Zuinglius and Ecolampadius carried on the Reformation in Switzerland for some time, with the assistance of Calvin, who taught a doctrine nearly resembling that of our own Church, on the subject of the Lord's Supper, and in opposition to the Consubstantiation of Luther :-the name of Calvinists was, for a long time, applied to his followers on account of this very difference, until the present distinction between Calvinism and Arminianism arose.

In England, the Reformation, though begun under King Henry VIII., made but little progress until the following reign. The Six Articles, which were put forth a. D. 1539, were composed without the assistance of Cranmer, who was early instructed in the reformed opinions, by his converse with the German Reformers, on his return from his mission to Rome about the divorce. The doctrines of Wickliffe were never lost sight of in England, though they lay for some time inert, until a fresh impetus was given them by the reforming power which was at work in Germany. The work, however, was comparatively easy, when once begun.

As Cranmer kept up a close correspondence with Melancthon, and other promoters of the cause in Germany, it will be necessary to study the works of those authors, in order to form a right judgment of the opinions which the English Church at that time adopted, and has since preserved; as also to mark the changes which were gradually made, from the time when "The Necessary Erudition of a Christian Man" was first published, A. D. 1543, (in which some of the obnoxious tenets of the Church of Rome were still retained,) until our Church Articles were expurged of every remainder of the Corruptions of the Popish Creed.

Books to be consulted in the following order:

Lewis's Life and Sufferings of John Wickliffe. (106.) L'Enfant, Histoire du Concile de Pise, de Bâsle, de Constance. (104.)

Burnet's History of the Reformation, Book I. and the first Book of the Continuation. (43.)

Sleidan's History of the Reformation. (157.)

Thuanus Historia sui Temporis. (172.)

Paul Sarpi's History of the Council of Trent (by Brent.) (146.)

Juelli Epistola ad Scipionem, Patritium Venetum. (146.)

Canones et Decreta Concilii Tridentini, (20.) et Index Librorum Prohibito

rum; and, for explanation,

Catechismus ex Decreto Concilii Tridentini ad Parochos. (20.)

Bossuet's Exposition of the Doctrines of the Catholic Church. (38.)

Strype's Life of Archbishop Cranmer. (164.)

Burnet's History of the Reformation, to be now concluded. (43.)

Ridley's Life of Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London. (141.)

[Gilpin's] Life of Latimer. (76.)

Life of Hooper. (76.)

Lives of the other Reformers. (76.)

Life of Jewel, prefixed to his Works. (93.)

Wordsworth's Ecclesiastical Biography. (190.)
Seckendorf's Historia Lutheranismi. (150.)
Gerdesii Historia Reformationis. (75.)

Brandt's History of the Reformation in Holland. (40.)
[Ruchat] Histoire de la Reformation du Suisse. (144.)
Jewel's Apology and Answer to Harding. (93.)

Corpus et Syntagma Confessionum Fidei. (20.)

Formularies of Faith during the Reign of Henry VIII. (17.)
Appendix to Copleston on Predestination. (57.)

Henry's History of England. (85.)

To mark how the Church of England did NOT adopt the Opinions of any distinct set or party of the Reformers, but chalked out a path for herself, by selecting from each what appeared most agreeable to Scripture. Thus :-

From the Romanists,

Episcopacy, and Apostolical Ordination of Priesthood.

From the Lutherans,

Doctrines of Grace,

Free Will,

Justification by Faith.

From the Calvinists,

The Doctrine of the Lord's Supper, in opposition to Consubstantiation.

12. STUDY OF THE WORKS OF THE REFORMERS.

1. Public.

Such as-The Confession of Augsburg.
Documents in Henry VIII.'s time, which
may be consulted as Commentaries on
the Church Formularies subsequently put
forth, being nearly all drawn up by
Cranmer: the first, when under the in-
fluence of Henry's leaning to Popery :—
the second, when left to the free exercise
of his own judgment and opinions.

2. Private.

Such as the Loci Communes of Melancthon, and the Works of Cranmer, Latimer, &c.

Todd's Inquiry into the Declarations of the Reformers may be read, in order to ascertain the sense, in which the terms of our Creeds and Articles were used by those who framed them; as also

Burrow's Summary of Christian Faith and Practice. (44.)

Edward VI. Catechism,

Dean Nowell's Catechism.

Bishop Burnet on the Thirty-nine Articles. (43.)
Strype's Annals of the Reformation.

Ecclesiastical Memoirs. (164.)
Laurence's Bampton Lectures. (101.)

History of the Articles.

The following list contains the titles of only a small number of works upon each subject. Some, which are most popular, and in the hands of every student, are omitted. Those which are printed in Italics are recommended either as particularly valuable, or as condensing the substance of larger works. Those which have an asterisk prefixed are of a more learned kind.

Jenkins's Reasonableness and Certainty of the Christian Religion. (93.) Stackhouse's Fair State of the Controversy between Mr. Woolston and his adversaries. (160.)

Houtteville, La Religion Chrétienne prouvée par les faits. Translated into English. (89.)

Abbadie's Vindication of the Truth of the Christian Religion. (22.)

*Bp. Kidder's Demonstration of Messias. Paley's Evidences. (126.) (97.)

The Boyle Lectures are particularly valuable upon this subject. An abridgment of them was published from 1692 to 1732, by G. Burnet, in four volumes, entitled, A Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion. (39.)

For the controversy with Dr. Middleton concerning the continuance of miraculous powers, see Drs. Chapman, Church, and Dodwell.

Schleusner, Lexicon in LXX. et reliquos Hody, De Bibliorum textibus originalibus, interpretes Græcos. (147.) Ver. Gr. et Lat. Vul. lib. iv. (87.)

NEW TESTAMENT.