And first to touch his blessed beginning, blessed (I say) even from above with the dew of Gods grace, his education in Oxford, his prosperous proceeding in the knowledge of Divinity, his forsaking not only of the University, but also his common Country, his flight into Germany, his return into England, ⟨image 3⟩his painfulness in preaching, his fame and credit among the people, his obtained favour with the Kings majesty,1 his advancement to more than a Bishoplike dignity, his dispensation for his ceremonious consecration, his secret enemies the supporters of papistry, his supplantation by their privy conspiracies, his faithful continuance notwithstanding in sowing sincere doctrine, his painfulness in hearing public controversies, his visiting of schools and fountains of learning, his maintaining of godly discipline, his want of partiality in judgement betwixt person and person, his Bishoplike behaviour abroad in his Diocese, his fatherly affection at home towards his house and family, &c. do warrant him the name of a Saint upon earth: & surely God hath registered him in the Calendar of his chosen servants in heaven. Again the falling away of his favourers when religion languished, the malicious practises of his adversaries threatening his destruction, the bloodthirsty broaching of his persecution, his appearing before the Queen and her Council, the tyrannical contumelies of his Archenemy,2 his spiteful accusation, his mild purgation, his undeserved deprivation, his cruel imprisonment, his hard entertainment, his lamentable lodging, his succourless sickness, his pitiful complaints, his restless tribulations, his strait examinations, his apologetical avouchments, the committing of him to the Fleet, the tossing of him from the Fleet to the Counter in Southwark, from the Counter in ⟨image 4⟩Southwark to the Clink, from the Clink to Newgate, his unjust degradation, his cruel condemnation, and his lamentable execution, &c. all these pageants considered, as they were done, would make a flinty heart to melt, and stony eyes to sweat, not only water, but also blood: and to be short, the whole body, though all the limbs thereof were as strong as steel, even for pities sake to tremble.
And first to touch his blessed beginning, blessed (I say) euen frō aboue with the dewe of Gods grace, his education in Oxford, his prosperous proceeding in the knowledge of Diuinitie, his forsaking not onely of the Vniuersitie, but also his common Countrie, his flight into Germanie, his returne into Englande, ⟨image 3⟩his painefulnesse in preaching, his fame and credit among the people, his obteined fauour with the Kings maiestie,1 his aduauncemēt to more thā a Bishoplike dignitie, his dispensatiō for his ceremonious consecration, his secret enimies the supporters of papistrie, his supplantation by their priuie cōspiraces, his faithfull continuance notwithstanding in sowing sincere doctrine, his painfulnesse in hearing publike controuersies, his visiting of scholes and founteines of learning, his maintaining of godlie discipline, his want of parcialitie in iudgement betwixt person and person, his Bishoplike behauiour abrode in his Dioces, his fatherly affection at home towardes his house and familie, &c. do warrant him the name of a Saint vpō earth: & surely God hath registred him in the Kalendar of his chosen seruāts in heauen. Againe the falling away of his fauourers when religion languished, the malicious practises of his aduersaries threatening his destructiō, the bloudthirstie broching of his persecution, his appearing before the Queene and her Councell, the tyrannicall cō tumelies of his Archenimie,2 his spitefull accusation, his milde purgation, his vndeserued depriuation, his cruell imprisonment, his harde intertainment, his lamentable lodging, his succourles sicknesse, his pitifull complaintes, his restlesse tribulations, his streight examinations, his apologeticall aduouchments, the cōmitting of him to the Fleete, the tossing of him from the Fleete to the Counter in Southwarke, from the Counter in ⟨image 4⟩Southwarke to the Clinke, from the Clinke to Newgate, his vniust degradation, his cruell condemnation, and his lamentable execution, &c. all these pageantes considered, as they were done, woulde make a flintie heart to mealt, and stonie eyes to sweate, not onely water, but also bloude: and to be short, the whole bodie, though all the lims thereof were as strong as steele, euen for pities sake to tremble.
- 1Bishop Hooper in estimation with King Edward ye sixth.Bishop Hooper in estimation with King Edward ye sixt.
- 2Stephen Gardiner Bishop of Winchester, Bishop Hoppers professed enemy.Stephen Gardiner Bishop of Winchester, Bishop Hoopers professed enimie.
