54

THE LIFE OF

Extra Si of a Letter from Chancellor Hyde, to Dr. Barwlckj

Bruffels, June 27, 1659.

" tt Should be glad to hear, that you had prevailed with the young Gentle-“ man [Mr. Wren] to bestow some of his 'l ime upon Leviathan ; and be-“ seech you present my humble Service to his Father [the Bishop of Ely] up-" on whom no Man looks with more Reverence. And I pray God, that his" not being at Liberty, be not the Cause that nothing is done in the Business“ of Ordination. I am sure the King can do no more in it, and is exceed-“ ingly afflicted, that they who can, do not, when they know his Majesty’s“ Pleasure so particularly in all Things concerning it. I pray, tell me whe-“ ther my Lord of Ely doth not think, that my very good Friend Dr. Co-“ sms hath proceeded farther than he needed to have done, upon any Frovo-“ cation Mr. Fuller could have given him. I wiffl you all Happiness, and" am very heartily.

S 1 R,

2 'our most affectionate Servant ,

Hyde.

From the fame Hand to Dr. Barwick.

Asfrndix toDr.Barwick’jLift, A 4 2 9-

tt

tt

tt

tt

it

Brustels, July 25, 1659.'

" X Hope, it is only Modesty in Mr. Wren, that makes him pause upon" J_ undertaking the Work you have recommended to him ; for I dare“ swear by what I have seen of his, he is very equal to answer every Par-" ticular of it ; I mean, every Part that requires an Answer ; nor is there Need" of a professed Divine to vindicate the Creator from making Man a veryer" Beast, than any of those of the Field; or, to vindicate Scripture from his" licentious Interpretation. I dare fay, he will find somewhat in Mr. Hobbs" himself, I mean in his former Books, that contradicts what he sets forth“ in this, in that Part in which he takes himself to be most exact, his be-« loved Philosophy. And sure, there is somewhat due to Aristotle and Fully,and to our Universities, to free them from his Reproaches; and, it is highTime, if what I hear be true, that some Tutors read his Leviathan, in-stead of the others, to their Pupils. Mr. Hobbs is my old Friend, yet Icannot absolve him from the Mischief he hath done to the King, theChurch, the Laws, and the Nation ; and surely, there should be enoughto be said to the Politicks of that Man, who having resolv’d all Religion," Wisdom, and Honesty, into an implicite Obedience to the Laws esta-" bliffled, writes a Book of Policy, which I may be bold to fay, must be,“ by the establifh’d Laws of any Kingdom, or Province in Europe , con-demn’d for impious and seditious; and therefore, it will be very hard, if“ the Fundamentals of it, be not to be overthrown. But I must ask yours, and-- Mr. Wren 's Pardon, for enlarging so much, and antedating those Animad-versions he will make upon it."

Doctor

1