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For what should I say, unto whom should I complain. I am yet a live, I writ, preach, and read daily, yet are there such venomous people, not only among the adversaries, but also false brethren, which feign to be of our part, that take upon them, to interpret my writings and teachings directly against me. Even before my face, that I may hear. Although they know full well, that I teach otherwise, and would colour their poison with my labours, and seduce the people under my name, what will be done then after my death.

For what should I say, vnto whome shoulde I complayne. I am yet a lyue, I writte, preache, and reade dayly, yet are there suche veninouse people, not onely amonge the aduersaries, but also false bretheren, which fayne to be of oure parte, that take vpon them, to interpretate my writtynges and teachynges directely against me. Euen before my face, that I may heare. Although they knowe fulwel, that I teache otherwyse, and woulde coloure their poison with my laboures, and seduce the people vnder my name, what wyll be done then after my death.

Yea I should by reason make answer to all things, whilst I am yet on live. Yea again, how can I alone stop all the mouths of the Devil? Specially of such (as they are all poisoned) as will not hear, nor mark what we do writ. But only practise with all diligence, how they might most shame fully peruerie, & infect our words, in all letters. Unto such to make answer. I remit ⟨image 5⟩unto the devil, or at the last unto God's indignation according to their deserving. I remember often the good gerson, which doubteth, whether men ought to writ any good thing openly, if men do it not, then are there many souls lost, that might be preserved. But if men do it, so is the devil ready at hand with innumerable evil infected mouths, which all things do infect and perverse, so that the fruit is kept back, how be it, what they get by it, is openly seen. For sense the time, that they have so shamefully lied against us, and would uphold the people with lies hath God nevertheless g•ue forward with his busyness, and hath made their number still to decrease, and ours to increase, and hath put them with their lies to confusion, and yet doth more and more.