PREFACE

Those very people who stitch things together from here and there, bitterly accusing me and attacking me with insults, have left a place for themselves such that they, being like-minded original: "όμόψηφοι" (homopsēphoi); literally, voting with the same pebble or ballot. and consenting with those who act, cannot be judged free of blame. Hence, they will have only themselves to blame if, at some point in the future, they realize that they have knowingly put their hand into the flame; and where it was possible to avoid a dispute, they should not have sought it out, as the proverbs of the wise say.

Let the sharp-eyed original: "lyncei"; an allusion to Lynceus, the Argonaut famous for his keen sight, often used to describe people with great discernment. Pastors in the reformed churches also consider whether they ought to keep turning a blind eye, and not rather protest against the Waldensian Waldensian A reference to the Bohemian Brethren, whom opponents often linked to the medieval Waldensian movement. Ministers immediately. This is especially necessary where they refuse to enter the same churches with them, but instead do not fear to preach in private corners or houses, in contempt of the public ministry, in one and the same town or village, and often rail against both the doctrine and the persons of the Pastors.

Regarding this matter, in these Notations and at their end, the complaints of those who were their associates must also be inserted to later convict the Respondents. These associates, or those approaching closer to the Confession of the Bohemian Brethren, agreed with them with few exceptions. Therefore, although these men adhere equally to the side of Zwingli Zwingli Ulrich Zwingli (1484–1531), a Swiss Reformer whose views on the Eucharist were a central point of conflict. or Calvin Calvin John Calvin (1509–1564), whose followers often disagreed with Lutherans on the nature of the Sacraments. in the Sacramentarian Sacramentarian A technical term for the theological controversy regarding the nature of Christ's presence in the Lord's Supper. controversy, I nevertheless appeal to their testimonies after others. I do this not because I have conspired with them (as the Respondents rashly charge against me), but so that it may be understood that since [they act] too unjustly,