ɐ pɹˈɑːɾɪstənt, nˌɪɹ ðɪ ˈɛnd ʌv hɪz lˈaɪf hiː bɪkˌeɪm ɐ mˈɛmbɚɹ ʌvðə pˈoʊlɪʃ bɹˈɛðɹən ænd wˈʌn ʌvðə mˈeɪdʒɚɹ ɪnˈɪʃɪˌeɪɾɚz ʌv, ænd kəntɹˈɪbjuːɾɚz tə ðə wˈɔːɹsɔː kənfˌɛdɚɹˈeɪʃən, wˌɪtʃ ˌɪntɹədˈuːst nˈuː lˈɔːz ʌv ɹᵻlˈɪdʒəs tˈɑːlɚɹəns ɪnðə pˈoʊlɪʃ lˌɪθjuːˈeɪniən kˈɑːmənwˌɛlθ, ˌɔn ɐ skˈeɪl ˌʌnɪmˈædʒɪnəbəl ɪn kəntˈɛmpɚɹˌɛɹi jˈʊɹɹəp.
A Protestant, near the end of his life he became a member of the Polish Brethren and one of the major initiators of, and contributors to the Warsaw Confederation, which introduced new laws of religious tolerance in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, on a scale unimaginable in contemporary Europe.