78 LIVES OF THE PURITANS. the ordinanee of God, and for conscience sake, with all our hearts, we promise and protest our submission. We seek Unto you to obtain some relief for us. And we commit our lives and whole estate to Almighty God, to your gracious clemency, and to the care of her right excellent majesty, ceasing not, day and night, to pray that the blessings of grace and glory may rest upon you for ever."° This supplicationwas sigtied by Messrs.'George Gifford, Ralph Hawden, William Tunstall, John Huckle, Giles Whiting, and Roger Carr ; but whether it proved of any advantage, is extremely doubtful. Most probably they continued much longer tinder suspension. Mr. Gifford subscribed the " Book of Discipline."+ He lived to a good old age, and died about the year 1620. His Wonks.-1. Country Divinity, containing a Discourse of certain points of Religion among the Commonsort of Christians, with a plain Confutation thereof, 1581.-2. A Sermon on the Parable of the Sower, 1581.-3. A Dialogue between a Papist and a Protest- ant, applied to the capacity of the Unlearned, 1583,-4. Against the Priesthood and sacrifice of the Church of Rome, wherein you may perceive theirImpiety in usurping that Office and Action which ever appertaineth to Christ only, 1584.-5. A Sermon on 2 Pet. i. 11., 1584.-6. A Catechism, giving a most excellent light to those that seek to enter the Path-way to Salvation, 1586.-7. A Sermon on Jam. ii. 14-26., 1586.-8. A Discourse of the subtile Practices of Devils by Witches and Sorcerers, 1587.-9. Sermons on the first four Chapters and part of the fifth Chapter of Ecclesiastes, 1589.- 10. A short Treatise against the Donatists of England, whom we call Brownists, wherein, by Answer unto their Writings, their Heresies are noted, 1590.-11. A Plain Declaration that our Brownists be full Donatists, by comparing them together from point to point out of the Writings of Augustin, 1591.-12. A Reply to Mr. Joh. Green- wood and Hen. Barrow, touching read Prayer, wherein their gross Ignorance is detected, 1591.-13. A Sermon at. Paul's Cross, on Psalm cxxxiii., 1591.-14. A Dialogue concerning Witches and Witchcrafts t in which is laid open how craftily the Devil deceiveth 'not only the Witches, but others, 1593.-15. A Treatise of true Fortitude, 1594.-16. A Commentary or Sermons on the whole Book of Revelations, 1596.-17. Two Sermons on 1 Pet. v. 8, 9. 1598. i-18. Four Sermons upon several parts of Scripture, 1598.-19. An Exposition on the Canticles, 1612.-20. Five Sermons on the Song of Solomon, 1620.-21. An English Translation of Dr. Fulke's Pre- lections on the Holy Revelations. 4. MS. Register, p.813-820. Neal's Puritans, vol. I. p. UR.
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