Chap. V. The HISTORY of the PURITANS. 227 land, for the propagation of their faith. The firft of thefe was erelted, Queen when the kingdom was excommunicated ; after which many others were Elizabeth, founded, to the unfpeakable prejudice of the proteftant religion. To fet them before the reader in one view : Colleges were erreEtedat the follow- ingplaces ; The ill at Douay, 1569. by Philp king of Spain. zd at Rome, 1579. by Pope Gregory 13th. 3d at Valladolid, 1589. by the king of Spain. 4th at Seville, 1593. by the fame. 5th at St. Omers, 1596. by the fame. 6th at Madrid, 16o6. by yoféph Crefwel, Jefuit. 7th at Louvaine, 1606. by Philip III. ofSpain. 8th at Leige, 1616. by the Abp. ofthat country. 9th at Ghent, 1624. by Philip IV. The popifh nobility and gentry fent over their children to thefe colleges Puller, g.IX, for education ; and 'tis incredible what a mafs ofmoney, was colleted in P. 92. England for their maintenance, by their provincials, fa-provincials, af- Allants, agents, coadjutors, familiars, &c. out of the eftates offuch catho- licks, as werepofíeffed of abbey lands ; the pope difpenfingwith their hol- ding them, on thefe confiderations. The oath taken by every ftudent at his admiffion, was this ; " Aving refolved tooffer my felf wholly upto divine fervice, as much as I may, to fulfil the end for which this our college was foun- " ded, I promife and fwear in the prefence of Almighty God, that I am " prepared from mine heart, with the afliftance of divine grace, in due " time to receive holy orders, and to return into England, to convert the " fouls ofmy country-men and kindred, when, and as often, as it (hall " feem good to the fuperior of this college. Thenumber of ftudents educated in thefe colleges, may be colleéted from DeSchifmat, hence ; that whereas according to Saunders aneminent popifh writer, there Aug. p. 3655: were but 3o old priefts remaining in England, this year [ 1575], the two colleges of Douay and Rome alone, ina very few years, fent over 300 ; and 'tis not to be doubted, but there was a like proportion from the reft. About this time began to appear the family of Love, which derived its Family of pedigree from one Henry Nicolas, a Dutchman. By their confeffion of faith Lave. publifbed this year, it appears they were high enthufiafts,; that they allego- rized the doftrines of Revelation, and under a pretence ofattaining to fpi- G g 2 ritual
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