ment of his former frailty, with a pitch of constancy of mind above the rate of modern examples. But their virtues, as well as their faults, are set before us for our instruction; and how frail soever the vessels were, they have conveyed to us a treasure of great value, the pure Gospel of our Lord and Saviour: which if we follow, and govern our lives and hearts by it, we may hope in easier and plainer paths to attain that blessedness, which they could not reach but through scorching flames; and if we do not improve the advantages which this light affords, we may either look for some of those trials, which were sent for the exercise of their faith and patience, and perhaps for the punishment of their former compliance; or, if we escape these, we have cause to fear worse in the conclusion. THE CONTENTS OF THE FIRST PART. A summary View of King Henry the Eighth's Reign, till the Process of his Divorce was begun; in which He dies, and Clement the Seventh ib. The King's breeding in learning Of the Process of Divorce between King Henry and Queen Katharine, and of what passed from the nine- teenth to the twenty-fifth Year of his Reign, in which Campegio declared Legate ib. The Pope inclines to the Empe- ror ib. ib. 151. The King's debts are discharged |