THORNE. 395 inscription upon black marble, of which the following is a translation:. Here lies, peaceably sleeping in the Lord, the body ofROBERT BOLTON, who died December the seventeenth, in the year 1631. He was one of the first and most learned of our church. His other excellencies all England knoweth, lamenting the day of his death. His WORKS.-1. A Discourse about the State of true Happiness, 1611.-2. Directions for Walking withGod, 1625.-3. Meditations of the Life to come, 1628.-4. Instructions for the right Comforting Afflicted Consciences, 1631.-5. Helps to Humiliation, 1631.-6. The Four Last Things-Death, Judgment, Hell, and Heaven, 1632. - 7. Assize Sermons, and other Sermons, 1632, &c.-8. Funeral Notes on his PatronSir Augustin Nichols, 1633.-9. Carnal Professor; or, the woful Slavery ofMen guidedby the Flesh, 1634.-10. The Saints' sure and perpetual Guide, 1634.-11. The Saints' self-enrichingEx- amination; or, a Treatise concerning the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, 1634.-12. The Saints' Soul-exalting Humiliation, or Soul- fatting Fasting, 1634.-13. A short and private Discourse between Mr. Bolton and one M. S. concerning Usury, 1637.-14. Devout Prayers on Solemn Occasions, 1638.-15. A Cordial for Christians in the Time of Affliction, 1640.-16. The Last Visitation, Conflicts, and Death of Mr. Thomas Peacock, B. D. and Fellow of Brazen-nose college, Oxford, 1646. GILES THORNE was of Baliol-college, Oxford, and one of the preachers to the university. Mr. Thomas Ford of Magdalen-hall, Mr. William Hodges of Exeter college, and Mr. Thorne, having in their sermons at St. Mary's church, in the year 163,1, used some bold expressions against the sentiments of the Arminians, were convened before the vice-chancellor Dr. Smith and others, as offenders against his majesty's injunctions. They were required to deliver up copies of their sermons ; but perceiving the vice- chancellor's partiality and injustice, they appealed to the proctors, who received their appeal, as they had a right to do, according to the statutes of the university. Bishop Laud, receiving information of the case, complained of their appeal to the king, who heard the whole business at Woodstock ; when, by the influence of this prelate, the three divines were expelled from the university ; the two Whalley's list of Northamptonshire, vol. ii. p. 89. Edit. 1791.
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