CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE COMMENCEMENT AND THE PROGRESS OF

The Reformation

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CONTENTS OF VOL. IV.

CENTURY XIII.

CHAP. V. The general state of the Church of Christ

in this century...

Aristotelian philosophy ;-Roger Bacon ;-Dominicans and Fran-

ciscans;-"Non obstante" clause ;-Shameless tyranny of the

popes;-False reliefs for guilty consciences;-Crusades and pe-

nances of Gregory IX. ;-John Maryns;-The doctrine of grace

of congruity;-Neglect of the Scriptures;-The Eastern churches;

The Turks.

CHAP. VI. Authors and eminent persons in this cen-

tury..

Prussia ;-Arsenius;- John Scot;-Seval ;-William de St.

Amour;-The mendicant orders;-Francis of Assisium ;-Do-

minic;-The Rosary;-Mechanical devotion;-Lewis IX.; his

piety and uprightness;-he engages in the Crusades ;-his last

advice to his son ;-Pope Celestine ;-Boniface VIII. ;-Thomas

Aquinas ;-Bonaventura;-Purgatory;-Cardinal Hugo ;-Guil-

helmus of Paris.

CHAP. VII. Grosseteste, bishop of Lincoln .

His zeal and activity;-he supports the friars ;-opposes eccle-

siastical corruptions;-The extortions of the pope resisted by

Grosseteste ;-he refuses to admit foreigners to English benefices;

-The pope's anger against him ;-His last hours and death;-His

character by Matthew Paris ;-His view of the pastoral office ;-his

sermons on humility;-Extract from his letters.

CENTURY XIV.

CHAP. I. The general state of the Church of Christ in

this century....

Lollards;-Walter Raynard ;-The East ;-China ;-The Holy

Land ;-Poland ;-The Jubilees;-Schism in the papacy ;—John
Duns Scotus ;-Count Eleazar;-his rules for his family;-Thomas
de la Mare;-Synods in England ;-The wine denied to the laity

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in the communion ;-Marsilius of Padua ;-Conrade Hager ;-

The Ploughman's Complaint;-Richard Fitzrafe ;-Militzius.

CHAP. II. England. Thomas Bradwardine ..... :

His work against Pelagianism;-His remarks on freewill ;—On

self-sufficiency;-Rational religion;-Extracts from Bradwar-

dine's writings;-On the Divine Being; concerning merit; of

the divine knowledge; of fate; on temptation; on grace; on

love, patience, humility, and thanksgiving; on Providence ; His

meditations.

CHAP. III. John Wickliff.

1. His life.

Progress in school divinity; opposes the friars; is esteemed
by the university of Oxford; is supported by the duke of Lan-
caster, and persecuted by the Romish clergy; is forbidden to
preach, but is supported by the laity; his doctrines are con-
demned; he translates the Bible into English; his words to the
mendicant friars;The council of the earthquake;—The legend of
Cornelius Cloune ;-Death of Wickliff; his bones burned.

2. Wickliff's religious sentiments.

His doctrines; salvation is of grace;-His scriptural doctrines

respecting the Lord's Supper;-His Trialogus ;-His opinions

on the sufficiency of the Scriptures; on the exposition of Scrip-

ture; on justification by faith; on the truth of Scripture; on

purgatory; on the sacraments.

3. Reflections on the character of Wickliff.

His defences and explanations ;Hume's aspersions answered.

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4. Further observations on the panegyric and

calumny with which Wickliff has been treated.

Difficult and dangerous situation of Wickliff;-The mendicant

friars ;--His opposition to the papacy; is protected for a time by

persons of rank;-His patrons neglect his doctrinal views; his

translation of the Bible; he pleads the right of the people to

read the Scriptures.

5. Additional extracts from the writings of Wickliff.

His tract"Why many priests have no benefices ;"-His transla-

tion of the Bible;-Specimen of it;-His sentiments on election;

-Fuller's remarks on Wickliff.

CENTURY XV.

HAP. I. The Lollards in England.

Queen Anne of Bohemia ;--John de Trevisa ;-Sawtre the first

martyr burned in England;-John Badby burned;-Henry V
promotes the persecutions ;-Lord Cobham accused; his reply to

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