FROM

THE WRITINGS

OF THE

REFORMERS

AND

EARLY PROTESTANT DIVINES

OF THE

Church of England.

vo
BY THE REV. LEGH RICHMOND, A. M.
OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE; RECTOR OF TURVEY, BEDFORDSHIRE;

AND CHAPLAIN TO H. K. H. THE DUKE O KENT.

THIS VOLUME CONTAINS
VARIOUS TRACTS AND EXTRACTS

FROM THE WORKS OF

LANCELOT RIDLEY;

ALSO THE

CATECHISM OF KING EDWARD VI.

WITH

Memorials of their Lives,

LONDON:
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ER

The Selections contained in this Volume originally formed

Portion of the Second Volume in the Series published by the same Editor, under the Title of “ The Fathers of the English Churck."

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TO

HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY

GEORGE III.

OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND

KING,
DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, &c. &f.

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