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(in which Church his Monument 

 {lands yet undefaced) a man that in 

 the Reformation of Queen Eliza- 

 beth (not that of Henry the VIII.} 

 was fo noted for his meek fpirit,deep 

 Learning, Prudence and Piety, that 

 the then Parliament and Convoca- 

 tion,bothchofe,injoyned,andtrufl> 

 ed him to be the man to make a Ca- 

 techifm for publick ufe, fuch a one 

 as ihould ftand as a rule for faith and 

 manners to their pofteritie : And 

 the good man (though he was very 

 learned,yetknowingthatGodleads 

 us not to heaven by hard questions) 

 made that good, plain, unperplext 

 Catechifm, that is printed with the 

 old Service Book. I fay, this good 

 man was as dear a lover, and con- 

 ftant prafticer of Angling, as any 

 Age can produce ; and his cuftome 

 was to ipend (beiides his fixt hours 

 of prayer (thofe hours which by 

 command of the Church were en- 

 joined die old Clergy, and volunta- 

 rily 



