JOHN DURY HIS PETITION TO THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF THE COMMONS IN ENGLAND, NOW ASSEMBLED IN PARLIAMENT.  
LONDON, Printed in the year M.DC.XLI.   

To the Honourable, the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses met in Parliament, the humble Petition of JOHN DURY, Minister of the Gospel of JESUS CHRIST.  
Humbly showeth,  
THat whereas for the space of more than ten years bypast, not without knowledge and permission of his Majesty, with the good liking, approbation, and furtherance of foreign Protestant Princes and States, and with advice, encouragement, and instigation of the chief Divines in all the Churches whom it doth concern, the purpose of Ecclesiastical reconcilement amongst Protestants hath been prosecuted, and the means thereof so fare advanced, as in a private Theological way they can be prepared; which by this adjoined brief relation will appear, and may be made more fully evident by other circumstances of the Worke.  
Therefore my humble suit is unto your Honourable Assembly, to be pleased to take this matter, which so much concerneth the glory of God, and the welfare of his Church, into your pious consideration, to countenance and assist religiously the same.  
And to this effect, if your wisdom think it expedient, some Act or Declaration might be made,  
First, That the blessed, and long sought for union of Protestant Churches may be recommended unto the public prayers of the Church.  
And secondly, That either an Evangelicall correspondency for mutual edification, for healing of breaches, for taking away of scandals, and for the advancement of the Gospel of Jesus Christ amongst Protestants, should henceforth be entertained with foreign Churches, by those to whom the care of so blessed a work may be with authority referred: Or that his Majesty, with your Honour's advice and grave counsel, might be moved to call together a general Synod of Protestants in due time, for the better settling of weighty matters in the Church, which now trouble not only the consciences of most men, but disturb the tranquillity of public States, and divide the Churches one from another, to the great hindrance of Christianity, and the dishonour of Religion. All which evils by this means may be taken out of the way, and from hence a great blessing of God, and much honour amongst men will redound to this Church and Nation: And I your humble Petitioner, as in duty bound, will daily pray for his Majesty's long and happy reign over us, and for the prosperous success of this high and Honourable Court of Parliament.