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^CONCILIATION MOVEMENT AND JOHN DURIE. 297
was then invited to attend a prest-mote in Stockholm,
where, instead of a pleasant reception, he was subjected to
a severe examination. This took the form of inquiries as
to the real union of the reformed theologians with the
Lutherans on fundamentals, and then on the debated ques
tions, including an inquiry into his own faith. At last it
came to the point that Rudbeckius insisted on subscription
to the Book of Concord, which, of course, was insisting on
an impossibility even for liberal Calvinists.
The Formula Concordice, I
may remind you, was merely
an attempt to unite the followers of Luther and Melanch-
thon, and was, therefore, of no use in conciliating Cal
vinists. Indeed, it was an exposition of developed
Lutheranism, coloured by references to all the controversies
of the day, and, therefore, more hard for Calvinists than
the vaguer language of the original confession.47
Durie was advised to return home. He complained to
the Chancellor of Rudbeckius, and the latter lost his temper
with him. Durie still held on, and put forward the opinion
given in his favour by the famous six doctors of Aberdeen,
dated 2oth February, 1637. ^e made his last attempt at
the Riksdag in Stockholm in 1638, but only to draw from
the clerical estate an assertion that the difference between
Lutherans and Calvinists was fundamental, and that not
only the Augsburg Confession but the Apology for the
Confession and the Formula Concordiae must be subscribed
by anyone who wished for union with themselves. They
asked that he might be sent out of the kingdom. The
Government thought it best that he should go, but testified
to the honesty, peaceableness and prudence with which he
had pursued his mission. The chancellor was vexed at the
incivility with which the clergy described his guest as a
"
transmarinus," but he gave way to the general dislike
with which Durie was now visited. The poor man was
struck down with disappointment, and fell grievously ill,
47
See Charles Hardwick : H. of the Church during the
Reformation, ed. W. Stubbs, p. 163, Lond., 1880.
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