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London did execute the office, and wore his mitre. There were two goodly white branches burning ; the herse covered with arms and mourning, and four dozen of staves, and all the choir with black, and his arms. And before the corse went the kins of heralds, with his coat and five banners of his arms, and four of images, wrought with fine gold and [230] jewels. At the morrow-mass were said three masses, one of the Trinity, one of our Lady, and the third of requiem for his soul. And after this the company repaired to dinner. His corps was put in a resting place in the church, till a day when he should be taken up and carried unto Win- chester to be buried there. Of this man we shall hear more hereafter.
and about Paul's Cross, for speaking there against the Bi- whipped at shop that had preached the Cross sermon the Sunday be- Paul ' sCross ' fore.
divines, among many others, viz. Bradford and Latymer, as was mentioned before. Of whom I shall now make a few remarks.
temper, and profound devotion towards God ; a prebendary of St. Paul's, preferred by Bishop Ridley ; and one of whose
364 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL CHAP, worth the Papists themselves were so sensible, that they XXVIII. ... . J took more pains to bring him off from the profession of re- Annol555 -ligion, than any other. But he, knowing the truth and goodness of his cause, remained steadfast and immovable. His painful- while he was in prison, he spent his time in preaching twice every Sunday, in writing many letters and discourses, pray- ing, reading, conferring, disputing ; sleeping but four hours
by Mr. Fox in his volumes. Besides which, I have met with three or four other treatises of his amongst my MSS. Two or three whereof I have put into the Catalogue, that nothing of so extraordinary a man may be lost. One is, A meditation upon God's providence, and of his presence. Another, An wholesome and sound counsel written in prison to a dear Jaitliful brother in Christ, being at liberty. Wherein he inveighed against such as, being friends to the gospel, did yet frequent mass, and outwardly conformed to the idolatrous worship, to save themselves from danger. This letter was printed at Oxon, 1688, with Ridley's dis- putation. A third is a prayer, that God would shorten the persecution, and restore the gospel : composed to be said in the congregation. And being near his death, in expectation of it daily, he wrote a seasonable treatise, Not to fear death, which was printed, and afterwards turned into Latin, by some of the exiles, I suppose, for their use and comfort; and entitled, Institutio divina et vere consolatoria contra vim mortis, Johanne Bradfbrdo, Anglo, authore, ex verna- cula lingua in Latinum sermonem conversa: but whether
MS. The two former I have preserved : though indeed the first I have seen in a little obscure book, printed in the year 1622, entitled, Holy Meditations ; by John Bradford, Martyr. But lighting on so good and godly a discourse, I was willing to revive it ; that thereby a specimen might be N«. xxxi taken of the man that wrote it. To which I have added xxxii. t wo of his letters : whereof one is to Traves, a learned and pious gentleman, his patron and counsellor : both writ be- fore he went to study at Cambridge. UNDER QUEEN MARY I. 365 Of this man's great service in the Church in King Ed- CHAP, ward's day's, Bishop Ridley, whose chaplain he was, used these words, " That he was a man, by whom (as I am as- Anno 1555. " suredly informed) God hath and doth work wonders, in [231] " setting forth his word." RM^ S He studied in Cambridge, and was a member thereof, him. having been of Katharine hall first, and afterwards elected J^jj t0 to Pembroke. And he was an earnest preacher there, ex- Bradford citing his auditors to walk worthy of the gospel, and threat- P reiU ; hes m & J & r ' Cambridge; ening them with terrible judgments, if they neglected the means they then enjoyed. And soon after, as though he had been a prophet, fell the judgment of the sweating sick- ness upon them. After his condemnation, he wrote a very And writes passionate letter to this University, wherein he upbraided versity them for their falling off so lamentably from the profession of the gospel, and bade them repent, and remember those excellent men they had lately among them. " Remember," says he to them, " the readings and preachings of God's " prophet and true preacher, Mr. Bucer. Call to mind the " threatenings of God, now something seen, by thy children, " Lever and others. Let the exile of Lever, Pilkington, " Grindal, Haddon, Horn, Scory, Ponet, &c. something " awake thee. Let the imprisonment of thy dear sons, " Cranmer, Ridley, and Latymer move thee. Consider the " martyrdom of thy chickens, Rogers, Saunders, Tayler* '* And now cast not away the admonition of me, going to '* be burned also, and to receive the like crown of glory " with my fellows. Take to heart God's calling by us.
