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

THE HISTORY of the Moderne Protestant Divines Containing their Parents Countries Education Studies Lives and the yeare of our Lord in which they dyed With a true register of all their severall Treatises and Writings that are extant Faithfullv translated out of Latine by D. L. The Righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance LONDON Printed by N. and John Okes 1637. TO THE RIGHT Worshipfull Knights Sir PAUL PINDAR Sir IOHN WOLSTENHOLME Sir ABRAHAM DAVVES Sir JOHN JACOB Farmers of the Custome-House to the Kings most Excellent Majesty all happinesse wished Right Worshipfull THAT my Intention was devoted to your Worships appeares by this Presentation and that my Intention hath rightly directed my Presentation will easily bee seene for where could these faithfull 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 Exoticke some Natives all of the same Faith GODS Word commends the protection of the former Grace and Nature both pleade for the other Some of them that were Strangers had faire protection and good provision in this Kingdome and were publickly grac'd allowed in the famous Schooles of our Vniversities and some of ours upon the change of Religion found presently a Reciprocall requitall in their chiefest Hans towns Both one and the other were worthy Agents in the Church of GOD and their Workes the never dying Monuments of their Fame will praise them in the Gates they were so eminent Lights that my Encomium will rather séeme 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 Workes as I have done by the Edition I am fully perswaded your Worships will rest satisfied and I shall not be taxt for presumption Disdaine not therefore I pray you to Patronize those whom I doe beleeve ere this GOD the Father of the Faithfull hath registred for his own Sonnes in the Booke of Life I neede 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 Pietie and Vertues to succeeding posterity I onely wish the rich men of this age either to imitate your doings or be ashamed that they follow not such Eminent examples Goe on still I exhort you and in due time you shall reape the recompence of reward Your Worships that so much love GODS Temple I hope will vouchsafe to receive and entertaine these famous men who have been the Lords Embassadors in his Church here and are in the Celestial Temple with him in Glory So wishing all your Worships the like happinesse with his Saints when you shal be dissolved and praying for your prosperity on earth with length of dayes I referre my selfe 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 Moderne 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 Latine and I thought it might bee some profit to our times to make them speake English They were in their times great Antagonists to the Roman cause and it is pitty their Memories should perish or that they should not bee generally knowne who generally did so much good in the Church of God against all oppositions in their dayes 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 onely I desired to have them done in lesser Plates for the profit of the Buyer Reade their lives without prejudicate Opinion admire their Diligence and Vigilancy imitate their Vertues and Pious performances praise GOD for raising such stout Champions for defence of the Truth and blame not mee who have laboured thus much for your sakes and will with GODS Blessing doe more for your profit Who am Yours D. L. A CATALOGUE of all the names of the Moderne Divines mentitioned in this Booke Out-landish Writers BErengarius pag. 1 Iohn Hus. p. 1 Hieronymus Pragnensis 8 Erasmus Roterodamus 14 Martinus Lutherus 21 Philippus Melancthon 30 Hulricus Zuinglius 40 Iohannes Eoculampadius 50 Paulus Fagius 60 Martinus Bucerus 68 Andreas Gerardus Hyperius 81 Wolfgangus Musculus 90 Ioannes Calvinus 99 Augustinus Marloratus 108 Petrus Martir 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 Wickliffe 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 Foxe 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 Whitakers 356 BEREN GARIVS BEhold the Effigies of this great and worthy Scholler whose hand and eye poynt towards Heaven whither his Saviour Jesus is ascended in the sight of his Apostles and shall be there untill his second appearing to iudgement he is placed first in time amongst these famous witnesses this is that Berengarius a French man and Arch-Deacon of Gant who was powerfull in the Scriptures and expert in the writings of the ancient Fathers of the Church and who with admirable wit and wisedome did prove that