The Glöselian Duel: Two Opposing Opinions on Religious Freedom for the Hungarian Estates

grant [their request]. In this regard, Your Princely Serenity original: E. F. Durchl. (Euer Fürstlichen Durchlaucht) should also well consider that God has not only forbidden the granting of different religions outside of His true and only religion, but has also carried out severe judgments original: executiones against those religions and against those who advised and helped ensure that God's commandment should be disregarded—as Your Princely Serenity may see through a few examples. For when Saul interfered in spiritual matters, he was cast out from his kingdom and rejected from the face of God. To Solomon, because he accommodated himself to many gods, God commanded it be said: Since you have done this, and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes which I commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you and give it to your servant. original Latin: "Quia habuisti hoc apud te, & non custodivisti pactum meum, & præcepta mea quæ mandavi tibi, dirumpens scindam regnum tuum, & dabo illud servo tuo." From 1 Kings 11:11.

Jeroboam, for this reason, lost his kingdom and both his temporal and eternal life; he was followed by his son Nadab, who for the same reason was miserably slain. In the same way, it went for Kings Baasha, Ahab, Manasseh, and many others. Joash is otherwise praised for being a pious king in his own person, but for this reason God ordained that his servants shamefully murder him: because after the death of Jehoiada the High Priest, he permitted and gave freedom to false religion. So it also happened to Azariah, Jehoiakim, and others, from whom God withdrew all victory original: Victoriam in wars and all luck and salvation for this reason, and ultimately let them die shameful deaths, because they permitted such various opinions in matters of faith, of which the Spirit of God says in the Holy Revelation: I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a pro-