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was able to know whoſe Doctrine and Opinion he ſhould follow and embrace and could not well and eaſily be diſcerned; ſeeing on the one part they were detained, hindered, and brought into Errors through the reſpect of the Philoſophers and learned men, and on the other part through true experience. All the which, when it ſhall once be aboliſhed and removed, and in ſtead thereof a right and true Rule inſtituted, then there will remain thanks unto them which have taken pains therein; but the Work it ſelf ſhall be attributed to the Bleſſedneſs of our Age.
As we now willingly confefs, that many principal men by their Writings will be a great furtherance unto this Reformation which is to come; ſo we deſire not to have this honour aſcribed to us, as if ſuch Work were only commanded and impoſed upon us; but we confeſs, and witneſs openly with the Lord Jeſus Chriſt, that it ſhall firſt happen that the ſtones ſhall ariſe, and offer their ſervice, before there ſhall be any want of Executors and Accompliſhers Gods Coun-
