crated bishop of Bath and Wells by Nicolas, bishop of
Rochester, by virtue of the archbishop's letters to him,
assisted by Richard, suffragan of Dover, and John,
suffragan of Bedford, in the chapel of the said bishop
of Bath's house, situate in the Minories without Aldgate.
September the 25th, John Wakeman, late abbot of John
Tewksbury, was consecrated the first bishop of Glouces-
ter by the archbishop, Edmond*, bishop of London, and
Thomas', bishop of Westminster, assisting.

Wakeman.

John Chambre, B.D.m was consecrated first bishop of John Chambre. Peterborough, October 23, in the cathedral church of Peterborough, in the presbytery there, by John, bishop of Lincoln", Thomas, bishop of Elyo, and William, bishop of Norwich, by commission from the archbishop.

February the 19th, Arthur Bulkely was consecrated Arthur Bulkely. in the chapel of John Incent, LL.D. dean of St. Paul's, by John, bishop of Sarumr, by virtue of letters commissional from the archbishop, William bishop of St. David's and John bishop of Gloucester assisting'.

Robert King", another abbot, and titular bishop Robert Rconen, suffragan to the bishop of Lincoln, was this King. year consecrated bishop of Oxford. The date, or his consecrators, I cannot assign, the act being omitted in the archbishop's register. He was first a monk of Rewly,

a priory without Oxford, of the Cistertian order; then abbot of Bruerne in Oxfordshire; after, abbot of Thame, of which he was also called bishop; and lastly of Oseney: both which he surrendered to the king at the dissolution of monasteries. This man, when suffragan, preached at St. Mary's in Stamford, where he most fiercely inveighed against such as used the New Testament. In queen Mary's reign he was a persecutor of the protestants, and died, 1557.

CHAPTER XXIV.

THE KING'S BOOK REVISED.

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THE archbishop was this year, among other things, Ann.1542. employed in the king's book, as it now was called, that The king's is, The Erudition of any Christian Man," spoken of vised by the before*. For the king was minded now to have it well archbireviewed, and if there were any errors, and less proper expressions, to have them corrected and amended and so to have it recommended unto the people as a complete book of Christian principles, in the stead of the Scripture; which, upon pretence of their abuse of, the king would not allow longer to be read. Accordingly a correction was made throughout the book; and the correct copy sent to Cranmer to peruse: which he did, and added his own annotations upon various passages in it at good length. And had it not been too long, I had transcribed it wholly out of a volume in the Benet college library. But for a taste take this that follows. In the title, under his own hand, was this written:

ANIMADVERSIONS UPON THE KING'S BOOKY.

Upon the Chapter of Original Sin.

96

[lxxxiii.] For the first offence of our father Adam.] Miscellanea

x [See above, p. 111.]

y [The title alone of these annotations or animadversions is in the handwriting of archbishop Cranmer, the document itself being a copy by a secretary. Strype supposed that they refer

D. inter
MSS.

red to the "Necessary Doctrine," C.C.c.c.
generally known as the "King's civ. p.]
Book," whilst the "Institution" 241.]
was called the "Bishops' Book."
There is some doubt respecting
the time when they were written;
Lewis (of Margate) states that

"No man shall be damned for the offences of Adam, but for his own proper offences, either actual or original; which original sin every man hath of his own, and is born in it, although it come from Adam."

[lxxxiv.] The principal mean (viz. God's favour) whereby all sinners attain their justification.] "This sentence importeth, that the favour and love of the Father of heaven towards us is the mean whereby we come to his favour and love; and so should one thing be mean to itself. And it is not the use of Scripture to call any other the mean and mediator for us, but only Jesus Christ, by whom our access is to the Father."

"He that

[lxxxvi.] Having assured hope and confidence in Christ's mercy, willing to enter into the perfect faith.] hath assured hope and confidence in Christ's mercy hath already entered into a perfect faith, and not only hath a will to enter into it. For perfect faith is nothing else but assured hope and confidence in Christ's mercy."

Upon the Explication of the Tenth Commandment. [lxix.] Without due recompense.] "This addition agreeth not well with the coveting of another man's wife, wherein is no recompensation; and in the other things, although recompensation be made, yet the commandment nevertheless is transgressed and broken."

Upon another chapter concerning Obedience to the Civil Power. [i.] By his ordinate power.] "This word ordinate

they appeared A. D. 1538, and Strype in 1542; but the former seems to be the more correct date. The above extracts and those, which are placed by the author in the Appendix, have been

corrected from the C. C. C. C. MSS. The entire MSS. is printed in abp. Cranmer's Works, Park. Soc. ed. vol. ii. pp. 83114.]

power obscureth the sentence in the understanding of them that be simple and unlearned and among the learned it gendereth contention and disputation, rather than it anything edifieth. Therefore meseemeth it better and more plain as it is in the print; or else to say, by his ordinance for the Scripture speaketh simply and plainly; potestati ejus quis resistit? [and, omnia quæcunque voluit fecit.]"

By these few passages, which I have carefully taken out of the archbishop's own book, may be seen of what a critical and exact judgment he was.

the arch

But besides these adversaria in these papers of the Divers disarchbishop's annotations, there be divers large discourses courses of of his upon several heads of religion, drawn up, as I bishop. conceive, upon the king's command, to be inserted into his book above mentioned. I have extracted some of these discourses; as upon faith, justification, and forgiveness of injuries; wherein may be seen his sound opinion in those great doctrines of Christian religion. I took also out of the same volume some specimen of three other discourses of his one with this title, writ by his own hand, De Consolatione Christianorum contra metum mortis. 97 Ex Doctoribus Ecclesiasticis. Compiled, I guess, as well for his own use, being not inapprehensive of his ticklish station and danger, from so many and implacable enemies which he had, as to be inserted in the aforesaid book. The others were two exhortations, to take the pains of sickness well, and adversity patiently: the one taken out of Cyprian, the other out of St. Augustin, lib. De visitatione infirmorum. The specimen of them are in the Appendix; as also the discourses of faith, justification, Numbers and forgiveness of injuries.

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XXXII.