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Minster. He composed more than a thousand sermons, but he ordered his executor to destroy them, 'lest they might contribute to the laziness of others.'
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The Life of
Mayster Wyllyam Caxton, of the Weald of Kent, the first Printer in England. In which is given an Account of the Rise and Progress of the Art of Prynting in England during his time, till 1493
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History of the Rise and Progress of Anabaptism in England; to which is prefixed some account of Dr. John Wicliffe, with a Defence of him from the false Charge of his denying Infant Baptism
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The New
Testament, translated out of the Latin Vulgat by John Wiclif, S.T.P., about 1378: to which is præfixt a History of the Translations of the Bible and New Testament, &c. into English
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History and Antiquities of the Abbey and Church of Favresham, in Kent, of the adjoining Priory of Davington, and Maison-Dieu of Ospringe, and Parish of Bocton subtus le Bleyne
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The Life of
Reynold Pecocke, Bishop of St. Asaph and Chichester; … being a sequel of the Life of Dr. J. Wiclif, to an introduction to the history of the English Reformation
289:. Part of an autobiography by Lewis, which he continued till near his death, is extant in a copy transcribed for Sir Peter Thompson (British Library Add MS 28651).
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A little
Dissertation on the Antiquities of the two ancient Ports of Richborough and Sandwich, by the Isle of Tenet in Kent. Printed verbatim from the original MS.
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Apology for the Clergy of the Church of England, in a particular examination of a book entituled "The Rights of the Christian Church," and its second Defence
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grammar school, under John Moyle and afterwards under John Russel in the grammar school at Poole. He acted as assistant to Russel, who, after he had moved to
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Wigfall, a Turkey and lead merchant, and afterwards, 30 March 1694, was admitted a bachelor of
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A Specimen of the Errors in the second volume of
Collier's "Ecclesiastical History," being a Vindication of Bishop Burnet's "History of the Reformation"
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The History of the Life and Sufferings of … John Wicliffe. … With a Collection of Papers relating to the said History, never before printed
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The Agreement of the Lutheran Churches with the Church of England, shewn from the publick Confessions of the several Churches
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A Complete History of the several Translations of the Holy Bible and New Testament into English, both in MS. and in print
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The Life of Dr. John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester. With an Appendix of illustrative Documents and Papers
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275:Sir Benjamin Hodges
243:Biography of Caxton
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