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The life and acts of Matthew Parker, : the first Archbishop of Canterbury in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Under whose primacy and influence the reformation of religion was happily effected; and the Church of Engl nd restored, and established upon the principles whereon it stands to this day. : Wherein are related the said Archbishop's actions in ecclesiastical commissions, and synods; his visitations of the dioceses, colleges and hospitals within his province, with his injunctions and regulations: characters and accounts of Bishops by him consecrated: his endeavors for uniformity: his dilligence in retrieving, and publishing many Saxon and other ancient historical MSS of this nation: his procuring a more correct translation of the Holy Bible: his government of his own dioces of Canterbury: his sober thoughts, counsels and cares for religion and this church: and many particulars of the ecclesiastical history of those times, hitherto unknown, or very obscure, are discovered and brought
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