This was his behaviour towards God; and for that to man, it is obfervable, that he was never known to be angry, or pafsionate, or extreme in any of his defires; never heard to repine or difpute with Providence, but, by a quiet gentle fubmifsion and refignation of his will to the wisdom of his Creator, bore the burthen of the day with patience; never heard to utter an uncomely word: And by this, and a grave behaviour, which is a divine charm, he begot an early reverence unto his person, even from those that at other times and in other companies, took a liberty to caft off that ftrictness of behaviour and discourse that is required in a collegiate life. And when he took any liberty to be pleasant, his wit was never blemished with fcoffing, or the utterance of any conceit that bordered upon or might beget a thought of looseness in his hearers. Thus innocent and exemplary was his behaviour in his College; and thus this good man continued till death; ftill increafing in learning, in pa tience, and in piety." In this nineteenth year of his age he was chofen, December 24, 1573, to be one of the twenty scholars of the foundation; being elected and admitted as born in Devonshire; out of which county a certain number are to be elected in vacan cies by the founder's ftatutes. And now he was much encou raged; for now he was perfectly incorporated into this beloved College, which was then noted for an eminent library, ftrict ftudents, and remarkable fcholars. And indeed it may glory, that it had Bishop Jewel, Dr. John Reynolds, and Dr. Thomas Jackson, of that foundation. The first famous by his learned i The celebrity of this College, founded in 1516, by Dr. Richard Fox, Bishop of Winchefter, was in fome measure predicted by Erafmus, in a letter to his friend, Dr. John Claymond, the firft Prefident: "Mihi præfagit "Animus futurum olim ut iftud Collegium, ceu Templum facrofanctum, optimis literis dicatum, toto terrarum orbe, inter præcipua Decòra "Britanniæ numeretur." See "Knight's Life of Erafmus," p. 211. 86 Dr. THOMAS JACKSON, defcended from a refpectable family and born at Witton on the Wear, in the county of Durham, was defigned by his parents to be a merchant in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. From this intention he was diverted by the Lord Eure, Baron of Malton, &c. through whofe perfuafion he was placed in Queen's College, Oxford, and from thence removed to Corpus Chrifti College. He was firit promoted to the pleafant rectory of Winston, in his native county, and then to the vicarage of Newcafileupon-Tyne. After a refidence of fome years in that town, he was invited to return to Oxford, and was appointed Prefident of his College. The precious manufcripts, which he left at his death, were configned by Archbishop Sheldon to the care of Mr. Barnabas Oley, who tells us, that the reader will find in this author an eminent excellency in that part of divinity which I make bold to call Chriftology, in difplaying "the great mystery of godliness, God manifested in human flesh.” He adds, He that will carefully perufe this good author's works, fhall "thereby have a goodly profect of the Old and New Testament opened unto him; fhall mightly improve in the undertanding of the holy "Apology for the Church of England," and his "Defence of it against Harding " The fecond, for the learned and wife "holy Bible." And in his preface to Mr. Herbert's "Country Parfon," he blefses God for the confirmation which Dr. Jackson hath given him in the Chriftian religion against the Atheist, Jew, and Socinian, and in the Protefiant against Rome. One part of Dr. Jackson's character is highly deserving of imitation. De willingly admitted, and was much delighted with the acquaintance and familiarity of hopeful young divines, not defpifing their youth, but accounting them as fons and brethren, encouraging and advifing them what books to read, and with what holy preparations; lending them fuch books as they had need of. So placid and benign was his difpofition that no one ever went fad from his prefence. A circumfiance, which occurred in his earlier life, affords an oppor tunity of congratulating the prefent age on a noble and humane infiitution. That circumftance is thus related by his biographer: Walking out with others of the company to wash himself, he was in "imminent peril of being drowned. The depth closed him round about, "the weeds were wrapt about his head. He went down to the bottom of "the mountains, the earth with her bars was about him for ever, yet God "brought his soul from corruption, Jonah ii. 5, 6. that, like Mofes from "the flags, for the future good of the church and government of the "College where he lived, there might be preferved the meekeft man alive, or, like Jonas, there might be a prophet revived, as af"terwards he proved, to forewarn the people of enfuing defiruc❝tion, if peradventure they might repent, and God might revoke the judgments pronounced againft, and fpare this great and fin"ful nation. It was a long and almost incredible space of time wherein he lay under water, and before a boat could be procured, which was fent for rather to take out his body, before it