A

SELECTION

FROM

THE WRITINGS

OF THE

REFORMERS

AND

EARLY PROTESTANT DIVINES

OF THE

Church of England.

BY THE REV. LEGH RICHMOND, A. M.

OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE; RECTOR OF TURVEY, BEDFORDSHIRE;

AND CHAPLAIN TO H. R..H. THE DUKE OF KENT.

THIS VOLUME CONTAINS

VARIOUS TRACTS AND EXTRACTS

FROM THE WORKS OF

LANCELOT RIDLEY;

ALSO THE

CATECHISM OF KING EDWARD VI.

WITH

Memorials of their Lives.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED BY JOHN HATCHARD, BOOKSELLER TO THE QUEEN,

190, OPPOSITE ALBANY, PICCADILLY;

And sold by Messrs. RIVINGTONS, St. Paul's Churchyard, and L. B. SEELEY,
Fleet Street, London; PARKER, Oxford, DEIGHTON, Cambridge;

and every other Bookseller in the United Kingdom.

EK

The Selections contained in this Volume originally formed a Portion of the Second Volume in the Series published by the same Editor, under the Title of "The Fathers of the English Church."

MOY

NEW YORK

S. Gosnell, Printer, Little Queen Street, London.

TO

HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY

GEORGE III.

OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND

KING,

DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, &c. &f.

TO THE MOST REVEREND
THE ARCHBISHOPS;
THE RIGHT REVEREND
THE BISHOPS ;

AND THE REVEREND

THE CLERGY,

OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND:

THIS WORK,

INTENDED AS A MONUMENT

TO THE HONOUR OF

THOSE HOLY MARTYRS, VENERABLE CONFESSORS,

AND EARLY PROTESTANT DIVINES,

TO WHOM, UNDER GOD,

THE REFORMED CHURCH OF CHRIST IN THESE REALMS

OWES ITS

RISE, PROGRESS,

AND SUBSEQUENT ESTABLISHMENT,

IS,

WITH GREAT RESPECT,

DEDICATED,

AND SUBMITTED TO THEIR PATRONAGE,

BY

THE EDITORS.