DURY. 369 them in composing theirdifferences with England, in the time of Cromwell.. Mr. Peters, duringhis imprisonment, wrote certain papers, as a legacy to his daughter, which were afterwards, pub- lished; from which some parts of this me oir have been extracted. Though a comfortable annual maintenance was conferred upoa him by the parliament, he was deprived of all at the restoration; and Mrs. Peters, who lived many years after his death, was whooy dependent upon her friends for support.+ His WORKS.-1. God's Doings, and Man's Duty, opened in a Sermon preached before the House of Commons,the Lord Mayor, and the Assembly of Divines, 1646.-2. Peters's Last Report of the EnglishWars, occasioned by the Importunity of a Friend, pressing an Answer to some Queries, 1646.-3. A Word for the Army, and two Words for the Kingdom, to clear the one and cure the other ' forced in much Plainness and Brevity from their faithful Servant, Hugh Peters, 1617.-4. Good INork for a Good Magistrate, or a short Cut to a great Quiet, 1651.--5. Some Notes of a Sermon preached the 14th of October, 1660, in the Prison of Newgate, after his Condemnation, 1660.-6. A Dying Father's Last Legacy to an only Child; or, Mr. Hugh Peters's Advice to his Daughter, written by his own hand, during his late imprisonment in the Tower of London, and given he a little before his death, 1660.-Theportrait ofMr. Peters is prefixed to. this little work. JOHN DURY.-Thiszealous divine was born in Scotland, but sojourned some time in the university of Oxford, par- ticularly for the benefit of the public library. He was there in the year 1624, but it does not appear bow long he continued. Afterwards, he travelled into various foreign countries, particularly through most parts of Germany, where he visited the recesses of the muses. By long con- tinuance in foreign parts, he spoke the German language so fluently, that, upon his return to England, he was taken for a native German. Our author adds, that he was by pro- Ludlow's Memoirs, p. 407. + Mr. John Knowles, in a letter to the governor of New England, dated July 6, 1677, thus observes :-" There is another trouble which I presume " to put upon you, that is, to speak to the Reverend Mr. Higgins., pastor " of Salem, to move that congregation to do something for the maintenance , "of Mrs. Peters; Who, since her husband suffered here, hash depended " wholly upon 'Mr. Cockquaine, and that church whereof he is pastor, " I fear she will be forced to seek her living in the streets if some course ' be not taken for her relief, either by Mr. II igginson, Mr. Oxenbridge, or "some other sympathizing minister.' -Massaehusets Papers, p. 514. VOL. III. 2 a
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