Brethren yf I yet preache circumcision, why do I then suffer persecucion? Then is the sclaunder of the crosse ceased. I woulde to god, they were separated from you, whiche trouble you.
For yf this were trewe, that they reporte of me, that I preache, and set furth circumcision, what cause is there then whye vntyll this daye the Iewes so maliciously and hatefully persecute me? Thence is al my coun∣trey mennes displeasure against me, because I in suche sorte preache Chri∣stes gospell, that therwith I teache, that Moses lawe is gone and abo∣lished. The Iewes thynke, that they among men should be more made of, yf the rites of Moses law might be myngled with Christes doctrine. But nowe great enuie haue they that all other people through fayth are recei∣ued into goddes fauour, whyles they vpon them carie about them the vn¦profitable marke of circumcision. And this is the cause, why they without al pitie haue long tyme gone about my destrucciō, because I euery where preache and promi••e all men perfite weale, without any helpe of circumci∣sion. Yf it so were, that I preached circumcisiō, as some falsly report of me, why do the Iewes styll persecute me, synce the cause of al theyr displeasure borne towarde me is vtterly taken awaye? Trust ye me ye people of Ga∣lacia, my preachyng hath alwayes ben one, and so shall it hencefurth con∣tinewe lyke.