and man; and the christian church, though it be still the field where many tares shall grow together with the wheat, shall be once more united in one holy communion; as it was, in those days when the faith of the church of Rome was spoken of with honour, admiration, and praise, throughout the whole world.

Foxe died on the 18th of April, 1587, at his residence in the city of London. No particulars are recorded of the lamentation made for him by the citizens. His son only tells us, that upon the report of his death the whole city lamented, honouring the small funeral which was made for him with the concourse of a great multitude of people; and in no other fashion of mourning, than, as if among so many, each man had buried his father, or his own brother. This is briefly but forcibly said. There can be little doubt, that the general popularity of his great work, the blamelessness of his life, the gentleness of his character, and the zeal with which he had devoted himself to the service of the protestant, or "ultra-protestant," episcopalian church of England, had commended him to the love and esteem of all his fellow-citizens. He was buried in the chancel of Cripplegate church. This church was not destroyed in the fire of London, and the inscription to his memory placed by his son, still remains, with another inscription on the same stone, announcing that two brothers of the name of Bullen are interred in the same spot with Foxe. On one side of him is buried the grand-daughter of sir Thomas Lucy, in whose family he had been domiciled as a private tutor.2 On the other side is buried a man, if possible, still more illustrious by his talents; equally hostile to popery, which he has denounced as the worst of superstitions, and the heaviest of all God's judgments; but less deserving of our approbation, as the teacher and guide of the people, in other respects-John Milton. Their bodies are buried in peace. Their souls are in the hand of God. It is not permitted to mortal man to penetrate, before the hour of his own great change shall

(1) The following is the inscription by his son:

Christo S. S. Johanni Foxo, ecclesiæ Anglicanæ martyrologo fidelissimo, antiquitatis historicæ indagatori sagacissimo, evangelicæ veritatis propugnatori acerrimo, thaumaturgo admirabili: qui martyres Marianos, tanquam Phoenices, ex cineribus redivivos præstitit: patri suo omni pietatis officio imprimis colendo. Samuel Foxus, illius primogenitus, hoc monumentum posuit, non sine lachrymis. Obiit die 18 mens. Aril (April) Anno Dom. 1587.

Vita vitæ mortalis est, spes vitæ immortalis.

Jam Septuagenarius.

The other inscription upon the stone that covers his remains, indicating that two brothers of the name of Bullen were interred in the same spot, is to the following effect :

Sacro sub hoc saxo tria corpora mista quiescunt,
Gulielmi Bullen, medici, fratrisque Richardi,
Ac Johannis Foxi, qui tres, mihi crede, fuerunt
Doctrina clari, rari et pietatis alumni.
Gulielmus Bullen, medicamina semper habebat,

què pauperibus danda, ac locupletibus æquè.
Sicque Richardus erat bene facere et ipse paratus
Omnibus ex æquo, quibus ipse prodesse valebat.
At Foxus noster per multas has parasangas,
Vita præcurrit, studiisque accedimus omues.
Extant quæ scripsit tormenta cruenti priorum,
Extant perdocte per multa volumina scripta
Quæ scripsit Foxus; nulli fuit ipse secundus.
Obiit An. Dom. 1587. April 16.a

(a) This is an error, it ought to be 18th. Note. Maitland's Hist. of London, vol. ii. p. 1103.

(2) Constance Whitney, eldest daughter of sir Robert Whitney, of Whitney, in Herefordshire, who married the fourth daughter of sir Thomas Lucy. The wife of sir Thomas Lucy was Constance, daagater and heir of Richard Kingsmill, surveyor of the court of wards.

come, beyond the dark valley of the shadow of death; and to know the condition of the departed. Yet so strangely are we divided, and so rashly do we intrude where angels fear to tread; that while some among us canonize-others excommunicate, these illustrious partners of a common grave. I know not the destiny of the dead. As I presume not to "deal damnation round the land, on all I judge HIS foe"-so neither shall I presume to deal salvation to those, whom I might judge HIS friend. This only I may hope, that the souls of these men may be pardoned in all they have done amiss, through the mercy of the great High Priest, the Mediator, and the Sacrifice for the sins of the whole world. If that hope be not vain, then shall they be saved with the rest of that great number which shall be delivered out of all nations, and kindred, and people, with the glorious company of the apostles, the goodly fellowship of the prophets, the holy army of the martyrs, with the fathers of the christian church at the beginning, and with the reformers and restorers of its pure faith, and ancient discipline, in these the latter days. With such fellowship may my soul be united! With such high society may my spirit rest hereafter the kindred spirit, in all that our God and Saviour would approve, of such men as John Foxe and John Milton !

END OF PART THE FIRST.

LIFE OF JOHN FOXE,

&c. &c.

ᏢᎪᎡᎢ II.

SECTION I.-THE OBJECTORS, OBJECTIONS, AND REPLIES TO THE OBJECTIONS, TO THE GENERAL AUTHORITY, AND VERACITY OF FOXE'S "ACTS AND MONUMENTS OF THE CHURCH," CONSIDERED.

SECTION II.-DEFENCE OF THE PRESENT EDITION BY THE EDITOR.