" gospelling. And now I tell you, before I depart hence, " that the ears of men will tingle to hear the vengeance of " God that will fall upon you all, both town and University, " if you repent not ; if you leave not your idolatry ; if you " turn not speedily to the Lord ; if you still be ashamed of " Christ's truth, which you know. Oh ! Pern, repent. Oh ! " Thomson, repent. Oh ! you doctors, bachelors, and mas- " ters, repent. Oh ! mayor, aldermen, and town-dwellers,
366 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL CHAP. w repent, repent, repent." This was the present apostate '__ condition of this University, once earnest receivers of the Anno 1555. doctrine of the gospel; and these were some of the com- passionate solicitations and warnings of this man of God. Judiciary From the acts of the iudiciary proceedings with this holy proceedings . ° * * ° J against man, it appears, that Jan. 29, in St. Mary Overy's church, he was brought forth before the Bishop of Winchester ; who tempted him to come again to the unity of the Church, as he styled it, that is, to comply with all the Roman super- stitions. Which when he would by no means yield to, he was accused by the said Bishop, for believing and defend- ing, that the true and natural body of Christ was not in the sacrament of the altar ; and that there were only ma- terial bread and wine there. And no other article but this was laid to his charge, for which he was condemned : to which article Bradford answered, " That Christ is present " in the sacrament by faith, to faith, and in faith, and none w otherwise. And saith, that Christ is not in the sacrament " by transubstantiation. And saith, that simply he be- [232] " lieveth no transubstantiation." Also, that it is not the body of Christ, but to him that receiveth it : and that any evil man doth not receive it in forma pants. And that after and before the receipt, there is the substance of bread. The next day, as he was ordered, he appeared again. Then the Bishop exhorted him by many arguments and reasons to reconcile himself, and to return to the Church ; but not prevailing, he made short work, and read the sentence of condemnation upon him ; and so he was delivered to the secular hand, that is, to the sheriffs of London. The sen- tence was much what the same that was pronounced against Hoper, mentioned before. One thing I observe in it, that Bradford's Bradford is styled laicus, and so he is all along styled in the process, as though they disowned the ordination he re- ceived from the hands of Ridley, Bishop of London.
Temple, London, he was steward to Sir John Harrington, kt. treasurer of the King's camps and buildings, and kept
UNDER QUEEN MARY I. 367 his books and accounts: whom he therefore called his CHAP, master, in whose service once he took up some money, (and xx that, it seems, in his masters name,) which he was not able Anno 1555. presently to repay. But interest and application were made by friends on his behalf, and at length, in May 1548, his master was prevailed with to pay the debt for him, and he to become debtor to his master, and so Sir John bound himself under his hand to pay the sum before Candlemas next ensuing. But while this thing depended, (which he called in his letters his great thing,) the conscience of his fault did exceedingly afflict him. He confessed his fault to his master, owned his debt, offered all the satisfaction he could. And because, beside confession and repentance, re- stitution was required, which he was not yet able enough in purse to do, he intended to offer himself to be a bondman to his creditor, according as he read in the Jewish law. Concerning this intention of his, he writ to a faithful friend, (Father Traves, I suppose,) desiring him to resort to La- tymer, (who was privy to his matter,) and advise with him concerning this selling of his body to make restitution. When he came to the reverend father, he was busy in pre- paring a sermon to be preached the next Sunday before the King, but in short signified his dislike of so rigorous and unusual a course, and said, that he would not have him go so far ; and that better counsel, or more, he could not now give him, than he had before done, viz. that he should wait, and commit the whole to God. He consulted also with his aforesaid friend, and poured out his trouble into his bosom, fearing much, lest he should die before he had made his re- stitution. But soon after going to study in Cambridge, means was made that the debt was paid, and his heart set at rest; which he thus expressed in a letter to his friend Fox. Traves : " God hath wrought the restitution of the great " thing you know of, the which benefit should bind me to " all obedience. 11 His friend's letter to him with relation to the said business may be read in the Catalogue. Number . . XXXIII. I have but one thing more to add concerning this holy " 368 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL CHAP, man; which is, that there are threescore and sixteen letters 1 of his printed in the collection of the Letters of the Martyrs, Anno 1555. mos t of which were writ during his imprisonment, which are |_233J many more than be extant in Fox. His letters j n t ] le mont h of October was Hugh Latymer, an old published. _ . Hugh La- disciple, burnt at Oxon. Besides what I have in the course tymer. Q f j.]