sufficiently declare what they did; and what they suffered in the cause of our Saviour JESUS. I found them in Latin, and I thought it might be some profit to our times to make them speak English: They were in their times great Antagonists to the Roman cause, and it is pity their Memories should perish, or that they should not be generally known, who generally did so much good in the Church of God, against all oppositions in their days.  
For their Effigies or Icons, they are not of my Invention, but taken to the Life: Some by Albertus Durerus, and the others by that Famous Henry Hondius: only I desired to have them done in lesser Plates, for the profit of the Buyer. Read their lives without prejudicated Opinion, admire their Diligence and Vigilancy, imitate their Virtues and Pious performances, praise GOD for raising such stout Champions for defence of the Truth, and blame not me, who have laboured thus much for your sakes, and will (with GOD'S Blessing) do more for your profit: Who am  
Yours,  
D. L.   

A CATALOGUE of all the names of the Modern Divines mentitioned in this Book.  

Outlandish Writers.  
BErengarius. pag. 1  
john Hus. p. 1  
Hieronymus Pragnensis. 8  
Erasmus Roterodamus. 14  
Martinus Lutherus. 21  
Philippus Melancthon. 30  
Hulricus Zuinglius. 40  
johannes Eoculampadius. 50  
Paulus Fagius. 60  
Martinus Bucerus. 68  
Andreas Gerardus Hyperius. 81  
Wolfgangus Musculus. 90  
joannes Calvinus. 99  
Augustinus Marloratus. 108  
Petrus Martyr. 115  
Hieronimus Zanchius. 122  
Martinus Chemnitius. 132  
Aretius Benedictus. 140  
Henricus Bullingerus. 147  
Rodolphus Gualterus. 158  
Theodorus Beza. 166  
Franciscus Junius. 178   

The English Writers follow.  
IOhn Wickliff. pa. 190  
John Bale. 197  
John Collet. 207  
William Tindal. 214  
John Bradford. 221  
Hugh Latimer. 226  
Nicholas Ridley. 231  
Thomas Cranmer. 237  
Edwine Sands. 246  
Alexander Noel. 251  
John Juel. 258  
Matthew Parker. 269  
John Fox. 276  
Edmond Grindal. 286  
Laurence Humphrede. 293  
Gervase Babington. 299  
Thomas Holland. 304  
Robert Abbat. 311  
John Whitguift. 319  
Thomas Becon. 330  
James Montagu. 339  
William Perkins. 347  
William whitaker's. 356    


BEREN GARIUS   
BEhold the Effigies of this great and worthy Scholar, whose hand and eye point towards Heaven, whither his Saviour Jesus is ascended, in the sight of his Apostles, and shall be there until his second appearing to judgement: he is placed first, in time, amongst these famous witnesses: this is that Berengarius, a French man, and Archdeacon of Gant, who was powerful in the Scriptures, and expert in the writings of the ancient Fathers of the Church, and who with admirable wit and wisdom did prove, that Christ was not carnally in the Blessed Sacrament, and so hindered mainly that gross error of Popish Transubstantiation, which Doctrine he confuted out of God's Holy Word, and by the authority of the sincere Fathers, so that his writings went far and near, with approbation and admiration, to wit, into Italy, Germany, France, and other Territories; and this was in the year of our Lord, 1020.  
Whereupon, Leo the ninth called a Council at Vercellis, and did in it condemn this Doctrine of Berengarius, so also when Nicholas the second was Pope, he was called to a Council held in Rome, where by the bitter menacings of that Pope, he was compelled to a recantation: which did mightily rejoice the Pope: insomuch, that he sent his recantation to the Cities of Italy, Germany, France, as it plainly appears in that noted Chapter, which begins, Ego Berengarius de consecratione distinct secunda. Wherein, these words, full of Blasphemy, are by the consent, judgement, and prescipt of that Council to be read, I do believe, that the Body of our Saviour Jesus Christ is sensibly in the Sacrament. Et in voritate manibus sacordotum tractari & frangi, & fidelium dentibus a●teri.  
But it is not the malice of thy Adversaries (oh Berenga●ius) that can wrong thy innocence, for thou hast by holy Scriptures and Fathers confirmed thy words, and convinced their madness; the purity of it appears, even in the writings of thy Adversaries, even by Lanfranck himself, that Longobard, who was a man so full of subtlety and policy, especially in School Divinity, that it took name from him: nay, he was so eminent in learning, that the learning of St. Augustine and Hierome, was not esteemed of, and so this Lanfrank proved the Pope's Champion, in this question of Transubstantiation, which is the soul, as it were, of the Mass, and thereupon he had the Archbishopricke of Canterbury given him; nay, for defending this so stiffly, Pope Alexander the second, the successor to Nicholas, did rise up to honour this Lanfranck, and indeed the upholders of the Romish cause do all mainly bustle to defend this: so that Pope Urban the fourth, in the year 1264 did appoint a solemn Feast for it, with Processions, Torches, Banners, and all other solemnities, and did give upon that ●ay many Indulgences, and ●ut Thomas Aquinas to prove ●t to be necessary by Tips, Figures, and shadows out of the Old Testament.  
But Berengarius testified sufficiently his grief and wonderful sorrow, and assumed new courage, and so defended to the last what formerly he had written, and so departed this life a famous champion of Christ jesus: he sleeps in peace till the last Trumpet shall awake him to meet our Lord at his coming to judgement. And his Effigies as you see, was had by the help of Master Francis Molineus, who was a Dean, a learned man, and studious of Antiquities.  
Berengarius writ a Book of the Body and the Blood of Christ in the Sacrament, in which he defends and confirms his Tenants by the Scriptures and Fathers; and in the same book he doth write of the Antichristian Church, and renounces his former yielding absolutely, and terms that Council plainly, Consilium vanitatis.  
For so Benno a Cardinal in Hildebrands' life, saith, that then the Romish Clergy, was full of treachery and aurice.   


IC●ANNES HUS.   
THIS Famous instrument of GOD'S Church, seems to have taken his first vigour and courage from our English Wickliff: he was borne in Prague, the Metropolis of the Kingdom of Bohemia, and proved a famous preacher in that slourishing University, he was Pastor of a Church in that town, called the Bethleemish Kirch, where his Doctrines did judicially oppose the Pope's proceedings; hence Pope Alexander the fifth, condemned him for an Heretic. In his time things took not good success in the Church of Rome, for the Cardinals falling out amongst themselves, they chose three Popes: diverse Kings took it ill that the Church of Rome should be thus divided. Then in the year of Grace, 1414. there was a Council held at Constance, for the redress of these mischiefs, which now were got into the Roman Church. To this Council was john Hus called, by the Authority of the Emperor Sigismond, who had past his word faithfully for his safe coming thither, and for his return from thence; he obeyed the Emperor, and trusted to his promise; but coming thither, neither was the Emperor Sigismunds' promise available for his safety; for it was contradicted by that Council, and he cast into prison, with this censure. First, that faith in promises was not to be kept with Heretics, and that though Sigismond promised him safe conduct thither, yet he promised not to safe guard him at his departure, and if he had, it was of no validity or force. The Bohemians intercede for him, but in vain; with such eagernes and zeal did those Roman Agents prosecute their cause, and therefore adjudged both his person and his works to be burned: and when some of them would have had him shaved, and others denied it▪ so that they could not agree: Hus pleasantly turning to the Emperor Sigismond, said, Though all these my Adversaries be cruel enough, yet they cannot agree in the manner of the performing it. At the last, they set a triple Crown of Paper upon his head, and so upon the sixth day of july, the year following being 1415, this great scholar was burned.  
The Bohemians upon his death rose in Arms, and their General was Ziska, a slout and valiant Captain, and they had admirable success. This John Hus did write diverse works. They are Printed at Nurenburgh, in Montanus and Nuberiis Shop. 1558.  

1. An explication of the Lords Prayer, the Creed, the ten Commandments, of Sin, Marriage, of the Knowledge and Love of God, of the seven deadly fins, of the Lords Supper, etc.  
2. Of Peace, 68 Epistles written a little before the Council of Constance.  
3. A Treatise of Tithes.  
4. A Treatise of the Church.  
5. A book of Antichrist.  
6. Of the Kingdom, people, life, and manners of Antichrist.  
7. Of the unity of the Church, and of Schisms.  
8. An History of the Acts of Christ, out of the 4 Evangelists.  
9 An History of the passion of Christ, with Notes.  
10. Explication of the 7 first Chapters of the 1 Ep. to the Cor.  
11. Upon the Canonical Epistles of the Apostles, 7 Commentaries.  
12. Of worshipping of Images.   
He spoke at his death, that within a hundred years, God would call them to account for his sufferings.   


HIERONYMUS PRAGENSIS   
THIS worthy Instrument, hath his name from the place of his birth; for he was a Bohemian by birth, and as you view the Effigies, so may you conclude of his Physiognomy; there is one that commends him deeply, and yet not without cause; the words he useth of him, after he had praised his outward liveliness, are, Erat Hieronymus vir animo, Corpore, forma, erudition, virtute, & eloquentia insignis, id est, Hierome was a man famous for spirit, Comeliness, Learning, Virtue, Eloquence: His place of abode was at Iberling, not past a Dutch mile distant from Prague: When he stood in defence of Hus and his Country, he could not get protection from the Emperor, but in his travail was taken by one Croft, & so bound was carried to Constance; here the whole troop of his adversaries being met, furiously set upon him.  
1. Gerson, that noted Chancellor of Paris, publicly produced many things, and objected some new tenants and propositions, which he had formerly delivered in the City of Paris, and that by those his new conclusions, he had disturbed the whole University.  
2. The Chancellor of the University of Collen objected against him, an Oration which ●e had formerly delivered in ●hat place.  
3. The Master of the University of Heidelbergh, carrying himself loftily in his Chair, declared that he had uttered some strange opinions in that Academy, and so did diverse others.  
This Hierome of Prague thundered against the ill lives of the Romish Monks and Friars, demonstrated their Pride, Covetousness, Lusts, etc. of that state: whereupon he was condemned to be burned, for which he was resolutely prepared, as it appeared by his valour and contempt of death, (eve● at the stake itself) for stan● ding at the stake bound, the Executioner kindling the fir● behind him, Hierome called to him, and bade him kindle i● before his face, for (said he) I am not afraid of it; for had I, I had not come hither at this time, having had so many opportunities offered me to escape it. The whole City of Constance admired this man's constancy, and Christianlike magnanimity in the suffering this death. It is not certain, whether he set out any thing in print or not, but certain it that many brave Manu●ipts, and worthy Orati●s, had in sundry Vniversi●s, with his Letters, and ●nclusions, went to the fire ●s well as though Author, who delivered up himself a pleasant sacrifice into the hand of his Saviour jesus, whom he so dear 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.  


ERASMUS ROTERDAMUS   
H●e was borne at Roterodam, upon St. Simon and Judes Eve, and lived 57 years; his Mother's name was Margaret, at Zevenbergen: His father's name was Everard: He had two uncle's almost ninety years old a piece: his education was at Deventer School nine years; Peter Winchell being his Tutor, once chief Schoolmaster at Goud, so sent to St. Hertogen Bosch: here he was solicited to enter into a Cloister to turn Monk, they gave him time to resolve, he answered, He was too young to know the world, unfitter▪ to know a Cloister, because as yet, he knew not himself: yet at last he had bound himself to that life, being drawn by the strong persuasions of one Corneliu● his Chamber-fellow at Deventer, living then at Stein, ne'er Goud; he told him the holiness of that kind of life, rich furniture and copiousness of Books, the rest and tranquillity of mind, with the Angellike society of the Brethren: The first that took notice of him, was Henry Bishop of Bergh; but this Bishop missing (for want of means) a Cardinalship, gave leave to Erasmus to travel to Paris, with promise of yearly maintenance, but failed, a fault too frequent in great men. Here falling sick by ill diet, he returned to his Lord Bishop, and was nobly entertained, and recovering health, he went amongst his own friends again into Holland, but stayed not, but departed again for Paris: he was afraid to study Divinity, least mistaking the grounds, he should be termed Heretic. But the Plague raging in Paris a whole year, he went to Louvain: but he had seen England before, and his noble Maecenas, the Lord Montioy, where he was wondrously entertained, and writ a Book in the praise of the King and all England, he● he had the favour of th● Archbishop of Canterbury but from hence he went into Italy, and stayed at Bononia Now he was almost forty years old; hence he went to Venice, where he printed his Adages, so he passed to Patavia, thence to Rome, where he was much esteemed of by Raphael Cardinal of St. George; he had means enough if Henry the 7. K. of England had lived: at last he returned for Brabant, and was admitted into Charles the 5. Emperor's Council, by the help of john Silvagius great Chancellor.  
All his works are printed ●t Basil, sold by Hierome ●roben. 1540 in Folio, being ●. Tomes.  

1. Contains those things which conduce to the Latin and Greek tongues. Divers Translations of Greek 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. Contains institutions of Manners, Apothegms, Institutions of princes, with diverse others.  
5. Enchyridion of a Christian soldier: his Commentaries upon some Psalms, Prayers, institution of Christian marriage: many Treatises Theological.  
6. The New Testament, with Annotations.  
7. Paraphrases upon the New Testament.  
8. Some things translated out of Greek into Latin out of St. Chrysostome, Athanasius. Origen. Basill.  
9 Many Apologies against detractors of his works.   Fabricius. Clauditur exigua Rotorodomus Humo.  


MARTINUS LUTHERUS   
THis Luther was borne in a Dorp in Saxony, named Isleben, his parents were not eminent, either in wealth or honour; he was brought up carefully in the liberal Arts, and being of an excellent wit, and a great courage and magnanimous spirit, he left the Cloistered life, being graced with the style, of Doctor in Divinity, (not unworthily) having a charge of souls in Saxony: he preached God's Word constantly and zealously: He spoke much against Indulgences and Pope's Pardons, and Bulls sold by Teccelius: He received his degree of Doctor, by the entreaty of the Duke of Saxony, and the University, 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 work to be performed by the wisdom of Learned men, and intended to use his labours in that kind. Maximilian the Emperor reading with great delight the disputations of Luther against Teccelius, gave special command to Doctor PfEfinger, that he should defend this man safely: for he saw that his Labours and works would in short time be very necessary and useful against the injuries and contrivings of the Bishop of Rome; but Luther going on, did write courageously and sharply against that See; insomuch, that he is reputed of many to be carried with too much zeal: I lee was called to appear at Worms, but being dissuaded from the journey by some of his friends, in regard the Adverse part were strong, he answered resolutely, that he would appear in that place, Though all the Tiles of Worms were Devils. Luther spoke some things, which he said should come to pass, 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 be done against the Church of God, by the Turk nor the Pope, should be done by some of his followers: who hating those of the Reformed Religion, did maintain that vain Idol of ubiquity with Brentius and Smedelinus, and lean to the Romish cause: Another was, that when Charles the Emperor should oppose against the Gospel of Christ, that then he would lose all his domiminions in Low Germany, and so it came to pass in his son Philip's reign, who striving to advance the Roman cause, lost the Spread Eagle, for thereupon the united States revolted, and defended their own liberties against the houses of Spain and Austria. Well, after a great deal of labour to advance the Gospel, and to abate the power of Rome, this great Heroic spirit, gave up his Spirit into the hands of his Maker. All or the most part of his works are printed in High Dutch & Latin by Sigismond Sueve: most of those that are extant, are here numbered.  

1. Proposition of Penitents and Indulgences.  
2. A disputation of the Pope's power.  
3. An Epistle to Silvester Cajetan.  
4. Epistles to them of Breme, to the Brethren in Holland, Brabant, Flanders, and to Charles the fifth, Duke of Saxony  
5. An Appeal from the Pope to a Council.  
6. Of the freedom of Monks.  
7. The difference betwixt true Bishops and those of the Romish Church.  
8. Of the Priest hood, Laws, and Sacrifices of the Pope, against Henry the eight King of England.  
10. Against those who deny marriage to Priests.  
11. Axioms of Erasmus for Luther's 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 diverse Commonweals, to Cities, to Churches.  
15. To Counsels.  
16. Disputations.  
17. Sermons.  
18. The whole Bible tran●ated out of Hebrew into high Dutch.   —— Mens quêis, Impura venite, Hic etenim 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sordida corda lavat.  


PHILIPPUS MELANCTHON   
FITLY may this man follow Luther, being both at one time famous; and indeed Luther could never have found a more faithful and trustier friend, than this Melancthon: For Luther was vehement, Melancthon mild; Luther courageous, Melancthon warily fearful; Luther was fit for the Pulpit, Melancthon for the Schools; Luther only for plain Divinity, Melancthon was excellent in all manner of Philosophy; so that his fame was only among such as were full of zeal that way, but Melancthon was renowned of all that heard him, or reads his works: For his learning was not only Theology, but Philosophy, and even an Encuclopaedia of all variety of learning: By these two Wittenbergh was as famous as Rome itself: These Learned men fetched Students from several quarters to hear them: Melancthon bred up many a rare Schoolmaster, and excellent Theologues, which furnished most part of Germany: his fame was not only great for Learning in the City of Wittenbergh, but also in foreign parts, nay with his very Adversaries, who not only 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 be ever fresh among the Learned) sent an Ambassador and Letter, in which, and by whom, he earnestly desired Melancthon to come into France, that by his Conference and Council, matters pertaining to the Church and Religion might be fairly decided, and determined, where he used such affability and sweetness of behaviour and carriage, that he wrought there very effectually, and gained the love, even of his opponents: he was the most earnest against that point of Transub●tantion, and no waves favoured that point of the Lutherans, either of the ubiquity, or Consubstantiation. So when this learned light had laboured hard to reform both Doctrine and Discipline of the Church; and when he had exercised his Pen to the publishing of many rare and profitable works to the Church of Christ, he yielded up his soul to God: All his writings were printed at Basil, in the year 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. Upon the Proverbs of Solomon.  
3. Brief explications upon some Psalms.  
4. Annotations up St. Matth. upon St. john.  
5. Upon the first Epistle to the Corinth's.  
6. An apology 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 Christians.  
10. Of the Tree of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Church of Synods, and of Ecclesiastic writers.   

