Hisce Pereximio atque Nobiliss[im]o D[omi]no PAPAI perlustratis
octennij spatio quamplurimis variar[um] Regionum Urbibus, reditum
ad suos meditanti caelestis Patriae, simulque Sui, memoriam
commendat, cum voto fausti itineris.
Joh[annes] Rodolfus Wetstenius
V. D. in Aede Leonhardinâ Min[ister]
Basileae, d. 15. Julij 1719
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* Heb 13:14 (in the original: ou gar
echomen); Vulgate: “non enim habemus hic manentem
civitatem sed futuram inquirimus”. Also quoted by Charles
Trimnell, Bishop of Norwich on p. 470.
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For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. *
For the eminent and noble Mr. Pápai, who had
visited the cities of various regions for eight years, I wish a
good journey and a fortunate return to his beloved ones,
recommending myself into his memory
Johann Rudolf Wetstein
pastor of the church of St. Leonard
In Basel, on July 15, 1719
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p.
305. Basel, July 15, 1719
Wettstein, Johann Rudolf
(active in 1719), Swiss Reformed pastor
Johann Rudolph Wettstein was the erudite pastor of the church of St. Leonard
in Basel, grandson of the famous Swiss politician and mayor of
Basel Johann Rudolph Wettstein (1594-1666), who played a role in
the Treaty of Westfalien, and whose son (1614-1684) and grandson (1647-1711)
of the same name were both renowned professors of theology at the
university of Basel. A cousin of this latter was the famous
printer and bookseller of Amsterdam Johann
Heinrich Wettstein (1649-1726) coming there from Basel. Thus the
pastor of the St. Leonard, also called Johann Rudolph, was first
cousin of the latter two. His work was published by his son, the
theologian Johann Jakob Wettstein
(1693-1754): Jo. Rodolfi Wetstenii, Ecclesiae Basiliensis
pastoris [patris editoris] Ad reformatas Helvetiae atque
foederatarum civitatum ecclesias epistola. Amstelaedami, 1733.
The pastor and his son Johann Jakob Wettstein
wrote on the same day in the album of Pápai
Páriz (p. 313).
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ADB XLII 251 • Jöcher IV 1919 • Meusel XV 67 |
