418 LIVES OF THE PURITANS. have your honours had of this man of God, ofhis godliness and gravity, and of the manifold gifts of God in him, that I need say no more, as any way doubting of your honour- ableacceptation." In the edition of his works, published in 1612, there is a dedication by Mr. Stephen Egerton, another excellent pu- ritan, to Sir Marmaduke Darrell and Sir Thomas Bloother, knights, part of which is as follows Surely, if one heathen man could gather gold out of the writings of another, how much more may we, being christians, gather not gold only, but pearls and precious ,stones out of the religious and holy labours of Mr. Richard Greenhorn, being a most godly brother ; yea, more than a brother, even a most painful pastor, zealous preacher, and reverend father in the church of God ; ofwhom I am persuaded 'that for practical divinity he was inferior to few or none in his time." This pious divine had a strong and an unceasing attach- ment to the house of God. He used to say that ministers ought to frequent those places most where God hath made them most useful. Having once found the sweetness of gaining souls, thither should theybe most desirous to resort. He had so conscientious a regard for the ordinance of public worship, that, however weak might be the talents of the preacher, he constantly esteemed it his duty, as well as his happiness, to resort to the house of the Lord. GILES WIGGINTON, A. M.-This zealous puritan was born at Oundle in Northamptonshire, educated in Trinity college, Cambridge, and, in 1566, made second scholar in the college. He went to the university under the patronage and recommendation of Sir Walter Mildmay,u and was educated under Dr. Beaumont, master of the above college. Afterwards, he was chosen fellow of the house, though much opposed by Dr. Whitgift, then master of the college. He took his degrees in arts in 1571, having made great progress in the knowledge of divinity and the Greek and * Sir Walter Mildmay was a constant friend to the persecuted noncon- formists, and founder of Emanuel college, Cambridge, which afterwards became the very nursery of puritanism. He was surveyor of the court of argumentation in the reign of Henry VIII., and privy counsellor, chancellor, and under-treasurer of the exchequer to Queen Elizabeth. He is celebrated by Camden, and other historians, for his uncommon merit in his private and public character.-/u/kr's Hist. of QM. p. 146, 147.-Granger's Biog. Hist. vol. i. p, 253.
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