ſellors who excuſed this proceeding: That this buſineſſe of Reformation was badly underſtood, as if is were inſtituted meerly for the impoſition of puniſhment, when it was rather a fatherly care which the Emperor bare for the ſalvation of his Kingdomes and Provinces: and that the Emperor was bound, though no crime was intervened, to provide as well for the eternall ſalvation of his ſubjects, as for their outward tranquility: At this the Baron was aſtoniſhed , when he ſaw thoſe plots which had been covered with darkneſſe ſo openly maniſeſted, and Tyranny over conſciences cloaked with an appearance of piety. He went forward yet to expoſtulate with the Emperour himſelf. The Emperour anſwered. That he would grant him nothing for his conſcience. The Baron replied: That in his conſcience he was obliged to God, and that he deſired that Cæſar would not oppreſſe it. The Emperour anſwered. That he did not oppreſs it, but that Preachers could in no wiſe bee granted. The Baron replied: That he could not want the holy worſhip of God, and that this could not be done without a Miniſter of the Word. And with this Proteſtation he departed from the Emperour, not onely openly retaining Paul Hronovius his houſhold Chaplain, but like pious Obadiah ſuſtaining the moſt religious old man lohn Lanctius above 70 years of age, & George Draſtus ſuperintendent among the brethren in Mora-
