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This might suffice men of indifferent reason: but our adversaries will yet continue wrangling about nothing, and will trouble the world with frivolous writings, being neither ashamed, nor wearied of any thing. For what matter is it worthy soe much ado, and soe many words, whether Luther ever spake so of Saint James epistle, as Campian saith he did, or no? If he had so spoken, as in trueth he hath not, for any thing I can understand, what have they won? what have we lost? what matter was it, to multiply words so much about? Is this the controversy between us and them? do we strive about mens words and writings? Is Luther our God, or the author of our faith, or our Apostle? No, they shall not bring us thus from the defence of Gods trueth ⟨p. 4⟩to skirmish with them about mens sayings: we will not leave the great questions of Religion, and fall to dispute about matters of other nature & condition, such as this is concerning Luther's particular judgement of S. James Epistle. The truth of Gods word is it for which we contend, against the which if any man have spoken any thing, let him bear the blame himself, and let not the common cause be charged therewith. So if Luther, or any other learned man of our side, have either interpreted the scriptures in something amiss, or have doubted of some one book of Scripture, whereof doubt also hath been of old in the Church of Christ, we are not to defend their expositions, or to approve their judgement: and therefore in vain do these men spend so much time, and take such pains to prove, that Luther uttered reproachful words against the Epistle of Saint James: which, as though it had been a principal matter for their advantage, not only the Censurer in his defence, and Gregory Martin in his discovery, have spoken thereof, but now also my new adversary Master Rainolds in his book against me ⟨p. 5⟩beginneth with the same, and saith, he hath thought good to set it down, and prosecute it somewhat more at large. But I for my part have not thought good to spend my time, and cumber the reader about such unnecessary, and impertinent discourses as these are, which the adversaries devise, and wherewith Master Rainolds hath stuffed his book:

This might suffice men of indifferent reason: but our aduersaries will yet continue wrangling about nothing, and will trouble the world with friuolous writings, being neither ashamed, nor wearied of any thing. For what matter is it worthie soe much adoe, and soe many wordes, whether Luther euer spake so of Saint Iames epistle, as Campian sayth he did, or no? If he had so spoken, as in trueth he hath not, for any thing I can vnderstand, what haue they wonne? what haue we lost? what matter was it, to multiplie words so much about? Is this the controuersie between vs and them? doe we striue about mens words and writings? Is Luther our God, or the author of our faith, or our Apostle? No, they shall not bring vs thus from the defense of Gods trueth