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A37068 Gospel-communion in the way of godlines sued for by the Protestant churches in Germany, unto the churches of Great Britain and Ireland / in a letter written and sent hither to that effect. Dury, John, 1596-1680. 1654 (1654) Wing D2862; ESTC R32776 5,308 14

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suo reliquorum fratrum in Comitatu Nass●vico Siegenensi nomine subscripsit Johannes Arcularius Ecclesiae Beilsteinsis Pastor qui suo reliquorum fratrum in Comitatu Nassovico Beilstemensi Orzensi subseripsit Thomas Dorn Pastor Altenkirchensis nomine Ecclesiarum Comitatus Sainensis M.P. In English it speaks thus To the Chief Patrons and Rulers of the Churches of Great Brittain and Ireland the eminent Servants of God and most respected favourers of the distressed Church in Germany Be Grace and Peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ through the Communion of the Holy Ghost Amen ALthough it is attested by the holy Oracles and the thing it self doth speak it that to the severall members of the Church severall Gifts of Gods Spirit are bestowed yet it is evident that the Father of Lights the Giver of every perfect gift doth in the distribution of all his Gifts propose unto himself but one and the same end which is the common edification and mutuall usefulnesse of all unto each other .. For the Apostle saith that The manifestation of the Spirit is given to every one to profit withall and elsewhere we are commanded As every one hath received the Gifts even so to minister the same unto one another as good Stewards of the manifold graces of God For the talent which every one of us hath received of God is committed to our Trust that we being made distributers thereof should not dig it in the ground as that unprofitable servant did but employ it to the advantage of our Lord that with such servants as are faithful unto him we may gain more Talents both to our Masters use and to ourselves These things Illustrious and Renowned Gentlemen most Reverend and Reverend Fathers and Brethren in Christ are alledged to the end we may acquaint you with our wishes and desires that seeing we are certainly informed that in the Churches of Great Brittain the doctrine of Practicall Divinity by the publick Writings of many godly wise Ministers of your Churches is brought to a great perfection and that it is excellently fitted for the use of the Common People but yet kept up as a hidden treasure from the eyes of forreign Nations within the bounds of your own language alone and that a very great benefit would accrew unto all Christian Churches and chiefly to those that professe the purity of the Gospel if so be those things which are peculiar unto you were published so as by them they might also be read and understood seeing we say these things are so our purpose is to acquaint your Honours and Worships with our wishes and desires and by the bond of holy communion in Christ and with that confidence of speech which our Brotherly freedom doth suggest to intreat you chiefly who being Rulers Protectors and Favourers of the Churches are truly desirous to edifie the Publick that you would not suffer so precious a Talent to be hid and concealed any longer from the hands and eyes of forreigners but that you would according to the pious zeal and affection of fervent Charity which you have towards Brother-churches and the bountiful care which you have for the glory of God in the Propagation of the Gospel take some convenient course by which the marrow of those Authours which in that kinde are extant amongst you and are of chief note may be gathered out of all into one Volume either of Common Places or of a Body of Practical Divinity which may be published and made use of by all in a tongue known and common to the Learned We have heard that some few things have been translated into the Low Dutch Language which are of great use unto those Churches and their Scholars of Divinity Of late also there is a little Book of the Practice of Piety translated out of the English into our Germane tongue which hath taken so much with many godly souls that we finde thereby wrought in them a very great growth of that Religious disposition which doth consist in a pure and modest Profession of Heavenly Truth for which cause we hope that if our wishes may obtein by your means the favour which is desired that some of your men to whom God seemeth mercifully to have given in the midst of these troubles both quietness and means to confer these and such like benefits unto his Church will easily be found who without difficulty will at your Perswasion bestow their pains and their Talents to collect to translate to digest and to publish the chief Practical Writings and Meditations of your Authours Whence we are confident this will come to pass that the Kingdom of God will receive a notable enlargement if a Compleat Body of such Doctrine out of your Writers were put forth wherein as well the young Scholars of Divinity for their studies as many Pastors of the