Historical and Biographical Works: Annals of the reformation. 1824 [v.8-13] Ecclesiastical memorials. 1822

"of reformation, other than such kind of help as the "angel in the prophet Zachary spake of: Neither by army "nor strength, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts: "which grace or favour of divine assistance hath not in one

thing or two, nor for some few days or years appeared, “but in such sort, so long continued, (our manifold sins "and transgressions striving to the contrary,) what can we "less thereupon conclude, than that God would at least"wise by tract of time teach the world, that the things “which he blesseth, defendeth, keepeth so strongly, cannot "choose but be of him."

This conclusion is more abundantly illustrated since that writer's time, by those manifold additions of divine protection, and signal footsteps of Providence, shewn in the behalf of this reformation, and this reformed church.

The reason of this second impression of these Annals was, because the first was gone off some years ago, and was wanted by divers learned persons, especially such as are studious of the history and transactions in the introducing and settlement of our happy reformation, when queen Elizabeth first set that great work on foot, and our holy religion then so regularly and carefully reformed, according to the word of God, and the primitive practice. And I, having since met with many other historical remarks, for the further improvement of this volume, (communicating more knowledge of those ecclesiastical affairs,) was loath to let them lie in obscurity, since an opportunity by this new edition presented itself, to make them public.

These additions are of two sorts: some entered in the body of the history in many places of it, and divers records more set in the Appendix. Among which are not a few original letters of our divines and bishops at the beginning of the reformation to the divines of Zuric in Helvetia, and of them to ours: for between them there was a very brotherly correspondence. They are authentic, having been transcribed from the originals (extant in the library of that church) divers years ago by Daillée, a French refugee, and communicated to me by Mr. Roger Morice, who had em

ployed the said learned man to write them out: as were divers more of them sent hither. At the end of all which the said French minister wrote thus:

Superiores epistolas ex MSto codice ecclesiæ Tygurinæ N. 665. (quæ Magnum Monasterium vocatur) ubi autographæ servantur, scripsi mense Martio, ineunte anno Christi 1689. Joannes Dallaus, Jo. Fil. Parisiensis ecclesiæ patriæ...... Carentonæ olim (heu!) sacros cœtus habebat, pastor; nunc autem evangelii causa exul, Tiguri.

And for the supply of both sorts of additions, to such as have the first edition, and so want them, they are all, upon request, printed by themselves, and may be added at the end of the second volume; together with directions to the several places to which those additional insertions and records do belong. Thus, good reader, I take my leave, and wish you both profit and pleasure in the reading.

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