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Show MemD.ri,ls 1/ try and of Ger~nany , and out of the evil; of fo long and ambiguous a War, I enjoy the fweecnefs of the French air, and of my old Fnends: So that nothing is wanting to my Happinefs (as in morKllife ) befides the fight of your face , ~and the fruition of your difcourfe. Yet max this want partly be repaired by epifiohcal commerce , and partly by leren~ thou_ghc of the fecure poifeffion of_ this our triend£hip, &c. I need not tell the Reader, thAt b~tth ttny ~cquaintance tn the Common· wealth of Learning,of our Author's Con· / troverfl with Vr. Rivet : let their Bo6kJ ile compared: nor of hu Annotations in /five or fi~ Folto' s upon the whole Bible: (the lt~rgeft of t-hem, ttpon the E11ax• gelifts, u lq our learned and judiciom * Dr. Him.; £nglifh .Annotator*, jfitd Admirable.) mond ;,. bis Nor need I reckgn up other lejfer pieces 4dt-·erti{tmmt of our Grotius not yet mentioned, or no! eebtReadhw :(yet come forth into the lig:ht • .As to thu "T''sh eP am1ao,R :r a,e. .n ohle WorkJ_' , f h . h h t~ut o w tc we ave tran-lc: arned and Jlated thefe large Seleilionl, (and lefr judi~ious.Hu~l nough to ex-e-rciji the diligettce of fome · Grot~ra, tn hts !Jetter hand) the .Author mentioning it a~dmmm1cranbrles on to Ftanct.l c· us Thuanus * , ac"L-n. ow1 e. d i[ ,et.h the Gofpds, the help he had from Book.J out of hss Lt· cas alfo in the !Jrary. f!And he had need of t.he Aia .of potlhun:ous good Lihraries, the Wor~ /Jemg Jo difAnnotatlona en th: other~ be h' lltS of the NewT ef}lment ' which for 2 crelt part ar IS ~CJitatUrC UDtm them, * Jpip. f3 • f.!~· 4Ufa,T~HIWJ tlfn. IfJJ. Si. -.... . ,. ~-,. fnftJ, fHfed. Nor could he more freely horrow elfwhere, than from that Library, which . -wM furmjhed by Thuanus the Father"', • Pide Te~ta-for the benefit of ali Learned UWen. mentum J•c: How much the .AuthtJr wtU addi£fed ~~,eg. T~!ll71!t, tot he wat.t s o,J{ C."lD- eace a;: d Recon&i 1il ltt.o n, {mN A.o m. "" w • Appears afore. T hat the ~eader may [ee hi; Conftqncy in Jttch (hriftian endeA-vours, and that his example may encline our men to Modentte cour[eJ , 'twill he worth the pains to tranjlctte hither what IJe wrote to J oannes Dura=us, a man that labot1red much to c.ftabli(h an unirm of the Evanl.e/ical Churches. * I have a\waies withcd, and will* G11tim dd . never ceat"e to wifh, that the Churches, t>ur•um, 11. which for moH weighty cauf'es have de - ~~:!~·;~~37· parted from the Pope of Rome, may come to a nearer Aareemem one with the other, and may t~ltifie the fame con-fptcuou! ly. N,)r am I ignorant, having a-lfo had fome experience , how many rubs there are in the way, and difficul- 'ties, from Reaton~ of Stare , from the fufpiciom of Divines, from the love eve .. ry one beareth to his own opinions, and the ddire of advancing his own way, · and .of feparating himlelf from others • and keeping a large diHance under pre-tence of p~ricy. , Bwc a 11 thefe ch.u!gs ought to deccrr no man from etfettigg a mofi: excellent work , if he be o ble: if he cannot effe& it, certainly he may have comfort of his ConCctence ; and · .· A a a 3 p1cafc: |
