OCR Text |
Show MtmtJrial'J 1[ pleafe hirnfelf in tl\f thought of fo noble an Attempt. .Agai11 to the fame Du' 6rotiuJ.'DUi'~tD, r;tus. Both the Emqaffadors of Enu/and ~;e. ~~. N1v. think, as I aijo do, dwc hefe Time~ will 31· • not permit a General Affcmb1y of Protefiants : Times, wherein. they do not en joy fo m~ch as that common peace of humane Soctety: That it will therefore be bell, as the Kingdome of Suedtn and England are joyned together in Friendlhip, and haply ejre lono will be confederate; So alto that tl~e Churche5 of thefe Kingdomes fet forth a publick pro- . . ' . li . [ '· feffion of their Concord , and firll give the Ne1ghbours of Stteden , the 'DaxeJ, and Norwegians, and th~n others too, an example for them to imitate. Such a Body of Churches being once conllitu· ted , there is hope , their Neighbours, o~e after another, will by degrees clofe With them. And this is the more to be dd1r'd by Protdtants, becaufr Many do every day ff' rf.1 kc them, . aod joyn with the· Romamfis, for no other Rea[on, ~~t becaufc they are not one Body, but d!lh at"ted parties, feparated Conoreoati· ons '. having every one a peculia~ C~mmumon and Rites, and moreover llrivino one to ~ifgrace the other with reprqaches~ That it concerns: the Ptotefiants , thefc thi.ngs ·lhould be remedied ·, . efp~~ially fetmg_fo great. a Con;fpiracy of theinAqr verfan~s ag~inft them, who doth not per~ eivc? · Nor Nor WIU our Author ~ealoufl1 aff'eeled Qnely to the peace of Proteftants , bnt of all Chriften_,do'!le, wjtnef~ his Via ad pa· ~em Ecclehathcam , m the . entratJ~e,. E.lilt li~J.. whereof he hath a fwee~ Epzgram ~~ · prai(e of Moderator I , to thzs ejf~ff 1 <l.p1 . , . faudes Batavis, &c. That Roterdam Erafmus flands. in' ' Bra{s; ( Yet this 1\.fward to" s worth inferiour na&:) That mild Caifander' s Woflk.! are pu!J .. lifhed, ( Thank.§ to Co1·defius) and hy thee are read: That NeEfar dr~ps ft~m fweet Me-lanCthon's vein; Wi,cel and Modreve write in the fame flrein : That in Spala to" s Books good Vote i are fren For Unity : ( ill/oft are iwo of Ten:) That Great Great-Britains J(ing hath wifely done , · In jigni.fying his mind by Caf~ubon : Who joy'ff mall this, view wzth gentle look., Our way of 'R.Jconcilemtnt i"n r his JJook.,, Good, if not heft: ~Twill plea[e thou mayft pref~tge , Though not the Prefent , 7et the Fu~ tu~e .dge,. Adde |