Tome 2.  
1. Commentaries on the Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans.  
2. Another on the same.  
3. School notes on the Colos.  
4. Common places of Divinity.   

Tom 3.  
1. A Confession of Faith.  
2. A Catechism.  
3. A brief method of Preaching: of the office of a ' Preacher, and of attaining to skill in Divinity.  
4. Theological disputations.  
5. An Epistle to Carthusianus of vows.  
6. An Epitome of the Doctrine of the ' Reformed Church.  
7. An Epistle to john Earl of Weda.   

Tome 4.  
1. Philosophical works.  
2. Commentaries upon the soul, called De Anima.  
3. Upon Aristotle's Ethics.  
4. Epitome of Moral Philosophy.  
5. Upon Aristotle's Politics.   

Tome 5.  
1. A Latin Grammar.  
2. A Greek Grammar.  
3. Logic. Rhetoric.  
4. Enarrations on Hesiods works.  
5. Words fit for measures and Arithmetic.  
6. Epigrams.   
These were Printed by Hervagius; but there are diverse others set forth by Christopher Pezzelius professor of the School of Breme.  

1. An Admonition and Premonition to those that read the Alcoran.  
2. A defence for the Marriage of Priest's.  
3. Commentaries on Daniel.  
4. A discourse on the Nicene Creed.  
5. Upon Luther's life and death.  
6. Many School notes on Cicero's Epistles.  
7. Translations of Demosthenes and P●utarch.  
8. Greek and Latin Epigrams.  
9 Two Tomes of Epistles.  
10. Carrion his Chronologie enlarged, with many Histories.   
By these it is evident, that this worthy Instrument did not hide his Talon, but did employ it to the glory of God, and the profit of his Church, and so dying in the Lord, he rested ●om his labours.   


HULRICUS ZVINGLIUS.   
AS all Germany admired their Luther, so all Sw●zerland this Zuinglius: He was as famous at Tigurum, as the other at Wittenbergh. Zuinglius, as himself testifies in his work of Articles, which is full of learning, began to preach the Gospel in the year of Christ, one thousand five hundred and sixteen: he spoke much against the Pope's Pardons and Indulgences: This point he learned well of his Tutor Doctor Thomas Witenbach of Biele, when he read upon it, at a public Session of Divines at Basil. Zuinglius was solid in all manner of learning he was a diligent searcher of the Scriptures, which he might the easilier do, because he was so expert in the Holy Tongues: he was admirable for refining his own language; he was such an Engine against the Pope's unjust proceedings, that their side wanting ability to hurt, did as to Luther, by great gifts and presents, as so many baits, strive to allure him to their side and cause, and these enticements proceeded not from mean persons▪ but from Cardinals themselves, who lay at Basil as Ambassadors: There fell betwixt Luther and Zuinglius a sharp contention, about the Ubiquitary presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Zuinglius constantdenyed: and it is thought since, it had been better for the Church of God, if Luther in that point had wanted a pen to write, or a tongue to speak; but such infirmities accompany the best of men. This Zuinglius feared neither dangers nor death, so that he might preach the Word of God. He stirred up the courages of the soldiers for the cause of Christian liberty, maintaining at that time a sharp war: h● put them in good hope of immortality; he exhorted, he comforted them, nay, he accompanied them, and died in the head of the battle. So that one truly says of him, Quod pro Aris & focis sanguinem profuderit. But his Enemy's cruelty towards his carcase, is remarkable, that when he was killed, they took his body and cut it in four pieces, and committed it so to the fire. This Battle in which Zuinglius fell, was on the 11. of October, in the forty fourth year of his age, and of our Lord, 1531. His works are contained in four Tomes, which are large witnesses for him, and will in all ages speak to his commendation, which are here reckoned.  

Tome 1.  
1. A work of Articles.  
2. An exhortation to the whole state of Switze●land.  
3. A supplication to the Bishop of Constance.  
4. An Epistle to the Senate, people, and Church of Toggia.  
5. Of the certainty and purity of God's Word.  
6. An answer of the Tigurines, to the Bishop of Constance, of Idols and Masses.  
7. An answer to Valentine of the authority of the Fathers and Doctors of the Church, of Images and Purgatory.  
8. Institutions for youth.  
9 A good shepherd.  
10. Of twofold Justice, Divine and Humane.  
11. Of the choice and free use of meats, and of scandal.  
12. Of the Virgin Mary.  
13. Some treatises of GOD'S providence.   

Tome 2.  
1. Of Baptism against Anabaptists.  
2. Epistles to Ecchius Faber, and Balthasar Hubmeir.  
3. Of Original sin, to Vrbanus Regius.  
4. Of the Authors of Tumults and Seditions.  
5. To Matthew Albert of the Lords Supper.  
6. Of true and false Religion to King Francis.  
7. A sermon of the Confession of his faith.  
8. Another to persuade to perseverance.  
9 An account of his faith to Charles the 5.  
10. An Epistle to the Princes of Germany, of the reproaches of Ecchius.  
11. An Exposition of Christian Faith, written to Francis the French King, a little before his death.  
12. Acts and Conclusions of some Disputations.   

Tom 3.  
1. Commentaries upon Genesis, Exod, Isaiah, jeremiah.  
2. Psalter, out of Hebrew into Latin.  
3. An Apology for translating of it.   

Tome 4.  
1. Annotations upon the 4. Evangelists, and the history of our Saviour's passion.  
2. Upon the Epistles of St. Paul to the Romans, Corinthians, Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians, Hebrews,  
3. Upon St. james, and first Epistle of St. john.   
These are the Catalogue of this Famous instruments labour: his time was short, but he put it out to the best use: so that though his years were but few, yet they were well employed: One gives him this Eulogy.  Pastorem piet as fletque virum patria.  


〈◊〉 OECV●AMPADIVS.   
I Should here have placed Zuinglius, but I do not strictly observe the Series of time; as the one, so this was famous in the City of Basil in Switzerland: He was a Germane by birth, in the town of Winsperg, which is a City of note in the Francs: he took the degree of Master of Arts in Heydelbergh, and applied himself to the study of the Civil Law in Bononia: he learned Greek of Capnio or Ruetline, who is not much affected, and he got his Hebrew from a certain Spaniard: when he supplied the place of a faithful Shepherd in Germany, he was called to Basile: Erasmus of Roterodam in making the Annotations upon the Now Testament, took his advice, and used his help much in that work, and thus much he doth ingenuously confess, that by the help and industry of a great Divine, (viz. OEcolampadius) not only eminent for piety, but also excellently well seen in 3 languages, did he set forth to the world that book. OEcolampadius being urged much by his friends, admitted that degree of Doctor in Divinity. Some Roman Sophisters at Basil could not affect him: he read public Lectures in that City, at the desira of the Senate upon the Prophet Isaiah: when he applied himself to preaching, he did perform that office with singular meekness and learning: He turned St. Chrysostome into Lat●e in this place, and Theophylact, whom he styles, Chrysostom's little Bee, for gathering such choice Flowers and sweet sentences, from that Mellifluous Father of the Church. he defended the truth against Ecchius and Faber; in which controversies, he gained love and commendation, even from his Adversaries: many famous Cities sent to him for advise in the ordering of the Church's affairs: witnesses of this, are the Cities of Berne and Vlmes; he was admirable successful in appeasing Sects and Contentions that arose in the Church: ●ake in particular, these commendations of him, for godliness of life, and sweetness of behaviour, for writing, for his Commentaries, for his Preachings, for confutations & translations; he got not only a great renown to himself, but also brought singular profit to the Church of God. This OEcolampadius so holy for life, so learned, so qualified in affairs Ecclesiastical lived not long, but at the age of 49. years, within a few weeks after Zuinglius departed from Earth to Heaven, and died at Basil in the end of November, in the year of Grace, 1531. his works are these that follow.  

1. Annotations on Genesis.▪  
2. Exegesis upon job.  
3. Commentaries upon Isaiah.  
4. Commentaries upon jeremiah.  
5. Enarrations upon the Lamentation of jeremiah.  
6. Homilies upon the same in high Dutch, translated into Latin.  
7. Commentaries on Ezekiel.  
8. On Daniel.  
9 Annotations on Hosea, joel, Amos, jonas, and on 2 Chapt. of Micha.  
10. Commentaries on the three last Prophets.  
11. Certain Sermons on the Psalms.  
12. Annotations on Matthew, john, Epistle to the Romans.  
13. Explanations on the Hebrews.  
14. 21. Sermons upon the 1. Epistle of St. john.  
15. A book of the Genuine sense of these words, This is my Body.  
16. An exhortation to the reading of God's Word.  
17. Of the dignity of the Eucharist.  
18. Of the joy of the Resurrection, and the Mystery of the Trinity.  
19 A speech to the Senate of Basil, for the reducing of Excommunication.  
20. Divers Sermons upon several occasions.  
21. That the mass is not a Sacrifice, against Images.  
22. A Catechism.  
23. Annotations upon St. Chrysostome.  
24. Little Treatises of Prosper. Augustine and St. Ambrose against freewill.  
25. Enchyridion to the Greek Tongue.  
26. Treatises against Anabaptists, as Charles N. Balthasar Hubmeir.  
27. Genesis turned out of the Septuagint.  
28. 66. Homilies of St. Chrysostome upon Genesis.  
29. Annotations upon the Acts, Corinthians.  
30. A Treatise of Almse-deeds.  
31. A Treatise against julian the Apostata.  
32. Of true faith in Christ.  
33. An Epistle of Gennadius the Patriarch of Simony.  
34. Of the praises of St. Cyprian, of the love of the poor, of the praise of the Maccabees.  
35. Gregory Nyssen of the life of Moses.  
36. An Epistle of Nicephorus, of the power of binding and losing.  
37. Enarrations of Theophylact upon the four Evangelists.  
38. A Tract of St. Basil against Usury.  
39 A Metaphrase of Gregory's Bishop of Neo-Caesaria, upon Fcclesiastes.   
Most of these latter works were translations out of Greek: all these do lively show, that this O Ecolampadius was a painful labourer in the Lord's Harvest, during the time of his pilgrimage; and so having finished his work, he went to rest in the Lord.   


PAULUS FAGIUS.   
IT is very sit, that Paulus Fagius should be reckoned amongst the Famous Protestant writers, having done and suffered so much for the cause of Jesus: He was Bucers' colleague, they both came out of one and the same City into England at one and the same time, he was borne in a Town of small repute in▪ the Palatinate, and 
Tabernis Rhenanis.  both Bucer and he had but low estates; but by study and labour this raised his name▪ and maintained himself: He got the skill of the Hebrew admirably well, by the frequenting of Capnioes' Lectures, and afterward became excellent in it, by the means of Capito, public professor of the same tongue in the famous University of Strasburgh; he proved so rare in this language, that few hitherto have gone beyond him: this Fagius was called from Strasburgh to Heidelbergh by the Count Palatine of the Rhine, to order the Church's affairs, and to preach the Gospel, which he performed with good success; but in those civil turmoils, 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 joyous 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 University, for this Fagius when he had long been Pastor in Strasburgh, came with Martin Bucer into England 1549. and died in November, whom presently after Bucer followed, not without the great grief of all learned and pious men; there are some who think them both to be poisoned, but as they both lived alike, so they were both alike in their deaths; and in Queen Mary's Reign they were both digged out of their graves, and were burnt, finding the cruelty of the Romish sect, even when they were laid to rest. This Fagius died at forty five years of his age, whose loss both Church and Commonwealth felt, and mourned for: His works which he writ, are these that follow.  
Out of the Hebrew Tongue Imprinted, translated by Fagius, are these following.  

1. A work called Thisbi, from the Author This bites Elias, containing 702. words, explained in this work.  
2. Two short Chap. or Apothegms of the Fathers, which contain godly and profitable Sentences of the old wise Hebrews, with some Schoole-notes.  
3. Moral Sentences of Ben-Syra Alphabetically, the Nephew (as the jews believe) of jeremy the Prophet, with a Commentary.  
4. Tobias the Hebrew sent new from Constantinople, translated.  
5. Hebrew Prayers used by the jews at solemn Feasts, by which we may see the old Rites of that people, which both Christ, and the Evangelists have performed.  
A little Treatise of Faith, of a certain jew turned to Christianity, 200. years since.  
7. A Literal exposition of the Hebrew sayings in the four first Chapters of Genesis, with a Chaldaic Paraphrase of Onkel on the same.  
8. A Book of the truth of Faith, full of Learning, written by an▪. Israelite many years since, to show the perfection▪ of Faith of Christians.  
9 The 4. first Chapters of Genesis, with the Germane Version for young Hebricians with Schoole-notes.  
10. Commentaries on some of the Psalms by R. David Kimhi.  
11. An Hebrew Preface to Elias a Levite, his Chaldee Lexicon.  
12. Thargum, or a Chaldaic Paraphrase upon the five Books of Moses, translated with short and learned Annotations.  
13. A Collation on the chief translations which are in use upon Genesis.  
14. An Isagoge, or short Introduction to learn the Hebrew Tongue.   
These are the Labours of this learned man, which are great, if you either weigh the Languages, or the shortness of his life.   


MARTINUS BUCERUS   
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 Monks, the one of the Order of Saint Augustine, this a Dominican. He was stiried up first by Luther's Sermon, preached before the Emperor at Worms, and so of a Dominican, was turned to a famous Protestant: What labours he sustained in. propagating the Gospel of Jesus Christ, those that read his Books, (the never dying Monuments of his Care) may easily judge: his Works and his Ecclesiastical History doth declare how far he excelled in Judgement for writing, for Prudence in counselling, for his happiness in settling Churches, for Dexterity in compounding controversies, for his Moderation in Disputations: who, although he was Pastor of a Church in Strasburgh, and taught Divinity there for the space of twenty years, yet other Churches, Meetings, Commencements, and public Acts did experimentally feel 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 entreaty of Herman Veda Archbishop) had admitted this man to have taught Theology there, it would certainly have proved to the overthrow of the Roman cause in that City; which thing had been effected, had that Westphalian Gropper kept his Coop, and had not been admitted into the Court of that Prince; for he could not endure either the Arch bishop, or Bucer, and so did endeavour to betray them both: but what the Archbishop of Colen desired, but could not effect, was done by our Reverend Archbishop of Canterbury, Tho. Cranmer, Primate, and Metropolitan of all England, a man singular for Learning and Piety; for he 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 rejected, England entertained, and the famous University of Cambridge with great applause admitted into her Schools, in the year of our Lord, 1549 who, when he had for the space of two years, with the general approbation of all learned Divines, professed in public Commencements, the last but one of February he departed this frail life, being in the year 1551, and of his age 61. He was bravely interred, and had many learned Epitaphs made of him; his body after it had been buried 5. years, was taken up, and burned in Q. Mary's Reign at Cambridge. The Church of God felt, and lamented this man's loss, if we may believe Calvine in his Epistle to Viretus, writing thus of him, Quam multiplicem in Bucero iacturam fecerit Ecclesia Dei, quoties in mentem veni●, cor meum prope lacerari sentio: As often as I do think what a manifold loss came to the Church of Christ by losing this Bucer, my heart almost doth rend 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 down his Labours in writing, Arguments sufficient, and strong enough to prove his worth and Wit, which if all were put together, would make Nine large Tomes.  

