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One obftruction to the wifhes of CRELLIUS was removed but not the fear of others: for other ho nours, customary in the universities of Germany, awaited him, and his learning opened his way to public pofts and preferments, which he thought were to be despised by him, as he faw he could not accept them without fwearing to human formularies and confeffions of faith. Other impediments to the enjoyment of liberty arofe from his family connec tions, particularly from the views of that relation, whofe patronage he had enjoyed from his childhood, and whofe hopes and labours appeared to be all loft, if his kinsman did not join the LUTHERAN Church, for which he had educated him. It greatly diftreffed the mind of this excellent youth to find that he could not please both GoD and those friends to whom, in the next place, his attachment and obedience were due: it appeared also, in his view, base, to yield to men the freedom of his mind, which ought to be fubject to God alone. He thought therefore that the favour or refentment of his greateft friends was in that cafe to be defpifed, and that every obftacle was to be gently removed or reslutely furmounted.

When, at length, he could no longer continue where he was, and enjoy liberty of conscience, he began in earneft to entertain a defign of retreating

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to fome country where it would be lawful to think freely and to speak what he thought. Poland was the country upon which he fixed for his refidence, though he had never feen it, and knew he had no friends there, otherwife than he fuppofed that the friends of truth would be his.

Heleft Norimberg in November, 1612, and travelled on foot unattended with any companions to beguile the difficulties of his journey till he came to Cracow; from thence, on the thirteenth of December, he reached Racow, where he fixed his refidence, and died.

He there obtained his wifhes: for, foon after his arrival, he was received into the communion of the UNITARIAN Churches and indulged with the inti mate friendship of their pastors. Soon after, he was received into the court of JACOB SIENIENIUS, Palatine of Podolia. CRELLIUS did not abuse the kindness of this nobleman to indulge luxury or floth, nor did he bufy himself in state-employments; but confecrated his leifure to theological studies, attending on the lectures of SMALCIUS, and holding con ferences with HIERONYMUS MOSCOROVIUS.

In May, 1613, he was appointed, by a resolution of the Synod at Racow, Corrector of the Prefs for

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the German and Latin publications, and Profeffor of Greek in the University there.

He preached in private for two years, in the Ger man, Latin and Polish languages: and in the year* 1615 SMALCIUS introduced him into a public cha racter, and in the month of July he preached his firft fermon to the church. In this manner he employed the three years and a half he spent in the court of his noble patron. In 1616 he was chofen Rector of the Univerfity; and this office, upon which he entered only for a year, he filled for five years, to his own improvement and the public advantage. In the fame year on which he undertook the management of the University he married the daughter of SIMON PISTAR, an UNITARIAN Minifter at Czar kovia, greatly esteemed for his learning and piety. By this lady, who was a religious woman and furpassed most of her fex in prudence, he had three fons and three daughters, all of whom survived him.

In the year 1622, CRELLIUS refigned the Rectorship of the University and refumed the minifterial character; and, a plague breaking out at Racow about this time, to avoid infection he withdrew from the town. On the death of SMALCIUS he was chofen colleague in the government of the

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Church with his fucceffor CHRISTOPHER LUBIĄ

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It is needless to follow him, through the occurrences of the ten following years, during which he discharged the paftoral function: he was fo affiduous and diligent in the duties of it that he scarcely allowed himself lawful relaxation, and his friends found it neceffary to lay fome restraint upon his labours. Scarcely a day paffed in which he did not preach, or was not engaged in giving advice or adminiftering comfort, or encouraging fome to virtue, or reproving others, or in clearing up fome difficult paffage of Scripture. These labours might be eafily difcharged by one who was free from other engagements; but to CRELLIUS thefe duties were only a change of his ufual and daily employment: for he expounded the facred Scriptures to ftudents in divinity; and thefe lectures were often attended by perfons greatly fkilled in theological fubjects, who were not to be dismissed, if he wished them to renew their attendance, with trite and jejune remarks: but these hearers were so well pleafed with what they learned from CRELLIUS, that they deemed his lectures worthy of the public eye. Therefore, what he either exprefsly advanced or flightly hinted, upon their return home, they di gefted and committed to writing.

In this manner were formed his Commentaries upon the Epiftles to the Galatians and the Hebrews; the former published in his life-time, the other after his death. He expounded the other books of the New Teftament in the fame manner; and the Expofitions were afterwards publifhed from like minutes. Indeed, it raises our admiration of the ftrength of his genius, to be informed, that very few of his works were published from manuscripts which he had drawn up with his own pen, but most were dictated from memory, and even without the affift`ance of notes. And when he was dictating he was often attacked by objections from different quarters, ftarted by the scribes, who in general were no novices: yet he replied fully and immediately to these objections; and interwove these answers so regularly and handfomely with the thread of the difcourfe and in their proper places as, scarcely any other perfon could have done, though he had directed his whole attention to this point only and ufed the affiftance of his pen.

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'Death prematurely removed this great man in the vigour of life and amidft his fchemes of ufefulnefs: for on the fecond of May, 1633, when, on the feftival of Whitfuntide, there were affembled, from very remote parts, the principal members of the UNITARIAN Church, after having preached by request

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