"Thus, having been lately desired to set down in writing the
relation of the passages above-said concerning the said book, as
well for the satisfaction of judicious and godly Christians, as for
the conservation of the perpetual memory of God's extraordinary
providence in the miraculous preservation of the aforesaid Divine
Discourses, and now bringing them again to light: I have done the
same according to the plain truth thereof, not doubting but they
will prove a notable advantage of God's glory, and the good and
edification of the whole Church, and an unspeakable consolation of
every particular member of the same.
"Given under my hand the 3rd day of July, 1650.
"HENRY BELL."



A COPY OF THE ORDER FROM THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
24th February, 1646.



WHEREAS Captain Henry Bell hath strangely discovered and found a
Book of Martin Luther's, called his Divine Discourses, which was for
a long time very marvellously preserved in Germany: the which book
the said Henry Bell, at his great costs and pains, hath translated
into the English out of the German Tongue, which Translation and
substance thereof is approved by Reverend Divines of the Assembly,
as appears by a Certificate under their hands:

It is Ordered and Ordained by the Lords and Commons assembled in
Parliament, that the said Henry Bell shall have the sole disposal