^ history and elsewhere wrote of him, I shall here add Foxii MSS. J , a few more memorable passages concerning him, that de- serve to remain on record. " It pleased Almighty God 11 (I do now but transcribe from a writing of Ralph Morice, bishop Cranmer's secretary) " to call Hugh Latymer unto " the knowledge of the truth of God's holy word, by the " godly lecture of divinity read by Mr. George Stafford, in " the University school of Cambridge ; and of a Saul, had, Addicted at st as [^ we re, made him a very Paul : for otherwise, all the schoolmen. " days of his life, he had bestowed his time in the labyrinth " study of the school doctors, as in Dunce, Dorbel, Thomas '.' of Aquine, Hugo de Victore, with such like. Insomuch (t that being mightily affected that way, he of purpose, per- " ceiving the youth of the University inclined to the read- " ing of the Scriptures, (leaving off those tedious authors, " and that kind of study,) being a bachelor of divinity, and " for his gravity and years preferred to the keeping of the " University cross, which no man had to do withal, but " such an one as in sanctimony of life excelled other, came " into the sopham school, among the youth, there gathered " together of daily custom to keep their sophams and dis- " putations ; and there most eloquently made to them an " oration, dissuading them from this newfangled kind of " study of the Scriptures ; and vehemently persuaded them " to the study of the school authors : which he did, not " long before that he was so mercifully called to the con- " trary. And as he felt by this his divine vocation, that all " his other study little profited him, but was rather a " stumbling-block unto him, then intending to preach to the Becomes a « world the sincere doctrine of the gospel ; so he mightily, preacher at " tracting no time, preached daily in the University of Cambridge. UNDER QUEEN MARY I. 369 " Cambridge, both in English, and ad clerum, to the great CHAP. ' • YYVII1 " admiration of all men, that aforetime had known him of AAVXJ1 - " a contrary severe opinion. Anno 1555. " Insomuch, that Bishop West, then bishop of Ely, hear- The Bishop " ing of this Mr. Latymer's conversion, determined with° 0U J[ t0 " himself to come and hear him preach, but that should be hear Laty-
" and politique worldly man, after the sermon finished, Jj^ 8 or " called to him Mr. Latymer, and said, Mr. Latymer, I His words " heartily thank you for your good sermon ; assuring you, t0 him - " that if you wil do one thing at my request, I wil kneel " down and kiss your foot, for the good admonition that I VOL. III. b b 370 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL CHAP. " have received of your sermon : assuring you, that I never XXVI II ¦ . " heai'd mine office so wel and substantially declared be- Anno 1555. « f ore this time. What is your Lordship's plesure that I " should do for you ? quoth Mr. Latymer. Mary, quoth " the Bishop, that you will preach me in this place one ser- " mon against Martin Luther and his doctrin. Said then " Mr. Latymer again, My Lord, I am not acquainted with " the doctrine of Luther, nor are we permitted here to read " his works. And therefore it were but a vain thing for '.' me to refute his doctrin, not understanding what he hath " written, nor what opinion he holdeth. Sure I am, quoth " Latymer, that I have preached before you this day no " manys doctrin, but only the doctrin of God out of the " Scriptures. And if Luther do none otherwise than I have " don, there needeth no confutation of his doctrin. Other- " wise, when I understand he doth teach against the Scrip- " ture, I wil be ready with al my heart to confound his " doctrin, as much as lyeth in me. Wel, wel, Mr. Laty- " mer, I perceive that you somewhat smel of the pan : you " wil repent this gear one day. And so the Bishop, never a " whit amended by the sermon, practised with Mr. La- " tymer's foes from that day forwards to put him to silence.'" [And came not long after to Barnwel Abbey, and preached against him, and then forbad him to preach hence forward in any churches within the University.] Sent for by « Insomuch, that grievous complaint was made of him Wolsey. " by divers Papists of the University, as by Mr. Tirrel [fel- " low of the King's hall] and others, unto Cardinal Wol- " sey; that he preached very seditious doctrin, infecting " the youth of the University with Luther's opinions. " Whereupon the Cardinal sent for him to York Place. " And there, attending upon the Cardinal's plesure, he was " called before him into his inner chamber by the sound of " a little bell, which the Cardinal used to ring when any " person should come or approach unto him. When Mr. " Latymer Avas before him, he well advised him, and said, " Is your name Latymer ? Yea, forsooth, quoth Latymer.