1 The 〈◊〉 translatidon● of Hebrew into Latin, with a double Exposition of matter, and words: wherein so●e ●ommon places are handled ou● of the Scriptures, and Fathers.  
2 Enarrations upon the 4. Evangelists.  
3. Metaphrases upon the Epistles of St. Paul.  
4. Decisions, and reconcilement of hard places of Scripture, and of those that seem● to be repugnant o●e to another.  
5 Commentaries on the Romans, and Ephesians.  
6 Sophonias out of H●brew, with a Commentary.  
7 A Preface to the fourth Tome of Luther's postils.  
8 Of the true Doctrine, and Discipline, and Ceremonies of Churches.  
9 Acts of the conference had at a Commencement at Ratisbone.  
10 A Defence against the Bishop of Abrince.  
11 Writings of Bucer and Bartholomew Latonius.  
12 Things disputed at Ratisbone, in the year 1546.  
13 Treatises of the reconciling of the Churches had at Ratisbone, 1541. at Spires, 1544. at Worms, 1545. and at Augusta, 1548.  
14 A Gratulatory Letter to the Church of England.  
15 An answer to two Epistles of Stephen Gardiner, Bishop● of Winchester, concerning the single life of Priests.  
16 Answers to the Objections of Murnerus, and some others, concerning the Lord's Supper.  
17 Of the best way to have Counsels.  
18 A Treatise of restoring church-good.  
19 Translation of the greater Postill of Luther, and Pomeranius his Commentaries on the Psalms into Latin.  
20 An Apologetical Epistle to those of East Friesland, and other parts of Low Germany.  
21 An Apology against Brentius of the Lords Supper: that Images are not to b●e had in Churches, out of the Scriptures, Fathers, and the Edicts of the most Religious Emperors.  
22 An Epistle to the University of Marpurgh, of Heresies, and Heretics.  
23 The Confession of the four Cities of Stra●burgh, Constance, Menning, and Lindare.  
24 Of the Baptism of Infants.  
25 Of the mystery of the Eucharist.  
26 Of a national Synod.  
27 Of a Council against Coccleius, and Gropperus.  
28 Of the false and true administration of the Lords Supper. Of offering Masses. Care of the dead. Of Purgatory against Latomus, 2. Books.  
29 Causes of the absence of famous Divines from the Council of Trent.  
30 Of the Kingdom of Christ to King Edw. 6.  
31 Lestures at Cambridge upon the Ephesians, set forth by Tremelius.  
32 Of the power and use of the holy Ministry.  
33 A Treatise that none ought to liv● to themselves.  
34 Answers to his Adversaries Objections.  
35 An exposition of the Disputation between 〈◊〉 Tegerius, and the Ministers of Strasburgh.  
36 An 〈◊〉 to the Ministers of Switzerland.  
37 Psalter translated into Dutch.  
38 The Causes of the Reformation a● Stra●burgh, with an admonition to Frederick Count Palatine.  
39 An admonition to the Ministers of Strasburgh, to beware of the Articles of James Cautius, which t●nd to Anabaptisme.  
40 Acts of the Disputation of those of Strasburgh, against Hoffman.  
41 A preparation to a Council.  
42 A greater Catechism.  
43 A lesser 〈◊〉 into Latin by by Sleidan.  
44 A 〈◊〉 to the Book● of the Office of Magistrates.  
45 Colloquies of the Ministry of the Church.  
46 Of the true office of a Pastor, and of the cure of Souls.  
47 Three S●rmons upon the Gospel, Come unto me all, etc.  
48 Colloquies upon the peace of Religion at Nurrenburgh, and Francford.  
40 Of the Jews, whether, and how far to be suffered among Christians.  
50 Of church-good, and who are the right Possessors of them.  
51 An Answer to a Dialogue against Protestants.  
52 All the Acts and writings for the reconcilement of controversies in Religion, from the Emperor, o●her Princes, and the Pope's Legates, faithfully collected, and expounded.  
53 The Reformation at Colen.  
54 A first and second defence of the ●eads of Religion, handled at Bonna, and other places in the Archbishopric of Colen.  
55 A Consutation of the new Faith set forth at Louvain, in 32. Articles.  
56 A defence of the Colenish reformation.  
57 A defence against Gropperus.  
58 Against the Bull of Paul 3. and his Legates demands.  
59 A godly admonition to the Emperor, Princes, and other States of the Empire assembled at Worms, about reformation of the Church.  
60 Against the restoring the Mass, and the other Sacraments, and Ceremonies of the Roman Church.  
61 Impediments of reformation.  
62 Against the Sophisters of Colen.  
63 Of the Conference of Ratisbone.  
64 An exposition upon the 120. Psal.  
65 A Treatise of afflictions of our times.  
66 A refutation of Calumnies.  
67 A Sermon at Berne.  
68 Of the Ministers, and Sacraments.  
69 Luther's Commentaries upon the two Epistles of Peter, translated into Dutch.  
70 Some writings of Sturmius, of the Eucharist in Latin.  
71 Retractations with Commentaries on the Gospel.  
72 Other Manuscripts of his which he writ in England.   
All these his Works do show, that he was a painful Workman in God's Vineyard, and did all he could, to propagate the Gospel of our Saviour.   


ANDRE●S GERARDUS HYPERIUS.   
THis Gerard takes part of his name from the place of his birth, being Hyperia, a fair and strong Town in Flanders, amongst the Dutch Divines he is one of the most elegant, when he was a youth he was of an excellent wit, and addicted to study, he left not, till he had the Encuclopaedia of Sciences and Arts: his father was a Lawyer: he got much by ●oachim Ring●lbergh of Antwerp, a youth of excellent endowments, whose praise this Gerard set forth in a speech made to the Parisians; when this Gerard had studied at Paris and Louvain, he took a view of Italy, France, Germany, Spain, and England: at last being apppointed Professor of Marpurgh, he there settled himself, which University first found him an excellent Philosopher, and afterwards a rare Divine: his skill in Philosophy, is seen by his succinct, perspicuous, and learned Exposition upon Aristotle's Aethicks, pleasant and profitable, to be read both of Divines and Philosophers: he propounded it to the Students of Marpurgh. Even as Melancthon was for Saxony, so was Hyperius for Hassia, he was well read in the Histories Ecclesiastical and Polyticall, both of Fathers, Schoolmen, Sophisters, but most of all, he gave himself to the reading of St. Chrysostome, in whose sentences, examples; figures he took singular pleasure, and made singular profit: He is commended for his modefy, patience, and constancy, which do appear in his writings, for he seems not to be at any time carried away with spleen or affected zeal; and these three he termed his Warlike Engines, by which he did resist his Adversaries, defend himself, and conquer them, TACEO, FERO, SPERO. He died at Marpurgh, in the year of the World's Redemption, 1564, and of his life 53. in the Calends of February, when he had professed 22. yeared in that City: One hath wittily cut his Epitaph in this verse.  Flandria quem genuit, Hassia n●stra tegi●. 
His writings which he left to the World, as a rich Legacy, are these here set down.  

1. A Commentary on the 20. Psalm, of the honour▪ due to Magistrates.  
2. On the 12. Psalm.  
3. A Method for a Preacher and study of Divinity.  
4. Upon the Romans.  
5. Of the reading and meditation of the Scriptures.  
6. Method of Theologie.  
7. Theological Topics.  
8. Chatechisme.   

Works in two Tomes.  


Tome 1.  
1. Of the study of the Scripture.  
2. Of the Institution of Colleges anew.  
3. A trial of Students in Divinity.  
4. Of Catechising.  
5. Of justification by faith, and of the faith and works of a man justified.  
6. Of Beneficence to poor.  
7. Of ●easts, their lawfulness, and unlawfulness.    


Tome 2.  
1. Of the duty of hearers.  
2. Of God's providence.  
3. Of examining ourselves.  
4. Of the marriage of Ministers.  
5. Whether their opinion be to be received, that hold Babylon in the Apocalips to be 〈◊〉.  
6. The opinion of the 〈◊〉, greeks and Latins, of the digestion of the Decalogue.  
7. Some things of the truth of Apostleship, Doctorship, and other degrees.  
8. Of the Sacraments.  
9 Upon that of the Romans 1. 
God gave them up to a reprobate sense; and how God punisheth one sin with another.   
10. School notes upon 10. books of the I thicks of Aristotle.  
11. Physics.  
12. Logtcke, Rhetoric, Arithmetic, Geometry, Cosmography, Optics, Astronomy.     
After his death, his son Laurence Hyper and John Mils put forth these in Print.  

1. Short Annotations on the Prophet Isaiah.  
2. Commentaries on the Gallathians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Theslalonians.  
3. Upon Timothy, Titus, Philemon, jude, upon the Hebrews.   
So that he prosited not only the Church of God in his life time, but he also is useful being dead, so that both in life and death I may say of of him, that he lived and died to the glory of God, and the good of his Church.   


WOLFGANGUS MUSCULUS.   
AMongst other famous Lights of GOD'S Church, this Musculus is not of least rank or dignity: his Parents were but o● mean conditions, and low fortunes; he was borne at Dusa, a Town of Lorraine, near to Alsatia: by labour, study, and industry he became excellently qualisied in the knowledge of the Scriptures, and so entered into the ministry. From 15 years of age to thirty, he lived in the Palatinate: in his first proceedings, he was protected as it were, under the wings of Reinhard of Rotenbergh, chief Governor of Litzelstein; those his adversaries had then crushed his hopeful proceedings, by the authority of the Elector of Mentz, but that they durst not then meddle in the jurisdiction of the Palatinate, for which he gives thanks, in his Dedicatory Epistle to his common places, which he writ in his old age to Frederick Count Palitine of Rhine, being for holiness and piety, called by the name of Pius: he was called to exercise his Ministry in the City of Strasburgh; he was a most welcome colleague to Bucer: Thence he went to preach at Augusta: He was much supported by Vrbanus Regius a learned Divine, in the year 1531. which was the next year after the declaration of the Augustan Confession; in this Church of Augusta he exercised his gifts, and gave himself to the study of sacred Letters, and Ecclesiastical Histories, by turning those ancient Doctors and Fathers out of Greek into Latin, and also by setting forth Commentaries, which in those times gave much light to the ignorant. But Musculus, by the command of the Emperor, was forced to leave Augusta, and by reason of civil war, in which turmoils he came to Berne; here he had most Christian entertainment, and was received courteously: here he was a public professor of Divinity for 14 years; he was always either writing or printing some things which did conduce to the enlargement of Christ's Kingdom, till at last, in the year of his age 66. and of the Incarnation of Christ. 1563. he changed this life for a better, not dying without sufficient testimony both of great labour and learning in his never dying works. A catalogue of them, I have here presented to your view.  

1. Commentaries on Genesis.  
2. Enarrations on the Psalms.  
3. Commentaries on Matthew in ●hree Tomes.  
4. Upon john.  
5. Upon the Romans and Corinthians.  
6. Upon the Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians, and the first of Timothy.  
7. His Common places.  
8. Upon the Commandments.  
9 A Book against Coccleius.  
10. A Treatise whether a raw Christian may Communicate with the Papists or not, in 4 Dialogues.  
11. How far injury is to be suffered of a Christian.  
12. Of Oaths against Anabaptists.  
13. Of the German war 1546.   

Translations of Greek Authors.  
1. Commentaries of St. Chrysostome upon Saint Paul's Epistles.  
2. Epistles of St. Basil, and Nazianzen, and some other Fathers.  
3. Ethics of Basil.  
4. Of solitary life.  
5. Many Homilies.  
6. School notes of Basil upon all the Psalter.  
7. Thirty nine Epistles of Cyril.  
8. A Declaration of those 12. Anathemaes in the Ephesine Council.  
9 Opinions of Nestorius confuted by Cyril.  
10. Synopsis of the Scriptures, out of Athanasius.  
11. One hundred and forty questions out of the old and new Testament.  
12. A Synopsis of Theodore Bishop of Tyre.   

Ecclesiastical Histories.  
1. Ten books of Eusebius of Ecclesiastical affairs.  
2. Five books of Eusebius of the life of Constantine.  
3. Eight books of Socrates, the Ecclesiastical Historian.  
4. Nine books of Zozomen.  
5. Two books of Theodore.  
6. Six books of Euagrius the Monk.  
7. Out of profane Histories, five books of Polybius.   Berna professor publicus occubuit.  


JOANNES CALVINUS.   
HE was born in France, the breeder of many great wits, & was endued with excellent parts, both of Nature and learning, which appears by his indefatigable Labour, Cares, Studies, Watchings. The sirst piece that gave the World notice of his ability, was his Institutions, dedicated to Francis the first, King of France: Philip Melancthon called him The Divine, by way of excellency: at first he addicted his studies to the Civil Law, under the government of Peter Stella at Aurelium, who was then counted the ablest professor of that way, in the study of this Calvine prosited exceedingly, so that h●e might have had fair preferment by it: but he intended another course, for he was bend to study Divinity, which he did at Biturigum, under Volmarus a German, who loved Religion, and favoured the professors of it: he also learnt the Greek tongue and the Hebrew at Basil, by the company of Simon Grynaeus, and Wolgangus Capito; you shall have his commendation, in a few lines bestowed upon him by a▪ great Divine: For a piercing ludgement, for stating Divinity questions, for experience in Church affairs, for Readiness and Purity in his Writings & Preachings, for Labour and Study, for resolving of doubts, for his Disputations, for Constancy in Adversity, Humility in in Prosperity; for despising Honour, Promotions, for Parsimony, Continency, Sobriety, Piety, few, or none have paralleled, or outstripped this man. His labours are so well approved of in the Church, that his writings are extant almost in most parts of the Christian World: Witness France, Germany, Italy, Transilvania, Poland, England, Scotland, Spain, and other Kingdoms, Provinces, & Commonwealths: he did stiffly write against the Papists, so that it is said of him, as St. Augustine was famous in the old Church, so Calvine in the modern. Campian the jesuit was a bitter adversary to him, he wanted not diverse others, for it hath always been known, that the upholders of truth never wanted enemies. He died of a Consumption, contracted by extraordinary fastings and watchings, in the year of Gra●e 1564. and of his age 54. being borne in the yea●e 1509. on the tenth of July, his works are here registered.  

Commentaries on the Old Testament.  
1. Upon Genesis.  
2. Harmony upon the four Books of 〈◊〉.  
3. Upon josuah.  
4. Upon all the Psalms.  
5. Upon Isaiah.   

Lectures.  
1. Upon jeremiah.  
2. Upon the 21 Chapt. of Ezek.  
3. Upon Daniel.  
4 Upon the lesser Prophets.   

Upon the new Testament.  
1. His harmony on the Evangelists, upon john, Acts: all the Epistles, to the Hebrews, Peter, john, james, jude.   

Sermons.  
1. Upon Deuteronomy, upon the Decalogue, job, 119. Psalm, 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: Upon God's Election and Providence: Upon Genesis, upon 1. and 2. of Samuel, upon the 18. Chapt. of the 1. of the Kings. Upon many Psalms, upon josuah, Isaiah, jeremiah, Ezekiel, and lesser Prophets: upon 123. Psalms.   

Other Works.  
1. Institutions.  
2. Of the Eucharist.  
3. Upon the victory of Jesus  
4. Genevas Chatechisme.  
5. Of Reforming Churches.  
6. Of scandals, a form of confession of Faith: his answer to Sadolets Epistle: Of Freewill 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 God's House. Of God's Worship. Against Judicial Astrology. A defence of the Orthodox Faith, concerning the Trinity; of Predestination: the Ministers of Tigurium and Geneva their agreement about the Sacrament, a means to preserve Concord, a true Communicant. Epistles, Answers, Counsels. Seneca of meekness enlarged with a Commentary.    


AUGUSTINUS MARLORATUS   
THis famous Scholar was borne in the Dukedom of Lorraine, and was a Monk of the Order of St. Augustine, but at length coming from that profession, he proved a very famous Shepherd in the Church of Christ Jesus; his manners, modesty, piety, watchfulness, learning, were singular ornaments: he having studied the body of Divinity in France, came to Lausanna, which is a famous Town of the Lords and States of Berne, situated 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 entering into the Ministry, he preached hard by that famous Lake of the Allobroges, in the Town of Geneva: he profited much in the knowledge of Sacred Letters, as appears by his studies and writings: who almost knows not that hard piece of work? his Commentaries, or a Catholic exposition upon Genesis, Psalms, Isaiah, and the whole new Testament, including the sentences of the Ancienter Fathers of the Church with wonderful Skill, 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 Father's opinions, as ornaments, and at last adds his own: the Gospel 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 called 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 Gospel, not to be so odious as formerly it was, & many did love the truth, being by these means discovered, which ignorantly before hated it, and the professors of it. In the year 1562. the City of Rouen was besieged by the Adverse part and won, wherein Marlorate was planted; but he, with three other principal Citizens were put to death, not unworthily deserving the name of a Martyr. This was done the thirtieth of October., of his age the 56. whose works being ever living Monuments, are preserved to the benefit of the Church of God, and are here set down.  

1. A Catholic and Ecclesiastical Exposition of the new Testament.  
2. An Exposition upon Genesis.  
3. An Exposition on the Psalms of David.  
4. An Exposition upon the Prophecy of Isaiah.  
5. His Thesaurus, or Treasure-house of the whole Canonical Scripture, digested into common places: Also the hard Phrases Alphabetically Printed, which usually are met withal in the Scriptures, by the care and industry of William Feugerius of Rohan professor of Divinity, to whom Marlorate left this Work, being not altogether perfected at the time of his Dissolution.   
And thus this famous Scholar, having been a painful Writer, and afaithfull Preacher, finished his course, and expects the second coming of his Lord Jesus.   


PETRUS MARTYR.   
THis Martyr was a Florentine: his Father's name was Stephen Vermilius, and Mary Fumantine was his Mother's name, both of ancient extraction, and good means: So also they both had a great care that his youth should be well seasoned with Letters, being their only child: His Mother understanding the Latin, interpreted Terence's Comedies to him: imitating those worthy Matrons of Rome, as the Gracchis, Lelii, Catuli: so also others of latter years have been renowned for this act, as Olympia Morata an Italian, Jane, Duchess of Suffolk: but especially the Lady Bacon, who turned into English the Apology of the Church of England made by worthy jewel Bb. of Salisbury. This Martyr in his youth followed not the vain pleasures and delights of Italy, but followed virtues Lore, and addicted himself to a Monks life which then was held holy and blameless. 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, School Divinity, Greek and Hebrew: being a Monk Regular he preached at 26. years of his age at Brixia, then in the most famous Cities of Italy and France on this side the Alps, at Rome, Bononia, Pisa, Venice, Mantua, Bergom, in the Colleges of his order he expounded Philosophy, and sometimes Homer, and Divinity also. He was made Abbot of Spoletto for his learning, than Praefect in St. Peter's College at Naples, than Visitor General of his order, and last he was designed Prior of of St. Fridrian at Luca. But leaving Luca he came to Tigurum, where Bullinger, Pelican and Gualther, did give him free entertainment. Then he was called to Strasburg, at the entreaty of Bucer, where he professed Divinity five years. Thence at the instance of Archbishop Cranmer, and by the will of King Edward 6. he was admitted into England, and so to Oxford, where he read the Divinity Lecture. Here he did great good while he stayed, but in the days of Queen Mary, he was expelled England, and returned to Strasburg; but contentions arising there also, he with jewel went to Tygurum, and at the last there as in a Haven he laid himself to rest. 1562. 11, of November. of his age 63. What he was, his works will declare to all that will read them, which I here have placed.  

