"in the Conditions under which the fame hath been built at the great Expence of many in"nocent Perfons who do not want to let this "Town stand empty, you would not bring us by "Force and Rigour to the Refolution to leave the "fame, but treat us as young us as young Difciples with

"mildness.

"Nothing is more difficult, and in the mean "time more eafy, than to reign over the Spirit of "Confeffion of the Brethren, according to the "Measures you make ufe of. They are Children "of

of God and no obftinate People, but almost "Philofophers born, tho' they are a little altered "through the Liberties they have enjoyed these "twenty-five Years in Saxony, but more efpecially "in Holland and England under my Brother-in-law,

and fince of late in the Territories of the King "of Pruffia. In all thefe Lands their Privileges "are greater than here, for they don't prefent "their common Juftices or Minifters in twenty"four different Places, except here and at St. "Thomas, in the Dominions of the King of Den"mark; in which laft Place they have been per"fecuted these twelve Years. And I did not "build a House at Neufaltze because that by Mif"take it had been promised in the Contract, but "because his Majefty had given me a Conceffion "for this Article figned by himself, which I can 66 prove, with both the Originals of the fame (11). "În fhort, if I could talk with you freely for a "couple of Hours about these Affairs, and could "be fure that no fecret Inftructions would hin

der you from thinking and fpeaking freely, you would find me fo fincere, cordial, and with

(11) This is true, if every Thing is done to their Liking, and is a Principle of Count Zinzendorf, Se&t. 9. But who can bear with their Conftitution, which we shall share in? Sect. 16.

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"out Difguife, that you would not hesitate one "Minute about my Pretenfions; nor would make any to which I, as Syndick of the Brethren, "could not directly agree.

"You made firft a Contract with me, and yet "we cannot truft each other. You knew me by "these Tranfactions (12). But I am so unfortu"nate by the pedantic Contracts the late Bishop Polycarpus hath made in my Abfence with Gotha, Brandenburgh, Holland, and likewife here the fame, (as he always followed his Ieas as Bishop) "that I have had enough to do to alter them in "four Years Time. They all feemingly form a Sovereignty in other Princes Dominions, and yet contain nothing which would really ferve our Community (13). Did not your Master "take me for a Man whom he must prevent from taking Poffeffion by quick Remedies? I could fay with more Credit, that my Services are the " beft in fuch Matters.. But I fhall not officiate in "thefe Lands as the Syndick of the Brethren in "favour to your Mafter, and permit the civil "Elders and the general Diaconat to do all Things "without me (14). Mr. de Gersdorf is well be

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loved in Brandenburgh, Gotha, and Holland, and " is a Man of Senfe and Equity, thinks almost "like me, only more confiderate and flower. The Propofal I made lately of five hundred Guilders per Annum, did not mean the Revenues of the Sovereign, as the Deduction is, but the ordinary "Poffeffor of each Place (15). I make this Ob

(12) This is the Contract with Meerholtz, Se&t. 12.

(13) Here Count Zinzendorf fays, that Bishop Muller had made an epifcopal Church of Herrnhaag, vide Sect. 2. Note 2. and Sect. 38. He fays, that it feems to be a Sovereignty in other Dominions, but here it is actually fuch. Sect. 22.

(14) Nobody gives them Orders but Count Zinzendorf. (15) Vide Note 1, 3. "fervation

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"fervation because that fuch a Revenue in fome Years, tho' feldom, may amount to fome hun"dreds of Guilders, which are not to be given "away."

To bring Mr. Brauer quite over to his Side, he thus concludes this Letter:

"I am, and shall remain honeft and faithful to "every body, more especially to you, let Things "go as they will. For you muft not take it amifs

that I think it to be an Error in Chronology "that our Ideas we have of another fhould have <c grown worse; at least I deny it. In the Time "of Counsellor Meyerhoff I did not like you "much, and the following your Perfon was ftill "more unacceptable to me, but this Year it grew

more pleasant; and if you-was not so prompt "to fufpect all my kind Actions, I would tell you "that I do not let you know yet half what hath "paffed, for I think it impoffible that the bad "Representation you had of me should have en"tirely vanished (16).”

