but cannot hope it, for my days are past as a shadow that returns not.”  More he would have spoken, but his spirits failed him; and, after a short conflict betwixt Nature and Death, a quiet sigh put a period to his last breath, and so he fell asleep.  And now he seems to rest like Lazarus in Abraham’s bosom.  Let me here draw his curtain, till with the most glorious company of the Patriarchs and Apostles, the most Noble Army of Martyrs and Confessors, this most learned, most humble, holy man shall also awake to receive an eternal tranquillity, and with it a greater degree of glory than common Christians shall be made partakers of.

[Sidenote:  A prayer]

In the mean time, Bless, O Lord!  Lord, bless his brethren, the Clergy of this nation, with effectual endeavours to attain, if not to his great learning, yet to his remarkable meekness, his godly simplicity, and his Christian moderation; for these will bring peace at the last.  And, Lord, let his most excellent writings be blest with what he designed, when he undertook them:  which was, glory to thee, O God! on high, peace in thy Church, and goodwill to mankind.  Amen, Amen.

Izaak Walton.

[Footnote 1:  Dr. John Jewel was born in the Parish of Berry Narber, in Devon, May 24th, 1522.  He was educated at Merton, and Corpus Christi Colleges, Oxford, and in the reign of Edward vi, he publickly professed the Reformed Religion.  During the reign of Mary he remained abroad; but on the accession of Elizabeth, he returned, and was made Bishop of Salisbury, in 1559.  In his controversy with the Roman Catholics, he published his famous “Apology for the Church of England,” which was translated into several languages, although it was greatly opposed by the Papists.  His fatigues abroad, and his incessant study, so much impaired his constitution, that he died, Sept. 21st, 1571.]

[Footnote 2:  Dr. William Cole, 1599, exchanged with Dr. Reynolds the Presidentship of Corpus Christi College for the Deanery of Lincoln, which he did not long enjoy.  He fled into Germany in the time of Queen Mary, and Anthony Wood names him as one of the exiles of Geneva engaged with Miles Coverdale in a new translation of the Bible.]

[Footnote 3:  He was professor of Divinity in Oxford, and died May 21st, 1607.  It has been said that he was brought up in the Romish faith, and that he was afterwards a strong supporter of the Puritans; but Fuller supposes that it was only for the sake of giving satisfaction to some of the more tender consciences of the Non-conformists, since the virtue of Reynolds was almost proverbial.]