his line of policy, 339, 340: his differences with the Elector,
341, 347 marries the Landgrave's daughter, 346: the
part acted by him, 347, 413: his ecclesiastical regulation,
349.

Scaliger, Julius Caesar, notice of 133.

Schaumburg, coadjutor of the Archbishop of Cologne, 367:
made Archbishop, 374.

Schenckius, employed in the reformation of Freyburg, 245.
Schnepfius, Erhard, of Marpurg, 7: employed in the reforma-
tion of Würtemberg, 177.

Schönberg, Anthony and Ernest, 170, 242.-Cardinal, 199, 214.
Schoolmen, the, Luther's account of, 60.

Schrock, Christian, a Danish reformer, 181.

Schwerin, Magnus Bishop of, 178.

Scoper, Corn., his saying of the protestants, 25.

Scultetus, the annalist, Ŏ: his testimony concerning George of
Anhalt, 394: account of, xv.

-, pastor of Belgern, 469.

Scurff, Jerome, 533.

Seckendorf, quoted passim: account of, xii, xiii.

Senarcley, author of the account of Diazius, 463, 464.

Servetus, observations of Melancthon on, 235.

Sibylla of Cleves, wife of John Frederick of Saxony, 50; and
sister to Ann wife of Henry VIII, 172.

Sigismond, king of Poland, letter to him, 265.

Sin, original, Confession of Augsburg on, 32: decision of the
council of Trent on, 448: cause of sin, the Confession on, 35.
Sleidan, quoted passim: account of, xiii-xv.

Smalkald, league of, 99: its effects, 109: articles named from
that place, 217: resolution adopted there respecting the
ecclesiastical funds, 221.

Solyman, the Turkish Sultan, 18, 111. See Turks.

Spalatinus, chaplain to the Elector of Saxony, 7: employed in
the visitation of Freyburg, 247: Luther's letter on his Me-
morials of the Saints, 514: letter to him, 545.

Spangenberg, superintendant of Mansfeld, 473: his Postills,

509.

Speculative opinions, the term, 272.

Spira, Francis, account of, 454-456.

Spires, Diet of, (1542,) 341: (1544,) 344.

Spirit, Holy, Confession of Augsburg on, 34, 36.

Stadion, Bishop of Augsburg: See Augsburg.

Steurer, Peter, of Nordlingen, 179.

Stolberg, Dean of Cologne, 367: deprived with the Archbishop,
376.

Strasburg, extensive charities there, 130-1: joins the Lutheran
confession, 216.

Stratner, James, a preacher at Anspach and Berlin, 263, 330.
Students in theology, Luther's advice to, 234.
Suebelius, Nicholas, pastor of Dresden, 132.
Swartzburg, reformation of 171: Count, 473.

Sweden, communications of the German protestants with, 309.
Swiss, the, excluded from the protestant alliance, 99, 101:
their practice of letting out their troops for hire, 119.
Sylvius, Eneas, (Pius II,) his advancement, 211, 213.

T

"Table Talk," Luther's, 562-564.

Tausson, John, Danish reformer, 181, 183.
Temptations, Luther on, 549, 550, 558.

Tetrapolitan Confession, 85.

Theodorus, Vitus, (preacher at Nuremberg,) his account of

Luther's devotions, 77.

Thuanus, his account of the massacre of the Waldenses, 450.
Torgau, Articles of, 20.

Tournon, Cardinal of, 444.

Traditions, their authority established by the Council of Trent,
423, 427: a distinction made among them, 443.

Trent, Council of proposed, 341: called, 342: prorogued, 342:
opened, (1545,) 415: its proceedings, 416, 422-3.

Treviso, 315.

Trinity, the, Luther and Melancthon on objections against the
doctrine of, 234-5.

Truchses, Otto, Bishop of Augsburg, 344.

Truth, the cause of, has more to fear from indifference than
opposition, 271.

Tubingen, university of, reformed and enriched by Ulric of
Würtemberg, 177: Vergerio settled there, 456.

Turks, their successes in Europe, 2, 18, 109; an occasion of
security to the protestants, 2, 109, 111: Luther's writings
against them, 333-335, 508.

U

Ulric of Würtemberg, his restoration, and promotion of refor-
mation in his dominions, 175—177, 456.

Union, of charity and of faith distinguished, 166: what prac-
ticable, what not, 168: the boasted, of the Roman Catholic
church, 395,

Usury, Luther on, 331.

V

Vergerio, Peter Paul, Bishop of Capo d'Istria, and a papal
nuncio; his interview with Luther, 207-215: account of

his conversion to protestantism, and his subsequent conduct,
452-457: effect of the case of Francis Spira on him, 456.
Vergerio, John Baptista, Bishop of Pola, brother to P. P., his
conversion to protestantism, 453.

