The Zurich Letters (51)
by Steuart Adolphus Pears (9781150307188)

Subtitle: (second Series) Comprising the Correspondence of Several English Bishops and Others With Some of the Helvetian Reformers, During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth Volume: 51 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1845 Original Publisher: Printed at the University Press Subjects: Reformation Bishops History / Europe / General History / Europe / Western History / Europe / Great Britain Religion / Christianity / Anglican Religion / Christianity / History Religion / Christianity / General Religion / Christian Church / History Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: LETTER LIXi. HENRY BULLINGER TO THEODORE BEZA. Dated at zurich,] March 15, 1567. Extract.] This however I freely confess to you, that I have always looked with suspicion upon the statements made by master Sampson. He is not amiss in other respects, but of an exceedingly restless disposition. While he resided amongst us at Zurich, and after he returned to England, he never ceased to be troublesome to master Peter Martyr of blessed memory. He often used to complain to me, that Sampson never wrote a letter without filling it with grievances2: the man is never satisfied; he has always some doubt3 or other to busy himself with. As often as he began, when he was here, to lay his plans before me, I used to get rid of him in a friendly way, as well knowing him to be a man of a captious and unquiet disposition. England has many characters of this sort, who cannot be at rest, who can never be satisfied, and who have always something or other to complain about. I have certainly a natural dislike to men of this stamp. H. BULLINGER.] 1 The original of this letter, of which this extract only relates to English affairs, ...

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