Churches for their Sermons might finde matter farre more useful unto edification then that is which now a dayes is met withall in Controversal Writings So that by this means the mindes of many men may be drawn back from the endevours of strife unto the affections of unfeigned Charity whence afterwards this will follow that unto God in the first place Glory and Thanksgiving will redound and then unto the Professors of the Gospel with the care of Holinesse and Piety Peace and Concord to the Churches publick edification to the simpler sort Pious learning to the Godly and afflicted sound spiritual comfort to the erring and such as go astray saving Conversion to such as are secure and carnal a lively wakening of their conscience to the Hypocrites and stubborn sinners a cleer discovery of their Pervesnesse and to all the Generations to come a greater light of Truth will be advanced and lastly unto those that shall bestow their Talent towards this Endeavour for the Advancement of Gods Kingdom when he shall call us to an account of the Talent which we have received from him that glorious and blessed voice shall then come from the Lord unto them Well done thou good and faithful servant thou hast been faithful in a few things I will make thee Ruler over many things enter into the joy of thy Lord which joy we wish from our heart together with all temporal happiness to all those to whom this our Request shall be made known and with whom it shall finde acceptance Farewel in the Lord Excellent Gentlemen whom with all respect we are bound to worship Given at Hanaw 24 Febr. 1633. By John Daniel Wildius Minister of Gods Word and Inspector of the Churches of Hanaw M.P. Theodorus Leurelius Preacher of the Church of Hanaw Conradus Amonius Preacher to the Court in the same place Paulus Tossanus Doctor of Divinity and Assessor of the Ecclesiastical Senate in the lower Electoral Palatinate Clemens Boecius Pastor of the French Church in New Hanaw Isaacus Boots Pastor of the Flanders Church which is gathered unto Christ in Hanaw Matthew Rowyer Pastor of the French Church at New Hanaw Mr. Philip Pareus son to David Rector and Professor of the famous Colledge of Hanaw At Herborne in March and elsewhere in April in the same yeer 1633 the same suit was renewed by these Petrus Streithagen Preacher to the Court of the most Illustrious King of Bohemia of blessed memory John Moriaen formerly Preacher of Gods Word amongst those of Collen I did under-write this at Francfortt 23 April 1633. Philip Snabelius of Hoing in the County of Solms Preacher to his native Church John Conradus Hopfius Minister of the Word of God in the County of Hanaw in Merchabel an exiled Palatine I Henry Meerbottius for the present time Pastor of Schesheim Ladenburg in the Electoral Palatinate am willing to confirm also with my Subscription this most profitable intention and common wish of our Brethren of Germany John Irlin Doctor of Divinity Rector and Professor of the School of Herborn Pastor of the Church of the same place and Inspector of the neighbouring Churches of Nassaw M.P. Mr. Casparus Stippius Archdeacon of the Church of Siegen who subscribed in his own name and in the name of the rest of his Brethren in the County of Siegen in Nassaw John Arcularius Pastor of the Church of Beilstein who subscribed in his own name and in the name of the rest of his Brethren in the Counties of Beilstein and Orzen in Nassaw Thomas Dorn Pastor of Altenkirck in the name of the Churches of the County of Sainen M. P. THis Letter doth speak sufficiently for it self and the persons who did write it were in these parts none of the least considerable in these times nor is their number small if you take notice of the Churches in whose names the Subscriptions are made and although the time since this Letter was sent may seem somewhat long yet because that which hitherto could be done to obtein their desire hath not bin neglected though by several invincible impediments obstructed because the expectation of obteining it is not vanished but at this time raised and because such a Suit as this can never be out of date till it be fulfilled nay although the first Petitioners should all be dead it ought not the less conscionably to be regarded by those to whom it is made because it doth not at all concern any temporal or so much the particular conveniency of those that make it as the spiritual edification and general benefit of all the Churches of God and of the ages to come in the Gospel I say because of all these considerations and more that might be added therefore I am willing to second their request as many wayes I am bound to do and to that effect that the accomplishment of their desire may be obteined with more readiness and facility I have added hereunto a Summary Platform of the heads of such a Body of Divinity as they sue for which may give the Undertakers some occasion to think further upon the matter which I hope God will bless in their hand whereunto the endeavours and prayers shall not be wanting of their Humble Servant in Christ John Dury