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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81931	A summary discourse concerning the work of peace ecclesiasticall, how it may concurre with the aim of a civill confederation amongst Protestants: presented to the consideration of my Lord Ambassadour Sr. Thomas Rovv, &c. at Hamburg in the yeare MDCXXXIX. By Mr. John Dury, a faithfull and indefatigable solicitour of the gospel of peace amongst Protestants: now put to the presse for the information of such as are able to countenance, and willing to help forward the negotiation of some issue.	Dury, John, 1596-1680.	1641 (1641)	Wing D2889; Thomason E167_13; ESTC R4299	30,514	57

requisite to confirm it amongst those that have interest in the cause which are all such to whom the house of Austria is or will be either intolerable or dreadfull in these present conquests Concerning which things it is out of mine element to speak at large And therefore I will rest in these generalities which I mention onely to intimate that it is not onely possible to frame and confirm such a league amongst Protestants if they be not altogether insensible of their own dangers but also feasible enough and not very difficult if the true relation which the one work must have to the other in their necessary concurrence be rightly observed and instruments imployed about the same 11. Of the relation which the one work hath to the other IN the beginning was shewed that the civill league dependeth upon the work of Ecclesiasticall reconcilement as the body doth upon the soul Now we may say on the other side again That the Ecclesiasticall work dependeth upon the civill confederation as the soul upon the body For indeed betwixt soul and body there is a mutuall dependence so that the one is not so apparently subsisting without the other Therefore it may be concluded That except the body of a civill confederation be intended and sought for the work of Ecclesiasticall reconcilement will never come to a publick and visible estate of ratification no more then our souls are to be seen without their naturall bodies yet because the souls of men have by themselves also a being and subsistence without their bodies it is manifest that spirituall things which have a relation unto mens souls ought not to be suspended from their bodyly conditions but may and should be sought for by themselves From whence it followeth that the work of spirituall reconcilement should be agitated although the other be not intended that yet this must not be made an appendix thereof but taken up for it self as a businesse standing upon its own principles tending to its own end which is the advancement of Gods kingdome and which may run along in its own channels together with the other work even as the arteries which are conduits of the vitall spirits concurre together in one body with the veins thereof which contain the masse of blood I suppose then that the Authours of both works their endeavours means and manner of proceedings ought to be not onely conjoint but also in some cases dependant each upon other yet so that there be no confusion and commixture of the chief aims of the principles of the fundamentall proceedings by which each work is to be perfected For each work having its own aim it s own principles and wayes distinctly to be used in and for its self must needs have also its own Authours and Actours distinguished which neverthelesse must not onely correspond together and do things with mutuall knowledge but also assist and help one another with advice and addresse in matters of moment that when either hopes and likelihoods appear both may know each others advantages or when difficulties either way are incident preventions may be both wayes used lest from the circumstances of the one some inconveniences might reflect upon the other Therefore the undertakers of both works before they enter in agitation ought to preconceive their plots and make an agreement together concerning the manner of their relative proceedings chiefly in those cases wherein it may be conjectured that jealousies taken up by others from matters which happily will fall out on either side may cause a difficulty in both works For if either the instrument of a civill league should agitate too much with Divines or with States-men the work of Ecclesiasticall reconcilement or the undertaker of the spirituall work should shew himself too forward in matters of State both might incurre the suspicion of not dealing sincerely because the Clergie might be jealous that something might be intended to their prejudice if matters of Religion should be too farre meddled into by States-men and the States-men might suspect the spirituall Agent that his chief and reall aim was not a true composition of differences in Religion but rather some pretext subtilly made use of to cover some other worldly intention which would marre all and make both them and their Divines shie and fearfull to meddle in the one or in the other businesse Now to avoid this and many other inconveniences which might be reckoned up each must agitate his own work and yet not without the fore-knowledge and preconsultation with the other which sufficeth to frame a fit concurrence at incident occasions of speciall moment which being openly countenanced by authority will make a deep impression upon mens affections And to this effect also the most observable circumstances of times places and persons must be preconceived and a course laid how to make use of the same as well joyntly as severally III. Of the considerable circumstances of the spirituall work to discern what may be done in it at this time THe possibilitie of all effects ariseth from the fitnesse of means to be used towards the same The fitnesse of means consisteth in the properties of circumstances wherewith they are clothed These circumstances are chiefly time place and persons Therefore to see the possibility of this spirituall work these circumstances are to be considered The seasonablenesse of this time to agitate in these matters ariseth two wayes partly from the extreme dangers and distractions of the Churches and of the minds of men partly from the preparations made already towards the accomplishment of the work in the spirits of those that can best help to bring it to passe The first circumstance of this time maketh this businesse to be a matter of absolute necessity the second sheweth the possibility thereof The distractions and dangers of Protestants are almost infinite they cannot be reckoned up for what Church is it that is not divided from its neighbour subdivided in it self where is true brotherly love without respect of persons and partiality where is a true care for godlinesse and religiousnesse considered in it self without siding to this or that faction what is become of the Communion of Saints tending to uphold the duties of charity and mutuall edification Is not all this gone and lost and is not all manner of bitternesse in disputes raylings and reproches and all kind of disorder indiffidences factions and plots undertaken one against another come in stead thereof Hence it is that the peace of the Churches being disturbed with violent affections and uncharitable practices there is not onely amongst Divines a breach in communion about spirituall matters but also that mutuall amity and fidelity which is requisite in States-men for the concourse of Councels in common affairs of a publick nature is decayed and broken all to pieces Thus they are become a prey unto their adversaries And although they can perceive that their strength is almost broken yet they cannot joyn in counsel for their mutuall preservation