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Show ·n Country:mel} thereto , he wrote a Book, D~ jur,~.Ca»?mercii IndicanJ. Aga~~, obrc:nt~ng ,, afr~r the Tr\lce with the Sp~tJ?iArd , th~ peac,e . of the Common~ ea)th b~gan co pe dtfturbed by certain dange.rou~ Innov~tors · , judging it to be ~QC: 'nuty of a good Patriot .? to o1 pofe himfdf againft their Defigns,and to 'ommend unto All ,the.: preCent State, he fet , ,.. out a. Diifertatioo!entituled, De Antiquztate ~ipublictt. ~atavt£, After the death of 'E/itU Olden Barnt'Ueldius , fl. man not lefs .Noble· fur his good parts, than his family , Our Grotius fufferd himfdf to be chofen into his place,Syndic of ~oterdam, a.nd fo was adv~nced from.the Bar.ro the Bene~ And then was he fent i~to Great Britain to accommodate the differenc~ a· bo~t the lnditfn Trade: whence he was piimHt not without eminent marks of favou, r from that King?f Learning andReligion , a~d from the molt learn~d and p1ous men of that Iland , togeohcr with thi~ mofi pleafing frult of his] ourney ,that< he there had found the Great lfaac CafaHbon , whom he reverenced before at a diftance, and had now enjoyed a more intimate and familiar converiation with him. Ab10ut tha~ t~me the Church being v'e'ry fick of the Controverfics of Predc' ftination , and !Jf the contention of Come PaLlors with the M.agiflrates about the right of Church· Government :info much that the States of lfol!.md were by fome · Con~u- CDntumelip\ltlY•teproa~hed. : Our ~urhor tbought it his Iiluty to vindicat~t.h~ Right of the State , and offer bls M~·dicine~-' for the ~ur~ of thbfe Difieruper,S·.. ; :and fuew the way ~o Peace in cho~e , and other Differences1 that· difiurb , ~h~ Chrilli.an World. ~ ~ 1f : • .... ' Thm far out of Athen~ 'Batav~, If Book conleinrngtht. Lives ofth~ moft fnninent profe .Jfor s and It arn~d \m(f''..f bat h~tfll JIDttrifhed inrA,hdtiUniverfi~<y'lttidtPJI.ch ten .. Jing to tb~.lianoH't·of it:.J trKbttr/Of' 1it ma1 hug'Doa pneatde~U{or ollr t;~Ovfa~ofjs /lnifltrj# i~s; and for Londo~ ~,t}yf! ~pp.rhaps may not improperly be fti!ed a third Acttbmr) andfhr rJJ~m up to do"th~·lik!· For England hath in this /aft ·.Age produced tun arworthy ,.IU any other, tb't;~tgh not fo r~~ucb /z.nown ab.ro.ad. • But ,.,. to 'reflect '!I utt /~ upon what is [atd alr~t~dj~ pefor~ we .' {: 1\ ·: •• • go on: Th.at fo /aftmg a JtVit tU Grotius :~. ~ ~· · naJ, {houfa be fo foon rip~, iJ ,/JOt a [itt le to ~, ,. L .: . be ;rdmired. Odi p' ueru)um· pr2:coci inob e•f m.: .n ·1 l tlio' ;faith th~ Poet of f-ent~n'cls ·; Pre&oci- _,c,r. ,. , .!!~. tiis 'atDk!nofttjhort-jiv'J.:wit:/n#•;wM ' J. 1 ~r~ p~~ : ) not. {o in Him. Pf/e/1 did a great · man in it'~· t! ,1 ; Fnnce ttpp'J to him, what Turneb. us for(" . i~.! r · ' llltrly had jaid of J o[ep h Scaliger, that he · ~ • ,M portentofi in genii J uvenis; A~d Da- ~~~ Heinfius a grettt wit toq ~ me· t hinkJ ,. . . IJ~ h4ppy when f11ch r».en heAr 4 fair ref- Ht~•Pml4 peQ to 01re another,and do not.tHrn l'.ngenu- ~rttl~~-'""' s E l " • · . n . ) II. tO nfMl1/ll '" mu atro~ tnto envtoU,s ,Detrac-uon: t:rule Tr•t."di" ~ath ho11oHrtd hi'm with this e1og'! *: .tlmarttr.~r. ' . .· • · NatHra |