affairs; and, on his return, he fell sick, and published his confession of faith, to obviate the imputations of his adver saries: But he afterwards recovered, and was sent for again to Ratisbon, and then to Onolsbach, by Frederick, marquis of Brandenburg. Upon the publication of the conference at Mompelgard abovementioned, he was accused of having falsely imputed some things to Beza, which the latter had never asserted; he therefore went to Bern, to clear himsel of the charge. His last public act was a conference a Baden, in November, 1589, with John Pistorius. Wher he found death drawing near, he made a declaration to several of his friends, concerning his constancy in the faith which he had preached, and published, for forty-four years. When his physician inquired of him, how he found himself? He answered," By nothing separated from my God." Soor afterwards, hearing the clock strike, he asked what hour it was? And upon being told it was six, he added, "My hour shall soon draw near." He used many edifying ex pressions to those about him, and declared great thankful ness to his gracious God and Saviour for his manifold mer cies to his body and soul. At length, he breathed ont his soul with this sentence; "Into thy hands, O Lord, I com mend my Spirit!" His departure was on Jan. 7, 1590, in the 62nd year of his age. The following character is given him by Melchior Adam. "He was an excellent preacher, had an easy manner of instructing the people, and delivered the most obscure points in a such a perspicuous style, that they were understood by the generality of the audience. When he exhorted them to the reformation of their lives, or remonstrated against sin, he made use of great energy of language and elevation of voice, being extremely well qualified both by nature and art for moving the passions and when there was occasion for it, his eloquence was forcible like thunder, and he spoke with such vehemence that he would perspire all over his body, even in the midst of winter. In executing the several branches of his duty, he spared no labour, and was deterred by no fatigue. He was perpetually engaged in composing some work or other, or in writing letters, upon various subjects, to persons of all ranks who consulted him these things he dispatched with admirable quickness and success. There was hardly a day passed, but he gave advice to several persons; being always ready to gratify those who solicited his assistance. He was in great favour with some princes and men of the highest rank, his conversation being very agreeable and facetious. He had a

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arm zeal for the religion which he professed, and was tremely sorry whenever he heard that any person had handoned it." He wrote a great number of books; the 10st remarkable of which was his work "On Concord;" ad some treatises he had written on the "Ubiquity of hrist." He laboured much and strove long for concord; but e might have taken up the words of the Psalmist, and have id, My soul is among lions, and Flie even among them hat are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are pears and arrows, and their TONGUE a sharp sword." salm lvii. 4. He fared as people do, who interpose beween combatants, that is, get blows from both sides, and e thanked by neither. His reward was not from men, but Tom HIM, who hath a particular blessing for the peaceakers.

By his excellent and affectionate wife, he had no less han eighteen children, nine of whom survived him.

ANDREWS, LANCELOT, an eminent divine, and bihop of Winchester in the reigns of James I. and Charles I. was born at London, in 1565, in the parish of All-Hallows Barking, being descended from the ancient family of the Anrews's in Suffolk. He had the rudiments of his education, irst in the Cooper's free-school at Ratcliff under Mr. Ward; nd afterwards in Merchant-Taylor's school at London, unler Mr. Mulcaster. Here he made such a proficiency in the earned languages, that Dr. Watts, residentiary of St. Paul's ind archdeacon of Middlesex, who had lately founded some scholarships at Pembroke Hall in Cambridge, sent him to that College, and bestowed on him the first of those exhibitions. After he had been three years in the university, his custom was to come up to London once a year, about Easter, to visit his father and mother, with whom he usually staid a month; during which time, with the assistance of a master, he applied himself to the attaining some language or art, to which he was before a stranger: by this means, in a few years, he had laid the foundation of all the arts and sciences, and acquired a competent skill in most of the modern languages. Having taken the degree of bachelor of arts, he was, upon a vacancy, chosen fellow of his college. In the mean time Hugh Price, having built Jesus College in Oxford, and hearing much of the fame of young Mr. Andrews, appointed him one of his first fellows on that foundation. Having taken the degree of master of arts, he applied himself to the study of divinity, in the knowledge of which he

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greatly excelled; insomuch that, being chosen catechis in the college, and having undertaken to read a lecture o the ten commandments every Saturday and Sunday at thre o'clock in the afternoon, great numbers out of the other col leges of the university, and even out of the country, resort ed to Pembroke Chapel, as to a divinity lecture. At the same time, he was esteemed so profound a casuist, that he was often consulted in the nicest and most difficult cases o conscience. And now his reputation being spread abroad Henry earl of Huntingdon prevailed upon him to ac company him into the North, of which he was president where, by his diligent preaching, and private conferences in which he used a due mixture of zeal and moderation, he converted several recusants, priests as well as others, to the Protestant religion. From that time he began to be taken notice of by Sir Francis Walsingham, secretary of state to Q. Elizabeth. That minister, (who was unwilling so fine a genius should be buried in the obscurity of a country benefice, his intent being to make him reader of controversies in the university of Cambridge,) assigned him for his main. tenance the lease of the parsonage of Alton in Hampshire, and afterwards procured for him the vicarage of St. Giles's, Cripplegate, in London. Afterwards he was chosen a prebendary and residentary of St. Paul's, as also prebendary of the collegiate church of Southwell. Being thus preferred to his own contentment, he distinguished himself as a diligent and excellent preacher, and read divinity lectures three times a week at St. Paul's, in term time. Upon the death of Dr. Fulke, he was chosen master of Pembroke Hall, of which he had been scholar and fellow: a place of more honour than profit, since he spent more upon it than he received from it, and was a considerable benefactor to that college. He was appointed one of the chaplains in ordinary to Q. Elizabeth, who took such delight in his preaching, that she first made him a prebendary of Westminster, in the room of Dr. Richard Bancroft, promoted to the see of London; and afterwards dean of that church, in the room of Dr. Gabriel Goodman deceased. Dr. Andrews soon grew into far greater esteem with her successor James I. who gave him the preference to all other divines as a preacher, and made choice of him to vindicate his sovereignty against the virulent pens of his enemies. That king promoted him to the bishopric of Chichester, to which he was con secrated Nov. 3, 1605. At the same time he made him his lord almoner; in which place of great trust he behaved