floated, for a decent funeral, than out of hopes of recovery of life. The boatman difcerning where he was by the bubbling of the water, the last "figes of a man expiring, thrust down his hook at that very moment, σε which, by happy Providence, at the firft essay, lighted under his arm, "and brought him up into the boat. All the parts of his body were "fwollen into a vaft proportion, and although by holding his head "downward they let forth much water, yet no hopes of life appeared, "therefore they brought him to the land, and lapped him up in the gowns of his fellow-ftudents, the beft throud that love or necefsity "could provide. After fome warmth and former means renewed, they "perceived, that life was yet within him, conveyed him to the College, " and commended him to the kill of Dr. Channel, an eminent physi "cian of the fame houfe, where, with much care, time, and difficulty, "he recovered, to the equal joy and wonder of the whole fociety. All "men concluded him to be referved for high and admirable purposes." 1 Dr. THOMAS HARDING, educated at Winchefter fchool, became Fellow of New College, Oxford, in 1536. He was the firft King's Hebrew Profefsor in that University, having been appointed by Henry VIII. in, or about, 1542. He was, in the reign of King Edward VI. a conflant attendant on the lectures of Peter Martyr, and difplayed great zeal for the Reformed religion. A little before the King's death he exhorted the people not to fhrink from the true doctrine of the gospel in the day of trouble, but to condider perfecution as tent from God to try their faith. But alas! he found himfelf unequal to temptation. Under Queen Mary he manage of a public difpute with John Hart, of the Roman perfuafion, about the head and faith of the church, then printed by confent of both parties. And the third for his moft excellent Expofition of the Creed," and for his other treatifes; all fuch as have given greatest fatisfaction to men of the greatest learning. Nor was this man more eminent for his learning, than for his ftrict and pious life, teftified by his abundant love and charity to all ". In the year 1576, February 23, Mr. Hooker's grace was given him for Inceptor of Arts; Dr. Herbert Weftphaling, a man of he abandoned his principles, and obtained confiderable preferment, a Prebend in the church of Winchefter, and the Treafurerthip of Salisbury." On the accession of Queen Elizabeth he adhered to the religion to which he had recently conformed, and fled beyond fea to Louvain, where he diftinguished himself by writing against Bishop Jewel's "Challenge." He had been Chaplain to the Duke of Suffolk, father of Lady Jane Grey. A letter from her is yet extant in Fox's "Book of Martyrs,' addrefsed to him in very ftrong language. She admonishes him to relinquish the errors of Popery, reproaches him for his apoftacy, and urges many arguments to perfuade him to repentance and reformation. Mr. Hooker (Eccles. Polit. B. II. 6.) applies to Bishop Jewel and this his antagonist, what Velleius Paterculus remarks of Jugurtha and Marius: "Sub eodem Africano militantes in iifdem caftris didicere quæ poftea "in contrariis facerent." Mr. Harding and the worthieft divine that Chriftendom hath bred for the space of fome hundreds of years, who being brought up together in one University, it fell out in them which was fpoken of two others, "they learned in the fame that which in contrary camps they did practife." m A convert to Popery, flyled by Camden the moft learned of his brethren, known principally from his difpute with Dr. Reynolds, the particulars of which are related in "the Sum of a Conference between' John Reynolds and John Hart, touching the Head and the Faith of the Church, &c. London, 1588," approved, as it is faid, by John Hart to be a true conference, and tranflated into Latin by Heary Parry, C. C. C. Being banished from England with other Roman priefis in 1584, he was admitted of the Society of Jefus, and was much refpected by his fraternity for his learning and fanctity of life. (Wood's Ath. Ox.) "In the preceding editions the name of Cardinal Poole was inferted. He was originally of Magdalen College, Oxford, where in 1515 he was admitted B. A. In 1522 Bishop Fox appointed him Fellow of Corpus Chrifti College, during his refidence in foreign parts, but whether he came to take possession of his Fellowship is not certain. (See Gutch's Wood's Colleges and Halls, p. 320, 398.) Otherwife Weftfayling, of foreign extraction, being the grand fon of Harbert, a native of Weftphalia in Germany; he was Canon of Chrift Church, and Vice-Chancellor of the University for one part of the year in 1576, and confecrated Bishop of Hereford in 1585-6: a man of great piety of life, and of fuch gravity, that he was fearce ever feen to laugh; leaving no great eftate, but, as he declares in his will, fuch a one as would be attended with the blefsing of God, as being confcious to himfelf that no part of it was acquired by any dishonefi means. : noted learning, being then Vice-Chancellor, and the act following, he was completed Mafter, which was anno 1577, his pas tron, Dr. Cole, being that year Vice-Chancellor, and his