same plan is pursued in the present publication; the involved construction of sentences, common in writers of that period, has also been removed. Those words which have become unintelligible or offensive, are exchanged for others, or are explained by notes when it is desirable that they should be retained. These variations, if they may be so called, were as necessary to render this work generally useful, as the adoption of modern orthography. The utmost care has been taken that the meaning of the author should be strictly preserved, and the various pieces have been collated with the best and earliest editions, or with manuscript copies. This has been done, that the meaning of the author might be given as nearly as possible, not from the first editions being the most correct, as they often abound with errors, for which the hurried or careless manner in which they were for the most part passed through the press, will readily account. The present reprints, it is believed, will be found to present the most correct text of these writers that has hitherto appeared. More than half of the pieces included in this collection, have not been reprinted since the sixteenth century, and a considerable portion is now printed for the first time." The Volumes included under the title of THE BRITISH REFORMERS may be arranged in the following order: By order of the Executive Committee. WM. M. ENGLES, EDITOR. CONTENTS. A Treatise of the Holy Scriptures, gathered out of certain Ser- An Exposition upon the two Epistles of the Apostle St. Paul to Part I. Contains a brief account of the opposition which truth and true religion have met with in all ages, IV. Gives an account of the rule, lives, and conduct of the popes, and other members of the church of Rome, who have asserted themselves to be the V. Is concerning the opinions maintained by the an- cient fathers and councils, with a comparison be- tween some of the protestant and popish tenets VI. Explains the estimation in which Protestants held the councils and decrees of the primitive church, Bishop of Salisbury. JOHN JEWELL was born May 24th, 1522, at Buden, in the parish of Berry Nerber, in the north of Devonshire. His father was of an ancient family, but not wealthy, and having ten children, John, the youngest son, was indebted in early life to some benevolent friends for the assistance which enabled him to pursue his studies. He received the rudiments of education at several schools; in the last of these, Barnstaple, he had for his school-fellow Harding, who afterwards was his most zealous and bitter antagonist. Jewell was of an amiable disposition; at an early age he gave indications of great talent, and an earnest desire for knowledge. When thirteen, he was entered at Merton college in Oxford, where his first tutor was a Mr. Burrey," a man meanly learned, and somewhat tainted with popery." This tutor having another pupil, committed Jewell to the care of Parkhurst, afterwards bishop of Norwich, then of Merton college, "who being desirous, with all other wholesome learning, to season his tender years with pure religion, took occasion often before him to dispute with Burrey about controverted points; and intending to compare the translations of the bible by Coverdale and Tindal, gave him Tindal's to read, himself overlooking Coverdale's. Thus he early brought his pupil to a close acquaintance with the scriptures. During this collation, Parkhurst observed such indication of talent in Jewell, that he exclaimed, "Surely, Paul's cross will one day ring of this boy," a presage which was fully realized in the event. While Jewell was at Merton college the plague broke out at Oxford, in consequence of which he removed to Croxham, where, by lodging in a low, damp room, and pursuing his studies in the night with too much ardour, he caught a cold, which settled in his limbs, and affected him with a lameness. that attended him to his grave. In August, 1539, by the interest of his friends, he was removed to Corpus Christi college, where he met with encouragement, but also experienced the effects of envy from some of his fellows, who often suppressed his exercises, substituting others more resembling their own. In October 1540, Jewell took his first degree with very great applause. He continued to prosecute his studies with increased vigour, beginning at four in the morning, and continuing till ten at night, needing some person to remind him of his necessary food. His reputation for learning was such, that Mr. Parkhurst committed his own son to the care of his former pupil for a time, till Serles, vicar of St. Peter's, Oxford, a |