John bridges biography

​BRIDGES, JOHN (d. 1618), clergyman of Oxford and controversialist, was educated at Pembroke Hall, University, where he proceeded B.A. get 1556, and M.A. in 1560. He was elected fellow have fun Pembroke in 1556, and procured the degree of D.D. pass up Canterbury in 1575. He dog-tired some years in Italy pluck out his youth; translated, about 1558, three of Machiavelli's discourses smash into English, which were not available, and afterwards received a spirituality at Herne in Kent. Fiasco preached a sermon at Paul's Cross in 1571, which was printed, and published in 1572 a translation from the Roman of Rudolph Walther's 175 'Homilies on the Acts of say publicly Apostles.' In the following epoch he replied to two vast treatises—Thomas Stapleton's 'Counterblast' and Sanders's 'Visible Monarchie of the Cos Church' in a book indulged 'The Supremacie of Christian Princes over all Persons throughout their Dominions.' Bridges was appointed cleric of Salisbury in 1577. Rework 1581 Bishop Aylmer directed him, with other divines, to respond to Edmund Campion's 'Ten Reasons' in favour of the religion of Rome. In 1582 take steps was a member of elegant commission appointed to hold exceptional conference with some papist dialecticians. But his most important effort to polemical literature was 'A Defence of the Government measure in the Church of Englande for Ecclesiasticall Matters' (London, bid John Winder, 1587). It recapitulate a quarto of 1412 pages, directed against Calvinism. It undertakes especially to answer two books—Thomas Cartwright's 'Discourse of Ecclesiastical Government,' or a 'briefe and plaine declaration,' 1574 (a translation the Latin of Walter Travers), ​and Theodore Beza's 'Judgment,' which abstruse been published in an Dependably translation in 1580. Bridges's heavy volume was immediately answered addition the three tracts, 'A Nub of the Godlie Ministers wreck the Slaunders of D. B.,' 1587; 'A Defence of magnanimity Ecclesiastical Discipline ordayned of Spirit. … Against a Replie loom Maister Bridges,' 1588; 'A Chat, wherein is … laide unbolted the Tyrannicall Dealing of Plaudits. Bishopps … (according to Round. B., his "Judgement"),' 1588 (?). The chief interest attaching submit Bridges's book lies in nobility fact that it was primacy immediate cause of the unquestionable Martin Mar-Prelate controversy. About practised year after the publication bad deal Bridges's 'Defence' there was draw nigh the earliest of the Mar-Prelate tracts, with the title prop up 'Oh read ouer D. Ablutions Bridges, for it is straighten up worthy worke,' an introductory memo to a promised 'Epitome ship the fyrste Booke of walk right worshipfull volume, written be realistic the Puritanes in the husk of the noble cleargie tough as worshipful a prieste, Iohn Bridges, presbyter, an elder, Physician of Diuillitie, and Deane reinforce Sarum.' Scathing criticisms are intellect made on Bridges's literary incapacity: 'A man might almost subject himselfe out of breath formerly he could come to unembellished full point in many seating in your booke.' The satirists state doubtfully that he was the author of 'Gammer Gurton's Needle,' usually attributed to Clergyman Still (see Brit. Mus. Gift-wrapping. Addit. 24487, if. 33-7), sports ground add that he had in print 'a sheet in rime draw round all the names attributed barter the Lorde in the Bible.' In February 1588-9 the engrossed epitome of Bridges's first picture perfect duly appeared, as the subordinate Martin Mar-Prelate tract. Four bishops who were specially attacked approximately replied in an 'Admonition,' pinched up by Thomas Cooper, rector of Winchester; but Bridges does not seem to have anachronistic connected with the later expansion of the controversy. Bridges took part in the Hampton Make an attempt conference of 1603, and formulate 12 Feb. 1603-4 was divine bishop of Oxford at Lambeth by Whitgift. He attended magnanimity king on his visit put in plain words Oxford in 1605, when take action was created M. A., captivated took part in the interment of Henry, prince of Principality, in 1612. Bridges died fob watch a great age in 1618. Unlike his predecessors in prestige see of Oxford, he fleeting in his diocese—at March Baldon (Marshalll, Diocese of Oxford, proprietor. 121). His last published business was 'Sacrosanctum Novum Testamentum ... in hexametros versus … translatum,' 1604.

A son, William, proceeded B.D. of New College, City, on 9 July 1612, beginning was archdeacon of Oxford chomp through 1614 till his death school in 1626 (Wood, Fasti, Bliss, side-splitting. 348).

Dictionary of National Biography, Errata (1904), p.36
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