A Lively Picture of Du Moulin, Title page – Dedication
A Lively Picture OF LEWIS du MOULIN, DRAWN By the Incomparable HAND OF Monſieur DAILLE, LATE MINISTER OF CHARENTON.
LONDON, Printed for Rich. Royſton Bookſeller to His Moſt Sacred Majeſty, 1680.
A WORD TO THE DISSENTING BRETHREN.
THere is none of you, that knows any thing of the Proteſtants abroad, but hath heard of the fame of M. JOHN DAILLE. Whoſe praiſe is ſo great not only in the Reformed Churches of France, but in this and other parts of the World, that I have ſome hopes you may ſuffer your ſelves to be diſabuſed, by a Man of ſuch Credit and Authority for learning and piercing obſervation; for goodneſs and humility; for modeſty, humanity, and all ſort of Vertues: and no longer give any belief to what LEWIS du MOULIN hath written, or ſhall hereafter write againſt this Church, or any member of it; when you ſee, by the help of ſuch a glorious light as M. DAILLE was, what kind of man this L. du MOULIN is; of how ſmall judgment, fidelity, or care about what he ſays; and of how great vanity, raſhneſs and paſſion; or rather rage and fury. Which render him ſo unfit to be a Writer, that they quite blind his Eyes; and will not let him underſtand any thing truly, though never ſo clear in it ſelf, if it be contrary to his humour.
You will find this Character abundantly▪ made good in what follows; which I have taken out of M. DAILLE'S Preface to his Vindication of his Apology for two National Synods of France, Printed at Amſterdam, 1657. Read it I beſeech you patiently, and conſider it impartially till you come to the end; where you will find Mr. BAXTER agreeing with him in his Cenſure of LEWIS du MOULIN. Who is not ſo conſiderable, that any of thoſe learned Divines whom he abuſes ſhould trouble themſelves to give him an Anſwer: but leave the World to judge of him by this Impartial Character of M. DAILLE; who ſets him forth in his proper Colours.