Chap.I. The HISTORY of the PURITANS. 42I ffudies, and was chofe fellow of Trinity college in the year 1563. The KingJames I. year following he bore a part in the philofophyat before the queen. r6C M In the year 1567. he commenced batchelor of divinity, and three years after was chofen Lady Margaret's profeffor. He was fuch a popular preacher, that when his turn came to preach at St. Mary's, the fexton was obliged to take down the windows. But Mr. Cartwright venturing in fome of his leftares to thew the defe ±s of the difcipline of the church, as it then flood, was queftioned for it before the vice-chancellor, denied his dolor's degree, and expelled the univerfity, as has been related. He then travelled to Geneva, and afterwards became preacher to the Englifh merchants at Antwerp. King yames invited him to be profefror in his univerfity of St. Andrews, which he declined. After his return from Antwerp he was often in trouble by fufpenfions, deprivations, and long imprifonment; at length the'great earl of Leicefler, who knew his worth,. made him governor of his hofpital in Warwick, where he 'ended his days, December z7th. 1603. He was certainly one of the moft learned and acute difputants of his age, but very ill ufed by the governing clergy. He wrote feveral books (betides his controverfy witharchbifhopWhitgift) as his latin comment on Eccle/la/les, dedicated to king James, in which he thankfully acknowledges his being appointed profeffor to a Scots uni- verftty; his celebrated confutation of the Rhemß tranflation of the New Teftament, to which work he was folicited not only by Sir FrancisWeil- fzngham, but by letter under the hands of the principal divines of Cam- bridge, as Roger Goad, William Whitaker, Thomas Crooke, John Ireton, William' Fulke, John Field, Nicholas Crane, Gibs Seinthe, RichardGar- diner, William Clarke, &c. Such an opinion had thefe great men of his abilities and learning. He was a perfon of uncommon induftry and piety, fervent in prayer, a frequent preacher; and of a meek and hum- ble fpirit. In his old age-he was fo°troubled -with the Clone and gout by frequent lying in prifons, that he was obliged always to ftudy on his knees. His laft fermon was ofi Ecclef xis. 7. Then shall the duff return to the earth, and thefpirit _hall return to God who gave it. TheTuefday following he was two hours on his knees in private prayer, and a few hours after quietly reigned his fpirit to God, in the 68th year of his age, and was buried in his own hofpital. The famous Mr. Dod preached his funeral fermon. Six weeks after him, died his great antagonitt Dr. John Whitgift, arch- ,,frchby¡,op bifhop of Canterbury; who was born at Great Grimfby in Lincoln_hire, in Whirgift's the year 153o. and educated id Pembrook.hall, and was fellow ofPeter- death and hou e Cambridge. He complied with the changes in queen Mary's reign, `harmer. f 8 P g q y Grey's though he difapproved of her religion. He commenced dottor of divi- Exam. p. 24. nity 1569 ; and was afterwards Margaret and queen's profeffor, and Vol. II. mailer
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