THE CHURCH HISTORY OF BRITAIN, FROM THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST UNTIL THE YEAR MDCXLVIII. ENDEAVOURED BY THOMAS FULLER, D.D., PREBENDARY OF SARUM, &c. &c. AUTHOR OF "THE WORTHIES OF ENGLAND," "THE HOLY STATE," "THE A NEW EDITION. WITH THE AUTHOR'S CORRECTIONS. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: PRINTED FOR THOMAS TEGG AND SON, 73, CHEAPSIDE; TEGG AND CO., DUBLIN: ALSO, J. AND S. A. TEGG, SYDNEY AND HOBART TOWN. 1837. 03-21-41LS BEQUEST OF 3V. TO THE READER. AN ingenious gentleman some months since in jestearnest advised me to make haste with my History of the church of England; "for fear," said he, "lest the church of England be ended before the History thereof." This History is now, though late, (all church-work is slow,) brought with much difficulty to an end. And, blessed be God! the church of England is still (and long may it be) in being, though disturbed, distempered, distracted. God help and heal her most sad condition! The three first books of this volume were for the main written in the reign of the late king, as appeareth by the passages then proper for the government. The other nine books we made since monarchy was turned into a state. May God alone have the glory, and the ingenuous reader the benefit, of my endeavours! which is the hearty desire of Thy servant in Jesus Christ, From my Chamber in Sion College. |