The history of England : written in French . esof the Order of St. Benedict, and acknowledge the papalauthority. Perhaps to this fcrvlce done the See of Rome,a good part of the encomiums beftowed upon him are ow-ing. However this be, it is faid that having a defign togo and preach the Gofpel to the German Saxons, he wasdiverted from his purpofe by an exprefs order from hea-ven. But, as he had the converfion of that Nationvery much at heart, he pitched upon IVilbrod to go in hisplace. IVilbrodbeing arrived in Germany, Pipin, Mayor of thePalace of France, fent him into , which he hadla
The history of England : written in French . esof the Order of St. Benedict, and acknowledge the papalauthority. Perhaps to this fcrvlce done the See of Rome,a good part of the encomiums beftowed upon him are ow-ing. However this be, it is faid that having a defign togo and preach the Gofpel to the German Saxons, he wasdiverted from his purpofe by an exprefs order from hea-ven. But, as he had the converfion of that Nationvery much at heart, he pitched upon IVilbrod to go in hisplace. IVilbrodbeing arrived in Germany, Pipin, Mayor of thePalace of France, fent him into , which he hadlately fubdued, to preach the Gofpel. After WilbrodhaA Egbert. 7 <•• , 1. J. c. 27. 1. 5. c. 10. 691. , 1. 5. (1) This by the By fuppofeg the Cbrifiian Religion in its primitive State to be cloggd with all thofe Aljttriiua it now labours under, particularlyamong the Rmumijls. For furely nothing wurfe, can be faid of Reveald Religion, than that it is contrary to Nature, Strji or Rf_ ? ? made 5 C * * <» R °0 »j. Book III. RefleEiions on the Primitive State, &c. 81 made fome flay there, he took a Journey to Rome, wherehe was confecrated by Pope Sergius I, Biftiop of the Frief-landers. He fixed his See at Utrecht, of which he wasthe firft Bifhop. Winfrid, an Englijh BenediBine Monk, was fent into Ger-many, where he alTumed the Name of Boniface. His preach-ing having met with great Succefs, he was made the firftArchbifhop of Mentz, and the Popes Legate for all Ger- many. It is faid he was the Son of a Cartwright, and thatthe Archbifliops of Mentz for that reafon bear JVhetls intheir Arms. Boniface was barbarouily murdered by thePagans in Friefiand in 754 (1). 7^ Guthlack (2) was the firft Anchoret in England. He made , for his Retirement, of a Fenny Place in Mercia, Croyland, where the famous Monaflery of that name i>Eph-was afterwards built (3). flj Pits rays, he was of Royal Extraction. There is a Colkaion of his Letters ext
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