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MATTHEW W R E N, D. D.
SIR, BruJJels, Feb. 20, 1660.
" TT would be very good News, if I could hear of my Lord of Elf s be- p. 49 6.** X. wg in full Liberty; to whom I pray present my humble Service. The" Truth is, I have little Hope of the Business of the Church, but by his be-" ing at Liberty; and therefore, I hope he will make no Scruple of accept-•“ ing it, if it be offer’d, or if it can be reasonably obtain’d.
Hyde.
SIR, Breda, April 22, 1660.
" fT"* H E King knows not what to fay more of the Business of the p. 522:
“ JL Church, and presumes that my Lord of Ely, and the Bishop of
" Salisbury will be able to make a Judgment how Things are like to succeed,
" and proceed accordingly.”
Hyde.
The Form of Prayer, and Thanksgiving for the 2 gtb of May, was Intro- Jppnuiix adduced to the Convocation by the Lord Bishop of Ely. ^oaaw" S '
Die j'abbati, Maij 1 8, 1661et super nativitate domini nojlri
, dominus Elienfis episcopus introduxit preces de Bifiop Ken-regis et reftauratione sna. net’* Regist.
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N U M B. II.
Oratio habita Cantabrigiæ, in capella Pembrochiana, ad exe-^w 1667;quias reverendi admodum in Christo patris MatthæiWren epifcopi Elienfis.
Per Johannem Pearson, 8. T, P. et Coll. Trin, magistrum
Rcverendijfime domine , domine procancellarie ; nobilijjimi juvenes ; viri crna~tijfimi spedlatijjimique,
f y J unquam tnibi in ullo reipublica liter aria negotio exoptandum suit utfeliciterd cederet, et ojjftcio auspicate suscepto eventus responderet , certe hoc potijftmumtempore votis omnibus expetendum videtur, ut digna nobis, digna prafule con -tingat oratio: ne vel academia exiftimatio, vel ecclefia bonos et dignitas, autanimi mei unbccillitate, aut verborum penurid, aut infirmitate judieii evi-lescat.
Neque emm haSleniis amplifjimo buic artium domicilio quod habitamus, jujliorsefe ejserendi occasio indulta eft, neque religionis quam colimus illuftrior unquamsplendor emicuit, quam in ejus antistitis vita, rebusque geftis, ac varies ate for -tuna, cujus exequias funebri folemnitate celebramus: in quo uno viro , si hac mu-sarum fedes, quicquid boneftum, nobile, gloriosum osendere potuit, non exhibuit ;in quo, fijama ab omnibus meritiftimb elicita, extorta, ad nos non maxima redun-davit, de bonore literis vendicando in aternum plane desperandum eft.
Aspicite sacras insulas vobis quasi in lycao ante oculos pofttas, cogitate hac epis-copatus insgnia, tanquam trophœa ad Athenas reduBa, fed pracipue MatthaumP r asulem veftrum animo memoriaque recolite, cujus feretrum non magis manifesthac ornament a geftavit sujientavitque, quam ipse dum viveret sacrum ilium or-dinem dignitatemque sujsulcivit, excoluit , ornavit.
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