BRADSHAW. 269 was preached by his worthy friend Mr. Thomas Gataker,, who gave him the followingcharacter : " He was studious, humble, upright, affectionate, liberal, and compassionate. He possessed a sharp wit, a clear apprehension, a sound judgment, an exact method, a powerful delivery, and a singular dexterity in clearing up intricate debates, dis- covering the turning points in dispute, stating controversies aright, and resolving cases of conscience." The celebrated Bishop Hall says, " He had a strong understanding, and a free spirit, not suffering himself for small matters of judg- ment to be alienated from his friends; to whom, notwith- standing his seeming austerity, he was very pleasing in conversation,being full of witty and harmless urbanity. He was verystrong and eager in argument, hearty in friendship, regardless of the world, a despiser of compliment, a lover of reality, full of digested learning and excellent notions, a painful labourer iii God's work, and now, no doubt, gloriously rewarded.".. The productions of Mr. Bradshaw's pen were numerous, and most of them very excellent. His " Treatise of Justi- fication," was much admired by men of learning, as appears from the following anecdote : Some time after Mr. Bradshaw's death, the famous Dr. Prideaux, being in com- pany with his son, and, finding who he was, said, " I am glad to see the son of that man, for the old acquaintance I had, not with your father, but with his Book of Justifica- tion. "t We shall give a list of his pieces, in addition to those already mentioned, though perhaps not in the exact order in which they came forth, as it is difficult to procure an exact statement of the time of their publication. His WORKS.--i. ATreatise of Divine Worship, tending to prove that the Ceremonies imposed upon the Ministers of the Gospel in England, in present Controversy, are in their use unlawful, 1604.- 2. ATreatise of the Nature and Use of Things Indifferent, tending to prove that theCeremonies, in present Controversy, are neither in Nature or Use Indifferent, 1605.-3. Twelve Arguments, proving that the Ceremonies imposed upon the Ministers of the Gospel in England by our Prelates, are unlawful; and, therefore, that the Ministers of the Gospel, for the bare and sole omission of them in Church-service, for conscience sake, are most unjustly charged of Disloyalty to his Majesty, 1605.-4. A Protestation of the King's Supremacy, made in the name of the AfflictedMinisters, and opposed to the shameful Calumniations of the Prelates, 1605.-5. A Propo- sition concerning Kneeling in the very Act of Receiving, 1605.-6. A short Treatise of the Cross in Baptism.-7. A Consideration of Clark's Lives, p. 51, 60. I- Ibid. p.
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