Durham, James, a Scotch. divine, was bom in West Lothian about 1622, and was educated at St An- drews. He was ord^ed at 80, and was a popular preacher and (fh>m 1650) professor of divinity in Glas- gow. He died in 1658. He published An Esepodtion of the Book of Job (Glasgow, 1649, 12mo):— il» Eapo- tition of the Song (^Solomon (London, 1669, 4to) :— J Commentary on the Book ofBevelaHon (Amsterd. 1660, 4to; Glasgow, 1788, 4to) i^A Commentary on the 5M Chapter ofleoiah (2 vols. 8vo) i^Expodtion of the Com- mandment (London, 1675, 4to) x—Chriat Crucified (7th ed., Glasgow, 1769, 8vo) i—Sermone on the RUhea of Christ (Berwick, 1794, 12mo).— Howie, ScoU Wortkiee, p. 888.
DuTBians. See Dbuses.
Dury (DuBiBus), John, an eminent Protestant di- vine, was bora in 1595 or 1596 at Edinburgh. His fo- ther had been a monk, but, becoming a Protestant, he had to flee to Holland, and became minister to the English and Scotch at Leyden. Here John Dniy was educated for the minist^. He visited Oxford in 1624 for the sake of the libraries. In 1628 he became pastor to the English fSactory at Elbing, Prussia, where he became acquainted with Dr. Godemann, one of the councillors of Gustavua Adolphns. Godemann sug- gested to Dury that whoever should bring about a reconciliation between the great parties into which Christendom was divided would be the greatest of peacemakers. From that time forward the greater part of his life was devoted to this object. He was invited to England in 1680 through the influence of Sir Thomas Rowe, English embassador to the court of Gustavus Adolphus. He was well received, and his first plans were approved by archbishop Abbot, by Laud (then bishop of London), bishop Bedell, and bish-
op Hall. In 16S1 he laid his plant befaie (ktei Adolphus, who was greatly interested ii tka^ ■ gave him letters patent recommendiBglBBtoLtN testant princes. From the Lntherui k tn^t the Calvinists, and visited Hanao, the Pikfecti: other places. When Gustavus fell in US* &K testant (and especially the Lntberaa) MOfadonU with him. But Dury's cause and pluf giisedf^ throughout Europe. In 1683 he retimed to £i^ and at the suggeistion of Laud was ordained imk bishop Hall (with no obligation of residMeejaj^. Armed with hstters from Land and cdter Ei^jtf ates, he attended the meeting of Pntestsat Stts a Frankfort (1689). His life was thecceftrwirda& cessant round of Joumeyings, colloqoies, kttes ai publications ; all f^itile, so £u> as h^ gr^ e n. concerned. He died at Caasel Sept 28, 1611
A summary account of them is gireo is tk (3r» tian Remembrancer^ Jannaryj 1855, sit i, fra ttH we take the following account of the chief nsnt! 1 information as to Dury: ''1. A brief Bda&i^k which hath kUefy been attanpted to proan ecdxtH Peace among Protestanit, published by Ssnrael EcC (Lond. 1640). 2. A naanary Aecomt (filakr^k Burg's former and latter Negotiation for Ikjnxv^ of true Gospel Peace, with Christian Usde^ai chouitdble Unify among the Protestant (imda « Academies (London, printed for the sntbor ii 1'^^ These t¥ro are identical down to page 32 of tiKl@; which is the same as page 28 <rf the latter. Ikkvj Relation has three more pages, containing s sot (f^ ilogue, which concludes that portion of Dsry'tkif?. 8. The unchanged and stn^e-heartedP&MxmaiffiJai 1650). 4. ConsuUationum Iremeanm vpa^^ (Amst. 1664). Of biographies, the beet sre: LG.i^ noldus, Eistoria Joheamis Durait a vnivaistj tka delivered under the presidency of J. C KoUs, t£ usually quoted as thai of Coleros (Wittenbo^ T^ 2. C. J. Benzelius, Conmn. Hist. TheoL dt J^ ^\ maximede actis ejus SuecamSf am praf.LL)M» (Helmst 1744). The proceedings of Dm nU burg are said to be related by Sdienk In titVdsh fessorum Theologia Marbufgenskmiy p. 207, bst ci book the writer has not been able to see. J>^ has recorded his attempts in Pmsaia and Ftaheiis^ Historia Consensus Sendomirienms. Hii jooam t the Palatinate, Switzerland, and Denmiik in rM in Seelen*s BeUcicB Epistolanan; in the JVsm"^ vetieum, and in the FasdcHins EpistolarmTidifBr rum of Elswitch." His Latm wriliiigs inM ^ pomnemata de Studio Pads EceksiaitiaB (Aortd-IA 4to) i — ConsuUatio TheoL super Negatio Pan B^ Promooendo (Lond. 1636, 4io) -.-Capita dePtxtEs^ gelica (Lond. 1657, 4to) .^Jrenicorum Tradattml^ dromus (Amstelod. 16^ 8vo).
" Dury unfolds his scheme at length in tke D«&*- tion of his Ireniconun TractumnProdromsL h^ national church there was to be a CoBtnism P»f» torkun, constituted of some theologians snd pa»o« high position ; these colleges were to confer toget*^ upon the condition and means of nmon, ^?°''^ correspondence with one another. '^^^^^'IT tions were these : 1. Negotium per dispntotionea i*' lasticam nunquam esse agitanduoL 2. Ad P"^^ etatis omnia concordisB consilia et media Mie nfe^ 8. Per concessa in Kbris symbolicis semper ««P^ dendum. 4. Onmia esse snbordinanda fimdawsw*" bus et irref^agabilibns Christianisini dognatibu. ^ ipsi Pontifidi negare non possint 5. D« Spf^ mo ; i. e. de nova quadam religionain miecdlSi »■ «* deliberandum, seddeftmdamentali Concordia. «>^^ quam agendum de factione aliqua politica contn r^ tificios formanda, sed de Protestanthan iii»J«*^ manifestanda, ut pateat, hsBreaeos crimen ^ ^^^^^ a Pontificiis imputari. 7. Postquam in ft"*?"^ bus inter partes oonsensom esse appsieUtj '^^^ tolerantias innoxin locum esae daodom. & rnp
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di libertatem secondam 8. Scriptaras regolatam et | e personalia non tractet concedendnm esse. 9. In- | iamm prasteritaram amnestiam esse faciendam, nee mne admittendum, at nlli se novis injoriis lacessant. Regimen Ecclesiarom ntrique parti libemm esse Inqnendum, at illad, prout ex nsa soo utilisaimnm Licabit Ecclesia qoalibet, constitiiat. The means ommended were, the setting aside of the prejndices the parties against one another, the publication of >ks to recommend the nnion, and correspondence ween the parties.** Gieseler, Chtrch Hiitory (ed. Smith, iv, § 51). See also (besides the works cited the coarse of this article) Mosheim, Church History ew York, 1854, 8 vols. 8yo), ill, 860; Bajle, Dictkm- S s. ▼. ; Reid, Wulmmder Divime$ ; Arnold, Ktrchm- UKetzer Historiiy xvii, xi, § 28; Dowding, Life of lixtua (Lond. 1864, 12mo).