366 LIVES Or. THE PURITANS. Calvinist." He was always fond ofa retired and sedentary life, which rendered him less easy and affable in conversa- tion.. He died August 24, 1630, aged sixty-one years. His Woms.-1. Doctrines Christiana Sex capita, totidem prelectio- nibus in Schola Theol. Oxon pro forma habitis, diseuna, et disceptata, 1610.-2. Appendix ad caput secundum de conciliis evangelicis, 1610.-3. Sermon at St. Mary's in Oxon, being K. James's Inaugu- ration day, 1611.-4. Eight 'Sermons publicly preached in the Uni- versity of Oxford, 1614.-5. The Sin against the Holy Ghost dis- covered, and other Christian Doctrines;'delivered in twelve sermons upon part of the tenth Chap. of the Epis. to the Hebrews, 1615.- 6. Commentaryor Exposition upon the first Chap. ofAmos, delivered in twenty-one Sermons, 1613. Translated into Latin by Mr. Henry Jackson, 1615.-7. Christian Liberty, 1613.--8. ALatin Sermon, on Rev. v. 10., 1616.-9. Prelectiones de Perseverfintia Sanctorum, 1618. -10. TheHavon of the Afflicted, 1620.-11. Commentary or Expo- sition upon the second Chap. of Amos, 1620.-12. Commentary or Exposition upon the third Chap. ofAmos, 1629. ROBERT BROWN.-This very singular person was born at Tolethorp in Rutlandshire, and descended from an ancient and honourable family. He was nearly related to the Lord Treasurer I3urleigh, and his grandfather, by charterfromHenry VIII., obtained the singular privilege of wearing his cap in the king's presence. He received his education in Corpus Christi college, Cambridge, and preached sometimes in Bennet church, where the vehemence of his delivery gained him considerable reputation.t After- wards, he became a schoolmaster in Southwark, London, then a lecturer at Islington, and domestic chaplain to the Duke of Norfolk. Having embraced the principles of the puritans, he resolved to refine them, and produce a scheme more perfect of his own. He openly inveighed against the discipline and ceremonies of the church ofEngland, which he held up to the people as antichristian. In the year 1571, Mr. Brown was cited before Arch- bishop Parker and the other high commissioners at Lambeth, undoubtedly on account of his nonconformity. His noble patron warmly espoused his cause ; disregarded the sum- mons; and resolved to protect his chaplain, as exempt from their lordships' jurisdiction. The stern archbishop and his colleagues, however, sheaved their resolution to proceed against him. Theywrote to the duke, signifying, thatif he 4. Wood's Athena Oxon. vol. i. p.,467. t Fuller's Church that. b. ix. p. 166, 167,
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