Christ was not carnally in the Blessed Sacrament and so hindred mainly that grosse error of Popish Transubstantiation which Doctrine hee confuted out of Gods Holy Word and by the authority of the sincere Fathers so that his writings went farre and neare with approbation and admiration to wit into Italy Germany France and other Territories and this was in the yeare of our Lord 1020. Whereupon Leo the ninth cald a Councell at Vercellis and did in it condemne this Doctrine of Berengarius so also when Nicholas the second was Pope he was cald to a Councell held in Rome where by the bitter menacings of that Pope he was compel'd to a recantation which did mightily reioyce the Pope insomuch that he sent his recantation to the Cities of Italy Germany France as it plainly appeares in that noted Chapter which beginnes Ego Berengarius de consecratione distinct secunda Wherein these words full of Blasphemy are by the consent iudgement and prescipt of that Councel to be read I doe beleeve 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

of Queene Mary hee was expeld England and returned to Strasburg but contentions arising there also he with Iuell went to Tygurum and at the last there as in a Haven hee laid himselfe to rest 1562. 11 of November of his age 63. What he was his workes will declare to all that will read them which I here have placed 1 A Cathechisme or exposition of the Creed 2 Commentaries on the first Epistle of Saint Paul to the Corinthians at Oxford 3 Vpon Iudges 4 Vpon the Romans 5 A defence of the Doctrine of the Eucharist as it is approved by Gods Word ancient Fathers Councels 6 A disputation of the Eucharist at Oxford After his death these Bookes are extant 1 Commentaries on the first of Kings and on the 12. first Chapters of 2. Kings 2 On Genesis 3 A little booke of Prayers out of the Psalmes 4 A Confession of the Lords Supper to the Senat of Strasburg 5 His Common places distributed into foure Classes 6 Orations Sermons Questions and Answers 7 Epistles Theologicall 8 Commentaries on Exodus 9 Commentaries on the lesser Prophets 10 Commentaries upon the 3 first bookes of Aristotles Ethicks with some reserved Manuscripts HIERONYMVS ZANCHYVS THis Zanchy followed Peter Martyr being bred in the same Colledge this Martyr was so Eminent for his gifts that hee drew by his Example and Piety many worthy men to leave that state of life under Popery and to embrace the Gospell Amongst other Lacisius first Professor of Latine in Italy afterwards of the Greeke Tongue at Strasburgh that worthy Gentlman Celsus Martingen being extracted from a noble family having had Earles of that Name which professed the Greek tongue in his Colledge 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 seene in the writings of the Ancient Fathers of the Church and in Philosophy which when hee prooved against the Omnipresence of Christs Body against the Ubiquitarians was not approoved by some of that Sect for which cause Zanchy as well as Martyr left this City and came unto the famous Vniversity of Hydelbergh where the whole Vniversity together with the godly Prince Frederick shewed their love and favour But this point of Ubiquity then prevayling those that withstood it were forc't to remove So Zanchius came to be Pastor of Clavenna which is a Towne of Rethia indifferently famous not farre 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 neare to Italy and pleas nt for its scituation many Italians who quitted themselves from the See of Rome lived here At last he preach't the Word of God at Newstadt a Towne of the Palatinate under the protection of that Religious Prince Cassimere At length Age and infirmities accompanying it comming on this Prince provided fairely for Zanchius his maintenance A Prince he was addicted to Religion and the quiet of the Churches Zanchius and Sturmius mainly oppos'd Ubiquity and strongly defended the Augustan Confession they were both very old and a little before Zanchius dyed he used this speech to Sturmius Oh worthy Sturmius if ever now is the time for us to open our eyes and turne to the Lord and looke up to Heaven where our blessed Redeemer Iesus reignes with the blessed spirits knowing and hoping assuredly that shortly we with those Saints shall also be with the Lord Iesus A worthy Divine Speech and fulfilled shortly after in Zanchy for hee dyed in the yeere of Christ 1590. in the Calends of November in the City of Heydelbergh being aged 76. and Sturmius was 80. whom he followed Zanchies Workes 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 Bookes 13. in 2 parts in the first the Orthodox Doctrine of