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The Works Of John Milton In Verse And Prose Iv
The Works Of John Milton In Verse And Prose Iv Author:John Milton Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: The Judgment of Martin Bucer concerning Divorce: Writt'n to Edward the Sixt, in his Second Book of the Kingdom of Chrift : And now Englifht. Where... more »in a late Book, reftoring the Doclrine and Dif- cipline of Divorce, is here confirm'd and juftify'd by the Authority of Martin Bucer. To the Parlament of England. John 3. 10. Art thou a Teacher of Ifrael, and kntnju'Jl not tbefe things ? Teftimonies of the high Approbation which Learned Men have given of Martin Bucer. Symon Grynceus, 1533. AMong all the Germans, I give the Palm to Eucer for Excellence in the Scriptures. Melanchton in human Learning is wondrous fluent; but greater Knowledg in the Scripture I attribute to Bucer, and fpeak it unfainedly. "John Calvin, 1539. Martin Bucer, a moft faithful Doctor of the Church of Chrift, befides his rare Learning, and copious Knowledg of many things, befides his clearnes of Wit, much Reading, and other many and various Vertues, wherein he is almoft by none now living excell'd, hath few Equals, and excels moft; hath this praife peculiar to himfelf, that none in this Age hath us'd exacter diligence in the Expofition of Scripture. And a little beneath. Bucer is more large then to be read by over-bufied Men, and too high to be eafily underftood by unat- tentive Men, and of a low capacity. Sir John Cheek, Tutor to K. Edward VI. 1551. We have loft our Mafter, then whom the World fcarce held a greater, whether we confider his knowledg of true Religion, or his integrity and innocence of life, or his inceflant ftudy of holy things, or his matchlefs labour of promoting piety, or his authority and amplitude of teaching, or whatever els was praife- worthy and glorious in him. Script. Anglicana,pag. 864. John Sturmius of Stra/burgh. No man ca...« less