1 A catechism or exposition of the Creed.  
2 Commentaries on the first Epistle of Saint Paul to the Corinthians, at Oxford.  
3 Upon judges.  
4 Upon the Romans.  
5 A defence of the Doctrine of the Eucharist, as it is approved by God's Word, ancient Father's Counsels.  
6 A disputation of the Eucharist at Oxford.   
After his death these Books are extant.  

1 Commentaries on the first of Kings, and on the 12. first Chapters of 2. Kings, 2 On Genesis.  
3 A little book of Prayers out of the Psalms.  
4 A Confession of the Lords Supper to the Senate of Strasburg  
5 His Common places, distributed into four Classes.  
6 Orations, Sermons, Questions and Answers.  
7 Epistles Theological.  
8 Commentaries on Exodus.  
9 Commentaries on the lesser Prophets.  
10 Commentaries upon the 3 first books of Aristotle's Ethics, with some reserved Manuscripts.    


HIERONYMUS ZANCHYUS.   
THis Zanchy followed Peter Martyr, being bred in the same College, this Martyr was so Eminent for his gifts, that he drew by his Example and Piety many worthy men, to leave that state of life under Popery, and to embrace the Gospel. Amongst other, Lacisius, first Professor of Latin in Italy, afterwards of the Greek Tongue at Strasburgh: that worthy Gentleman Celsus Martingen, being extracted from a noble family, having had Earls of that Name, which professed the Greek tongue in his College, and after governed the Italian Church in Geneva discreetly: and so Emanuel Tremelius, that famous Interpreter of the Hebrew Tongue. And this Zanchy, who together with Peter Martyr taught the Word of God in the City of Strasburgh, was excellently well seen in the writings of the Ancient Fathers of the Church, and in Philosophy; which, when he proved against the Omnipresence of Christ's Body against the Ubiquitarians, was not approved by some of that Sect; for which cause Zanchy, as well as Martyr, left this City, and came unto the famous University of Hydelbergh, where the whole University, together with the godly Prince Frederick, showed their love and favour. But this point of Ubiquity then prevailing, those that withstood it, were forced to remove. So Zanchius came to be Pastor of Clavenna, which is a Town of Rethia, indifferently famous, not far off from the Lake of Comen, through which the Merchants of Italy, and other places, bring their Wares, and expose them here to sale. Which place lying near to Italy, and pleas nt for its situation, many Italians, who quitted themselves from the See of Rome, lived here.  
At last he preached the Word of God at Newstadt, a Town of the Palatinate, under the protection of that Religious Prince Cassimere: At length Age and infirmities accompanying it, coming on, this Prince provided fairly for Zanchius his maintenance: A Prince he was addicted to Religion, and the quiet of the Churches.  
Zanchius and Sturmius mainly opposed Ubiquity, and strongly defended the Augustan Confession; they were both very old, and a little before Zanchius died, he used this speech to Sturmius: Oh worthy Sturmius, if ever, now is the time for us to open our eyes, and turn to the Lord; and look up to Heaven, where our blessed Redeemer jesus reigns with the blessed spirits, knowing, and hoping assuredly, that shortly we with those Saints, shall also be with the Lord jesus. A worthy Divine Speech, and fulfilled shortly after in Zanchy; for he died in the year of Christ, 1590. in the Calends of November, in the City of Heydelbergh; being aged 76. and Sturmius was 80. whom he followed.  

Zanchies' Works are these that follow.  
1. Divine Miscellanies, with with the explication of the Augustan Confession.  
2. His Judgement of the controversies about the Lords Supper.  
3. Of the Sacred Trinity, Books 13. in 2 parts: in the first, the Orthodox Doctrine of this Mystery is proved, and confirmed by God's Word. In the latter▪ all Oppositions of the Adversaries are answered.  
4. An Answer to a little book of an Arrian.  
5. An Answer of William Holdet, of the visions of Christ to St. Stephen and St. Paul after his Ascension.  
6. Of opening Schoolmen in the Church, with a Speech to the study of the sacred Scriptures.  
7. Of Christian Religion and Faith, to Ulysses Martengius, Earl of Barch; and Patritius Venetus.  
8. A Compendium of the chief points of Christian Doctrine.  
9 A perfect Treatise of the sacred Scriptures, proved succinctly out of the Ancient Fathers.  
10. Of the Incarnation of Christ, wherein both his Omnipresence is handled, and ubiquity confuted accurately in two Books.  
11. Of the Divine Nature, and of his Attributes.  
12. Of the Works of God in six days.  
13. A work of Man's Redemption.  
14. A Commentary upon the Prophet Hosea.  
15. Commentaries upon the Epistle to the Ephesians, Collossians, Theslalonians, and Saint john.  
16. Some observations of Physic, Printed with Aristotle's Works in Greek, found in that part which treats of Hearing.   
And thus after many labours, and diligent travel in the Work of the Lord for many years together, did this Noble Zanchius commend himself to his Saviour Jesus Christ. His Motto upon his Coat was,  Sustine, & abstine.  


MARTINUS CHEMNICIUS.   
THis Name of Martin hath opposed the proceedings of the Church of Rome much, especially three; viz. Martin Luther, Martin Bucer, and this Martin, who did chiesly oppose the proceedings and determinations of the Tridentine Council. In his first proceedings he followed Luther and Melancthon; he was well furnished in the knowledge of the Liberal Sciences; by the study of the Mathematics and Philosophy, he found an easier passage to Theology.  
He was much addicted to a Kinsman of his, George Sabine, who professed at Regio Montane, where he made this Chemnitius Chief over the Library of the Prince of the Borussorum. When he had exercised himself a while at Wittenbergh, he was called to Brunople, a free and famous City of Saxony. This man by his Learning and Preaching made the City of Brunople as famous for Piety, as Trent was for her Council. This was he that examined the Decrees of the new Fathers of Trent, by the writings of those Ancient Fathers of the Church, and laid them to be tried by the rule of God's Word: This work made him famous, and disparaged the Adversaries proceedings and conclusions. Many others have done well upon that Subject, but his it was that most wounded and galled that side. Hence they have been striving to answer it, but have not been as yet able; but have left it off, as too hard a task for them to perform. This was he that stood up among the first, to discover the Nature, Arts, and plottings of the Monks and Jesuits of Germany, as may appear by his writing to Joachim, marquis of Brandenburg, Elector of the Roman Empire, Interest Principum Germaniae, etc. It stands the Princes of Germany in hand to look well what new Sect of professors the Bishop of Rome doth send into their Dominions and Territories, and well to consider what will be the issue and end of their proceedings. And a little before, he speaks that these were at first only busied in building, and making their nests and holes: and lest that great Sorcerer should bewray himself before he was well placed, and settled; he, and his followers writ nor printed any thing; or if they did, they set it forth with so many general ambiguities & doubts, that it was very hard to say what was peculiar to this Sect alone; but now they have disclosed themselves fully. So this Chemnitius having proved himself an undaunted Soldier of Jesus Christ, departed this life at Brunople, in the year of Christ, 1586. and in the 64. of his age, not without the great grief of that City. I have here set down his works.  

1. Of the Original of the Jesuits, and by what policy that Sect came first up.  
2. The chief heads of their Divinity set forth by themselves at Collen, 1560. with Kemnitius his addition of Annotations on the same.  
3. An Explication of the Doctrine of the two Natures in Christ.  
4. The Grounds of the true Doctrine of the Substantial presence, exhibition, and taking of the Body and Blood of Christ in the Lord's Supper.  
5. A Form, or Index; or rather an Enchyridion of the chief points of Heavenly Doctrine by questions and answers declared out of the Word of God.  
6. Of Original sin against the Manichees.  
7. A Sermon of Baptism.  
8. A trial of the Decrees of the Council of Trident, explicating the chief places of Christian Doctrine in 4. parts.   
And so he having fought the Lords battles courageously, laid down himself quietly, expecting a joyful Resurrection.   


ARETIUS BENEDICTUS   
THough this famous and strong City of Berne may be justly commended for many worthy actions of Peace and War, yet neither of those makes it so renowned as Piety, and Love showed, and afforded to the professors of it: For this is the Basis, and sure groundwork of all policies, and State-affairs, which will soon fall, if not maintained by this supportment. It so fell out, that in the year of Jesus Christ's Incarnation, 1528. there was a great Disputation at Berne, performed by many grave Divines, approved for Learning, and truly Orthodox, about some controversies in Religion; by which means those of Berne were greatly enlightened in the points of Religion and the Word of God 〈◊〉 preached not only in 〈◊〉 City, but in the 〈◊〉 Countries.  
Amongst other Divines 〈◊〉 Note, this Aretius was not 〈◊〉 least; who was public Professor of Divinity in that City: He is famous for his Endowments of Meekness, Piety, Learning, Labour, and especially for his dextrous Method in Reading, and Preaching, so that he did truly divide the Word. Divers other Theologues took their Method from him, and would not make trial in lick of their own parts, before they had heard his public Exercises. He was so famous for his writings, that his Labours in Divinity brought no small gain to the Printers. One of his Books was printed in the space of three years, twelve times, called his Examen Theologicum, which doth show not only the profit of it, but also the Excellency; being a work fit for all who intent the study of Divinity.  
When this Aretius had continued his Labours in the Schools and Pulpits of Berne for many years, with singular approbation and profit, he left this City, and was enroled a Citizen of Heaven, not without the grief of his Auditors, nor without a sufficient testimony of his pains and travails, as may witness these Works of his now extant in Print, and here Registered.  

1. A form for Students.  
2. Two Tables of the Hebrew Grammar.  
3. His Trial for Divines.  
4. The History of Valentine the Gentile, beheaded at Berne, with an Orthodox Defence of the Article of Faith, concerning the Trinity, against his blasphemies.  
5. A censure of the Propositions of the Catabaptists of Poland, denying that Baptism succeeded Circumcision.  
6. Two Treatises, one of the reading, the other of the interpreting the sacred Scriptures.  
7. His common places, containing all the heads of Divinity explaind.  
8. Eight Lectures on the Lord's Supper.  
9 Commentaries on the four Evangelists.  
10. Upon the Acts of the Apostles.  
11. An Introduction to the reading of St. Paul's Canonical Epistles.  
12. Commentaries on all Saint Paul's Epistles.  
13. Commentaries on the apocalypse.  
14. Some Physical Works of compositions, and their degrees.    


HENRICUS BULLINGERUS.   
ABout the same time that Zurich lamented the death of Zuinglius, God brought this Bullinger into place: He was a Swisser of the County of Bremogarts. There is also a Town called by this name, seated two great Miles from Lucerne, and hath been in former Ages, one of the Cities tied to the Roman Empire, which appears (as Simler testifies) by the large privileges which it hath; Bullinger was borne heese, who being a youth, was excellently well qualified in the Liberal Arts, and taught them with profit and commendation to diverse others; but he leaving the Schools, entered into the Church, ●nd exercised his Gifts in ●is own Country. But Zuingliu● being dead, he was sent for to Tigurine, where he preached the space of so many years as Zuingliu● was borne, except only one.  
These Churches flourished in his time, and were happy by his judicious Government; many famous Doctors were not ashamed to follow his Method in his Lectures, Sermons, Writings, Commentaries, controversies; he was beloved of his Adversaries for the moderating of his spirit at all times. He laboured chiefly to procure the Churches quiet, and for this purpose was very able in the Ecclesiastical Histories, and Ancient 〈◊〉, whose steps he approved, and imitated. This famous Bullinger, when he had faithfully, painfully, and dextrously managed the affairs of the Church of Zurich the space of 44. years, and instructed them in all manner of Learning, having made himself also renowned in the Churches abroad, departed hence, giving his Soul to his Creator. He died in Zurich, having exercised his gifts 50. years, and being aged 71. in the year of Grace, 1575. September 17. ●nd lies engraved by Peter Martyr, as one expresses it ●n an Epitaph.  

—.—— quiescit  
Contiguus Petri Martyris exuvijs.   
His Works are contained in 8. Tomes, which do sufficiently commend their Author: they are here digested orderly.  

Tome 1.  
1. A Catechism for the Tigurine Schoolmasters.  
2. An Epitome of Christian Religion in 10. Books, to William Landgrave of Hessen.  
3. Decades of Sermons upon the chief heads of Christian Religion in three Tomes.   

Tome 2.  
1. Confession and Exposition of the Orthodox Faith.  
2. Declaration proving the Protestant Church to be neither Heretical, nor Schismatical.  
3. Compendium of the Popish, and Protestants Tenants.  
4. The old Faith and Religion.  
5. Instruction to those that shall be examined by the Inquisitors.  
6. A Treatise of God's eternal Covenant.  
7. An Assertion of the two Nain Christ.  
8. Five excellent Books of Vigilius, Martyr, and Bishop of Trent, five hundred years since written against Eutiches, with Bullingers' Notes.  
9 Institution of Christian Matrimony.  
10. Institutions for sick men.  
11. Declarations of Gods great benefits to the Swissers, and Exhortations to Repentance.   

Tom 3.  
1. A Treatise of the Sabbath, and Christian Feasts, 24. Sermons.  
2. Two Sermons, of the Office of Magistrates, and of an Oath.  
3. Three Homilies of Repentance.  
4. Six Sermons of conversion to God, out of Act. 8.  
5. daniel's Prophecy explained, with the excellency of God's Word.  
6. Of the Office Prophetical, and how to be performed.  
7. Exhortation to Ministers, to leave controversies and contentions.  
8. Of the Original of Mahometanisme.  
9 Of the persecutions of the Church.   

Tome 4.  
1. A Preface to the Latin Bible, Printed at Zurich 1544.  
2. Sixty six Homilies on Daniel.  
3. Epitome of the times, from the Creation, to the destruction of Jerusalem.   

Tome 5.  
1. One hundred and ninety Homilies on Esay.  
2. One hundred sixty Sermons on jeremy.  
3. A brief exposition on jeremy's Lamentation.   

Tome 6.  
1. Twelve Books, Commentaries on St. Matthew.  
2. Six Books on St. Mark, on St. Luke, 9 on St. john 10. on the Acts of the Apostles.  
3. A Series of times, and Actions of the Apostles.   

Tome 7.  
1. Fourteen Commentaries on the Epistles of St. Paul.  
2. Seven more Commentaries on the same.  
3. Sermons on the apocalypse, translated out of Latin into Dutch, French, English, Polish.   

Tome 8.  
1. A Demonstration of Christian perfection to Henry 2. King of France.  
2. Of the Authority of the Scripture, certainty, absolute perfection, stability, and of the Institution of Bishops, and their Function, with some others.   
Thus this glorious Ornament of the Church having finished his course, and kept the Faith, after long travel and labour in God's Vineyard, was laid down to rest.   


RODOLPHUS GVALT●ERVS   
Virtue and Learning are attained unto by diligence, as appears in this Man: He was richly adorned with abilities in all Sciences, especially Latin, and Greek; he was a very exquisite Orator, and a dainty Poet: so being furnished with these endowments, he entered into the study of Divinity. He was holy in life, and grave in his carriage, and singular for his Learning; he was Pastor of the Church of Zurich above 40. years, which he supplied faithfully, and with good success, not only to the benefit of the Tigurines, but also to many strangers who came to hear him. So it doth appear, that he desired to do good to the Church of God by his Homilies, which he set forth upon all the Prophets, Apostles, Evangelists, whose labours serve Students to this day as a Library; Printed by Froschover with great pains and diligence. Well, when this Gualther had raised up the the Cause of Christ, and opposed that See of Rome, having painfully discharged his Office in the Church of the Tigurines a longtime, he gave up his Spirit to God, and lies buried in this City, having lived 74. years, and in the year of Christ, 1586. His works are many, and those profitable to be read: a Catalogue of them I here present to your view.  

1. The combat of David and Goliath, set forth Allegorically in Heroic Verses.  
2. Epiceds of Marg. Blaurer, upon Peter Martyr, Bullinger, Parkhurst, Bishop of Norwich, Symler, Gualther.  
3. Arguments of all the Chapters in the Old and New Testament in Verse Elegiac.  
4. A Collation of the New Testament to the Greek Copy.  
5. An Apology to the Catholic Church for Zuinglius.  
6. Orthodox confession of faith by the Ministers of the Church of Zurich.  
7. A sacred Comedy of Nabal.  
8. Of the Offices of Ministers.  
9 Of the antiquity of Schools, with the praise of their Founders.  
10. Five Homilies of the last times, and of Antichrist.  
11. Homilies on St. john's Epistles, upon Zacharies' Song, of the Nativity of Christ: of the slavery of sin, and freedom of the faithful.  
12. Of the Original, Dignity, and Authority of the Holy Scriptures: of Christ's coming, and of our preparation: upon the 113. Psalm.  
13. Three Homilies upon the Ascension of Christ, and sending the Holy Ghost.  
14. The Christians Looking-glass. Two Homilies.  
15. Homilies upon the twelve 〈◊〉 Prophets.  
16. Homilies upon St. Math. Mark, Luke, john, Acts, Rom. Corinth. Galath.  
17. Nineteen Homilies on ●entations.  
18. Ten Homilies of the Bread of Life.  
19 Three hundred and twenty Homilies on Esay.  
20. Translation of the five Books of Moses.  
21. Twenty four Books of Zuinglius, translated out of Dutch into Latin.  
22. The Psalter into Dutch.  
23. Ten Sermons of Theodoret of Divine Providence.  
24. Upon Cicero's Works de Lege Agraria. in Verrem.  
25. Of the quantity of Syllables and Verses.  
26. An Elegy on the studies of the Germane Nobility.  
27. Many sorts of Verses ancient and learned, to john Frisius a Tigurine.   
And so having spent his spirits to the good of the Church, and terror of his Adversaries, and to the sweet content and comfort of his own Soul, he had his desire fulfilled, which was, To be dissolved, and to be with his Saviour; free from further troubles and miseries, which this Life was full of.   


