FRIEDRICHWILHELM’SMETHOD；——PROVESREMEDIALINHEIDELBERG。
FriedrichWilhelm’sfirststep，ofcourse，wastoremonstratepacificallywithhisSereneHighnessontheHeidelberg—Churchaffair:fromthisheprobablyexpectednothing；nordidhegetanything。Gettingnothingfromthis，andthecountenanceofexternalProtestantPowers，especiallyofGeorgeI。andtheDutch，beingpromisedhiminulteriormeasures，hedirectedhisAdministrativeOfficialsinMagdeburg，inMinden，inHamersleben，whereareCatholicFoundationsofimportance，toassembletheCatholicCanons，Abbots，chiefPriestsandallwhomitmightconcerninthesethreePlaces，andtosignifytothemasfollows:——
\"Fromus，yourProtestantSovereign，youyourselvesandallmenwillwitness，youhavehithertohadthebestofusage，fair—play，accordingtotheLawsoftheREICH，andeven—more。WiththeProtestantsatHeidelberg，onthepartoftheCatholicPowers，itisdifferent。Itmustceasetobedifferent；itmustbecomethesame。Andtomakeitdoso，youaretheimplementIhave。
Sorryforit，butthereisnootherhandy。FromthisdayyourChurchesalsoareclosed，yourPublicWorshipceases，andfurthermoreyourRevenuescease；andallmakesdeadhalt，andfallstorpidinrespectofyou。Fromthisday；andsocontinues，tilltheday（mayitbesoon！）whentheHeidelbergChurchoftheHolyGhostisopenedagain，andrightdoneinthatquestion。
Beityourstospeedsuchday:itisyouthatcanandwill，youwhoknowthosehighCatholicregions，inaccessibletoyourProtestantSovereign。Tillthenyouareasdeadmen；temporarilyfallendeadforapurpose。AndherewithGodhaveyouinhiskeeping！\"[Mauvillon，i。347，349。]