UNDER QUEEN MARY I. 371 " years, nor no babe, but one that should wisely and soberly CHAP. • • XXVIII. " use your self in all your doings. And yet it is reported to. " me of you, that you are much infected with this new fan- Ann0 1555, " tastical doctrin of Luther, and such like heretics, that you [235] " do very much harm among the youth, and other light " heads, with your doctrin. Said Mr. Latymer again, Your " Grace is misinformed ; for I ought to have some more " knowledge, than to be so simply reported of, by reason " that I have studied, in my time, both of the antient doc- " tors of the Church, and also of the school doctors. Marie, " that is wel said, quoth the Cardinal : I am glad to hear " that of you. And therefore, quoth the Cardinal, you " Mr. Dr. Capon, and you Mr. Dr. Marshal, (both being " there present,) say you somewhat to Mr. Latymer touch- " ing some question in Dunce. Wherupon Dr. Capon pro- " pounded a question to Mr. Latymer. Mr. Latymer, being " fresh then of memory, and not discontinued from study, " as those two doctors had been, answered very roundly ; " somewhile helping them to cite their own allegations " rightly, where they had not perfectly nor truly alledged " them. " The Cardinal, perceiving the ripe and ready answering Hath the " of Latymer, said, What mean you, my masters, to bring probation " such a man before me into accusation ? I had thought and dis- " that he had been some light-headed fellow, that never licen ° ce ' to " studied such kind of doctrin as the school authors are. preach. " I pray thee, Latymer, tel me the cause, why the Bishop " of Ely and other do mislike thy preachings. Tell me the " truth, and I will bear with thee upon amendment. Quoth " Latymer, Your Grace must understand, that the Bishop " of Ely cannot favour me, for that not long ago I preached " before him in Cambridge a sermon of this text, Christus " existens Pontifex, &c. wherin I described the office of " a bishop so uprightly as I might, according to the text, " that never after he could abide me ; but hath, not only " forbidden me to preach in his dioces, but also found the " means to inhibit me from preaching in the University. " I pray you, tel me, quoth the Cardinal, what thou didst
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Newgate. FoxuMSS. " preach before him upon that text. Mr. Latymer plainly " and simply (committing his cause unto Almighty God, " who is director of princes hearts) declared unto the Car- " dinal the whole effect of his sermon preached before the " Bishop of Ely. The Cardinal, nothing at al misliking the '* doctrin of the word of God that Latymer had preached, " said unto him, Did you not preach any other doctrin than " you have rehersed ? No, surely, said Latymer. And exa- " mining throughly with the doctors, what els would be " objected against him, the Cardinal said unto Mr. Laty- " mer, If the Bishop of Ely cannot abide such doctrin as " you have here repeated, you shall have my licence, and " shall preach it unto his beard, let him say what he wil. " And therupon, after a gentle monition given unto Mr. " Latymer, the Cardinal discharged him with his licence " home to preach throughout England.
" thought there, that he had been utterly put to silence. " Notwithstanding, the next halyday after, he entred into " the pulpit, and shewed his licence, contrary to al mens " expectation. Not long after, it chanced the Cardinal to " fal into the King's displesure : wherupon divers report, " that Mr. Latymers licence was extincted. Mr. Latymer " answering therunto in the pulpit, said, Where ye think " that my licence decayeth with my Lord Cardinal's tem- Yüklə 12,09 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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