THEODORUS BEZA.   
BEhold the grave countenance of this Man, who seems to be alive, though dead: This Beza is famous through all the Christian world, borne of Noble Parents, who did enlarge Christ's Kingdom wonderfully by his Virtue, Piety, writings, and holy labours; he was excellent in Learning in his youth, especially for Latin, and Greek; as also for the Politics, as appears by those famous Monuments set forth by him. His Tutor which he had first, was at Aurelium, then at Zurich, who was called Melior Volmarus, a Germane by Nation, a godly man, well learned, and excellent for the Greek tongue; to whom in the year of our Redemption, 1560. Beza dedicated the Confession of his Faith, a● unto a Parent, or Patron; with which also he expressed the whole course of his former life.  
At twenty years of Age he was Licenciate in the Civil Law; he had two Uncles, one of them was a Senator, or Alderman as it were of Paris; the other was Abbot of Frigimontan; both these did mainly desire to have this Beza, nay, this Abbot so greatly loved him, that he had designed him next successor in that Abbey, which was worth five Thousand French Crowns yearly: howsoever, he had two Benefices, of which he had no skill to govern; so that he had full friends, moneys, and ease; and being enticed with the fullness and splendour of these, he did suspect that Satan had laid snares for him: Therefore being mindful of Holiness, and thinking of his good Tutor, and the change of his life, he fell into a Sickness, which was the cause of his spiritual Health and welfare (as he would say.) So recovering his health, he forsook all, and came to Geneva, as to the safest Haven for his goods, in the year, 1548. Hence within a while, he went to Lausanna, a Town of the Lords of Berne, where he was called to be public Professor of the Greek tongue: but after 10. years he returned to Geneva again, dedicating himself wholly to the study of Divinity, and underwent the charge of a Shepherd of Souls faithfully and laboriously, to the great pro●it of the Church of Christ: but the Piece that made him most Eminent in the Church, was his Translation of the New Testament with Annotations. He lived to 83. years; he was reported by Clemens Puteanus a jesuit, to be dead, and died a Romish Professor▪ which accusation and lie was most excellently well answered by Beza himself; in which answer this is one Clause, Vos autem, etc. but you in this one thing, when you report me to be dead, and that I renounced the Faith and Truth, do manifestly show, that your Father is the Devil, who is the father of lies: and thou Puteanus, especially dost show thyself one of those that come from that pit, Apoc. 19 So having laboured much in the Cause of God's Church, he gave his Soul to his Creator in peace. His Works are here registered.  

1. Poems Printed by H. Stephan.  
2. Psalms printed with Buchanans'.  
3. Schoole-notes on the Greek Alphabet, and of the Dutch pronunciation of the Greek.  
4. Abraham's Sacrifice, a Tragedy.   

In Theology.  
1. New Translation of the New Testament, with Annotations.  
2. Confession of Christian Faith, with comparing it with the Popish Heresies.  
3. Another short Confession.  
4. Of the punishing Heretics by the civil Magistrates, against Martin Bellius.  
5. The sum of Christianity.  
6. The Doctrine of the Sacrament.  
7. A plain Treatise of the Lords Supper against Westphalus.  
8. His Cyclops against Heshusius.  
9 The Defence of the Church of Geneva, against his calumnies.  
10. An Answer to Sebastian Castalio, concerning Predestination.  
11. An Answer in defence of his Translation against Sebastian Castalio.  
12. An Answer against the Renewers of Nestorius, and Eutiches Sect, of Omnipresence of the Flesh of Christ.  
13. Of the Hypostatical Union of the two Natures in Christ, against jacob Andrees.  
14. Of the Unity of the Divine Essence against Arrians.  
15. Theses of the Trinity of Persons, and Unity of Essence.  
16. A little Book of Christian Questions and Answers.  
17. Of the Sacramental conjunction of the Body and Blood of Christ, with the sacred Symbols against Illiricus.  
18. An Apology for the Calvinian and Bezan Doctrine of ●e LORDS Supper.  
19 An Answer to the Reprohes of Francis Baldwin.  
20. Against Selnever.  
21. A Treatise of Polygamy, ●nd Divorce.  
22. Theological Epistles.  
23. Calvins' Life.  
24. Dialogues of Athanasius, ●f the Trinity: of Anastasius and Cyrill, of the explication of Faith: of Basil against Eunomius. Four Books in Latin, set forth both in Greek and Latin, with Feobadius against Arrians  
25. Psalms of David, and five Books of the other Prophets with Latin Paraphrases.  
26. French Psalms to sing i● Metre.  
27. Upon St. Paul's Epistles to the Rom. Galath. Philip. Colos. with Olevianus Notes.  
28. Icones, or Pictures of many learned men, especially Protestants.  
29. Pictures, or Emblems.  
30. Moral, Ceremonial, Judicial Law of Moses.  
31. Of the Hypostatical union of both Natures in Christ. A Dispute with Doctor john Pappius.  
32. A Preface to Hesiander, of the Omnipresence of Christ.  
33. A Translation of Theodores Greek Book against Heretics, denying the Hypostatical Union, into Latin.  
34. Questions and Answers of the Sacrament.  
35. An Answer to jodic Harch, of the Lords Supper.  
36. Of the▪ Pestilence, 2. questions: one of the contagion of it, two of flying in that time.  
37. Salomon's Song in Latin verse.  
38. Of the pronunciation of the French tongue.  
39 Homilies on Christ's Resurrection.   
Tertullian is expected to be set forth.   


FRANCISCUS JUNIUS.   
THough France hath abounded with many Professors of the Gospel, and those rare Scholars: yet there are very few that have outstripped this worthy Juni●. He was of the City of Biturigum, one who was well descended; famous for Verve, holiness of life, and learning: he had through the whole course of his life several crosses, as exercises of his Virtues, in which he admired the singular providence of God, and his special mercies for his deliverances. He was borne in the year of Jesus, 1545. at thirteen years old, he studied the Civil Law, ●n which he spent 2. years: In which time, in his own Country, in the University of Biturigum, those famous and religious men of that Profession, Francis Duaren, Hugh Donellus, Antony Contius, and Lewes Russard did interpret the Civil Law unto him: when as the variety of several▪ Sciences invited this Junius to the study of them, he determined with himself to set upon, and to follow that which was the most excellent.  
In the year of our Lord, therefore, 1562. he came to Geneva, where when he had exercised himself in the sacred Letters, and tongue, he was esteemed very able to take the Ministry upon him: Those then of Antwerp being destitute of a Minister for the French Congregation, Junius at the persuasion of Crispin, and the necessity of the Church so requiring, came to Antwerp 1565. in which City there were many spiritual Merchants, that sought after those Celestial Treasures: but with what hazard and danger he exercised his Ministry here, and in other Towns of the Low Countries, it is to be easily seen in the Histories of those times. He preached a Sermon at Brussels, where the Sermon ended, they went into consultation, how to stop and pull down the Spanish too too bloody Inquisition, whereat Junius held his peace; these things were first determined in the House of the Earls of Colenburgh: Whereupon the House, two years after was laid level with the ground, not without fearful cursings and execrations. That bloody Duke of Alva then swaying in those parts with his Spanish Tyranny, for all these tempests, Junius did great good in his Preaching, and was well approved of many of the Lords, who liked not the Spanish Servitude.  
This Junius taught long in the Palatinate under Frederick Cassimeire, called Pius; and his Nephew Frederick 4. both in Church, and Schools. That Translation of the whole Old Testament often printed, and now used, got him a great name. He had great knowledge in the Scriptures, and in Tongues, Philosophy, and History, as appears in his Notes upon Bellarmine, of the translating of the Roman Empire. He taught, and writ in the University of Leyden for ten years, and upwards. His Works are many, and are here registered.  

1. A Speech in French to the Spanish King for defence of the Low Countries.  
2. An Answer to Sandwich his brethren in England, of Images.  
3. The Translation of the Old Testament, with Immanuel Tremelius, out of Hebrew.  
4. Acts of the Apostles, and Epistles to the Corinthians out of Arabic.  
5. Confession of Faith of Frederick Count Palatine 3.  
6. Apocrypha translated with Notes.  
7. johannes Tilly of Kings, and of the Kings of France, translated into Latin.  
8. A Speech of the Hebrew Tongue.  
9 An Hebrew Grammar.  
10. Ecclefiasticus Latin, and French.  
11. A Looking-glass 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. judes' Epistle.  
16. Four Speeches for reading the Old Testament.  
17. Upon the 4 first Psalms.  
18. A Catholic Apology in Latin.  
19 An Hebrew Lexicon.  
20. His table of Purgatory.  
21. A Christian admonition against john Haren in French.  
22. A book called the Academy.  
23. His 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉, Greek and Latin.  
24. Translation of 2. Epistles of the Kings, and one of Plessis in Latin.  
25. His sacred Parallels.  
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 apocalypse.  
30. Second Edition of his Lible.  
31. Manilius with corrections and Notes.  
32. His first defence of the Catholic Doctrine of the Trinity.  
33. A Commentary on Daniel.  
34. The King of France his confession in French.  
35. Upon the Death of john Cassimeire, Count Palatine.  
36. Commentary on Psal. 101.  
37. Exposition upon the apocalypse in French.  
38. Commentary on jonah the Prophet.  
39 An Analysis upon Genesis.  
40. Cicero's Epistles to Atticus, and Q. his brother, with Corrections and Notes.  
41. A defence of the Catholic 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 Jesuits in Latin.  
47. Notes upon Tertullian.  
48. Notes and Animadversions upon Bellarmine, of the Translation of the Roman Empire.   
These be this painful Labourers fruits: more he writ, which are not come forth, and some things by the injury of times, are lost; these be sufficient to show his pains and labour, and will for ever eternize his Name.  
These are the Names and Lives of the Foreign Divines, those that follow, are of our own Nation.   


〈◊〉 WICKLIFEE.   
AMongst many famous Writers of this Nation, as Beda, Alckvine, John Carnotensis, Girald, Nigellus, Neckam, Sevall, Bacanthorpe, Ockam, Hampoole of Armach, this Wickliff is not the least of worth, he was famous both for Lives, and Learning; he was brought up in the famous University of Oxford, in Merton College; he gave himself, after he was Master of Arts, to the study of School Divinity, wherein having an excellent acute wit, he became excellently well qualified, and was admired of all for his singular Learning, and sweetness of behaviour: He preached the Gospel under that famous King Edward the third, who always favoured and protected him from his raging Adversaries.  
The Bishop of Rome lost by his Doctrine the power of making and ordaining Bishops in England, and the Tenths of spiritual promotions, and also the gains of his Peter-pences. The Pope's ever since pretending to be Imitators of St. Peter, have still desired to fish in this Island, knowing how profitable this Kingdom hath been to that See of Rome.  
In the time of King Richard the second, this Wickliff was banished, in which misery and affliction, he showed a singular spirit of courage and constancy, wheresoever he ●vent, or whatsoever he suffered. At last returning from Exile, he died in the year of our Saviour jesus, 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 year 1428. which was 41. years from the time of his death, his dead body was by the Decree of Pope Martin the fifth, and the Council of Seine, digged 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 fair volumes, most of which were burned by Subinck Archbishop of Prague in Bohemia▪ The Catalogue of his Works you may read in the Centuries of John Bale, some of them, I have here set down.  

1. Of Christ and Antichrist.  
2. Of Antichrist and his members.  
3. Of the truth of the Scriptures.  
4. Of the fountain of Errors.  
5. A book of Conclusions.  
6. 7. Of Ecclesiastical and Civil government.  
8. Of the Impostures of Hypocrites.  
9 Of Blasphemy.  
10. Lectures on Daniel.  
11. On the apocalypse.  
12. Of the marriage of Priests.  
13. The Devil's craft against Religion.  
14. His policy to overthrow faith.  
15. Of Apostasy.  
16. Two books of Metaphy▪ sickes, one containing 12. Books.  
17. Glosses upon the Scripture.  
18. Of falling away from Christ.  
19 Of truth and lying.   
Besides these, he writ many of Philosophy, and translated the Bible into the English tongue, making Prefaces and Arguments to every Book: he also translated the twelve Books of Clement, the Parson of Lan●hon, containing the harmony of the Evangelists: And thus went out this Lamp of England: of whom one thus hath said.  Mortuus est, p●sthàc ●ssa cremata sua.  


JOHN BALE   
HE was an Englishman, borne in Suffolk, fitted and furnished with all manner of learning at Cambridge. His Parents had many Children, and were Papists. This Bale being a boy, was shut up 12. years in a Cloister of Friars, Carmalites; he was first brought from that darkness to light, by the Right Honourable, the Lord Wentworth, but he was troubled first under the government of Leo at York, and afterwards under Stokesley at London, being Archbishops. But Bale got his freedom by the means of Cromwell, who was privy Councillor to King Henry the eighth, for some dainty and elegant Comedies, which he composed; yet he was forced to fly, and remained in Lower Germany eight years, in which he writ many works. He was called home by King Edward the sixth, and was made Bishop of Ossar in Ireland; where he preached: But in Queen Mary's days Ireland was too hot for him, and so left it, but after many dangers, he was taken by Pirates, stripped, mocked, and uncivilly handled, at last was sold, but his ransom being paid, he returned into Germany, which was at that time the safest receptacle for distressed Christians; living at Ba●ile he compiled that work of his 13 Centuries of all the famous writers of Great Britain's, in all ages, to the year, of Christ 1557. He was much helped by Leland, living in Germany, his special friends were Alexander Alerius, a Scotish man, where he writ the like Catalogue of the famous men of that Nation, likewise Gesner, Simler, and Lycosthenes loved him dear: He was a powerful engine against the Roman Church, as appears by that Distiche of Laurence Hum●hred.  

〈◊〉 Lutherus patefecit, Platina multa.  
Quadam Vergerius, Cuncta Balaeus habet.   

Englished thus.  
Full much did Luther, Platin● did well,  
So did Vergerius, Bale doth all excel.   
This worthy Scholar died in Ireland in the year of our Redemption 1558. and of his troublesome life 67. His works are these that follow.  

1. His Heliads of English.  
2. His British writers.  
3. 3 Tomes upon Walden.  
4. Upon the invention of things by Polydore.  
5. Upon Capgraves' Catalogue.  
6. Upon the lives of Bishops.  
7. An Epitome of Leland.  
8. The acts of the Rom. Bishops.   

Two Comedies in several sorts of verse●.  
1. The life of St. john Baptist.  
2. Of Christ.  
3. Of his Baptism a●d Tentation.  
4. Of Lazarus raised.  
5. Of the high Priests Council.  
6. Of Simon the Leper.  
7. Of the Lord's Supper, and washing his Disciples feet.  
8. Of the Passion of Christ.  
9 Of his burial and Resurrection.  
10. Upon the marriage of Kings▪  
11. Of the Popish sects.  
12. Against Detractors.  
13. Papists treacheries.  
14. Against adulterating God's Word.  
15. Of joh. King of England.  
16. Of the impostures of Thom. Becket.  
17. Of the promises of God.  
18. Of the preaching of St. john.  
19 Corruptions of Divine Laws.  
20. Pammachius translated.   

Books in prose in English.  
1. Upon the apocalypse.  
2. Against Standish.  
3. Against the custom of swearing.  
4. Mystery of iniquity.  
5. Against Antichrist.  
6. The trial of Sir john Oldcastle.  
7. Some Dialogues.  
8. Against Baal's Priests.  
9 Apology for Barnes and Grace against Smith.  
10. Against persuasion to Popery.  
11. Upon Anne Askew.  
12. To Elizabeth, after Queen.  
13. Upon the single life of Clergy men.  
14. Lelands' Journal.  
15. Of true Heretics.  
16. Expostulations of Popery.  
17. Upon Mantuan of death.  
18. Against the Popish mass.  
19 Of the calling to a Bishopric.  
20. Against Bonner's Articles.  
21. Upon Luther's death.  
22. john Lambards' Confession.  
23. A week's work to God.  
24. Thorpes Examination translated into Latin.  
25. john Pomers' Epistle to ●he English men.  
26. Of the writers of England, and Scotland, enriched with 500 Authors.  
26. Abreviations of Leland. While he lived among the Papists, he collected these and writ them.  


1. A bundle of all writers.  
2. Writers f●om Helia.  
3. Writers from Bertholde.  
4. Additions to Trytemiu● German collections, Fren● collections, and English.  
5. The spiritual war.  
6. The Castle of Peace.  
7. To the Synod of Hull.  
8. The History of St. Br● chard. Of Simon, an English man.  
9 Prefaces upon Mantua● It doth by all these appear● what an industruous labourer Bale was in his time▪ whose memory is yet fres● amongst us.      


