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These poyntes for this ende thought I it good to warne you of, be∣cause ye should with all diligence take hede, least any beyng instruct with worldly wysdome agaynst the playnes of Christes gospel, blynde and de∣ceyue you with false tales, beyng yet suche tales, as haue a colourable ap∣parence of trouth and lykelynes. For so are the wyse men of this world w^t cap•touse and subtile reasons of theyr inuencion wont to entangle simple people, of whiche sorte I know that some there are among you, watching how they maye corrupte your fayth.

Page  vFor albeit I be absent from you, and see not presentlye, what is done* there, yet am I in mynde among you present, with all my herte reioysyng to see the good order and condicion of your lyfe, and therwith the sound∣nes and strength of the sure confidence, whiche ye haue in Iesus Christe, to whome ye haue once wholy commytted your selues.