with singular fidelity, disposing of the royal benevolence in the properest manner, and not making those advantages to himself that he might legally have done. Upon the vacancy of the bishopric of Ely, he was advanced to that see, and consecrated Sept. 22, 1609. He was nominated one of his majesty's privy counsellors of England; and afterwards of Scotland, when he attended the king in his journey to that kingdom. After he had sat nine years in that see, he was advanced to the bishopric of Winchester, and deanery of the king's chapel, Feb. 18, 1618; which two last preferments he held till his death. This great prelate was in no less reputation and esteem with Charles I. than he had been with his predecessors. At length he departed this life, at Winchester-house in Southwark, Sept. 25, 1626, in the 71st year of his age; and was buried in the parish church of St. Saviour, Southwark; where his executors erected to him a fair monument of marble and alabaster, on which is an elegant Latin inscription, written by one of his chaplains. His bones, not many years since, were displaced, and upon taking them away (as it seems) to make room for other occupants, the hair of his beard, and his silken cap, were found undecayed in the remains of his coffin.

The character of bishop Andrews, both public and private, was in every respect great and singular. The author of his life celebrates in particular his great zeal and piety, his charity and compassion, his fidelity and integrity, his gratitude and thankfulness, his muníficence and bounty, his hospitality, his humanity and affability, his modesty, his diligent application to study, and his talents as a preacher and writer. He generally hated all sorts of vices, but more especially three, which were, usury, simony, and sacrilege. K. James had so great an awe and veneration for him, that, in his presence, he refrained from

There is a pleasant story related of him, while he was bishop of Winchester, in the life of Mr. Waller the poet. That gentleman going to see the king at dinner, overheard a very extraordinary conversation between his majesty and two prelates, the bishop of Winchester, and Dr. Neale, bishop of Durham, who were standing behind the king's chair. His majesty asked the bishops, "My lords, cannot I take my subjects' money when I want it, without all this formality in parliament?" The bishop of Durham readily answered, "God forbid, sir, but you should; you are the breath of our nostrils." Whereupon the king turned, and said to the bishop of Winchester, "Well, my lord, what say you?" "Sir, (replied the bishop) I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases." The king answered, "No put-offs, my lord; answer me presently." "Then, (said he,) I think it lawful for you to take my brother Neale's money, for he offers it."

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that mirth and levity, in which he indulged himself at other times. What opinion iord Clarendon had of him, appears from hence, that, in mentioning the death of Dr. Bancroft, archbishop of Canterbury, he remarks, that "if he had been succeeded by bishop Andrews, or any man who understood and loved the church, that infection would easily have been kept out, which could not afterwards be so easily expelled.” Our great poet Milton thought him worthy of his pen, and wrote a Latin elegy on his death. His style and manner of writing, however admired in that age, are very exceptionable in the opinion of the best critics of the present. We will sum up the character of this truly reverend man in the words of the bishop of Ely, which he delivered in his sermon on the occasion of his death. "His admirable knowledge in the learned tongues, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Chaldee Syriac, Arabic, besides other modern tongues to the num ber of fifteen (as I am informed), was such and so rare, that he may well be ranked in the first place, to be one of the greatest linguists in Christendom; in which he was so perfect and absolute, both for grammar and profound knowledge therein, that he was so perfect in the grammar and criticism of them, as if he had utterly neglected the matter itself and yet was so exquisite and sound in the matter and learn ing of these tongues, as if he had never regarded the gram mar. Of this reverend prelate, I may say, his life was life of prayer: A great part of five hours every day, h spent in prayer and devotion to God. After the death o his brother Thomas Andrews, whom he loved dearly, h began to reckon of his own, which he said would be in th end of summer or the beginning of winter. And when hi brother Nicholas Andrews died, he took that as a certai warning of his own death; and from that time till the hou of his dissolution, he spent all his time in prayer. And i his last sickness continued, when awake, to pray audibly till his strength failed, and then by lifting up his eyes an hands, shewed that he still prayed and praised God in hi heart, till it pleased God to receive his blessed soul to him

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The other works of bishop Andrews were, 1. "Responsio a Apologiam Cardinalis Bellarmini," &c.-2. "Tortura Torti.""Concio ad Clerum pro Gradu Doctoris."-4. "Concio ad Cleru in Synodo Provinciali Cantuariensis Provinciæ ad Divi Pauli.”5. "Concio Latine, &c. in Aula Grenvici," &c.-6. "Conc Latine habita coram regia Majestate, &c. in Aula Grenvici," &c.