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THE

FATHERS

OF THE

ENGLISH CHURCH;

OR,

A Selection

FROM THE

WRITINGS OF THE REFORMERS

AND

EARLY PROTESTANT DIVINES,

OF THE

CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

VOL. IV.

CONTAINING

VARIOUS TRACTS AND EXTRACTS

FROM THE WORKS OF

NICHOLAS RIDLEY,
JOHN CLEMENT, &c.
JOHN PHILPOT,
JOHN ROGERS,
WILLIAM TURNER.

LONDON :
Printed for John HATCHARD, Bookseller to Her Majesty, 190,

opposite Albany House, Piccadilly ;
And Sold by Messrs. RIVINGTONS, St. Paul's Churchyard, and L. B. SEELEY,
Fleet Street, London; PARKER, Oxford; DEIGHTON, Cambridge ;
and every other Bookseller in the United Kingdom.

1809.

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S GOSNELL, Printer, Little Qucen Sucel, London.

OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND

KING,

DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, &c. &c.

TO THE MOST REVEREND

THE ARCHBISHOPS;

THE RIGHT REVEREND

THE BISHOPS;

AND THE REVEREND

THE CLERGY,
OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND;

THIS WORK,

INTENDED AS A MONUMENT

TO THE HONOUR OF
THOSE HOLY MARTYRS, VENERABLE CONFESSORS,

AND EARLY PROTESTANT DIVINES,

TO WHOM, UNDER GOD,
THE REFORMED CHURCH OF CHRIST IN THESE REALMS

OWES ITS

RISE, PROGRESS,
AND SUBSEQUENT ESTABLISHMENT,

is,
WITH GREAT RESPECT,

DEDICATED,
AND SUBMITTED TO THEIR PATRONAGE,

BY

THE EDITORS,