this Mystery is proved and confirmed by Gods Word In the latter all Oppositions of the Adversaries are answered 4. An Answer to a little booke 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 Schoolemen in the Church with a Speech to the study of the sacred Scriptures 7. Of Christian Religion and Faith to Vlysses Martengius Earle of Barch and Patritius Venetus 8. A Compendium of the chiefe 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 Vbiquity confuted accurately in two Bookes 11. Of the Divine Nature and of his Attributes 12. Of the Workes of God in sixe dayes 13. A worke of Mans Redemption 14. A Commentary upon the Prophet Hosea 15. Commentaries upon the Epistle to the Ephesians Collossians Theslalonians and Saint Iohn 16. Some observations of Physicke Printed with Aristotles Workes in Greeke found in that part which treates of Hearing And thus after many labours and diligent travell in the Worke of the Lord for many yeeres together did this Noble Zanchius commend himselfe to his Saviour Jesus Christ. His Motto upon his Coate was Sustine abstine MARTINVS CHEMNICIVS THis Name of Martine hath oppos'd the proceedings of the Church of Rome much especially three viz. Martine Luther Martine Bucer and this Martine who did chiesly oppose the proceedings and determinations of the Tridentine Councell In his first proceedings hee followed Luther and Melancthon hee was well furnished in the knowledge of the Liberall Sciences by the study of the Mathematicks and Philosophy hee found an easier passage to Theology Hee was much addicted to a Kinsman of his George Sabine who professed at Regio Montane where hee made this Chemnitius Chiefe over the Library of the Prince of the Borussorum When hee had exercised himselfe a while at Wittenbergh hee 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 Councell This was hee that examined the Decrees of the new Fathers of Trent by the writings of those Ancient Fathers of the Church and layd them to be tryed by the rule of Gods Word This worke made him famous and disparaged the Adversaries proceedings and conclusions Many others have done well upon that Subiect but his it was that most wounded and galled that side Hence they have beene striving to answer it but have not beene as yet able but have left it off as too hard a taske for them to performe This was hee that stood up among the first to discover the Nature Arts and plottings of the Monkes and Jesuites of Germany as may appeare by his writing to Joachim Marquesse of Brandenburgh Elector

course of his life unblameable Master Foxe in his History of Martyres saies hee might be called Englands Apostle the workes which he writ besides the translation of the Scriptures are these that follow 1. A Christians obedience 2. the unrighteous Mammon 3. The practice ●f the Papists 4. Commentaries on the seventh Chapter of St. Matthew 5. A discourse of the last will and testament of Tracij 6. An answer to Sir Thomas Mores Dialogues 7. The Doctrine of the Lords Supper against More 8. Of the Sacrament of the Altar 9. Of the Sacramentall signes 10. A foote path leading to the Scriptures 11. Two letters to Iohn Frith All these are extant together with the workes of two Martyrs Barnes and Frith in English in Folio and thus after much labour and persecution this worthy member of Christ yeelded to the flames expecting a ioyf●ll resurrection IOHN BRADEFORD THIS Scholler was not inferiour in parts either of doing or suffering to others he was borne in the County of Lancaster in that famous Marte Town of Manchester He was by his parents brought up from his Cradle to learning and he was singular for docility and diligence so that he profited admirably in his studies and exercises which hee undertooke then hee was sent to Cambridge and was admitted into Queenes Colledge where hee tooke all degrees so that hee was made Master of the same Colledge which hee governed with great dexterity and sincerity Afterwards in the reigne of King Edward the ●xth he was appoynted Di●inity Lecturer in the Cathe●rall Church of St. Paul in London which taske he performed not without admirable demonstration of la●our and learning But in the time of Queene Mary the state of Religion altering and the Protestant professors being hated this famous Bradford among the rest for the love of Jesus and his Gospell which hee had faithfully preached was consumed in the fiery flames of Persecution and so was crowned with that glorious name of Martyre This he suffered the first of July 1555 in that noted plac● called West Smithfield Londo● the last words that hee wa● heard to utter were