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 that they have among them Piccardines, Calvinits, Lutherans, &c. The Orders that they might evidence their conent, conulted together about the regitring of a common confesion; for which purpoe they made choie of certaine Divines, who with ome of the Barons, Noblemen and Citizens, were overeers. The chiefe men of Prague brought forth the books of Hus, and the Synodicall and Parliamentary decrees of the ancient Bohemians concerning Religion. The greater part of the Order who tood for the Augutine confesion, produced this their confesion, as the Brethren brought forth theirs. Then they compared the Articles together, and the ene and manner of etting down of each part, and expreed them in uch forms that each part might ubcribe unto them, not intending to trouble themelves too much with particular and ubtile Scholaticall diputations; which Christian moderation and widome, did not only then benefit them, but alo pleaed many eminent men, awell in Germany as elewhere: for Cæar confirmed their confesion of faith, and did receive uch as did ubcribe, into his Kingly protection: but hee gave them not power according to their deires, for the appointing of a Conitory, or Academy at that time, yet promiing very faithfully, that neither hee nor his onne, (whom they had deigned his ucceor) would bee wanting in giving full atisfaction to their deires (you mut oberve that this confe- ion