Chap. II. The HISTORY of the PURITANS. 4-85 tt the gofpel; befeeching your lordfhips to receive this ingenuous and KingjamesI " humble acknowledgment, together with the unfeigned proteftation of 1618' " my grief, for that I have fo incurred his majefty's and your lordthip's " difpleafure, conceived againft me in behalf of the church of England." ian. 28, t 6 S. John Seidel:. Notwithftanding this fubmiflion, Mr. Fuller fays'tis certain that a fiercer Fuller, . ftorm never fell upon all parfonage barns finte the reformation, than what Book X. was railed by this treatife ; nor didMr. Seidenquickly forget their flopping ¿oiyer, his mouth after this manner. p 7,7. This year died the reverend Mr. William Bradfhaw, born at BofworthMr. Brad. in Leicefterfhire, . 57a. and educated in Emanuel college Cambridge. He thaw's Qea:13, was afterwards removed, and admitted fellow of Sidney college ; where and ch he got an eafy admiflion into the miniftry, being difpenfed with in Tome things that he fcrupled. He preached firft as a lecturer at Abington and then at Steeple-Morton. At length by the recommendation of Dr. Chad- derton, he was fettled at Chatham in Kent, in the year 16o1 but before he had been there a twelve-month, he was fent for by the archbifhop to Shorne, a town fituate between Rochefiese and Gravefend, and commanded to fubfcribe ; which he refufing, was immediately fufpended. The in habitants of Chatham, in their petition for his reftoration, fay, that his doctrine was molt wholefome, true, and learned, void of faftion and' contention ; and his life fo garnifhed with unblemifhed virtues and graces, as malice itfelf could not reprove him. But all intercefiions were to no purpofe : He therefore removed into another diocefe, where he ob- tained a licenfe, and at length was chofen lecturer of Chr¿ church in London. Here he publifhed a treatife againft the ceremonies, for which he was obliged to leave the city, and retire to his friend Mr: Redriche's at Newhall in Leicßerfhire. The bifhop's chancellor followed him thither, with an inhibition to preach, but by the mediation ofa couple ofgood an- gels, (lays my author) the reftraint was takenoff. In this filent and me- Getak, ¿4 lancholy retirement he (pent the vigour and ftrength of his days: At ofBradth., length, as he was attending Mrs. Redriche on a vifit to Chelfeá, he was P.49, feized with a violent fever, which in a few days put an end to his life, in. the forty eighth year of his age. He was full of heavenly exprefíions in his lait ficknefs, and died with great fatisfa&ion in his non-conformity.. Dr. Hall bifhop of Norwich, gives him this charsder : "That he was of. " a ftrong brain, and of a free fpirit, not fuffering himfelf for fmall diffe-. " rences of judgment, to be alienated from his friends, to whom, not- " withftanding his feeming aufterity, he was very pleafing in converfa- " . Lion, being fullof witty and harmlefs urbanity : He was very ftrong and " eager in arguing, hearty in friendfhip, regardlefs of the world, a. de -
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