ORATIO
AD V. A. RTCHARDUM CROMWELLUM.^
Minora ilia sceptra, vir amplissime! quae manibus, quibus ipsam psene librat Europam, portasse magnus parens vester non erubuit, insurgentis glorise et decoris non contemnenda omina, ad pedes tuos provolvit academia Oxoniensis. Si tibi ingentiori spiritu se gerere, quam pro conditione, si fastu quodain intumescere videbitur gens togata, quod non minoris patroni in clientela et fide esse voluerit; id nimio ejus favori, qui amplexu suo eam, tanquam sortis immemorem, ad amplissima quseque aspirare jussit, imputandum est. Ejus vero jam in laudes spatiari, aut recensere beneficia, cum omnes optima om^nia ei accepta ferre gestiunt, atque ipse factorum gloria immortali sit consecratus, baud opus est. Viri itaque omuium, quos extulit seculum hocce heroum ferax, prudentissimi et fortissimi elogia con- sultb prffitereo. Quocunque tandem vergat res Anglicana, ibit in seculum, fuisse principem, cui cordi fuerunt et insulas gloria, et re- ligionis honos. Postquam autem vir ille maximus ad solium pasne evexerat musas, atque ipsas tantiim non regnantes coluit orbis Bri- tannicus; ciim unius tantiim dominationis patiens respublica, litera-
' Cum hnoc oratio inter auctoris schedulas sud manu cxarata inveniretur, superiori- bus hie adjungere visum est. De tempore autem et occasione illins supra dixinius, in orationum inscriptione.
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rlum et Platonicum imperium ferre nequiverifc, ut proxima tamen esset in conditione, atque non nisi sub spe imperii, ant saltern meritb serviret, laudabili et tuta ambitione laborare, suavissima pristini ho- noris recordatio coegit academiam.
Habes ideo, vir amplissime, per innumera rerum discrimina, multo labore, multis studiis, vigiliis, precibus, hucusque conservatam pie- tatis, literaruni, modestiae, temperantiae causam, qua nihil melius, neque amplius est in natura mortalium, tutelam obnixe ambientem, salutare orantem patrocinium; illam ut suscipias, amplectaris, foveas cura atque indulgentia illius tantiim cogitationibus minoribus et se- cundis, a quo es secundus, bonorum ubivis omnium et votum est, et exspectatio. Kn/ju-ziXiov verb hoc, atque ingens antiquse pietatis et munificentife depositum, quamvis tibi, viro in amplissimo dignitatis fastigio posito, honori esse non posse videatur; ne pudori sit aut vitu- perio, et propitius quern hactenus in Chi'isto numinis favor nactus est, et doctioris orbis cultus et reverentia effecerunt. Quse vero et quanta ab hominibus, ira, odio, studio partium incitatis, per annos aliquot jam proximo elapsos passa sit academia; quibus rerum an- fractibus involuta, periculis exposita, hucusque.succreverit; qua con- tentione et studio causa pietatis, religionis, et severioris disciplinse cum iis congressa, qui nihil otiosii vita, et plena, et conferta volupta- tibus prsestabilius esse ducunt, firmata sit; quidque ei ope omni mortali grandius in subsidium et fulcimentum venisse constet, silere mallem ; quam molestse querimoni^ suspicionem apud quemvis mortalium subire. Ex diuturna perturbation e, per te forsan, vir amplissime, lucem et portum intuebitur academia. Habet vices hasce conditio mortalium: ex adversis secunda; ex secundis adversa nascuntur.
Floreant ideo sub tuis auspiciis cum ipsa academia, tum quseque in ea patrocinio tuo, bonorumve laude digna sunt. Floreat doctis- sima atque optimse spei numerosa juventus, germana matris acade- mise proles, insurgentis seculi quoquo vergat pars nobilis futura. Floreat pietas, ingenuus candor, et, justitise soror, incorrupta fides, morum integritas, atque, omnia recta tentandi audax, industria et prudentia. Hisce salvis, ibimus, ibimus libentissime, quo fata aca- demiae et omni casu benignior divina providentia nos vocent.
INDICES.
I. INDEX TO THE LIFE OF OWEN. II. INDEX TO THE NOTES BY THE EDITOR.
III. INDEX TO THE WORKS OF OWEN, ACCORDING TO THE ARRANGE-
MENT OF THE VOLUMES IN THE PRESENT EDITION.
IV. INDEX TO THE WORKS OF OWEN IN THEIR ALPHABETICAL
ORDER. V. INDEX TO PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS AND OCCASIONAL TOPICS. VI. INDEX TO THE PRINCIPAL WORDS AND PHRASES IN OTHER LAN- GUAGES CITED OR EXPLAINED :—
I. IlEBKEW, CHALDEE, OK RABBINICAL. U. GREEK, in. LATIN.
VII. INDEX TO PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE EXPLAINED. VIII. INDEX OF REFERENCES TO AUTHORS, OPINIONS, COUNCILS, AND
SAYINGS.
INDICES.
I.— INDEX TO THE LIFE OF OWEN,
CONTAINED IN VOL. I.
Page
Abney family. Certain members of the, united to Owen's church, Leadenhall Street . . 90
Act of Unilormity, its results ... 79
Alleini;, Joseph, author of " Alai'm to the Un- converted," at Oxford .... 66
All-Saints parish, Owen and Chillingworth first educated in 23
Alsop, Vincent, a Nonconformist minister, his witty remarli on schism ■ ... 73
Anderson, Rev. Ale.xauder, pastor of a Baptist church, Colchester 33
Anglesea, Earl of, a powerful friend of Owen 91
Countess of, a member of Owen's church,
Leadenhall Street 91
Aristotle, Influence of, on theology . . 57
Arminian doctrine, Owen's statement of and answer to 32
Arnold, Nicholas, a continental writer, his re- marks on Biddle's catechisms . . 62
Asty, Independent minister, London, his Jle- moii's of Owen inaccui'ate and scanty . 21
Owen's letter to 119
Bancroft, Bishop, admitted Owen to orders 29 Barlow, Bishop, of Lincoln, Owen's tutor in
mathematics and philosophy . . . 23, 92 Bates, Dr, quoted in reference to Rev. David
Clarkson 96
Baxter, Richard, his character of himself . 21
at Ludlow Castle, or village of Wroxeter 25
finds entertainment in the writings of
Thomas Aquinas, Anselm, and Duns Scotus 25
his controversies with Owen ■ . 38, 93
the chosen associate of Sir Matthew Hale 48
his spirit expressed in tender words . 54
opposes Owen 56
his attempts at union with Independents 84
his sufferings 91
Character of, as a preacher . . . 105
and Owen compared .... 110
Owen's letter to 119
Bendish, Mrs, Cromwell's grand-daughter . 91 Berkley, Lord, Owen's friend .... 91 Biddle, John, the father of English Socinian-