dear friend, Henry Savil of Merton College, then one of the Proctors. It was that Henry Savil, that was after Sir Henry Savil, Warden of Merton College, and Provoft of Eaton he which founded in Oxford two famous Lectures, and endowed them with liberal maintenance. It was that Sir Henry Savil.that tranflated and enlightened the "Hiftory of Cornelius Tacitus," with a moft excellent comment; and enriched the world by his laborious and chargeable collecting the scattered pieces of St. Chryfoftom and the publication of them in one p 1576. John Underhill of New College, Pr. And 1576. Henry Savil of Merton College, Pr. [LE NEVE.] HENRY SAVIL, celebrated for his fuperior knowledge of Greek literature, his proficiency in mathematical and philofophical studies, has been flyled "That magazine of learning, whofe memory fhall be ho"nourable amongst not only the learned, but the righteous for ever.” He was born at Over-Bradley, near Halifax in Yorkshire, Nov. 30, 1547, and was admitted into Merton College, Oxford, in 1561. Upon his return from his travels into France and other countries, he was ap pointed preceptor to Queen Elizabeth in the Greek language. He was one of the learned men, to whom the province of tranflating the Bible was configned in the beginning of the reign of James I. His name is in the fifth clafs, among thofe to whom the four Gofpels, the Acts of the Apoftles, and the Apocalypfe were allotted. Nor was he lefs diftinguifhed for his knowledge of English antiquities. He founded and liBerally endowed two Professorships at Oxford, one of Geometry, the, other of Aftronomy. At this time fcholaftic learning and polemic divinity were principally regarded and encouraged. In the preamble of the deed, by which a falary was annexed to those two Profefsorships, it is expressly faid that "Geometry was almost totally unknown and aban-, "doned in England." One of the most important tranflations in the 16th century was that of the four first books of "Tacitus," and "The Life of Agricola," by Sir Henry Savil. The valuable notes that accompanied thefe tranflations were rendered into Latin by Gruter, and published at Amfterdam. Ben Jonfon has commended this work in an epigram, which begins with thefe lines "If, my religion safe, I durst embrace "In thee, moft weighty Savile, liv'd to us." "Learning," faith Fuller, (Holy State, p. 186.) "hath gained moft by thofe books by which the printers have loft." As an inftance of the truth of this remark he adds, " Our worthy English Knight, who fet "forth the golden-mouthed Father' in a filver print, was a lofer by it." To the excellency of this edition a learned foreigner hath given his tef timony by applying to it the line in Horace. "Nil oriturum aliàs, nil ortum tale fatemur,” entire body in Greek; in which language he was a most judicious critic. It was this Sir Henry Savil that had the happinefs to be a contemporary, and a moft familiar friend to our Richard Hooker, and let pofterity know it. And in this year of 1577, he was chofen Fellow of the College: happy alfo in being the contemporary and friend of Dr. John Reynolds, of whom I have lately spoken, and of Dr. Spencer; both of which were after and fuccefsively made Prefidents of his College men of great learning and merit, and famous in their generations. Nor was Mr. Hooker more happy in his contemporaries of his time and college, than in the pupilage and friendship of his Edwin Sandys and George Cranmer; of whom my reader may note, that this Edwin Sandys was after Sir Edwin Sandys, and as famous for his "Speculum Europa" as his brother George for making posterity beholden to his pen by a learned relation 9 GEORGE SANDYS, the friend of Lucius Lord Viscount Falkland, the feventh and youngest fon of Archbishop Sandys, not lefs illuftrious for his exalted piety, than for his accomplishments as a gentleman and a fcholar, was born at Bifhopthorp, near York, in 1577. He travelled through feveral parts of Europe, and vifited many countries and cities in the Eaft. The " Hiftory of his Travels," a work written by himself, is at this day read with great fatisfaction.. He translated "Ovid's Metamorphofes" into English verfe: but he delighted chiefly in exercifing his genius on facred fubjects. He is acknowledged to be the first poet of his age.-In the parish-register of Boxley in Kent, where he died, is this entry. "Georgius Sandys poetarum Anglorum sui "fæculi princeps fepultus fuit Martii 7. ftilo Angliæ. An. Dom. 1643," Mr. Dryden declares him to be the beft verfifier of the times in which he lived, and in the opinion of Mr. Pope, English poetry owes much of its prefent beauty to his tranflations. Nor are his original compofitions lefs elegant and correct. To juftify the character given of him as a poet by Walton, I fubjoin his “ Verfion of the VIII Psalm;” "Lord, how illuftrious is thy name! "Whofe power both heav'n and earth proclame! "Above the marble-arched fky. "The wonders of thy power thou haft "In mouths of babes and fucklings plac'd: "That fo thou mightft thy foes confound, "And who in malice most abound. "When I, pure heav'n, thy fabric fee, "That thou shouldft such a shadow grace! "What |