O● England repent hee left behind him his famous disputation● which hee had with the Papists which are extant at large in Foxes History of Martyrs He had a famous Epitaph written of him His workes which hee writ in English are these 1. Two Sermons the first of Repentance the second of the Lords Supper 2. Some letters to his fellow Martyrs 3. An answere to ones letter desiring to know whether one might goe to Masse or not 4. The danger ensuing the hearing of Masse 5. His examination before the officers 6. Godly Meditations made in Prison cald his short Prayers 7. Truths Complaint 8. Melancthon translated of Prayers HVGH LATYMER THis worthy Divine was borne in Leicester shire brought up to learning from a youth afterwards hee was ●laced in Cambridge where ●e tooke not without de●ert the eminent Title of Doctor of Divinity his as●ect did promise much sin●erity and ingenuity and hee was of Candid manners and ●f courieous and meeke car●iage for his singular lear●ing he was by King Edward●he ●he sixth made Bishop of Worcester where while hee ●ate in that See all good men ●erceived his singular care dexterity in managing that weighty function He was alwaies ready and forward to propagate the truth But he also in the time of Queene Maries Reigne was both d● prived of his Bishoprick an● ministeriall 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 looke upon th● forme of his Martyrdome or weigh well the saying 〈◊〉 them both at the time 〈◊〉 their sufferings That old Polycarpus being fourescore and above a little before his death uttered that sweete● saying of St. James Fideli● est Deus qui non sinit nos tentari● supra quod possumus that is God is faithfull who will not suffer us to bee tempted above our strength And a little after he said Pater Celestis suscipe spiritum meum which is Oh Heavenly Father receive my Spirit In like manner this Father Latimer for so he was cal'd was a constant and stout Martyr of Jesus Christ and was burnd at Oxford the sixeteenth day of October in the yeare of Grace 1555. hee left his Sermons behind him wherein we may reade his sincerity and piety many of them were preached before King Edward the sixth and the Illustrious Lady Katharine Dutches of Suffolke and a● now to bee had in any one● hands almost having been● so many times imprinted with the Publicke approbation of all learned and iudicious Divines and to the comfort of all well dispose● Christians who may gathe● great profit out of them Hi● life actions and sufferings are at large to be read in Master Foxes History NICOLAS RIDLY LEarning did not onely adorne this worthy Divine but also parentage being well descended hee was borne in the Bishopri● of Durham In his youth he was endued with many singular vertues and his Parents spared no cost to have him well and Christian-like educated well knowing the power of good education to helpe much hee was sent to Cambridge to study where hee tooke degree of Batchelor of Divinity and presently he was made Master of Pembrook Hall but his parts and gifts were so eminent as appeared by his wife and religious deportment in that preferment that that religious and pious King Edward the sixth took notice of him and being ful●y certified of his integrity of life and excellent schol●ership made him Bishop of Rochester nor did his hand stay untill he had cald him ●rom that See to the Bishoppricke of London where hee shewed the parts of a true Bishop and shepheard of soules by his painfull watching prayings preachings But these Halcyon dayes of the Churches peace lasted not long but King Edward paying Natures debt and Queene Mary comming to the Crowne of England this worthy Pr●late sate not long quiet for religion being altered and the Bishop of Romes authority comming in again he was remov'd and cast both from his Ecclesiasticall dignity and wholly from the Ministery and was condemned to be burnd as an Heretique This English Father might fitly be compared to that old Father of the Church St. Ignatius not onely for his famous writing upon the Lords Supper but also for his suffering so constantly and zealously in the cause of Christ. Wel this man was a choice flower of Christ his Church and therefore is not unworthily stiled a Martyr for in the same day and same houre was he with Father Hugh Latimer burnd to ashes in the Vniversity of Oxford over against Baliol Colledge his last words in the flames that he was heard to utter were these Into thy hands O Lord doe I commend my Spirit His works besides that Treatise of the Lords Supper are extant in English which follow 1. A Conference with Father Latimer 2. A right forme