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Oecolampadius reporteth of another godly Priest that when he came to the true understanding of the Gospel: O God, said he, who would have thought it that so many learned and holy men, have wandered out of the right way, and have so long time been wrapped in errors, or that the holy Scriptures had been defiled with such horrible abuses, for he never understood before that the Gospel was the verity of God, because it containeth much matter touching the cross, persecution, & ignomy: after this good Pastor began to preach the Gospel there, but many which repined, that the Gospel should be freely preached, caused him in the night to be taken by certain soldiers, which bound him hand & foot, and set him upon a horse, and led him up & down by a great rope before his wife and children, & were not moved with their grievous sighs and tears: after they had kept him long in prison, & that he had endured most terrible torments, as well by his privy members, as other parts, they judged him to death, having no other cause against him, but that he had married a wife: when the Fryers troubled him about Confession, he said he had already confessed his sins unto the Lord Jesus, nothing doubting but that he had received absolution of his sins; and I said he shall this day be an acceptable sacrifice unto my Saviour Jesus ⟨p. 166⟩Christ: for I have done nothing for which I am condemned displeasing to God, which giveth me a a quiet conscience, and let them which thirst after blood, consider that they offend him, who truly judgeth the harts of men, who saith vengeance is mine and I will punish: I desire to die, I do not much shorten my time, for I am so lean that my skin is scarce able to cover my bones, and I rejoice in nothing but the Cross of Christ Jesus.

Oecolampadius reporteth of another godly Priest that when he came to the true vnderstanding of the Gospell: O God, said he, who would haue thought it that so many learned and holy men, haue wandred out of the right way, and haue so long time béen wrapped in errors, or that the holy Scriptures had been defiled with such horrible abuses, for hee neuer vnderstood before that the Gospell was the vertty of God, because it containeth much matter touching the crosse, persecution, & ignomy: after this good Pastor began to preach the Gospell there, but many which repined, that the Gospell should be freely preached, caused him in the night to be taken by certaine souldiours, which bound him hand & foot, and set him vpon a horse, and led him vp & down by a great rope before his wife and children, & were not moued with their grieuous sighes and teares: after they had kept him long in prison, & that he had indured most terrible torments, as well by his priuy members, as other parts, they iudged him to deth, hauing no other cause against him, but that he had maried a wife: when the Fryers troubled him about Confession, he said he had already confessed his sins vnto the Lord Iesus, nothing doubting but that hee had receiued absolution of his sins; and I said he shall this day be an acceptable sacrifice vnto my Sauior Iesus