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yea, errasse contra fidem, &quot; to have erred against the CHAP. 



&quot; faith,&quot; as he termeth it. And yet the rest of their doc- I1L 



trine was holden for Catholic ; and not the whole Catholic 



doctrine condemned for a few of their ncevi. A precious 



stone, said he, may be found in a dunghill, and in the 



fairest visage some little wart. He proceeded to give his His advice 



advice to the Lord Treasurer, whom he saw much con- Treagurer 



cerned for the honour of the Protestant religion so struck 



at and defamed by this book, that it were not amiss 



that a letter might be sent from the Lords of the Council to 



the Archbishop of Canterbury, or to him, (the Bishop of 



London,) to enjoin the Deans, Archdeacons, and Doctors, 



to make some collections for these matters : for that such as 



had not great dealings in the Church, to take up their time, 



(as they had not, yea, and some Bishops also,) might, hav 



ing that leisure, help well, as he said, to this building. 



Wherefore else, added he, have they their livings ? And as 



for the number of books, he thought such a good quantity 



might be printed, as should serve for that purpose. 



He gave in also to the Lord Burghley a particular sche- Persons by 

 dule of the names of those he judged fit for this under- 

 taking; which he divided into two ranks; some to find 



terials, others to build the house; some to make proper book. P 

 collections, others to write and compile the book from those 

 collections. 



The collectors to be these : the Deans of PauPs, Win- 

 ton, York, Christ Church, Windsor, Sarum, Ely, Wor 

 cester, Canterbury. The Archdeacons of Canterbury, Lon 

 don, Middlesex, Essex, (Dr. Walker,) Lincoln, Coventry, 

 (Dr. James,) Sudbury, (Dr. Styl.) 



The writers to be, Dr. Fulke, Dr. Goade, Dr. Some. 



Great pity it is, that this noble design of the Bishop s 

 laying down was not pursued, and brought to perfection : 

 whereby a good history of the reformation of religion, and 

 of the doctrines embraced, might have been substantially 

 set forth, by such who lived in or near those times, for the 

 doing justice to so glorious a work as that was. But per- 



