Touching the first, after that God touched his hart with that holy and effectual calling, he sold his chains, rings, brooches, and jewels of gold 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 the second, he so declared his great zeal and love to promote the glory of the lord Jesus, whose goodness and saving health he had tasted, that to do the same more pithily, he changed his study, and being in the inner Temple in London at the study of the ⟨image 4⟩common laws, he went to Cambridge to study Divinity, where he heard D. Martin Bucer diligently, and was right familiar and dear unto him. In this godly course he did by Gods blessing so profit, that that blessed Martyr D. Ridley then Bishop of London did as it were invite him and his godly Companion Master Thomas Horton to become fellows of Pembroke hall in Cambridge: And afterwards the said D. Ridley called our Bradford to London, gave him a Prebend in Pauls church, lodged him in his own house there, and set him on work in preaching. And besides often preaching in London, and at Pauls cross, and sundry places in the country, and specially in Lancashire, he preached before King Edward the sixth, in the Lent the last year of his reign, upon the second 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 Bearbaiting, were drowned: and that a Dog was met at ⟨image 4⟩Ludg•te carping 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 King Edward. In which state and labour of preaching he continued till the cruelty of the Papists •ut him of: so an thou mayest read in the history of his life and death, compiled by that faithful servant of the Lord Jesus M. John Fox.
Touching the first, after that God touched his hart with that holy and effectual calling, he sold his chaines, rynges, brooches, and iuels of gold which before he vsed to weare, and did bestow the price of this his former vanitie in the necessarye releife of Christes poore members, which he could heare of or fynde lying sicke or pining in pouertie. Touching the second, he so declared his great zeale and loue to promote the glory of the lord Iesus, whose goodnes and sauing health he had tasted, that to do the same more pithely, he chaū ged his studye, and being in the inner Temple in London at the studye of the ⟨image 4⟩common lawes, he went to Cambridge to study Diuinitie, where he heard D. Martin Bucer diligently, and was right familyar and deare vnto hym. In thys godly course he dyd by Gods blessyng so profit, that that blessed Martyr D. Ridley then Bishop of London dyd as it were inuite hym and hys godlye Companion Maister Thomas Horton to become fellowes of Penbrake hall in Cambrydge: And afterwardes the sayd D. Ridley called our Bradford to London, gaue him a Prebend in Paules church, lodged hym in his own house there, and set hym on worke in preaching. And besides often preachyng in London, and at Paules crosse, and sundry places in the countrey, and speacially in Lankeshire, he preached before King Edward the sixt, in the Lent the last yeare of his raygne, vpon the second Psalme, and there in one Sermon, shewing the tokens of Gods iudgement at hand for the contempt of the Gospell, as that certayne Gentlemen vpon the Sabboth day, going in a whirry to Paris garden to the Barebayting, were drowned: and that a Dog was met at ⟨image 4⟩Ludg•te carping a péece of a dead chylde in his mouth, he with a mighty and propheticall spirite: sayd: I summon you all, euen euery mothers chylde of you, to the indegement of God, for it is at hand as it followed shortly after in the death of King Edward. In which state and labour of preaching he continued tyll the cruelty of the Papistes •ut him of: so an thou mayest reade in the historye of hys lyfe and death, compiled by that faythfull seruaunt of the Lord Iesus M. Iohn Fox.
