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tember the same year, and wrote to the same 

 person, he has these words. 



" Comme la correspondence entrela cour de 

 la G. Bretagne, et celle de Berlin a ete renou^e, 

 et que j'apprends que meme M. de St. Jean, 

 Secretaire d'Etat en a ecrit, j'espere qu'encore 

 cette affaire aura quelque bonne suite. On a 

 fort estime icy un livre de Monsieur Nichols, ou 

 il montre qu'une bonne correspondence des Eg- 

 lises Protestants du Continent avec vos Insu- 

 laires pourra etre d'un grand effect pour lever 

 les animosites des parties, et j'ay lu autrefois ce 

 livre avec plaisir et avec fruit. Je voudrois pou- 

 voir retrouver un Sermon de mi/ Lord Archeveque 

 de York sur la liberty, predestination, et matieres 

 approchantes ; qui Madame f Electrice^\o\t , mais 

 qui s'est perdu *." 



* Thus rendered — " Since I hear the correspondence be- 

 tween the Court of Great Britain and that of Berlin has been 

 renewed, and understand that Mr. Secretary St. John's has writ 

 about it, I hope that that affair will still have some good issue. 

 We esteemed very much here a book of Dr. Nichols, in which 

 he shews that a good correspondence between the Protestant 

 churches of the Continent and yours of England might be of 

 great use to extinguish that animosity which is between the two 

 contending parties. I once read that book with pleasure and 

 profit. 



" I wish I could find my Lord Archbishop of York's Ser- 

 mon on the subject of Free Will, Predestination, and the like 



