History of the Reformation

the Property of

Peter Palmateer

A 1845

も

HISTORY

OF THE

REFORMATION.

BEING

AN ABRIDGMENT

BURNET'S HISTORY

OF THE

REFORMATION

OF THE

CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

TOGETHER WITH

SKETCHES OF THE LIVES

LUTHER, CALVIN AND ZUINGLE,
The three celebrated Reformers of the Continent.

BY THE REV. BENJAMIN ALLEN,

RECTOR OF THE PARISH OF ST. ANDREWS, VA,

"And God said, let there be light, and there was light."

WASHINGTON CITY,

PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, BY JACOB GIDEON, JUNIOR.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, to wit:

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty-first L S. day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the forty-fifth, the Rev. Benjamin Allen, of the said District, hath deposited in this office the title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as author and proprietor, in the words following, to wit:

"History of the Reformation. Being an Abridgment of Burnet's "History of the Reformation of the Church of England; together "with Sketches of the Lives of Luther, Calvin, and Zuingle, the "three celebrated Reformers of the Continent. By the Rev. Benjamin Allen, Rector of the Parish of St. Andrews, Va." "And God said let there be light, and there was light."

In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned ;" and also to the act, entitled "An act supplementary to an act, entitled An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned,' and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints."

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the public seal of my office, the day and year aforesaid.

EDM. I. LEE,

Clerk of the District of Columbia.

RECOMMENDATION.

Having been favored with the perusal of An Abridgment of the History of the Reformation, prepared for publication by the Rev. Benjamin Allen, I, with pleasure, comply with his request, in giving it my humble recommendation. It contains the history of all the important facts as narrated by Burnet; and, to those who have not the time or the means for consulting that writer, must prove interesting and valuable. There being a considerable class of persons under these circumstances, such a work has been wanted, and, I think, the present one will be highly acceptable, as serving to meet the existing *exigency.

Alexandria, October 30th, 1820.

WILLIAM H. WILMER.

CONTENTS.

CHAP. I. State of England; Wolsey; First begin-

nings of Reformation; Henry's book; Tindal's

translation; Henry wishes a divorce; His applica-

tions to Rome; Cranmer; Wolsey ruined; The

clergy attacked; Application to the Universities;

Successive attacks upon Rome; Henry marries Ann

Boleyn; Cranmer consecrated; Catharine divorced;

Popery condemned,

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