R. ROGERS. 233 the help of Jesus, I will not leaveone preacher in my diocese who doth not subscribe and conform." But, poor man ! he died soon after, and so was disappointed.. Mr. Rogers, in his own private diary, April 25, 1605, makes the following reflections : "I was much in prayer about my troubles, and my God granted me the desire of my heart. For, by the favour and influence of William Lord Knollys, God hath, to my own comfort, and the comfort of my people, delivered me once more out of all my troubles. Oh that I may make a holy use of my liberty ! But it greatly troubles me," adds the good man, " that after labouring betwixt thirty and forty years in the ministry, I am now accounted unworthy to preach ; while 'so many idle and scandalous persons enjoy their ease and liberty."+ Upon Dr. Vaughan's translation to the see of London, and his restoration of many of the suspendedministers, Mr. Rogers makes these reflections, May 30, 1606: " If I preach no more, I heartily thank God for my liberty, both at home and abroad, for this year and a half, and I hope with some fruit. The bishop has been my friend. April 2, 1607, this week came the painful news of our Biskop Vaughan's death ; who, for twenty-eight months, being all the time he continued, he permitted all the godly ministers to live peaceably, and to enjoy liberty in their ministry."t On another occasion, Mr. Rogers having been in great danger of suspension, and many of his brethren being silenced, makes this reflection : " By God's great mercy, I have gained twelve weeks more liberty than I looked for. Therefore I have the greater cause to be content when silencing cometh, especially as many are silenced before ine."§ Mr. Rogers was living in the year 1612; but we are unable to ascertain the exact period of his death. 4. Wood says, that this prelate was preferred first to the see of Gloucester, onaccount of his great learning, gravity, and prudence; and that, though his diocese " was pretty well stocked with those who could not bear the name of a bishop, yet, by hisepiscopal living amongthem, he obtained their love and a good report from them." He seems, however, to have changed his course upon his translation to the see of London ; where he presently died, '" having," it is said, " for many years, with much vigilance, served his church, his king, and his country."-Wood's Athena: Oxon. vol. i. p. 617. + MS. Chronology, vol. U. p. 559. (10.) t Dr. Richard Vaughan, successively Bishop of Bangor, Chester ' and London, was a person of great learning, piety, and moderation, and an admired preacher. As Fuller says, " he was a very corpulent man, but spiritually minded," and a person of an excellent character.-Strype's Aylmer, p. 295.-Granger's Biog. Hist. vol. i. p. 343, 344. MS. Chronology, vol. B. p. 589. (12.)
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