Notes and Queries, Number 43, August 24, 1850 by Various
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the Dutch congregation. But his sect did not become visible till some
time in the reign of Elizabeth. In 1575 they presented a confession of their faith to parliament, along with a number of their books, and prayed toleration. Nicolai, or Nicolas, their founder, published a number of tracts and letters in Dutch for the edification of his followers: and now I will propose a Query, in hopes that some of your correspondents will solve it. Is there extant any list of their writings as presented to parliament in 1575, and has their confession been published, and when? Perhaps the following works, none of which I am able to consult, would furnish the means of solving my Query, all of which treat of the subject:-- J. Hombeck's _Summa Controversiarum._ Godfr. Arnold's _Kirchen- und Kitzer-historie._ Ant. Wilh. Bohm's _Englische Reformations-historie._ Schroekh's _Kirchengesch. seit der Reformation._ {202} These sources would, I conceive, be useful to N.B., who inquires into their tenets and lives. I find I have omitted to mention one of their assailants, "the last and most learned," Henry More, the English divine. See his _Mystery of Godliness_, book vi., chap. 12-18. [Hebrew: SP'T] |
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