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dus oas componcndi, proponatur, plenius cognofcanr>contemplentur, & agnitae veritati patrocinentur.

Quam gloriose Romanum Impcrium adGermanosdclatum,&quamprudcntcr ad hocirifcelix vfq; fcculumconfcruatum fit, loquantur hiftoria:. Pro hoc inftitutoconucnitgcncralitcr fcire, quod res ipla teftatur, ante an-nos circiter o&uaginta , aliquot Ordincs Impcrij , rclicTatauitarcligionc Catholica , nouam Luthcri do&rinam akfumpfiflc, cx diucrfitate rcligionum in contraria ftudia Uconfilia (vtfcrtnaturareligionis ) magnofuodamnoab-ijflc, (cdex his indiuturna bella ciuilia incidiflc , quibuscumpeneconfumptaeflec, gloriofiflimos Impp: C a r o-lvm V. & Ferdinandtm differentias Catholicxrcligionis, cum nouitatc Lutherana.Concilio gencrali dc-cidcndas rcmififle,& vtintcrcapublicacranquillicascon-fcruarctur, lcgem politicam, nc quis aitcrum intuitu ieli-gionis deinccps offcndcret, communi omnium Ordinuntconfcnfu , fub grauiflimis pcenis Anno falutis iyjy. pro-mulgaflc,de cuius Icgis contentis ac fcnfu, vt minor fitdu*bitatio, placuit illam ipfam fidelitcr tranflatam, hicad-iungcrc.

NcquispofthacaIteriinImpcriobeIIumindicat,in-ferat, vel hoftile quid,autper fc moliatur.aut opc confilio-quc promoueat, quin imoomnibus concordibus votis,mutuae beneuolcntia: ftudcant, neq; altcr altcrum, Iudiciofc fubmitcere paratum, annonx fubminiftrationc.com-mcrtijsq; vclrcdicuum pcrccptione intcrcludat.

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