General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . , WolfgangCapito fell a sacrifice to its ravages. About ayear after his death the senate of Strasburg in-vited Fagius to become his successor; withwhich invitation he ultimately complied, afterhe had devoted more than two years to the in-terests of literature and the reformed religionin the republic of Constance. Before this,Philip prince of Hesse had endeavoured tosecure his assistance in conducting a seminaryestabli
General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . , WolfgangCapito fell a sacrifice to its ravages. About ayear after his death the senate of Strasburg in-vited Fagius to become his successor; withwhich invitation he ultimately complied, afterhe had devoted more than two years to the in-terests of literature and the reformed religionin the republic of Constance. Before this,Philip prince of Hesse had endeavoured tosecure his assistance in conducting a seminaryestablished by him at Marpurg. At StrasburgFagius continued in the diligent and acceptabledischarge of the ministerial office, and in pub-lishing books adapted to the promotion of He-brew learning, until the year 1546, when Fre-deric II. elector palatine, sent for him to Hei-delberg, to conduct the measures proper to bringabout a reformation of religion in his domi-nions. The subsequent war, however, betweenthe league of Smalkalde, and the emperorCharles V. having terminated unfavourably forthe Protestants, that work was obliged to besuspended, and Fagius returned to btrasburc;,. Tu tjcto Jccfucrc C? fratrcm nc dcjcrc cum Buccro ^lona parta Ubi ?<£?*$_ FAG ( 15 ) F A I where he resumed his ministerial and literaryemployments, and assisted Bucer, and Martyr,in discharging the duties of the theologicalchair. But the emperor having, by his forcibleestablishment of the Interim throughout Ger-many in the year 1548, and his cruel treatmentof the protestant divines who refused submis-sion to it, rendered it impracticable for him toremain any longer in safety at Strasburg, heaccepted of an invitation which he receivedfrom Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, totake refuge in England, where he arrived, to-gether with Bucer, in the year 1549. Forsome time tness illustrious foreigners residedat the palace at Lambeth, whence it was in-tended they should proceed to Cambridge,where the
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