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tracing this word to its origin. In the 

 summer of 1887 Dr. Briggs searched 

 through the libraries of Germany until he 

 found a copy of the anonymous book, 

 "Paraenesis Votiva," which is the source 

 of this immortal sentence, and which book 

 is referred by Bergius to Rupertus Mel- 

 denius. The probable date is 1627. As 

 Professor Briggs remarks, the author does 

 not belong to men of fame. He passed 

 away in obscurity. But his words remain, 

 to fructify in a better soil, and to bring 

 forth fruit in a better age. And this word 

 of his should keep his name in everlasting 

 remembrance. 1 



John Durie was the greatest peacemaker 

 of the seventeenth century. The same 

 scholar already mentioned has the honor 

 of calling the attention of the American 

 Church to this indefatigable laborer for 

 church union. 2 Durie, who was probably 



1 See Briggs, in Presb. Rev. 1887, pp. 406 ff., 743 ff. 



2 Briggs, The Work of John Davie in behalf of Chris- 

 tian Union in the Seventeenth Century : Presb. Rev. viii. 

 297-309. ITere is published for the first time Durie's 

 Summaric Relation of his Work for Ecclesiastical Pacifi- 

 cation from July, 1631, until September, 1633, from an 

 original manuscript of Durie, discovered by Dr. Briggs, 

 and now in the library of Union Seminary. 



