hanging over her for the Space of near one hundred Years. But the Truth is, the foreign Proteftants were never confidered in the Light of Enemies to our Church, till his Time. The Church of England herfelf had been formed upon the Plan of the Confeffion of Augsbourg fome of the Articles and Homilies being, in a Manner, literal Tranflations from this Con feffion, and the other Writings of that great Divine Melanthon. The Bishops and Mar tyrs, Hooper and Latimer, took whole Paffage es out of his Works. Archbishop Cranmer often importuned him to come into England, to help forward the good Work of the Refor mation. And indeed, moft of the Books pub lifhed at that Time, were Tranflations from the German Divines. Martin Bucer and Pe ter Martyr were the two Perfons pitched upon by the Archbishop himself, the Father of the English Reformation, to be the King's Pro feffors of Divinity in the two Univerfities. And when it was propofed to make fome. Al terations in the Common Prayer Book of King Edward VI. Bucer was principally confulted; in relation to which Affair, Bishop Burnett obferves, "That the moft material Things, "which Bucer excepted to, were corrected:' So great a Deference was paid to his Judg ment; and we may plainly perceive, by comparing the prefent, with the former Book of Common Prayer, that our excellent Liturgy

* Vol. II. 4th Edit. Page 147.

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owes much of its prefent Perfection to his Counfels. Much about the fame Time, he wrote a Book for the young King's own Ufe, entitled, * Concerning the Kingdom of Chrift; which principally treated of Eccléfiaftical Difcipline, the good Government and external Polity of the Church. About a Year afterwards, Bucer died; +"In whom Cranmer "loft a Friend, on whofe Affiftance he had "depended much, in what remained yet to "be done. He was, by Order of Cranmer "and Sir John Cheek, buried with the highest "Solemnities that could be devised, to exprefs "the Value the University had for him. "The "Vice-Chancellor, and all the Graduates; "and the Mayor, and all the Town, accom

panied his Funeral to St Mary's, where, af❝ter Prayers, Haddon, the University Orator, "made fuch a Speech concerning him, and "pronounced it with that Affection, that al"moft the whole Affembly fhed Tears.

Next, Dr Parker, that had been his "moft intimate Friend, made an English Ser

mon in his Praise, and concerning the Sorrowing for our departed Friends. And the "Day following, Dr Redmayn, then Master " of Trinity College, made another. Sermon concerning Death; and in it, gave a full "Account of Bucer's Life and Death.

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particularly

* Burnett's Hift. of the Reformation, Vol. II. Page Page 155. The fame, I fuppofe, who was afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury.

"particularly commended the great Sweetness "of his Temper to all, but remarkably to "those who differed from him.All the University that were eminent either in Greek or Latin Poetry, did adorn his Coffin with "Epitaphs, in which they expreffed a very extraordinary Senfe of their Lofs."

MOREOVER, in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, Bishop Jewel,* the Champion of the Church of England, and the Bishops Horn, Grindall, and Parkhurst, together with many of our principal Clergy, confulted frequently with Bullenger and Gualter, eminent Divines of the Church of Switzerland, concerning the Affairs of the English Church, and requested their Advice and Direction in the most preffing Difficulties,

AND to mention only one Inftance more§, King James I. preferred the elder Cafaubon, a Name which doth Honour to the Church of England, to Ecclefiaftical Dignities in the Metropolitan Church of Canterbury. This elder Cafaubon had alfo a Penfion of 300/. a Year affigned him, by a fpecial Warrant from the King: The Tenor of which is so much to our prefent Purpose, that I fhall beg Leave to infert the following Paffage.

James,

*Burnett's Hift. of the Reformation, Vol. III. Collection of Records. § Rymer's Fed. Tom. XVI. Page

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James, by the Grace of God, &c.

"As our Progenitors have heretofore been "careful to call into their Realm Perfons of « eminent Learning, agreeing in Profeffion of Religion with the Church of England, and' "here to make Use of them for the Furtherance of Religion and Learning among their People; as namely, Paulus Fagius, Martin "Bucer, Peter Martyr, and others; fo have We, " in regard of the fingular Learning of Isaac Cafaubon, and of his Concurrence with Us, "and the Church of England, in Profeffion of Religion, invited him out of France into "this our Realm, here to make his Abode, " and to be used by Us, as We shall see Cause for the Service of the Church."

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UPON the whole, therefore, let the impartial Reader judge concerning the Merits of this Caufe. The three Princes Edward VI. Queen Elizabeth, and King James I. the Archbishops and Bishops Cranmer, Holgat, Ridley, Latimer, Hooper, Poinct, Scory, Coverdale, Taylor, Harley, Bird, Bufh, Ferrar, Barlow, Parker, Jew el, Horn, Grindal, Parkhurft, &c.—likewife the Heads of the two Univerfities, with a Multitude of the Dignitaries and principal Clergy of the Church of England, unanimously fhewed in all their Proceedings, That they looked upon the foreign Proteftant Churches

as

as concurring in Profeffion of Religion with the Church of England. Can we imagine, that

those eminent Guardians and Fathers of our Church, many of them Confeffors and Martyrs for its fake, were defective in Zeal,

or did not know, what were the Doctrines and Constitution of a Church, which, under Christ, they themselves had founded? Much more might be faid: But I am forry there is a Neceffity of faying fo much.

AFTER the Revolution, the Principles of Commerce and Government were better undertood, than in former Times. The Writings of Sir Francis Bacon, Sir William Petty, Sir William Temple, Sir Jofiah Child, Algernoon Sidney Efq; and other great Men, had contributed much to cure the Nation of their old Averfion to Foreigners, especially to the most ujeful Part of them, Merchants and Mechanicks. And the Dangers of Popery, with which Men were threatned in the preceding Reign, had difpofed them to think more fa yourably of their Proteftant Brethren abroad. But another Evil fprung up to counterbalance this Good. For the difaffected Party, who wanted to fubvert the Revolution, could vent their Poison with Impunity, by declaiming against Foreigners-In which they were fure of being acceptable to the English Populace; of whofe Prejudices upon this Point they failed not to make the utmost Advantage, and upon