JOHN COLLET   
THIS Collet was son to Henry Collet Knight, and twice Lord Mayor of London, he was Doctor of Divinity in the University of Oxford, and Deane of St. Paul's in London, he was a great Scholar, living in the dark time of Popery: he embraced true Religion in the reigns of Henry the 7. and 8. Kings of England: His sincerity was seen in his extraordinary and laborious Sermons, but specially in that which he preached to Henry the eighth, at his siege of Tournay: His Argument was styled Christianus Miles, or the Christian Soldier: whereupon, he being called to trial by the King's Councillors: The issue proved happy, for he gave great content to the King, insomuch, that the King taking a cup of Wine, said, Deane. I drink to you, let every man take whom he will for his Confessor, you only shall be my Doctor.  
And truly, this great Deane of St. Paul's, taught and lived like St. Paul: He was expert in St. Paul's Epistles, and illustrated them with his Commentaries: He preached against the worshipping of Images, concerning justification by the Merits of Christ freely; against idle Priests: against those that were married, and yet lived inordinately: His nature was against those which persecuted the professors of truth: He derided one that thought St. Paul meant by those words an Heretic after the first and second admonition Devita, that he should be cut off, taking the verb to be a substantive, De vita, ac si de vit â tollendu●: He founded and built that famous Grammar school; called Paul's School, where an hundred fifty and three poor men's sons should be taught freely, and a fine house of dwelling for the Schoolmaster, which School bears this inscription in Latin, Schola Catechisationis puerorum 〈◊〉 Christi Opt. Max. side & bon●●tteris, Anno Christi M. D. X. ●hich doth evidently prove, ●at he was a true Religious ●an: He assigned a large annual stipend to the head schoolmaster and Usher, he ●ft rents and houses, which ●e committed to the care of ●e Worshipful company of mercer's in London: That learned William Lylly, the Author ●f the Latin Grammar, was ●e first Schoolmaster of ●is place. Doctor Collet lies ●mously buried in the Ca●drall Church of St. Paul, ●pon whose Tomb, Lyly hath engraven Latin verses, and this Motto.  

Disce muri mundo—  
— Vivere disce Deo.   

His writings were these.  
1. Of the institution of youth.  
2. Of Manners, Lib. 1.  
3. Fourteen books upon St. Paul.  
4. One book on the Proverbs.  
5. One book of St. Matthew.  
6. One book of the fear of Christ.  
7. One book of the twelve Articles of Faith.  
8. Upon the Lord's Prayer.  
9 Ordinary Sermons.  
10. Extraordinary sermons upon special occasions.  
11. Of the sayings of Christ.  
12. Disputation: against Erasmus Roterdamus.  
13. One Sermon to the Clergy in English.    


WILLIAM tindal   
THIS famous Scholl● was borne in the confines or borders of Wales, 〈◊〉 had his youth trained 〈◊〉 in Oxford, in Magdalen College in the liberal Sciences, where he attained to great skill in the Tongues, when he had gathered great knowledge of God's Will, as it was revealed in his Word: He dedicated his first fruits of learning to the College, and then entered into holy Orders. In that dark time of Popery having embraced the Truth, he also instructed his wife, and div●rs others in the knowledge of it: Furthermore, he turned many famous books and writings into English, and namely, Erasmus, his Enchyridion of a Christian Soldier. But his name being grown somewhat famous, he was vexed by his adversary▪ the Adherents of the Bishop of Rome, and whereas he studied the quiet of his own Conscience, h● left this Land, and went into Germany, and had great conference with Martin Luther, and john Frith in Saxony; by whose help he set upon the translation of the Scriptures into English tongue, for the go●d and prosit of the rude and ignorant people, and having translated the New Testament, and the Pentateuch, or five books of Moses, & caused them faithfully to be imprinted at Hamburg, with learned Prefaces to each of them, and sent them into England: He writ many other famous pieces in English, and when he had stayed a good while in Germany, he came down to Antwerp in Brabant, where he did much good by instructing the Merchants, and enduing them with the knowledge of the truth; but he had not traveled long, before his adversaries had laid him out for the fire; therefore, being by Letters and Messengers sent out of England taken, he was led as a Prisoner to Filford Castle in in Flanders, where for the testimony of jesus Christ, and for the Profession of the Gospel, he suffered constantly, a cruel Martyrdom, being burned to Ashes: His last words he spoke, were these, Open oh Lord the King's eyes of England: He was through the whole course of his life unblameable. Master Fox in his History of Martyrs says, he might be called England's Apostle, the works which he writ, besides the translation of the Scriptures, are these that follow.  

1. A Christians obedience.  
2. the unrighteous Mammon.  
3. The practice ●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 Moor's Dialogues.  
7. The Doctrine of the Lords Supper against More.  
8. Of the Sacrament of the Altar.  
9 Of the Sacramental signs.  
10. A foot path leading to the Scriptures.  
11. Two letters to john Frith.   
All these are extant together, with the works of two Martyrs, Barns and Frith, in English, in Folio, and thus after much labour and persecution, this worthy member of Christ, yielded to the flames, expecting a ioyf●ll resurrection.   


JOHN BRADEFORD   
THIS Scholar was not inferior in parts, either of doing or suffering to others, he was borne in the County of Lancaster: in that famous Mart 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 he undertook, than he was sent to Cambridge, and was admitted into Queen's College, where he took all degrees, so that he was made Master of the same College, which he governed with great dexterity and sincerity. Afterwards in the reign of King Edward the ●xth, he was apppointed Divinity Lecturer in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in London, which task he performed not without admirable demonstration of la●our and learning. But in the time of Queen 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 Gospel, which he had faithfully preached, was consumed in the fiery flames of Persecution, and so was crowned with that glorious name of Martyr. This he suffered the first of July 1555, in that noted plac● called West Smithfield, Londo● the last words that he wa● heard to utter, were, O● England repent, he left behind him his famous disputation● which he had with the Papists, which are extant at large in Fox's History of Martyrs. He had a famous Epitaph written of him: His works which he 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 answer to ones letter, desiring to know whether one might go to Mass, or not?  
4. The danger ensuing the hearing of Mass.  
5. His examination before the officers.  
6. Godly Meditations made in Prison, called his short Prayers.  
7. Truth's Complaint.  
8. Melancthon translated, of Prayers.    


HUGH LATYMER   
THis worthy Divine was borne in Leicester shire, brought up to learning from a youth, afterwards he was placed in Cambridge, where ●e took (not without desert) the eminent Title of Doctor of Divinity: his aspect did promise much sincerity and ingenuity, and he was of Candid manners, and ●f courieous and meek carriage: for his singular learning, he was by King Edward●he ●he sixth, made Bishop of Worcester, where, while he ●ate in that See, all good men perceived his singular care & dexterity, in managing that weighty function: He was always ready and forward to propagate the truth. But he also in the time of Queen Mary's Reign, was both d● prived of his Bishopric, an● ministerial function, an● being cast into prison, w● condemned to the fire: H● was much like that old an● cient Father of the Primitive time, St. Polycarpus: 〈◊〉 either you look upon th● form of his Martyrdom▪ or weigh well the saying 〈◊〉 them both at the time 〈◊〉 their sufferings. That old Polycarpus being fourscore and above, a little before his death, uttered that sweete● saying of St. James, Fideli● est Deus, qui non sinit nos tentari● supra quod possumus, that is, God is faithful, who will not suffer us to be 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 called, was a constant and stout Martyr of Jesus Christ, and was burned at Oxford, the sixeteenth day of October, in the year of Grace, 1555. he left his Sermons behind him, wherein we may read his sincerity and piety, many of them were preached before King Edward the sixth, and the Illustrious Lady Katherine Duchess of Suffolk, and a● now to be had in any one● hands almost, having been● so many times imprinted▪ with the Public approbation of all learned and judicious Divines, and to the comfort of all well dispose● Christians, who may gather great profit out of them: Hi● life actions, and sufferings, are at large to be read, in Master Fox's History.   


NICOLAS RIDLY   
LEarning did not only adorn this worthy Divine, but also parentage, being well descended, he was borne in the Bishopric of Durham: In his youth he was endued with many singular virtues, and his Parents spared no cost to have him well and Christianlike educated: well, knowing the power of good education to help much, he was sent to Cambridge, to study where he took degree of Bachelor of Divinity, and presently he was made Master of Pembroke 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 fully certified of his integrity of life, and excellent scholarship, made him Bishop of Rochester, nor did his hand stay, until he had called him from that See, to the Bishopric of London, where he showed the parts of a true Bishop and shepherd of souls by his painful watching, prayings, preachings.  
But these Halcyon days of the Church's peace, lasted not long, but King Edward paying Nature's debt, and Queen Mary coming to the Crown of England, this worthy Pr●late sat not long quiet, for religion being altered, and the Bishop of Rome's authority coming in again, he was removed and cast both from his Ecclesiastical dignity, and wholly from the Ministry, and was condemned to be burned as an Heretic. This English Father might fitly be compared to that old Father of the Church, St. Ignatius, not only for his famous writing upon the Lord's Supper, but also for his suffering so constantly and zealously in the cause of Christ.  
Well, this man was a choice flower of Christ his Church, and therefore is not unworthily styled a Martyr, for in the same day, and same hour, was he, with Father Hugh▪ Latimer burned to ashes in the University of Oxford, over against Balliol College: his last words in the flames that he was heard to utter were these, Into thy hands O Lord do 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 form of celebrating the Lords Supper.  
3. A friendly farewell to his loving friends and favourers, being in Prison at Oxford.  
4. With a mournful Lamentation of the deplored estate of the Church of England being fall'n to Popery.   
His writings could not be many, because his time was but short, and he employed it most in preaching.   


THOMAS CRANMER   
THIS reverend and grave Archbishop was borne in the County of Nottingham, sprung from an ancient and worthy family. He was brought up to study in the University of Cambridge in Jesus College, in which he made a wonderful progress in learning, and proved in a short time an excellent and useful member in the Church, for his rare endowments, he was by that potent Prince Henry the eight, King of England, made Archbishop of Canterbury, after the death of his predecessor Warran, in the year 1532. All the time of King Henry his Reign, he shaved his beard, but that King dying, he let it grow greatly, as you see him here lively presented: he was the first Archbishop, except only one, which was Richard Scroop, Archbishop of York, that was adjudged to death in England by formal course of Law. But this Cranmer, was and underwent two years and an half imprisonment, with much sorrow, in darkness, nastiness, and want: Certain it is, that he was a man devoted wholly to Religion and Godliness, for he in the time of King Edward procured many Divines to repair from foreign parts into this Kingdom, and saw that they were supplied with necessaries, 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 needs no other commendations, than those which are given him by Andrea's Osi●der, & Peter Martyr, in K. He● the eighth his reign. Osi●der in his preface to his Evangelicall harmony thus speaks of him, Amote, etc. I love your Grace, not only for those endowments which are common to others, as greatness of birth, comeliness of person, sweetness of carriage, charity to all, especially ●o Students and professors of God's Word: but much more for those Abstrusiores ac plane ● leroicas animi tui virtutes, those are his very expressions in English, Abstruse and plainly Heroical virtues of your mind, together, with your Visedome, Prudence, Fortitude, Temperance, Justice, care for your Country's good, Loyalty to your Sovereign, contempt of worldly wealth, love of heavenly riches, love of the truth, Gospel, and professors of it. This Encomium is large and true, proceeding from the pen of such a Divine: and Peter Martyr gives him as much praise in his Epistle to his book of the Eucharist. Quem enim potuissem, etc. Whom could I find so true a Bulwark for the truth, and especially Huius Eucharistici Sacramenti, For the Sacrament of the Eucharist, than your sacred self nay, he saith, Q●is sanctior? firmior? Doctior? Who so holy? whose steadfast? who so generally learned● It is your Grace that are expert in all the Writings of the Fathers, Counsels, Canons, Pope's Decrees, Controversies, of these (saith he) I am an eye witness, or else I should scarce have believed ●t: Ye for all these parts, this famous Father of the English Church, was adjudged 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 affairs of the Church. He writ many things which are here to his eternal praise truly registered.  

1. A Catechism of Christian Doctrine.  
2. Ordinations of Churches reform.  
3. Ofordaining Priests.  
4. Of the Eucharist with Luther.  
5. A defence of Catholic doctrine.  
6. To the professors of the Truth.  
7. Ecclesiastical Laws, in Edward the sixth his reign.  
8. Against Gardener's Sermon.  
9 Doctrine of the Lords Supper.  
10. 12 Books 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 Books.  
15. Against the Pope's primary, two books.  
16. Against Popish Purgatory, two books.  
17. Of justification, two Books.  
18. Epistles to Learned Men.   

Out of Prison he writ these.  
1. Against the sacrifice of the Mass.  
2. Against adoring the Host.  
3. To Queen Mary, with others.  
4. Emendations of the Translation of the English Bible, and added Prefaces to it.    


EDWIN SANDS ARCHBI.   
THIS Worthy Doctor of the Church of England, proceeded of a good house and family, and took his degree of Doctor in the famous University of Cambridge, he was Master of Katherine Hall; and Vicechancellor of the said University the same time. When john Duke of Northumberland passed by that way with his Army, to oppose the proclaiming of Mary Queen of England, he caused this Sands to preach for, and in defence of the Lady Jane Grey, which was declared Queen, which he performed, with that modesty, gravity, and wisdom, that he satisfied Northumberlands Duke, and did not much incense the other party, for when there was a sudden change of things, so that the next day the great Duke and himself 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 coming & threatening storm) where he kept himself close during the reign of Queen Mary; but that Queen dying, he was called home into England in Queen Elizabeth's Reign, and was declared Bishop of Worcester, and was consecrated ●e one and twentieth of December in the year of our Lord, 1559. He did succeed that famous Archbishop Grindall in two places, to ●it, in the Bishopric of London, and the archbishopric of York, the one in ●570. and the other in six years after; and when he had enjoyed that spiritual promotion of Archbishop 12. years, he departed this life the eighth of August, 1588. about the age of threescore, and lies buried in the Collegiate Church of Southwel●in ●in Nottingham shire, a man, of whom it is hard to be said, whether more famous for his singular virtues & learning, or for his Noble Parentage and Offspring which he left behind him: for he left many Children, of which, three were Knights, and excellently well qualified gentlemen, either for body or mind. But his son Sir Edwine Sands proved the learneder, & more famous and dear to his Country. There is a book of famous sermons extant in Print of this Prelates, which is counted a worthy piece of work, & doth sufficiently declare his Piety and Scholarship to succeeding Ages.   


ALEXANDER NOWELL   
THis Effigies speaks Christian Meekness and gravity, and he was, as this shows him to be, borne he was in Lancashire of an ancient family of the nowel's. He took the degree of Doctor in Divinity; & in Queen Mary's days, he (as many other famous Divines were forced to do) departed this Land, to shun the troubles of those times, and to secure their own persons from their Adversaries. He was Deane of the Famous Church of St. Paul in London: He was the first that returned from Foreign parts; he presently writ two books of true Religion against the Papists, and also of his first and last Lent Sermons. He was for thirty years together Preacher to Queen Elizabeth of blessed memory: He was likewise Patron of Middleton School. He gave to Brazen-nose College, in which he studied from the thirteenth of his age, till twenty six, to thirteen Students to be maintained, two hundred pounds of English money, being at the same time principal of the same College. He was the Author of much good to Paul's School: He did propagate godliness by his frequent Preachings, and Catechisms: He had the testimony for abilities and rare parts of both Universities and of Foreign Churches, and of those happy Prince, King Edward the sixth, and Queen Elizabeth, as also of their true hearted Nobles. He was a special maintainer of the Poor, and more specially of learned Scholars. He was a comforter of the afflicted, both for their bodies and souls, and he was an especial reconciler of contentions and Law suits, witness for ever to his praise; that agreement and unity, which he alone procured between Sir Thomas Gresham, and Sir john Ramsey, being fall'n out, and fully intending to prosecute their causes at Law, but by this reverend Divines persuasion, and meditation, were made Friends, and so continued to their dying day. He sat long the Dean of St. Paul's, and lived till he was ninety years old, and yet then had his perfect sight. He died in the year of our Lord, 1601. on the thirteenth of February, and lies buried in the Famous Cathedral Church of St. Paul in London, with this Epitaph upon his Tomb.  〈◊〉 os ●vestigia Evangeliza itium pacem. 
With some Verses also annexed, this being the last of them.  Sic oritur, floret, demoriturque Deo. 

His Works set forth, are as followeth.  
1. Against Thomas Dorm●n, an English Papist, in two bo●s in quarto English.  
2. Another Book against Dorman and Sanders of Transubstantiation in quarto English.  
3. His greater Catechism in Latin, in quarto.  
4. His lesser Catechism in Latin, in Oct●.  
5. The same in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew.    


JOHN JEVELL..   
THIS famous Instrument may truly answer to his Name, for he● was a rich jewel both t● Church, and Commonwealth: He was borne in Devonshire, and brought up to ripeness in that flourishing University of Oxford, first in Merton College, and afterwards in Corpus Christi College, where, with the approbation of all the Learned he took the degree of Bachelor in Divinity. In his time he was a famous, and no less painful Preacher of the Gospel of his Saviour. In the Reign of Queen Mary, he fled into Germany, to enjoy the liberty of his Conscience, and to avoid those snares th●t were laying for him, in which he had been entrapped, had he stayed; but the days of Queen Mary ending, and famous Queen Elizabeth coming to the Crown, this worthy Scholar returned to England, and at his coming was joyfully 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 Queen Elizabeth, for his singular learning, and knowledge in all the Sciences and Tongues, made him Bishop of Salisbury, which Diocese he governed with wonderful care and vigilancy, not only feeding the souls of his people, but also at all times distributing food to the bodies of the poor and distressed: And as he was admirable for his dextrous and pious government of the affairs of the Church, so was he also renowned far and wide for his learned works and writings, which foiled the Adversaries, and quite stopped their mouths, and rest yet unanswered, which did mightily disparage their Cause. He writ both in Latin, and English; for he 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 work is piously reserved, as a memorial of him, in all our Churches; so that it may be said of him, he is daily read in our Meetings, and whose fame is through all the Churches. Peter Martyr for this his work gave him great commendations in these words: Apologia tua Frater charissime, etc. Your Apology (most dear Brother) hath not only afforded me content and satisfaction in all respects, but it is approved of for a learned, eloquent work, of Bullinger, and his followers, also of Gualther; so that they cannot praise you enough; neither do they believe that any work in this time hath been 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 appears by two Letters sent by him to the Reverend Father in God, the Lord Bishop of Norwich, which Doctor Laurence Humphred doth set forth. This worthy Instrument yielded to Death at his Palace in Monktonfarley, the Citizens of Salisbury did greatly bewail his death; it was in the year of our Lord, 1573, and of his Age the 50th, and lies buried in the Cathedral Church of Salisbury, in the middle of the Choir, under a fair● Marblestone, with this Inscription in Latin, 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: exced in Queen Mary's days into Germany, but ●n Queen Elizabeth's Reign, was Bishop of this Diocese, where he sat Eleven years, and Nine Months, ruling faithfully, and with great Integrity; a Man religious, learned, sharp-witted, solid in Judgement, endued with Piety, and singular Humanity: An expert Divine, a Jewel of Jewels; died at Monktonfarley, buried at Salisbury, being a Citizen o● Heaven, Laurence Humphred hath consecrated this Monument, in witness of his favour and love, in the year of Salvation, 1573, IX Kalends Octob.  Psalm 112. The Righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance. 
He also made a Monument himself, which will last longer than that of Marble, which are his Works 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 Edward's Reign, upon 1. Pet. 4. 11.  
5. Six Sermons before Queen Elizabeth at Paul's Cross in English.  
6. The Apology of the Church of England.  
7. A Volume against Thomas Harding, wherein 77 q● stions are discussed, and decide by Scriptures, Counsels, and A● cient Fathers: translated into L● tine by William Whittaker.  
8. His Reply against Harding, turned out of English in to Latin by Tho. Bradocke.   
John Wolley, Secretary to Queen Elizabeth, made some Verses upon his Death; these are the two last of them,  

Moribus, ingenio ●octrina, relligione,  
Nulla ferent talem saecula longa virum▪   

For manners, Wit, Learning, Religion,  
Like him these times will yield us few, or none.    


