Epistle to a Good Friend in Italy

you have mixed yourself. I have read several Arminian writings, also your preface against Bellarmine, addressed to the States: I have perused and understood your writings, which you have let go out from God, along with your apology and counter-defense, in both the Latin and Dutch languages. I ask you, what do you mean, how are we minded toward you, what courage and hope can we have from you? You do not want your churches to be attached or subjected to the Heidelberg Catechism and the instruction of children; you attribute to yourselves the freedom to prophesy. If we say that you are overturning such ancient doctrine, which has been confirmed and reinforced by the blood of so many holy martyrs, and that you prefer your new prophecies to the old ones, you demand love from us.

Therefore, you present all your doctrine in a dark and doubtful manner, in that you say: "It seems to us, we see it as good"; you do not mean it sincerely with us, and you dare to catch us in our own words. What does your written defense present to us but a mixture of all sorts of opinions? If Scotus, Thomas, Puccius, and Socinus (Pelagius, as an ancient, I will let slide) were to read it, would they not recognize it as their own?