An wholesome antidotus or counter-poison, against the pestilent heresy and sect of the Anabaptists…An holsome antidotus or counter-poysen, agaynst the pestylent heresye and secte of the Anabaptistes…

Joiada. These are the words of the apostle: Who is wise, and endued with knowledge among you (Let him show, by his good conversation, his works, with a gentle wisdom. If so be, that ye have bitter envy and contention, in your hearts, do not ye boast of it, nor be liars against the truth. For that wisdom, is not conning from above, but earthly beastlike, and devilish. For where tnuye and contentation, is, there ⟨image 30⟩is inconstancy and wicked works. But the wisdom which is from heaven or from above first is chaste, after peaceable, meek, treatable, full of mercy, and of good fruits, without rache or unadvised judgement, and simulation Hitherto have we rehearsed the words of James. Ponder and judge now, whether the holy Apostle, did not lively describe the fashions, and doctrine of the Anabaptists. For what do they else, but ineth and rail against other men, and that of a despiteful envy and bitterness, oppressing them with prejudicial shem tense, and judgement?

Ioiada. These are the wordes of the apostel: Who is wyse, and endued with knolage amonge you (Let hym shewe, by his good conuersacion, his workes, with a gentell wysdome. If so be, that ye haue bytter enuye and contencion, in your hertes, dooe not ye boaste of it, nor be liers againste the truth. For that wisdome, is not connyng from aboue, but yerthly beastelyke, and deauelyshe. For where tnuye and contentacion, is, ther ⟨image 30⟩is incōstancie and wicked workes. But the wisedom whiche is from heauen or from aboue first is chaste, after peasible, meake, tretable, full of mercie, and of good fruites, withoute rache or vnaduised iudgement, and simulacion Hitherto haue we rehersed the wordes of Iames. Ponder and iudge now, whether the holy Apostle, did not liuelye describe the fashions, and doctrin of the Anababtistes. For what do they els, but ineth and rayle against other men, and that of a despitefull enuye and bitternes, oppressing thē wt preiudicial sē tence, and iudgemēt?

Sy. They promise to make an answer, before any man, and to give a reasonable account of their doctrine and learning. Moreover that they will suffer