Venetians, their desire of reformation, 287: correspondence of
Luther with them, 315-320.

Vesalius, Bishop of Lund, and afterwards of Constance, 267.
Vicelius a deserter from Lutheranism, 249, 256, 274.

Vicenza, 315.

Vienna, besieged by the Turks, 18.

Visitation of Saxony, 171, 255.

Voightland, reformation of, 171.

Vorstius, Bishop of Aix, a papal nuncio, 200.

Vulgate version of the Scriptures, pronounced authoritative by
the Council of Trent, 423.

W

Waldeck, Francis Count, Bishop of Munster: see Munster.
Waldenses, of Provence, their communications with the re-
formers, 134-150: their ministers lived unmarried, 137:
they admitted more sacraments than two, 138: they had not
different orders of ministers, 139: they did not administer the
sacraments among themselves, 138-9; Qu. Whether not a
mistake that the Waldenses amounted to 800,000 in the year
1530, 139: their difficulties about free will and predestina-
tion, 140-1 agreement of their article on this subject with
that of the Sydod of Dort, 141-2: persecutions of them,
140, 150 reformation among them, 151: Luther concerning
them, 237: massacre of them, 443–449.

Walker, Obadiah, a work of, 307.

Weissenberg, city of, joins the protestants, 54.

Wicked, the, good derived from the contemplation of, 242.
Wied, Herman de, Archbishop of Cologne-see Cologne:-
Frederick de, Bishop of Munster-see Munster.

Will, Free, Confession of Augsburg on, 35: sense in which it
is denied by the reformers, 88, 520: difficulties of the Wal-
denses about, 140: Erasmus's later sentiments upon, 159,
161 agreement of Luther's doctrine with that of the Church
of England, 520.

Melancthon's, 296-299.
Wimpina, de, a popish divine, 7.

Winckler, George, a preacher at Halle, 303.
Winsheim, city of, joins the protestants, 54.

Wise men, errors into which they may run, 213.

Wittemberg, university of, 172: Concord of, 215: divines of,
their scheme of reformaton, 428, 432: their correspondence

at a critical time, 433: their feelings on the death of Luther,
482-3.

Wolferinus, Simon, superintendant in Mansfeld, 473.

Works, good, Confession of Augsburg on, 34, 36, 38: con-
sidered by Luther as evidences of faith and justification, 152,
233, 237, 558.

Worms, conferences there, 267: diet of, (1545,) 410.
Würtemberg, reformation of, 175–177.
Wurtzen, town of, 347.

Ꮓ

Zerbst, in Anhalt, Luther preaches there, 131.

Zuinglius, his Confession presented at Augsburg, 85: his death,
118-120: his notions respecting the heathen condemned by
Luther, 513.

Zwickau, removal of Hausman from his pastoral office there,
131-2.

A CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.

A. D.

1500 CHARLES V. born.

Accession of Henry VIII. of England. 1513 Leo X. succeeded Julius II. Pope. 1515 Accession of Francis I. of France.

1517 Luther opposes indulgences.

1518 He is summoned to Rome: "appears before Cajetan at Augsburg.

Zuinglius opposes indulgences.

1519 Charles V. elected successor to the Emperor Maximilian.

Luther's conferences with Miltitz: his disputation with Eccius at Leipsic: he is condemned by the divines of Louvain and Cologne.

1520 Solyman II. Sultan. Bull of excommunication against Luther, June 15: which he burns, December 10. Melancthon comes forward.

1521

War: Charles, Leo, Henry, against Francis.
Diet of Worms: Aleander, legate. Luther concealed
at Wartburg, April 1521 to March 1522. Univer-
sity of Paris condemns him: Henry VIII. writes
against him.

1522 Adrian VI. succeeds Leo X.

Belgrade and Rhodes conquered by the Turks. Diet of Nuremberg-the "Hundred Grievances." Luther's New Testament. Carolstadt.

1523 Clement VII. succeeds Adrian VI. Another Diet at Nuremberg Campeggio.

1524 Battle of Pavia: Francis prisoner. Insurrections in Germany. The Landgrave of Hesse supports the reformation. Erasmus's Diatribe. Sacramental controversy begun.

1525 John succeeds Frederick, Elector of Saxony. Luther's marriage. His answer to Erasmus, de Servo Arbitrio. 1525-6 Diet of Augsburg and Spires.

1526 Treaty of Madrid: Francis liberated. Rustic war in Germany.

1527

War: Pope, Venice, Milan, (and afterwards Henry,) against Charles. Sack of Rome by Charles's troops: the Pope a prisoner.