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But when they come among themselves again, they do nothing else than strive one against another with hoarse and con fused chattering. I know that the Monks and other babblers of the same hear, are so brazen faced, and so far paste all shame, that they scar the silly people from taking any taste of the Gospel, chiefly by this reason, because we are not fully agreed among our selves. As though the walls of schools did not sound again of their contentions. As though all their books (as is aforesaid) were not stuffed with repugnant sentences. But I marvel not that they do so malapertly, who take lamentable wickedness for virtue. But how cometh it to pass, that well sighted men, (to whom none of these things that I speak of is unknown,) do pretend themselves to be moved with this Argument? Is not this as much as ⟨p. 74⟩to shun the light of set purpose? And in so doing they vaunt of their own wisdom, that they entangle not themselves in dangerous dissentions: deriding them as taking no heed, who nevertheless dare seek the way of Salvation. But, inasmuch as I see no better remedy to correct their pride with, than to set them light: I turn me to the simple, who knowing their own unskilfulness, had rather abstain from desire of searching out the truth, than to put themselves in peril of erring. When on the one side Luther, and on the other side Oecolampadius & Zwinglius, employed their labour earnestly to restore Christs kingdom, that same unhappy contention, concerning the holy Supper of the Lord, rose privily up, into the society whereof many others were drawn. That from the conflict of these grand Captains, there came fearfulness into the hearts of the raw Soldiers, it is more to be lamented than to be wondered at, notwithstanding the raw Soldiers are to be admonished, that they be not troubled out of measure, inasmuch as it is an ancient ⟨image 86⟩policy of Satan, to draw the servants of God (otherwise well minded,) to strife among them selves, to the intent he may hinder the course of the wholesome doctrine: who would willingly yield to the snares of the Devil? So the dissension between Paul & Barnabas, proceeded even to open defiance. So the dissension between the same Paul and Peter, did burst out into manifest conflict. In these three, all men acknowledge (as I said) the policy of Satan:

But when they come amonge themselues againe, they doo nothynge els than striue one against another with hoarce and cō fused chattering. I know that the Mōkes and other bablers of the same heare, are so brazen faced, and so farre paste all shame, yt they scarre the siely people from takyng any tast of the Gospell, chiefly by this reason, bicause we are not fully agreed amonge our selues. As though the walles of schooles did not sounde agayne of theyr contentions. As though all their bookes (as is aforesaide) were not stuffed with repugnant sentences. But I maruell not that they doo so malapertly, who take lamentable wickednesse for vertue. But howe commeth it to passe, that well sighted men, (to whome none of these thinges yt I speake of is vnknowē,) doo pretende thēselues to be moued with this Argument? Is not this as muche as