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Doctor Thomas Wren, second Sdn of Matthew , Bishop of FJy, and some-^'V- Oxon -times a Student of Cambridge, was created Doctor of Physick, August 2 f l8o ‘1660. by Virtue of the Chancellor’s Letters, which fay, " That by Force of“ the'late unhappy Times, he was constrained to leave the University of" Cambridge, (in divers Colleges whereof his Father was Visitor') and for his“ Proficiency in Studies, was fain to settle himself in the Verge of the Uni-“ versity of Oxford: That the Pressures under which his Father lay, foru seventeen Years together, were such, that he could not (his Estate being“ taken away) allow his Children Bread, much less supply their Expences" for living in Colleges, and the taking of their Degrees, only to have the“ Benefit of the publick Library, c2?<r.” This Person who was much addictedto Mustek while he studied in Oxford, which was about eight Years, wasmade Archdeacon of Ely, by his Father, after his Majesty' s Restauration, andhad other ecclesiastical Preferments. He died in 1 670, at Wilberton in theIfle of Ely.

After the Restauration of his Majesty King Charles the Second, it was his,and the Pleasure of the Marquis of Hertford, Chancellor of the Universityof Oxford, and of Sir Edward Hyde, who lucceeded in that Office in theYear 1660, that there should be a Creation in all Faculties, of such who hadsuffered for his Majesty’ s Cause, and had been ejected from the University bythe Visitors appointed by Parliament, Annis 1648 and 9. among whom CharlesWren, the third Son, and Sir William Wren, fourth Son of Matthew, Bishopof Ely, were created Masters of Arts, August 2, 1660. Charles Wren wasafterwards Burgess in Parliament for the Town of Cambridge, in the Year1685.

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K ING Charles the First, by a Prescience, like to that of Bis hop An- Fast. Oxen.

drews, and divine Instinct, after he was condemned, did tell Colonel?' 8 ° 7 ‘Fomlmfon, * " That he believed the Englijh Monarchy was now at an" End. About half an Hour after, he told the Colonel, " That now he" had an Assurance, by a strong Impulse on his Spirit, that his Son should" reign after him.” f His Majesty meekly resign'd to God, his own pri-vate, and the publick Cause ; and by a divine Spirit, foretold the happy Re-covery of both. Nemo wr magnus, fine aliquo ajflatu divino unquam suit, wasthe Observation of Fully.

This Foreknowledge in great Minds, proceeds from Wisdom, Holiness,and a divine Impulse, the only Source of true Prophecy ; nevertheless, it is veryremarkable, that a Presage of this King’s Misfortunes, occurr’d from a quitedifferent Cause, and far distant Spring, so conformable, as (without any forc’d Vir S ll ’ ; Pet 'Construction) to give a Detail of his Troubles. trj> '

1. Under a most unnatural Rebellion, and destructive civil War, and toinfer.

2. That he should be driven from his capital City, Palaces, Forts, andEstates.

3. Be torn away from the Embraces of his Queen and Children.

4. Be compell’d by the Necessity of his Affairs, to implore foreign Aids.

, 5. Be constrained to fee the miserable Persecution, and cruel Slaughter ofhis Friends, and loyal Subjects.

* ^ P ro phetLck Saying of King Charles I. Auhery’ s Miscel. p. 83 .t Doctor Sprat’s Sermon before the House of Commons, Jan. 30, 1677-8, pag. 4 1 *

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