MATHEW PARKER   
This countenance speaks Gravity, and he was no less than he appears: He was borne in the City of Norwich, furnished with Learning in the University of Cambridge: He was BibleClarke in Corpus Christi College, and after he was made Fellow of the same College: but he was called from hence to be Chaplain to Queen Anne, Wife to Henry 8. King of England. He took degree of Doctor in Divinity, and first he was made Deane of Stoake; and Queen Anne dying, the King made him one of his Chaplains; and that King dying, he was reputed worthy to be Chaplain to King Edward the sixth; he obtained no mean preferments and dignities under both Kings, as the Mastership of that College in which he was bred: He was Prebend of Ely, and Deane of Lincoln; all which promotions in King Edward's days he did quietly possess, until the second year of Queen Mary; then he was, for marrying a Wife, stripped from all his preferments, and lived an obscure, and poor life. But that storm being over, and the archbishopric of Canterbury being void by the death of Cardinal Poole, Queen Elizab. judged none fitter for this eminent preferment for Life and Learning than this Grave Prelate, and so did bestow the archbishopric upon him. He was installed the 17. of December, and sat Primate and Metropolitan of all England the space of 15. years, in which space he did many famous works of Charity: As first, he gave to the City of Norwich, the place of his birth, a Silver Basin and Ewer double guilt, weighing an hundred and threescore and ten Ounces, to this he gave 50. Shillings yearly, to be distributed to the poor of that City: He took care also for six anniversary Sermons, ●o be preached in five particular Parish-churches in Norfolk. He built a fair Grammar-schoole at Rochdale in Lancashire; he gave to Corpus Christi, or Bennet-Colledge, of which he was Head, Thirty Scholarships; he builded the inward Library, and furnished it with many fair Books printed, and Manuscripts rare and scarce for worth and antiquity. Moreover, he gave to the Students of the same House, a piece of Plate of 30. ●unces of Silver, double guilt, and withal, gave the perpetual Advouzon of the Parsonage of Saint Mary Abchurch to the College; these, with many other deeds of Charity, this Reverend Prelate freely did perform.  
But one thing I cannot omit of him, which was his great care for the preservation of ancient Histories, whose names before this time had perished, but that that fastened a Nomenclature, or Catalogue of the Authors. This Father of the Church deceased in the year of Jesus Incarnation 1574, being 70. years old, and lies buried in the Chapel at Lambeth, covered with a Marble, and an engraven Epitaph: his works are these that follow.  

1. A Sermon when Mar Bucer was buried, out of Wisdom, Cap. 4 ver. 7. to 19  
2. A book of the Antiquity of the Church of Canterbury, and of 70. Archbishops of that See.  
3. The History of England of Matthew Paris.  
4. The flowers of the History of Matthew of Westminster.  
5. The History of Gyrald the Welshman, of Tho. Walsin●, 〈◊〉 〈◊〉▪   
〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 famous Father, of whom it is said,  Integer, & vera Relligionis amans.  


JOHN FOX   
BEhold this Man, and thou canst not choose but wonder at his extraordinary labour and travail, to gather together so many of God's servants in a bundle: he was borne in the County of Lancaster, his young years showed that he was laid out for a Scholar, and so he had education accordingly in a famous School. After being ripe, he was sent to Oxford, and was admitted into Magdalen College, where he gave himself strictly to study, and then professed Divinity: he attained to an excellent skill in the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew Tongues in King Edward 6. his Reign, and for his better safety and security, left this Kingdom in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 days, and lived in the Low-countries. But when the Date of that Q●eenes days were expired, he cam● back● into England, and proved a famous Divine. H● had an exc●llent faculty in preaching, and added ●o painfulness constancy and willingness; but that work o● his called The History of the 〈◊〉, made his name famous in this Kingdom, and else where, and will for ever 〈◊〉 his praise. He w●s a man of an humble spirit, and h●d truly learned tha● Doctrine of St. Paul, In what estate soever he was in, therewithal to be content. He was one that had, as it seemed, crucified himself to the world, and its vanities, as it may appear in a kind and fatherly reprehension of his eldest son, who having a great mind to travel into foreign parts, which when he had performed, he came to his Father in Oxford, then being old, and he being attired in a loose outlandish fashion, who are you said his Father not knowing him? to whom his son replied, I am your son: to whom this Master Fox answered, Oh what enemy of thine hath taught thee so much vanity? which speech of his showed, that his mind was weaned from the love of the world. And indeed, I cannot conceive how he could have any liberty to addict himself to follow delights and pleasures, doing so tightly such rare pieces of Scholarship, which took up all his time: nay, it is rather to be wondered, how he performed so great labours in so short a time; which he could not have done without long and tedious watchings, and fastings; which three, study, fasting, and watching, will subject the flesh to the Spirit; and this course took ●ee.  
This man never sought af●er greedily any promotions or preferments, but held and ●pproved of that estate in which he died: He departed ●his life in London, and lies ●uried in the Church of Saint Giles without Cripplegate, upon whose Marble Monument his Son Samuel Fox hath caused to be engraven this Inscription,  Christo, S. S. 
To John Fox, his honoured Father, the faithful Martyrologian 〈◊〉 our English Church, a mos● disert searcher into th● Antiquities of Histories a most stiff Bulwark and fighter for the Evan gelicall Truth, which hath revived the Martyr● as so many Phoenixes, from the dust of Oblivion, is this Monument made: He died 18. of April, 1587. and of his age 70.  
He writ and set forth these things that follow.  

1. Meditations on the Apoca●ps.  
2. A Treatise of Christ crucifix, Lat.  
3. Of Christ triumphing, in 〈◊〉.  
4. The continuation of Willi● Haddon against Osorius.  
5. Against the Pope, Lat.  
6. Short and comfortable ex●rtations to the afflicted, Angli●.  
7. Short notes of Election in English.  
8. The four Evangelists in Saxon-English.  
9 His History of Martyrs.  
10. A Sermon made at the baptising of a jew, the Text out of the 11. to the Romans, in L● tine.  
11. Vrbanus Rhegius 〈◊〉 Faith, translated.  
12. One hundred and fifty Ti tles and Orders of Common places  
13. A supplication to the English Lords for the afflicted brethren.  
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 righteous Tree, planted in God's Church, did bring forth, which do sufficiently declare him.   


WIL●IAM GRINDALL   
THis great Divine wa● borne in Cumberland▪ he studied the Liberal Art● and Sciences at Cambridge i● Pembrooke-hall, of which Society he was first made Fellow, and afterwards Master. After this he was taken of Nicolas Ridley, the● Lord Bishop of London, to be his Household Chaplain, which worthy Prelate commended him to King Edward 6, but the unwished▪ for death of that King hastening, he did miss of preferment that way.  
Then he, in the Reign of 〈◊〉 Mary, went into Germany, and lived there till that Queen died; but she being dead, he returned home again, and was chosen by Queen Elizabeth to that preferment, which King Edward the sixth had laid out for him, 1550. that was the Bishopric of London; which See he did wisely and religiously govern about 11. years, and then 1570. he was made Archbishop of York, where he was Archbishop 6. years; from whence for his singular Piety and Learning, he was in the year 1575. installed Archbishop of Canterbury, where he ruled the affairs of the Church of England the space of 7. years dextrously, and religiously: Two years before his death he lost his sight; but Death coming, took away this glorious Lamp of our English Nation; and he lies buried at Croyden, 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 school, which he built at St. Bees, or Bege in Comberland, a little town, which school he endowed with the yearly revenues of thirty pounds for ever. He tied upon Pembrook-hall, lands worth twenty two pounds yearly for ever, for the maintenance of a Greek Lecturer, and for the sustenance of one fellow and two Scholars, which should be sent from Bee's School: He also gave to the same Hall diverse worthy and rare books, and a piece of Plate, weighing forty ounces of silver.  
He granted likewise to Magdalen College in Cambridge a yearly pension for ever, for the maintenance of one Fellow, which should be taken from his School at St. Bege in Comberland: He gave also to Christ's College 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 sieve ounces: He gave likewise to Queen's College in Oxford, the yearly revenues of twenty pounds for ever, to the maintenance of one Fellow and two Scholars, to be chosen out of the aforesaid School; and at his death he bequeathed to the same Queen's College in Oxford a great part of the books in their Library, and a piece of Plate, and forty pounds in money: He likewise gave to eight poor almesmen at Croyden, means valued yearly at 50 pounds: Lastly, he gave to the City of Canterbury 100 pounds of English money, to be for ever for a stock for to set the poor of that City on work, and to keep them from idleness and beggary: And so having done such, and so many remarkable passages of Charity, this reverend Metropolitan is laid to rest in the Lord. There is a Sermon of his, which he preached at St. Paul's Cross, when the Funerals of the Emperor Ferdinand were celebrated, in English.   


LAURENS' HUMPHERDE   
THis Worthy Divine was borne in the County of Buckingham, studied in the famous Nursery, and seedplot of learning, the University of Oxford, in Magdalen College: he departed this land, as many other great Divines, and Religious professors did in Queen Mary's Reign, but in the beginning of Queen Elizabeth, he returned home, and was excellent for the Pulpit, or the schools, and took his Degree of Doctor in Divinity; he by his great abilities of learning, set fo●th God's glory, and mightily discovered that dangerous nest of Jesuits, with their close and politic practices against Princes and their settled governments, if they were not 〈◊〉 to the Roman Bishop. His Books which he hath ●et forth, do evidently declare, and manif●ly prove, with what diligence and study he found out the frauds & impostures of the followers of Rome, by ancient histories: he was made public professor of Divinity; or else Doctor of the Chair in Oxford, and Precedent of Magdalen College, which dignities and preferments, he did many years with great commendation and approbation keep and enjoy: He ended his life at Oxford, and was there buried in the year of Christ's Incarnation, 1589, the whole University deploring and lamenting deeply the loss of so famous a governor, and did see that his funeral rites were with all solemnity duly performed ● answerable to his place and office: He was intimate with Bishop jewel, and grieved for his death; and the Church of England miss them both: this Humphred was at the time of his death, little less than seventy years old: his works are here faithfully recorded.  

1. Of Nobility, and the ancient original of it.  
2. A little book of the Conservation of true Religion.  
3. Consent of the Fathers of justification.  
4. Interpretation of Tongues.  
5. Of jesuitisme, 1. part of the practice of the Roman Court against Commonwealths, and Princes, with a premonition to English men.  
6. jesuitisme; 2 part of Puritan-poperie, or the Doctrine jesuitical, against Campian, and john Duraeus, also Harding, a confutation: Also Pharisaisme, old and new: a sermon in Oxford, Anno 1582.  
7. Of the life and death of jewel, with the defence of his Doctrine, and refutation of objections of Harding, Sands, Cope. etc.  
8. Origen of true faith translated, with a Preface to the same Author and Doctor.  
9 St. Cyrills' Commentaries upon Isaiah into Latin, translated.  
10. An Index to Forslers He▪ brew Lexicon, by him made.    


〈◊〉 BA●INGTON   
THis Prelate as he was excellent for his parts, so was he of a very fair descent, being borne in the County of Nottingham, of the ancient family of the Babingtons' in the said County, where he drew in the first rudiments of Literature, till by his worthy Parents he was sent to Cambridge, and was admitted into that worthy Society of Trinity College, Doctor Whitguift being then Master.  
This Babington proved so famous in Scholarship, that having his degrees, he was made Fellow of the same College; and giving himself to the study of Divinity, he proved a worthy Preacher in that University. After, being Doctor in Divinity, he was called by Henry, that noble Earl of Pembroke, to be his Chaplain, by whose favour he was first made Treasurer of the Church of Landasse in Wales, after he was elected Bishop of the same, 1591. and when he had sitten 4. years in that See, for his singular Piety and Learning, he was by Queen Elizabeth translated to the Bishopric of Exeter, where he scarce stayed 3. years, but he was made Bishop of Worcester, and in the midst of all these preferments he was neither tainted with idleness or pride, or covetousness, but was not only diligent in preaching, but in writing books, for the understanding of God's Word; so that he was a true pattern of Piety to the people, of Learning to the Ministry, and of Wisdom to all Governors: Whereupon he was made one of the Queen's Council for the Marches of Wales. He was Bishop of Worcester about the space of 13. years: He died of an Hectic Fever, and so changed this frail life for a better in the year of our Lord 1610. not without the great grief of all, and had all funeral Rites bestowed on him, befitting so great and so grave a Governor, and Father of the Church; and was buried in the Cathedral Church of Worcester, in the Month of May. His works extant are these that follow.  

1. Consolatory Annotations upon Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.  
2. Upon the 10. Commandments, the Lords Prayer, and the Articles of the Creed.  
3. A comparison or collation between 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 University of Oxford in Exeter College: I have placed him among these famous Divines for his excellent knowledge and learning, & admirable endowments of his mind: He was graced with the style of Doctor in Divinity by the University his Mother: he long time professed Divinity in the same Academy, and at last, with the general suffrages of all, he was placed Doctor of the Chair, in which he succeeded Doctor Humphred, which place, this Doctor for many year together held with the general acclamations of all, as well of our own, as foreign Divines: but his disputations in public, which are yet in Copies in some Scholar's hands, are demonstrations sufficient to set forth his Scholarship: He that preached his funeral Sermon, doth praise him sufficiently, terming him another Apollo's powerful in Scriptures. He was admirably well read in the Fathers: so that he was as it were familiar with them; and he was excellent for Schoolmen: so that he was of some, called the Seraphic Doctor. He was subtle in his Arguments and disputations, and quick at resolving doubts and questions, so that with great applause he was Doctor of the Chair for twenty years together, how many famous glistering stars proceeded from him into our Church? so that he was truly (as Gregory Nazianzen spoke of his Father) an Abraham, the Father of many children: to wit by scholastical creation, and even to the highest degree that the University doth afford. I pass over many reverend Scholars, and some Bishops of this Kingdom, that were his sons this way, but yet I cannot pass over those two famous pillars and supporters of our Church, those reverend pair of Fathers, George Abbat, Archbishop of Canterbury, and John King Bishop of London: In brief, he was not only a sincere preacher of God's Word, but a faithful and constant practitioner: he was zealous for God's honour, and always hated idolatry and superstition: as appeared by his speech to the fellows of this College, when he at any time went into the country, I commend you to the love of God, and wish you to hate Popery and superstition: he was for holiness of life a pattern to all. The whole time of his sickness he was fervent in prayers and ejaculations, full of ardency: when his breath grew short he uttered this speech in Latin, Veni, oh! veni Domine jesu, stella matutina veni Domine jesu, cupio dissolvi & esse tecum: which is in English, Come, oh come Lord jesus, the bright morning Star, Come Lord jesus, I desire to be dissolved and to be with thee, and having spoken these words, quietly surrendered up his soul into the Lords hands, leaving this life for a betters He died and was buried in Oxford, according to the honoured custom of the University, with all Funeral rites that were to be performed for so famous a man in the month of March, 1612. being then littles less than threescore and thirteen years of age.   


