AFTER the martyrdom of Mr. Whittle, ne•t followeth in order to speak of Bartlet Green, who the next day after the aforesaid Whittle, was likewise condemned. Mr. Green was of a good house, and had such parents, as both favoured learning, and were also willing to bring up this their child in the same. After some entrance in other inferior schools, he was sent to the university of Oxford; where through exercise and diligently study he so profited, that within short time he attained, as well to the knowledge of sundry profane sciences, as also now in hi• last year• unto the godly understanding of divinity. Whereunto through ignorance (in which he […] trained up from his youth) he was at the first […], until such time •s God of his mercy had […] his eyes, by his often ••pairing unto the common lectures of P•ter Ma•ter, reader of the divinity lecture• in the same university, so that thereby (as by God's instrument) he saw the true light of Christ's gospel.
WHEN he had once t•sted of this, it became unto ⟨p. 143⟩him as the fountain of living water, that our Saviour Christ sp•ke of to the woman of Samaria, so as he never thirsted any more, but had a well springing unto everlasting l•fe. Insomuch as when he was called by his friends from the university, and was placed in the Temple […] London, there to attain to the knowledge of the common laws of the realm, he […] still in his former study and earnest profession of the gospel; wherein also he greatly profited Howbeit (such is the frailty of o•r corrupt nature, without the special assistance of God's Holy spirit) through the continual accompanying, and fellowship of such worldly (I will not say youthful and wild) young gentlemen, as are commonly in that and the like houses, he became by little and little a co•partner of their follies and youthful vanities, as well in his apparel as also in banquetings, and other superfluous excesses: […] he afterwards (being again called by God's merciful correction) did sore lament and bewail, as appeareth by his own testimony, notified and le•t in a book belonging to Mr. Bartram Calthrop, one of his friends, written with his own hand, a little before his death, in manner as followeth:
"TWO things have very much troubled me while I was in the Temple, pride and gluttony; which under the colour of glory and good fellowship, drew me almost from God.
AFTER the martyrdom of Mr. Whittle, ne•t followeth in order to speak of Bartlet Green, who the next day after the aforesaid Whittle, was likewise condemned. Mr. Green was of a good house, and had such parents, as both favoured le•rning, and were also willing to bring up this their child in the same. After some entr•nce in other inf•rior schools, he was sent to the university of Oxford; where through exercise and diligently study he so profited, that within short time he attained, as well to the knowledge of sundry profane sciences, as •lso now in hi• last year• unto the godly understanding of divinity. Whereunto through ignorance (in which he 〈…〉 trained up from his youth) he was at the first 〈…〉, until such time •s God of his mercy had 〈…〉 his eyes, by his oft•n ••pairing unto the c•mmon lectures of P•ter Ma•ter, reader of the divinity lecture• in the same university, so that thereby (as by God's instrument) he saw the true light of Christ's gospel.
WHEN he had once t•sted of this, it became unto ⟨p. 143⟩him as the fountain of living water, that our Saviour Christ sp•ke of to the woman of Samaria, so as he never thirsted any more, but had a well springing unto everl•sting l•fe. Insomuch as when he was called by his fri•nds from the university, and was placed in the Temple 〈…〉 London, there to attain to the knowledge of the common laws of the realm, he 〈…〉 sti•l in his former study and earnest profession of the gospel; wherein also he greatly profited Howbeit (such is the frailty of or corrupt nature, without the special assistance of God's Holy pirit) through the continual accompanying, and felwship of such worldly (I will not say youthful and wild) young gentlemen, as are commonly in that and the like houses, he became by little and little a copartner of their follies and youthful vanities, as well in his apparel as also in banquetings, and other superfluous excesses: he afterwards (being again called by God's merciful correction) did sore lament and bewail, as appeareth by his own testimony, notified and let in a book belonging to Mr. Bartram Calthrop, one of his friends, written with his own hand, a little before his death, in manner as followeth:
"TWO things have very much troubled me while I was in the Temple, pride and gluttony; which under the colour of glory and good fellowship, drew me almost from God.
