W. BURTON-R. ROGERS. 231 we have not been able to learn. His being under the wing of so honourable and worthy a patron, might prove a suffi- cient protection: One of the same name, and probably the same person, was afterwards a minister in Bristol, then at Reading in Berkshire, and lastly at St. Sepulchres, London, where he died about November, 1612.. There were two other Mr. William Burtons, both persons of distinguished eminence, who lived about the same time.i. His WORKS.--I. A Sermon preached at Norwich, on Jcr. iii. 14., 1589.-2. A. Catechism containing certain Questions and Answers concerning the Knowledge of God, and the right use of the Law, 1591.-3. David's Evidence; or, the Assurance of God's Love, 1592.-4. A Caveat for Sureties, 1593.-5. Exposition of the Lord's Prayer, drawn into Questions and Answers, 1594.-6. The Rousing of the Sluggard, 1595.-7. Conclusions of Peace between God and Man, containing comfortable Meditations for the Children of God, 1595.-8. Sermons on the Church's Love toChrist her Husband,'1595, -9. David's Thanksgiving for the Arraignment of the Man of Earth, 1598.-10. Ten Sermons on Matt. v. 3, 4., 1602.-11. The Anatomy of Belial, 1602.-12. Certain Questions and Answers con- cerning the Attributes of God, 1602.-13. Questions and Answers concerning the right use of the Lawof God, 1602.-14. AnAbstraet of the Doctrine of the Sabbath, briefly, yet fully and plainly set forth, 1606. RICHARDROGERS.-This excellent divine was educated at Cambridge, and was afterwards for many years the labori- ous and useful minister of Wethersfield in Essex. Hewas a zealous, faithful, and profitable labourer in the vineyard of the Lord, for the space of forty-six years. He was a man of considerable learning, and of a most humble, peace- able, and exemplary life; but a great sufferer for noncon- formity. In the year 1583, upon the publication of Whit- gift's three articles, and the severites which accompanied them, Mr. Rogers, with twenty-six of his brethren, all ministers of Essex, presented their petition to the lords of the council for relief ; an abstract of which is given in another place.t This petition does not seem to have produced the desired effect : for Whitgift suspended and silenced them all, and protested that not one of them should preach without sub- scription and an exact conformity. What kind of treat- Wood's Athenw Oxon. vol. 1, p. 286, 287. .rBiog. Brit.. vol. iii. p. 42. Edit. 1778. I See Art. George Gifford.
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