¶We begin to praise our selues againe. Neede we as some other, of epistles, of re∣commendacion vnto you? or letters of recommendacion from you? Ye are our epistle writ∣ten in our hertes, whiche is vnderstande and red of all men forasmuche as ye declare that ye are the epistle of Christ, ministred by vs and written not with inke, but with the spirite of the liuing God, not in tables of stone but in fleshely tables of the hearte.
BVt this feare I, leste anye manne thynke, that we agayne prayse ourselfes vnto you: to thyntente wee maye bothe of you & other be had in price and more estemed. But what nede hath any man to seke for commendacions, when the matter self commendeth hym? Nede we such letters of recommenda∣cion, as false apostles carrie about with them, obteyned ei∣ther of other vnto you, or of you to other? Nothing passe we vpon such letters. The liuely epistle, wherwyth we thinke our selfes suffici∣ently praised, are ye Corinthians, written in our heartes, which I with muche lesse payne carrye aboute with me, than they dooe theyrs. This epistle in all places where I come, euerye manne readeth and vnderstandeth, so that I neede none other epistle, synce that by youre Godlye lyfe, all menne perfeitelye knowe, what manner of apostles wee were, and so farre foorth assure wee our selfes of youre good wyl towarde vs, that seeyng that oure owne diligente la∣bor doth aboundantly cōmend vs, wee nede no mens letters of commendacion,