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 bee led away, from this holy and pure truth. For this is certaine that the church is very well provided for, and is then chiefly built up, and kept in unity and unanimity, when the pure doctrin of the Gopell without far-fetched ubtilities, and emergent contentions is propounded to Chritian people, in implicity of truth, as it is in Palm the 25. Let integrity and uprightnee preerve me. Dated at Wittenbergh 3. Novemb. 1575.

N the year after 1576 Maximilianus being dead, his onne Rudolphus ucceeded him, who trod in his fathers teps, hee reigned peaceably untill the year on thouand fix hundred and two no perecution being in all that time concerning religion. In this year it was o brought about by the private practies of the Jeuites and their intruments, that Rodolphus hould ubcribe to, and caue to be publihed an Edict drawne by them, concerning the renewing of a Decree of Wladilaus againt the Piccardines; for noe other end, but that their Churches might be hut up for a time, the Patrons of the Brethren, the Noblemen proteted that it did no way concern