ROBERT ABBAT   
THE place of this famous Scholar's birth was Guildford in Surrey, a Town of good repute; and his Parents were honest and virtuous and not obscure. He was ●nished with Learning 〈◊〉 ●orts 〈◊〉 that ancient College in Oxford, called B●l, because builded by one of that name, a King of Scotland. He was Doctor in Divinity, and Master of the said College; in w●ich government he s●ed what a worthy Prelar● 〈◊〉 would prove to our English Church: he was not only thus adorned, but he was made Doctor of the Chair, which place Doctor Holland had kept with great praise the space of twenty years.  
This our learned Abbot, after that he had 20. years proved himself a famous and painful Divine, and by his writings set forth, had learnedly opposed his Adversaries of the Romish Church; he was by King James of blessed memory, consecrated Bishop of Salisbury the third of December, in the year 1615. and in this regard he may justly be said to equalise 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 sat Lord Bishop of this Diocese, 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 died; that speech which he made to the University of Oxford, is also full of Scholarship, which begins thus in Latin: Salva veneranda Mater, Ac●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 Universities: I cannot. contain 〈◊〉 self, but I must needs rejoice and be glad that I have sucked thy breasts, and not only have had time to learn, but also to teach publicly in thy Schools: I will never rest to wish thee ● thousand happinesses and blessings, and all successful prosperities; but the business that I am now to deliver, to thee from my Sovereign, is, that thy Students would be careful to avoid those Bertians, Grevincovians, Thomsons, and the like writers, who never are content with the old paths, but are inventing new ones, and think that they do nothing well, unless they be singular: Oh I desire thee to retain thy old piety and sincerity: I hope this of thee, and I wish that thou mayst for ever flourish and increase, and be a Pillar and groundwork of truth, until the second coming of the Lord Jesus.  
He lived not long in that See, till death took him from us, for he sat but two years & three months, but he did mainly employ his time, both in public and private, and so by reason his life was sedentary, he was troubled with the stone, & at 58. years of his age departed, not without the grief of the whole Clergy & people, but specially of the inhabitants of Salisbury: at the instant hour of death, he called his servants and with great pains declared his faith and told them they should find 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 Cathedral Church. His works are here set down.  

1. The reformed Catholic 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 Latin.  
3. A defence of his books against the Cavils and Sophistications of Eudaemon-Iohn, for Isaac Causabon, and against the Apology of the said john, for Garner.  
4. The old way: A Sermon in Latin at Oxford, set forth by Thomas Drax.    


JOHN WHITGIFT   
Look upon, and wonder at the Effigies of this reverend Prelate, who was so eminent a governor of our English Clergy: He was borne in Yorkshire, of an ancient family of the Whitguifts, and was the eldest son of Henry Whitguift, of great Grimsbey in Lincolnshire, Merchant: he had an uncle called Robert Whitguift Abbot of Wellow Monastery in Lincolnshire, of which uncle 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 uncle seeing his forwardness to learning, sent him to London to School: (in St. Anne's School) where prositing much, by the advice of his said uncle, he was sent to Cambridge: he was at first admitted of Queen's College; but not liking that house, he removed to Pembroke Hall, Nicholas Ridley being then Master; who being certified of Master Bradford of this Scholar's forwardness and poverty, (for his Father was decayed by losses at Sea) he gave him a Scholarship in that Hall, and 1555, he was made Fellow of Peter-house, Doctor Pearne being then Precedent, or Master, who favoured him in Queen Mary's days.  
He having before taken 3. Degrees, went forth at last, Doctor of Divinity, and canvased this Question, That the Pope is Antichrist: being also a famous Preacher: he succeeded Doctor Hutton, who was Archbishop of York, from a Fellow, to be Master of Pembroke Hall, and was Doctor Coxes Chaplain, the Bishop of Ely.  
He was likewise made the Lady Margaret Countess of Richmond her Lecturer, or Professor; which he performed with such praise, that he was made in short time the Queen's Doctor of the Chair: he coming to preach before Queen Elizabeth, was so well approved of her, that she made him Master of Trinity College, & was sworn her Chaplain in the year, 1567. He was for ten years' master of that famous society, with the approbation of all the University: except Thomas Cartwright, and some few others, who did oppose the rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England, which this Whitguift maintained.  
The Queen called him to be Deane of Lincoln, which he held 7 years; while he stayed 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. David's; Golsborough, Bishop of Gloucester; and Benedict, Bishop of Hereford: As also many Lords, as the Earls of Worcester and Comberland, Baron le Zouch, Baron Dunboyr, of Ireland, Nicholas Bacon, and Francis Bacon, and the Farl of Essex, and divers others.  
Having been Deane of Lincoln seven years, the Queen gave him the Bishopric of Worcester. 1577. and he taking his farewell of the University, chose those words of St. Paul to the Corinthians, 2. Cor. 13. 11.  
Within a year after, he was made Vicepresident of Wales, Sir Henry Sidney Knight, being then he Lord Precedent: In the year 1583. upon the death of Grindal, Archbishop of Canterbury, he was by the Queen chosen for Archbishop, and presently one of the Lords of her majestics honourable privy Council.  
During the reign of this Queen, he was in high esteem, insomuch, that the Queen would familiarly call him, Her black Husband: and when this Queen was on her deathbed, he was admitted still to pray by her; and when she was speechless, yet she showed by signs of her liking his prayers, and departed, March 24. 1602.  
Then King James, of blessed memory, coming to the Crown, he anointed him, and set the Crown upon his head, and was always high in the King's favour, but he grieved inwardly for Queen Elizabeth's loss, and outlived her but a few months; for in February next, 1603. he died; but his sickness, King James hearing of, came to Lambeth, and visited his Archbishop, and after many sweet words spoken to him, told him, that he would pray to God to give him life: The Archbishop strove to speak in Latin to the King, but his words could not be understood; only he often repeated this, pro Ecclesia Dei, that is, for the Church of God, which were his last words, and so within few days after died, being aged 73. and Archbishop more than 20 years: He was buried in the south side of the Church at Croyden, where there is a fair Tomb in memory of him: He performed many worthy charitable deeds in all places where he lived; as at Lincoln, Worcester, in the Marches of Wales, in Kent, and Surrey, but the chief of all, is that famous Hospital or Almshouse at Croyden, dedicated to the Sacred Trinity, in which a Warden and 24. Brethren and sisters are nourished: To which he adjoined a fair Free-school, with a house for the Schoolmaster, and endowed those places with a sufficient yearly revenue. Many of his Chaplains came to be Bishops: he set forth no books, but only one great volume in English, of the Rises, Ceremonies, and Ecclesiastical polity of our Church defended, and one Sermon preached before Q. Elizabeth, 24. of March, 1574. Text joh. 6. ver. 25, 26, 27.   


THOMAS BECON.   
THE life of man upon Earth is a real pilgrimage, and seldom is so settled or certain, 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 real experience of changes; for in the reign of King Edward the sixth, he did profess Divinity in the flourishing University of Oxford, without impeachment, or molestation: but in the time of Queen Mary, he, as well as diverse others, left this Kingdom, to enjoy the liberty of their consciences, and to avoid, if possible they could, a storm that fell in that Queen's government, and so traveled into Germany, but Queen Mary dying, he returned to this Land again, and proved a diligent Shepherd, and an eminent Writer, as may be proved by his very many Treatises, worthily famous, and full of excellent Divinity, which are extant, and to be sold in English, the Catalogue of which, I have joined to his life; there are none of his works in Latin that are to be had, except on learned Disputation of the Lords Supper, which he composed in the time that he was ahroad: by which it doth easily and evidently appear, how dear he embraced and loved the Protestant Religion: he was chosen into the number of the Prebendaries of Canterbury, and kept it until his dying day: He paid Nature her debt about the eight year, 1570. being 60 years old: John Parkhurst the Bishop of Norwich hath written verses in the Commendation both of this man, and of his works & writings.  
His works are contained in three Tomes, with study, diligence, piety, I have here set them in order.  

The first Tome contains.  
1. News from Heaven.  
2. A banquet of Christ's birth.  
3. A Quadragesimal feast.  
4. A Method of praying.  
5. A bundle or posy of Flowers.  
6. An invective against swearing.  
7. Discipline for a Christian Soldier.  
8. David's Harp.  
9 The government of virtue.  
10. A short Catechism.  
11. A book of Matrimony.  
12. A Christian's New-year's gift.   

2. Tom contains.  
1. A Jewel of Mirth.  
2. Principles of Christian Religion.  
3. A Treatise of Fasting.  
4. The Castle of comfort.  
5. The soul's solace.  
6. The Tower of the faithful.  
7. The Christian Knight.  
8. Homilies against Whoredom.  
9 The Flowers of Prayers.  
10. A sweet box of Prayers.  
11. The sick man's Medicine.  
12. A Dialogue of Christ's Nativity.  
13. An Invective against Adultery. Volumes in English, full fraught with learning and judgement, as they are divided.   

3. Tom contains.  
1. An Epistle to the distressed servants of God.  
2. A supplication to God for the restoring his Word.  
3. The rising of the Popish Mass.  
4. Common places of Scripture.  
5. A comparison betwixt the Lord's Supper, and the Papal Mass.  
6. Articles of Religion confirmed by the authority of the Fathers.  
7. The monstrous wages of the Roman Priests.  
8. Romish Relics.  
9 Difference betwixt God's Word, and Humane inventions.  
10. Acts of Christ and Antichrist, with their lives and Doctrine.  
11. Chronicles of Christ.  
12. An abridgement of the New Testament.  
13. Questions of the Holy Scripture.  
14. The glorious triumph of God's word.  
15. In the praise of death: all these were Printed in the year 1564.  
16. postils upon all the Sundays Gospels, in quarto.  
17. The Medicine for the Sick, often Printed in octavo by itself.    


JAMES MOUNTAGV   
WHen you shall read this worthy Prelate to be Bishop of Winchester, and Dean of the King's Chapel, and Prelate of the noble Order of the Garter, and privy Councillor to King James, know that he obtained these Titles and honours by his virtue and learning. To pass by his noble descent from the Montacutes, Earls of Salisbury: His Father was a Knight, that famous Sir Edward of Boughton in Northampton shire. His Grandfather was Councillor to King Henry the Eight; his Mother was the Sister of the elder famous Lord Harington: He had education in Cambridge answerable to his birth, where his learning was such, that the University bestowed both his Title, Master of Arts, as also Doctor in Divinity before the set time: And the University gained by him for that Sidney-colledge founded by Francis, Countess of Sussex, his Aunt: he being Master of it, when as there were ill scents by the grounds lying about, dangerous and noisome, he brought Trumpinton water through a newcut way into the Garden of the said College, both to the health of that College, and the whole University. His young years were admirably well seasoned, which made him prove so famous afterwards: For King James taking notice of him, presently swore him Chaplains in ordinary, and was made Deane of Lichfield, of the King's Chapel, and presently after of Worcester, and not long after Lord Bishop of Bath, and Wells. In which while he sat for eight years, he seemed to have those honours bestowed on him for the public good, rather than for himself; so rev●rend was his carriage, and pious his life, and charitable his hands. The poor in that Hospital lost a good maintainer, and all good men of that place a true Bishop. He repaired the Bishop's Palace almost ruined, and furnished it with a Chapel, and gardens. His house at Banovell speaks his praise, and posterity will never forget his charity to the Church of Bath, begun one hundred years since by Oliver a Bishop, and chiefly now at his cost and charges finished. If death had not prevented, here he had placed a Dean and Choyristers, and his two worthy brethren, Henry and Sidney did provide that his purpose should not be void. At last translated he was to Winchester, where he did not so much look after new honours, as new burdens.  
The House called Winchester-house on the Thames side, speaks his praise for her beauty, which he bestowed on her almost decayed. Farnham Cas●le also is not filent of his worth and praise, which did so much partake of his bounty.  
He also adorned the Tower in the Castle of Windsor, being his lot, as Prelate of the Garter; so that it is easily known, that in these works he l●id out above 5000. pounds sterling. He died at Greenwich of a Dropsy, being aged 49. on the 13. of the Kalends of August, 1618. leaving behind him four famous brethren, Knights; Sir Edward the eldest, Sir Charles, which buried him; Sir Henry, and Sir Sidney now living, Master of the Requests. He was not unmindful of Sidney College, but gave a yearly stipend to the Library. He desired to be buried in Bath, where his Tomb is to be seen of Marble, and Alabaster: his family did not only miss him, but the Universities, the Court, and Church; and his death grieved the King mainly, for he loved him dear for his care, integrity, sweetness of carriage, and learning. In a word, having lived a Reverend Father of our Church, and always imitating the Piety of those renowned Fathers, Bishops, before him in the Primitive times, he is with them laid to rest, expecting the reward of the just, at that great day of Jesus coming.   


WILLIAM PERKINS.   
THe place of this Divines birth was Marf●, not far from the City of Coventry, in Warwickshire: he was brought up and polished in learning in the University of Cambridge, where he made in short space excellent proof and demonstration both of learning and piety; so that he was not only an excellent and diligent Preacher, but also a quick and dextrous writer of many Treatises and Commentaries, which, for their worth were many of them translated into Latin, and sent beyond Sea, where they were, and to this day are well approved of: so that his fame was not only in this Kingdom, but also in France, Germany, and the Low Countries, and in some parts of Spain: for his works many of them are in French, in high Dutch, and low Dutch, and his Reformed Catholic translated into Spanish, rests yet unanswered by any of that side. This Divine was lame of his right hand, so that it was unfit to write withal, but what famous things he did write with his left hand, not only the Corporation of Christ's College, but also the whole University of Cambridge afford long and sufficient testimonies: But alas! he was taken from us in the vigour and strength of his age, being indeed, more fit for heaven than earth: he sickened and died at Cambridge, in the year of Grace, 1602. not without many tears, and the grief of all good men, being but aged 44. and had all the funeral solemnities and rites of the University, as did befit so learned a man.  

His Works are here in order set down.  
1. A foundation of Christian Religion.  
2. His Golden chain, 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 Latin by Thomas Draxe.  
8. Of the nature and practice of Repentance.  
9 Of the means to dye well, in all states and times.  
10. Of the combat of the flesh and spirit into Latin by Drax.  
11. Of the course to live well.  
12. A Treatise of Conscience.  
13. The Reformed Catholic.  
14. Of the true means to know Christ crucified, and the Grain of Mustardseed into Latin, by Thomas Drax.  
15. Of true Wealth.  
16. Of the Idolatry of the last times.  
17. Of GOD'S free grace, and of free will in Men.  
18. Of men's callings.  
19 Of Predestination in Latin by the Author.  
20. His Bible harmony.  
21. A Dialogue of the world's dissolution.   

These that follow, were set forth after the Author's death.  
1. Three books of the cases of Conscience, translated into Latin by Thomas Drax and Meyer.  
2. Commentaries on the five first Chapters on the Galathians.  
3. Of Christian Equity by Crashaw.  
4. Of Man's Imagination, set forth by Thomas Peirson.  
5. Problems against Cox, in Latin by himself, set forth by Samuel Ward.  
6. The key of Prophecy, 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 apocalypse, 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 judes' Epistle, by Thomas Pickering.  
13. Of poisoning a Treatise.  
14. Against Prognostics: an answer to a Country fellow.  
15. Of the household Discipline, in Latin by the Author, now Englished.    


WILL: WHITAKER.   
ALthough those of the Church of Rome have had many rare Scholars which have confuted their erroneous and superstitious Tenants, yet of late, scarce any have so convinced them as jewel and Whittakers'. He was borne in Lancashire, and was sent to the University of Cambridge, and was admitted into that famous society of Trinity College, where he proved a famous Scholar, both in Tongues, and all manner of Theology; and so was made the King's Professor of Divinity, and Master of Saint John's College, which preferment he long held; and in that space he had often combatings with many great Romish Priests and jesuits; as Stapleton, Sanders, Reinolds, and Campian; with what success any man of judgement or discretion can easily discern, and not daunted with these combatants, he set upon their chief Goliath, and Champion himself, even great Bellarmine the Cardinal, whose Arguments and Objections he hath so succinctly and solidly answered, that all the Divines of Europe give him great praise; and if he had not been taken away by death, he had answered all the Tomes of Bellarmine exquisitely: However, I have heard it confessed of English Papists themselves, which have been in Italy with Bellarmine himself, that he procured the true Portraiture and Effigies of this Whitaker to be brought to him, which he kept in his study; for he privately admired this man for his singular learning and ingenuity, and being asked of some of his friends Jesuits, Why he would have the picture of that Heretic in his presence? he would answer, quod quamvis Hereticus esset & Adversarius, esset tamen. Doctus Adversarius: That although he was an Heretic and his. Adversary, yet he was a learned Adversary: To which I may justly say, that he was a pious man, and a solid Teacher, and died in peace and quietness of Conscience, to the grief of all England, and especially of the University of Cambridge, in the year of our Lord, 1595. and of his age forty seven, and was buried at Cambridge, in St. john's College, with great solemnity and funeral ornamenns befitting so great a learned man as he was, where in the same place you may read his Epitaph, engraven, and set in Golden letters upon the Wall by his Sepulchre, in the Chapel of St. john's College: His works are famous, and follow here truly registered.  

1. Against Thomas Stapleton a Papist his defence of Ecclesiastical authority in three Books, with an authority of the Scriptures.  
2. A solid refutation of Nicholas Sanders, his forty Demonstrations, that the Pope is not Antichrist, because he is but one man, and there ha●ing been two hundred Popes.  
3. A Christian Answer to the ten reasons of Edmund Campian the jesuit.  
4. A defence of john Harding the jesuit answered, and the ten reasons of Edmund Campian, which he offered to the Ministers of the Church of England.  
5. Fragments of the old Heresies, which help to make up the Roman Church.  
6. Theses propounded and defended at the Commencement at Cambridge, 1582. 
The sum of which was, that that the Pope is the Antichrist spoken of in Scripture.   
7. A disputation of the ●ly Scripture against the papists of this time, especially against Robert Bellarmine and Stapleton.  
8. Certain Lectures of the controversies of the Church, distributed into seven questions; a work set forth after his death, by john Allenson.  
9 A controversy of counsels against Jesuits, especially Bellarmine, in six questions.  
10. A Treatise of Original sin, in three books, against three books of Thomas Stapleton, of Universal justification.  
11. Lectures upon the controversy of the Roman Bishop, di●ibuted into eight questions, chiefly against Bellarmine.  
12. His Cygnea Cantio, or his last Sermon to the Clergy at Cambridge 1595. with a true description of his life and death.  
13. A translation of a book of jewel against Harding, in Latin.   
FINIS.