Mr. Brauer anfwered:

"I can give you no pofitive Answer to your laft, till I have made the Report of the fame to 66 my Lord after his Return from Offenbach, and "have tried to alter Matters to the Satisfaction "of both Parties; for I hope not that one of "them fhould act rafhly, and that the other "fhould not defire to have his Will in fome "Things, Both would be the two Extremes, "which may be avoided, and the Courfe of the

(16) This is not fo at the end of this Section. They tried feveral Ways to hinder their Conftitution being broke, Sect. 15. Count Zinzendorf and his Brethren always like better to accommodate Matters by Speaking, than in Writing, and then they ufe Arguments from all human Inclinations; and after they have found out thofe of the prefent Object, they inftigate the fame more and more!

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Ship fo directed through the Rocks that the "fame does not entirely founder. I, on my Part, "will do all I can to accommodate this in the " beft Manner, and want therefore your Contract "with the King of Pruffia for my Perufal. It "will avail a great deal when the Point of the "administration of Juftice in your Common Court "is fo directed, that the Sovereign's Confcience "is under no Trouble. Further, that Matters relating to the Revenues are fo regulated that "the Treafurers cannot complain: And laftly, "if no Colleges are said to have been established, " and by the Sovereign confirmed, of whom he "knows nothing at all."

Count Zinzendorf anfwered immediately:

"No College has here been erected, established, "&c. of which the Sovereign hath no Idea. It is " inevitable that a little perfonal Chancery muft fol

low me upon my Travels (17). The Sovereign "can grant us every thing when he will favour

us, and leave the Care of the reft to the Bishop "or Adminiftrator of the Calvinifts amongst us "to defend our Actions, whom he must acknow"lege as fuch after the Example of the whole

Empire. For Herrnhaag is according to the "ftrict Moravian Calvinift Rules (18). But no

(17) He continually travels, his perfonal Chancery, confifting of fome Elders, follow him. He ftays no longer in one Place than he thinks proper for his Syftem, and adjusting all Things in fuch Colonies. It is erroneous to think that this Chancery is fubject to the Sovereign in whofe Dominions he then dwells, for he is every where a Stranger, a Guest. He ftiles himself a Gueft of the World, (hofpes Mundi) with his Collegues, as will be feen, Scct. 22.

(18) He fays, Sect. 37. that this Place is a ftri& Lutheran Town. Nor is his Remedy of any Ufe as long as Religion is not to be confidered as a human Work. A Sovereign ought to take Care of the Wealth of his Subjects, and is therefore obliged to enquire into the Doctrine in which they are inftructed, elfe his Sovereignty would foon be in Danger. G 4

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body can oblige him to fuch Favours. It is unjust to promise a Thing and then not to do "it (19). The Air at Court, or a heap of malicious Writings of People that know nothing at all about us, cannot authorize a Sovereign to "cause others to be at great Expences, and to let "them have the Ufe thereof for no longer than one half Year (20).

"Shew me the Favour, and come once to Herrnhaag and examine the Matter, and you "will find that no Colleges have been erected. "Bailiffs of other Places may live here for fome "Weeks or Months. They are at Liberty to "live where they will when their Business does not require their Prefence. The Queftion is " of the Exercife of a Jurifdiction which extends "further than what has been granted? This I deny. For this is directly against my Principles. Has your Prince no other immediate "Goods that he could fell or mortgage but "Leustadt. I hear the fame is all the Winter

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long under Water (21). Tell me your Reason "of your Doubts plainly, and all you have heard "against Herrnbaag, upon a Sheet of Paper folded "in the middle, and I will write the real Truth

over against it, let the fame be difpleafing to us or not. I affure you I know nothing of all that "I hear, nor can I believe it, for the Brethren

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(19) If the Sovereign had not thought that they were fuch. People as themselves faid, he never would have received or granted them any Privileges.

(20) Nobody had forced him to build the Houfe at Herrn baag, to which he here alludes. He faid he had built it with Intention to offer it to the Sovereign, Sect. 38: and another Time fays, It was defigned to be the Town-houfe; and he afterwards had it, because he had lent the most Money towards the Building.

(21) The Day before he would not hear of the Farms nor have them.

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