Touching the first, after that God touched • heart with that holy and effectual calling, he s• his Chains, Rings, Brooches, and Jewels of go• ⟨image 18⟩which before he used to wear, and did bestow the price of this his former vanity, in the necessary relief of Christs poor members, which he could hear of, or find lying sick, or pining in poverty. Touching •he second, he so declared his great zeal & love to promote the glory of the Lord Jesus, whose goodness ••d saving health he had tasted, that to do the same more pithily, he changed his study; and being in the •nner Temple in London, at the study of the common •awes, he went to Cambridge, to study Divinity, where he heard D. Martin Bucer diligently, & was •ight familiar & dear unto him. In this godly course •e did by Gods blessing so profit, that that blessed Martyr, D. Ridley, then Bishop of London, did, as •t were, invite him & his godly companion M. Tho. Horton, to become fellows of Pembroke Hall in Cambridge: And afterwards, the said D. Ridley •alled our Bradford to London, gave him a Prebend •n Pauls Church, lodged him in his own house •here, & set him on work in preaching. And besides often preaching in London, & at Pauls Cross, and sundry places in the country, and specially in Lancashire, he preached before K. Ed. the 6. in the Lent, the last year of his reign, upon the 2. Psalm; and there in one Sermon, showing the tokens of Gods judgement at hand, for the contempt of the Gospel, as that certain Gentlemen, upon the Sabbath day, going in a wherry to Paris Garden, to the Bear baiting, ⟨image 19⟩were drowned: & that a dog was met at Ludgáte, carrying a piece of a dead child in his mouth: he with a mighty and prophetical spirit said, I summon you all, even every mothers child of you, to the judgement of God, for it is at hand; as it followed shortly after, in the death of K. Edward. In which state and labour of preaching he continued, till the cruelty of the papists cut him off, so as thou mayst read in the history of his life & death, compiled by that faithful servant of the Lord Jesus, M. John Fox.
Touching the first, after that God touched • heart with that holy and effectuall calling, he s• his Chaynes, Rings, Brooches, and Iewels of go• ⟨image 18⟩which before he vsed to weare, and did bestowe the price of this his former vanity, in the necessary reliefe of Christs poore members, which he could heare of, or finde lying sicke, or pyning in pouerty. Touching •he second, he so declared his great zeale & loue to promote the glory of the Lord Iesus, whose goodnes ••d sauing health he had tasted, that to doe the same more pithily, he changed his study; and being in the •nner Temple in London, at the study of the cōmon •awes, he went to Cambridge, to studie Diuinitie, where he heard D. Martin Bucer diligently, & was •ight familiar & dere vnto him. In this godly course •e did by Gods blessing so profit, that that blessed Martyr, D. Ridley, then Bishop of London, did, as •t were, inuite him & his godly companion M. Tho. Horton, to become fellowes of Penbrooke Hall in Cambridge: And afterwards, the said D. Ridley •alled our Bradford to London, gaue him a Prebēd •n Paules Church, lodged him in his owne house •here, & set him on work in preaching. And besides often preaching in London, & at Paules Crosse, and sundry places in the country, and specially in Lancashire, he preached before K. Ed. the 6. in the Lent, the last yere of his reigne, vpon the 2. Psalme; and there in one Sermon, shewing the tokens of Gods iudgement at hand, for the contempt of the Gospel, as that certaine Gentlemen, vpon the Sabboth day, going in a whirry to Paris Garden, to the Bearebayting, ⟨image 19⟩were drowned: & that a dog was met at Ludgáte, carying a piece of a dead child in his mouth: he with a mighty and propheticall spirit sayd, I summon you all, euen euery mothers child of you, to the iudgement of God, for it is at hand; as it folowed shortly after, in the death of K. Edward. In which state and labour of preaching he continued, till the cruelty of the papists cut him off, so as thou mayst reade in the history of his life & death, compiled by that faithful seruāt of the Lord Iesus, M. Iohn Foxe.
