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ANY will expect that I peak many things, and according to their everal opinions and dipoitions o will their expectations be from me and contructions of me; but I reolve to diappoint many, for I come not hither to jutify myelf but the Lord; who is holy in all His ways and righteous in all His works; holy and bleed is His name: neither come I to condemn others. I know that many will expect I will peak againt the hardnes of the entence pronounced againt me; but I will ay nothing to it. I bles the Lord, I pardon all men, as I deire to be pardoned of the Lord myelf. Let the will of the Lord be done. That is all that I deire.

I hope that ye will have more charity to me now than ye would have had at an other time, eeing I peak before the Lord, before whom I mut give an account very hortly. I know very well that my words have had but very little weight with many; and that many have mitaken my words and actings both. Many have thought me to be a great enemy to thee great works that have of late been brought to pas: but do not mitake me, good people, I peak it in the preence of the Lord, I entered not upon the work of reformation with any deign of advantage to myelf, or prejudice to the king and his